The Big Issue #236
- October 23 to November 24, 2015
Social media has changed the way we eat, date, socialise, raise our children and navigate our daily lives. In this special report, we assess the social and psychological impact of an increasingly online existence.
From the Ebola epidemic to the refugee crisis, from Ukranian conflict to Nigerian kidnappings, the past year’s most powerful stories come to life in these images from the 2015 World Press Photo competition.
For more than 20 years, the Albinism Society of South Africa has provided support for people with albinism. We find out about a condition that’s often surrounded by stigma and superstition.
Domestic violence isn’t always physical. We explore the insidious world of emotional and economic abuse in South Africa, and find out what victims can do to reclaim their power – and their lives.
They say it’s better to give than to receive, but both can be equally rewarding when the gift supports a worthy cause. We found 10 holiday-season gifts that benefit people, animals, our country, our continent or our planet.
Xolani’s story: Xolani Nkomithyoboza is well known at The Big Issue office for his wide smile and energetic spirit. He always seems to be in a good mood, and that’s why he’s been selected as our November Vendor of the Month.
Bonginkosi’s story: Bonginkosi Namathelana has been a vendor for six years, on and off. He recently left The Big Issue for just over a year, as he had a full-time job. He returned in August, however, and is now in need of as many customer visits as he can get.
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Luvo Loliwe is new to The Big Issue, having been selling the magazine for only three months. Before becoming a vendor, he worked as a packer at a grocery store but lost his job when his contract expired.
June 24, 2019
Raymond Mtati believes in walking the talk. He’s an activist from Green Park – a poverty-stricken township near Driftsands – and has spent years advocating for […]
October 30, 2015
A good man from a bad life founded The Big Issue in the UK 24 years ago, in a bid to help those who slip through […]
October 29, 2015
Airplane restroom signs are pretty obvious to most people. But somehow a passenger on a recent KLM flight from Edinburgh to Amsterdam tried to open the […]
October 29, 2015
Social media has changed the way we eat, date, socialise, raise our children and navigate our daily lives. Diana Crandall assesses the social and psychological impact of an increasingly online existence.
October 27, 2015
Africa’s senior citizens are finding themselves cornered with destitution. While several countries in Africa have made big steps towards ensuring that the elderly population does not slide into extreme poverty, experts and the elderly say more must be done.
October 26, 2015
Many learners at Greenlands Primary School in Bishop Lavis don’t have enough to eat. But earlier this year, the school got in touch with Shoprite to […]
October 23, 2015
Heritage Day? Shaka Day? Braai4Heritage? Cat Pritchard wonders if we’re all speaking the same language.
October 23, 2015
From John Wayne on a stagecoach in the 1930s to Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight – set to gallop into cinemas after Christmas – the Western […]
October 22, 2015
Hollywood superstar Richard Gere praised the work of street papers and called their vendors “heroes” in interview with Philadelphia street paper One Step Away.
October 22, 2015
Sixto Rodriguez is a singular figure in music history – the supposedly dead artist who didn’t know that he was famous halfway around the world.
October 22, 2015
At five years old, Stacey Fru learned how to read. Three years later, she published her first book. Seriously.
October 22, 2015
In what is a first for Big Issue South Africa, Kanan Wealth CC (@KananWealthCC) launched a Twitter campaign promising financial support to The Big Issue based […]
October 22, 2015
Speech to Parliament by South African President Nomzana Naidoo-Green on the Occasion of National Men’s Month 2307 (according to Ben Trovato)
October 22, 2015
Dear friends of the Big Issue Thanks to the combined fundraising genius of Stacey Varkel and Cara Saven – we have launched the Big Issue Big 200 […]
October 22, 2015
Hunger is a widespread social evil in South Africa, but we can all do something about it over the next two weeks.
October 22, 2015
Many African countries use a colonial language to teach primary school learners. But strong evidence shows that children learn best in their mother tongues.
October 22, 2015
The Triangle Project (TP), a Cape-based gender and human rights non-profit, survived a recent funding crisis – barely. But the near-death experience cast some doubt over […]
October 22, 2015
