Big Issue vendors Xoliswa Ntunta, Bongani Pholo, Thabo Jamangile, Siphokazi Magobiyane and Ntombekhaya Mhambi are doing the organisation proud as dedicated distributors of the magazine.

Oudtshoorn born designer and entrepreneur Nathaniël Rabie recently started a passion project involving T-shirts branded with the names of local neighbourhoods, and it is taking off “like wildfire”.

Pringle Bay resident Brendon Roberts has started a journey to create a global family album that will feature and caption photos taken between 1900 and 1999.

Ruschka Jaffer, daughter of respected South African journalist, activist and author Zubeida Jaffer, introduces Number10 Publishers, which she co-founded to preserve her mother’s legacy.

South African social philosopher and poet Athol Williams weighs up the cost of unfettered chaos.

Jonty Cogger, an attorney at activist organisation Ndifuna Ukwazi, makes a case for protecting the basic human freedoms of homeless people in South Africa.

While there is still much to done to achieve true freedom for all South Africans, media veteran Ryland Fisher shares why we have reason to celebrate.

Former newspaper editor Gasant Abarder reflects on past fantasies about freedom and the imperfections that come with living in a democracy.