The Big Issue #321

August – September 2023

The Big Issue #321 is an exciting mix of unusual stories that speak to citizens caring for each other. This month we’re focused on Adam Jacobs, a Cape Town cyclist who’ll be pedalling solo around the perimeter of Africa. Quite a feat. Adam’s diaries will feature in the Big Issue exclusively. Buy a copy and support our street vendors across Cape Town CBD and suburbs, especially during the cold winter.

The magazine is also available in South Africa, nationally, from select Spar, Pick n Pay, and CNA stores.

From this issue:


  • All
  • Agents of Change
  • Feature
  • News
  • Vendor tribute
  • Vendors

Do the hustle

In today’s gig economy, side hustling or moonlighting are popular ways to earn extra cash and pursue personal interests. Did you know that more than 2.5 million households in South Africa rely on supplementary income through side hustles? These five tips will help you manage your business on the side.

View the rare Quagga

Vergelegen Wine Estate in Somerset West, renowned for its environmental programmes, has birthed the extraordinarily rare Rau quagga, a zebra subspecies.

All welcome on the Braille Trail

Enjoying the beauty of South Africa’s biodiversity at Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden …

Honouring our vendors’ children

If you make children happy now, you’ll make them happy in 20 years’ time. This is what Victorian educator and author Kate Douglas Wiggin believed, and so do we. At The Big Issue we always try to look after our vendors’ families and their well-being.

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