The Big Issue Magazine

Ed’s Letter

COVER YOURSELF

Once upon a time, many an average Jo’burger would have said that “it rains too much in Cape Town” and that “there’s no money there”. How things change.

CAPE TOWN UNDER PRESSURE

Time has brought a drought and business expansion, while government corruption, the collapse of public services, population explosion, and crime has spurred a steady influx of migrants from Gauteng to our beloved Mother City.

In this edition, we look at the big issue of ‘semigration’

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