The Big Issue Magazine

MEET OUR WATERFRONT VENDORS

The Big Issue is available from vendors in the suburbs of Cape Town, and from select Spar, CNA, and Pick n Pay stores nationwide.

GET IN TOUCH! Email our social worker Tsephi at placements@bigissue.org.za

V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

Vendor name: Florence Godongwana

Vendor number: 2599

Pitch: Buitengracht Street

Florence is a single mom of five from Khayelitsha Town Two. She’s sold since 2009 and has been able to send her children to school and put food on the table this way. However, over the years, her sales have decreased, making it difficult to provide for her family. She says that customers mostly

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