The Big Issue Magazine

Welcome to another Guest Editor edition of The Big Issue with Refilwe Moloto. Listen to her breakfast show on CapeTalk every weekday, from 6am to 9am. By buying The Big Issue you have directly supported our vendors’ livelihoods. Enjoy the read! How d

Derek Carelse, Desireé Johnson, Gadija Gamieldien, Marlinee Chetty Managing Director: Derek Carelse Advertising, Fundraising & CSI: Derek Carelse Email: derekcarelse@mweb.co.za Office Administrator: Penelope Hawker-Mdingi Finance: Venessa Isaacs Emai

The Big Issue is South Africa’s number-one street magazine and social enterprise, creating opportunities to end poverty and exclusion. Our vendors are those people who’ve taken steps to help themselves. That said, we appeal to the public to donate to

One morning I assisted one of our vendors, an elderly woman, with her misplaced bank card. Well, she’d thought it was misplaced initially, but it had in fact been stolen by her daughter who’d been withdrawing money from her mother’s account over the

A reluctant friendship develops between two people in an apartment block in Shanghai. Each has a secret, a hidden past that must not intrude upon the present. Beth has been dispatched from Johannesburg to South Africa’s diplomatic mission in this vas

We have an enormous opportunity to attract talent from all over the world to work here: 52% of South Africa’s fintech start-ups are located in Cape Town. Amazon’s new campus speaks to this trend, as does the new, and very bold, Luno sign in town. Box

MEET DARREL Where is Darrel standing? In front, next to, or behind? In which position was Darrel standing when he saw these? In front, above or on the side? Near or far? Is the car near or far from Darrel?

Iremember attending a talk given by Clem Sunter, the exceptional scenario planner, futurologist and author, during which he spoke about various scenarios facing South Africa. One specific statement he made stuck with me. He said, and I paraphrase: “F

This March, South Africa will have been under Covid-19 restrictions or lockdown conditions for two years. While calls are growing louder for the National State of Disaster to be lifted, it should be made clear that nonpharmaceutical measures such as

The principle is simple. We are approached to create food gardens where members of the public can harvest food for their table. The verge ‘owner’ undertakes watering and maintenance and together we create free produce. We and the other members of the