In what is a first for Big Issue South Africa, Kanan Wealth CC (@KananWealthCC) launched a Twitter campaign promising financial support to The Big Issue based on the number of new followers it gained in the period 2–9 October. The initial offer was R2 for each new follower, but shortly after Helen Zille tweeted ‘I […] Read more
One of The Media Online’s columnists, Caryn Gootkin, has launched a fundraising campaign for The Big Issue, which is so much more than a magazine. The Big Issue is a socially responsible non-profit organisation that enables willing unemployed and marginalised adults to take responsibility for their own lives through a developmental employment programme. For 19 years […] Read more
OPINION: It’s time to set the record straight. It’s clear from real life and Twitter interactions I’ve had recently that some people don’t appreciate the role The Big Issue plays, most significantly in the Western Cape. A role that would not be necessary, I hasten to add, if government were able to fulfil its obligations […] Read more
The past few months have seen a flare up of racist incidents in South Africa, mainly Cape Town. Many involve vicious white on black attacks and the alleged perpetrators will hopefully feel the full wrath of the law in the justice process. Less violent – but no less insidious – is the steady stream of […] Read more
The Mail & Guardian recently carried (what appears to be a) plea to Pick n Pay to stand against cruelty to pigs. It is supposedly an advertisement [see below], because the newspaper apparently knows nothing about it. Chris Roper, the editor in chief, placed an apology on their website. In it he states: “Owing to a lethal […] Read more
Sunday evening. I’m sitting happily with a cup of tea and two glossy magazines. But these aren’t my usual mags. These are free glossies distributed with two newspapers we subscribe to: Wanted (published monthly by Business Day, distributed free to subscribers) and Business Class (distributed free with the Sunday Times once a month). Wanted: a […] Read more