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 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