Food Retail: Realities, Futures And Fictions

It has been over six months since COVID-19 upended life as we knew it in Cape Town and the country as a whole. Now, as we catch our breath, one word in particular keeps coming to mind: adaptable.

Ecotourism's Silver Bullet

We discover how Singita, a conservation and ecotourism brand in four African countries, is safeguarding the future of ecotourism through conservation.

Through The Looking-Glass

Arthur Gillis, CEO of Platinum Hospitality Holdings, goes down the proverbial rabbit hole in search of greener pastures.

Fisher Communities Adapt To New Realities

Dr Serge Raemaekers, managing director of ABALOBI ICT4FISHERIES, shares how seafood supply chains are adapting to new realities and highlights the social enterprise’s transition to a multi-channel marketplace.

Hospitality's Horror, Anguish And Hope

Chef Liam Tomlin of Chefs Warehouse and Thali Restaurant Group reveals how the pandemic and resulting lockdown have impacted his business, and shares his future hopes for the hospitality industry.

Why SA's Wine Industry Is Gasping For Air

Alex Dale, founder of Radford Dale winery, paints a stark picture of how the wine export ban enforced during the lockdown has negatively impacted the industry.

It takes a village

World-renowned chef Margot Janse shares her passion for the Isabelo: Feeding Hungry Minds scheme in Franschhoek, and how the village has come together to feed thousands during this challenging time.

A very PUBLIK pivot

David Cope, founding director of PUBLIK wine merchants, reveals how his local business adapted to the COVID-19 challenge, and continues to do so.

Less Teaching, More Policing

Berenice Jardine, an educator at a high school in Cape Town, unpacks why the constant policing of students to ensure compliance to COVID-19 regulations is tiring.

Teaching In The Eye Of The Storm

Wendy Horn, a district director in the Western Cape Department of Education (WCED), describes how principals and teachers are tackling challenges head-on to ensure their learners make it to the top.

Where Will Our Children Go?

Theodora Lutuli, an early childhood education manager in Nyanga, reveals the hidden cracks in the country’s early childhood development sector.

Data Or Bread?

Jonathan Jansen, distinguished professor in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University, delves into the inequality in South African education and society, exposed by COVID-19.

Helping Aftercare Thrives

After a decade, The Learning Trust continues to strengthen organisations that run after-school programmes in areas where they are needed the most.

Etaine's Fighting Chance

Eighteen-year-old Etaine Wilson’s lockdown journey has been laced with tragedy, yet the Grade 12 learner at the Western Cape’s Kasselsvlei Comprehensive High School perseveres, no matter what.

It's Time To Focus On The Future

Ann Morton, principal of Pinelands North Primary in Cape Town, believes this generation of children will be stronger, more empowered and more knowledgeable than their predecessors.

Remembering Sabela

The Big Issue pays tribute to one of its dear vendors, Sabela Albert Manqungqulu, who passed away in July.

To open or not to open, that is the question

Nick Spaull, senior researcher at Stellenbosch University’s Department of Economics, and Jonathan Jansen, distinguished professor of education at the same university, each argue their case for and against the complete reopening of schools.

Battlefield of the mind

Teaching under lockdown is exhausting, says Theola Phillips, a teacher and head of department at a Mitchell’s Plain primary school.

Helping Our Furry Friends

Who would have thought a virus with the strange name of COVID-19 would cause such chaos, not only in the entire world, but in a little town like Hermanus.

The Power Of Co-Creation

Stanley Henkeman, Executive Director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, delves into the power of co-creating a better future as South Africans in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.

Combatting Homelessness

Does business, through its corporate social investment and community programmes, have a role to play in combatting homelessness? Eric Atmore, director of the Centre for Early Childhood Development, delves into this question.

How Will History Judge Us?

Adri Marais, CEO of Christel House South Africa, turns the spotlight on the fractures in South African society revealed by COVID-19, and explores feasible solutions to issues such as homelessness.

How Can We Serve You Better?

Elaine Brass, CEO of the Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA), shares the entity’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lessons it has learnt in the midst of this crisis.

Let's narrow SA's education gap

Learners are facing huge educational losses due to disruptions from COVID-19. Novus Print Executive Steve Thobela discusses how paper-based learning can help learners get back on their feet.

Leslie Pearson

Over the past 18 months, life has been somewhat of a rollercoaster ride for Big Issue vendor Leslie Pearson. The veteran vendor tells us about some of his experiences.

Wanted: Partnerships that effect change

COVID-19 is pushing available services to the limit and testing a fragile interdependent and complex system, writes Zahid Badroodien, mayoral committee member for Community Services and Health at the City of Cape Town.

From Durban to Bombay

Ebrahim Essa’s satirical memoir tackles questions of identity and belonging from the vantage point of a first-generation South African Indian living in Durban at the beginning of apartheid, and in Bombay, shortly after India’s independence.

Cynthia Gogotya

The Big Issue vendor Cynthia Gogotya is a role model to her family, community and fellow vendors. She shares her experiences of the last three months.

A hopeful exchange

Cape Town’s The Hope Exchange began in the 1980s as The Carpenter’s Shop, offering homeless people carpentry training and a hot meal. Founder member and chairman of Maynards Office Technology, Geoff Burton shares this social enterprise’s remarkable journey.

Exploring Cairo, Warts And All

Actress Celeste Khumalo recently returned from an unforgettable girls’ trip to Egypt (en route to Dubai), and discovered that Cairo is a grimy but exciting city that hardly sleeps.