The Big Issue #304 – Media Voices Edition has Refiwle Moloto, CapeTalk’s breakfast show host, as Guest Editor. And you get a free copy of the Arts Crafts & Museum Map. Remember that The Big Issue is available in South Africa, nationally, from select Spar and Pick n Pay stores, and street vendors across Cape Town CBD and suburbs.
Refiwle Moloto tables a path back into our cities with discussions around returning back to work in a thriving era she calls The Roaring 20s. Her top contributors include the mayors of Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Here are some articles to grab your attention, and we have to start with the Irma Stern Museum, which has been on the Arts, Crafts & Museum Map since inception in 1989.
Irma Stern Museum in Rosebank, Cape Town, celebrates its 50th anniversary with an impressive collection of Expressionist art.. The exterior Edwardian architectural grandeur sets the scene for a vibrant interior brimming with cultural and historical artefacts from late South African artist Irma Stern’s far-flung travels. Listed on your free 2022 Arts, Crafts & Museum Map, this destination and exhibition are a must-visit destination and part of Cape Town’s vibrant art and culture scene Look forward to a stimulating schedule of star-studded exhibitions, events and talks in 2022.
A view from the top
Ambition and care will drive Cape Town’s post-pandemic prosperity, believes Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis.
Thinking out of the box
Rob Kane is CEO of Boxwood Property Fund, and Chairperson of the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID). He is also the former CEO of JSE listed Texton Property Fund Limited which he started in 2006, and then listed on the JSE in 2011. Since inception, Rob grew that fund to an asset value of R5.5 trillion, comprising 350 000m2 of commercial, retail and industrial buildings throughout South Africa. Rob discusses brighter futures for Cape Town’s CBD.
The delayed reset
CEO of The Development Impact Fund, Lorenzo Davids, says the ‘new society’ that we promised ourselves at the start of lockdown is now more urgent than ever.
Promising Johannesburg …
Dr Mpho Phalatse, the Executive Mayor of The City of Johannesburg writes for The Big Issue. She poses the question: is Covid not a call for a truly pro-poor agenda?
Mentoring micropreneurs
Ryan McFadyen, Co-founder and Head of Strategy, HaveYouHeard Marketing, is of the opinion that to empower entrepreneurs is to rebuild a country.
Free community food – Creating Eden
Ghalema Easton, Tawhid Denton and Martin Ssenteza are the founders of Creating Eden, an urban garden initiative. Tawhid chats to The Big Issue about creating food gardens in publicly accessible places, where anyone is able to harvest the fresh produce for free.
IPAF take it to the streets
A giant penguin waddles across a wall. A massive pangolin curls up on the side of a building. Neon cartoon characters blow thought bubbles from a warehouse window. These are just some of the 130-odd street murals created for the vibrant International Public Art Festival (IPAF) in Cape Town, the largest event of its kind in Africa. Take a stroll through the city, and you’re bound to see more. By Karen Rutter, Editior in Chief, Weekend Special.
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WHAT: The Big Issue #304
WHEN & WHERE: February – March 2022
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The WHAT, WHY & WHERE of the
arts scene in around Cape Town
see the arts + crafts map
and listen in to the
Arts Round-Up Fridays @15:45
on Fine Music Radio FMR 101.3fm
See also Cape Town Green Map
