Former first lady, freedom fighter, activist and ‘Mrs Madiba’, Graça Machel graces the cover of the new Big Issue.
The deluxe 2013/2014 Collector’s Edition of The Big Issue is on the streets!
A very special woman graces the cover of this very special year-end edition: former first lady, freedom fighter, activist and Mrs Madiba, Graça Machel. And inside, 60-odd of South Africa’s top thought leaders, photographers, writers, cartoonists, poets and illustrators share their own big issues of the year.
The special issue – more than double the usual size – features work by wonderful people such as Graça herself, Justice Edwin Cameron, Lauren Beukes, Koos Kombuis, Zakes Mda, Gababa Baderoon, Adam Habib, Zapiro and a host of others. Like a mini year-in-review, the issue is a wildly varied and intriguing snapshot of the country we love – or lament over, depending on the daily news.
The line-up includes the talents of Angela Quintal, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, Hlumelo Biko, Jacob Dlamini, Zelda la Grange, Sam Nhlengethwa, Koos Kombuis, Rebecca Davis and Helen Walne. High calibre poets such as Kobus Moolman and Nathan Trantraal add to the mix. And top photographers such as Pieter Hugo, Mikhael Subotzky, Dave Southwood and Jabulani Dhlamini have allowed us to reprint work from their latest projects.
Topics tackled are wildly varied and include pressing issues of the day, such as violence against women and corruption. There is plenty of humour – Chester Missing on BBBEE is a must-read – and topics range from the dreaded e-tolls to wannabe stowaways all the way from Tanzania, rural writers, how artists should be bigger than movie stars and our besieged justice system…
This fabulous issue is all yours for just R35 – you get more than double the pages, and the chance to support your vendor and contribute to his or her own year-end bonus. As always, 50% of the cover price goes straight into vendors’ pockets.
Get The Big Issue’s Collector’s Edition – on sale now to mid-January 2014 Buy a copy today – and remember it will make a great gift too!
Via Cape Town Green Map.
