This is Girly. She’s 97 and lives in Chatsworth in Durban where she and her neighbors got their righteousness on and fought eviction through community mobilization. “The landlord shut our water off and we said no sir!” You go girl. She showed me her apartment – entrance room, bedroom, and kitchen – which she shares with her son and daughter-in-law. Her son’s leg was bit off by a shark when he went fishing ten years ago. The fishing rod now hangs on the wall in her entry room. That’s some hardcore wall art.
Portrait of Girly and her late husband when they got married
Her building complex in Chatsworth
Side of the building. The local kids wrote their names and nicknames, which include $Drean, Spider, Pie, DK(DarkieKid), and Joel
And then I saw this – Bush! I asked why that was written on the building. Did George W make it onto their wall of fame or shame? The residents all laughed and said it was just another nickname of one of the kids. No Bush supporters here! They all laughed hard.
