Aisha Rasool
21 Jul 1955 — 2 Oct 2024
Submitted by Imran Rasool
Aisha ran her family's spice shop in Bo-Kaap for over fifty years. She raised three children, fed half the neighbourhood, and never once forgot a customer's name. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.
Tributes & reactions
Tributes
Bo-Kaap neighbour
28 Oct 2024
The smell of those spices is the smell of my childhood. May Allah grant her Jannah.
Imran Rasool
27 Oct 2024
Ammi, we love you. We will keep the shop the way you wanted.
Anonymous
19 Oct 2024
Aunty Aisha's shop was a lifeline for so many of us. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.