The Wall

1948 — 2024

Margaret was a primary-school teacher in Pinelands for nearly four decades. She loved her garden, her grandchildren, and Sunday lunch with …

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1962 — 2024

A devoted father, husband, and union shop steward. Sipho worked at the Witbank colliery for 33 years and could fix anything you put in fron…

1955 — 2024

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 fo…

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1939 — 2024

Oupa Johan was a Karoo farmer of the old school — up at four, kind to every animal, generous to every neighbour. Eighty-five years of an ho…

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1970 — 2024

Nomvula was a nursing sister at Chris Hani Baragwanath for twenty-two years. She was a mother to her ward as much as to her own son, Thaban…

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1951 — 2024

Dad was an accountant by trade and a cricketer at heart. He coached the under-13s in Chatsworth for over twenty years and still knew every …

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1933 — 2024

Ouma Liza turned ninety-one in April, surrounded by family. She crocheted blankets for every grandchild and great-grandchild — twenty-three…

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1965 — 2024

Thabo was a high-school maths teacher in Bloemfontein. Strict, fair, beloved by twenty-eight years of matriculants. He never missed a schoo…

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1947 — 2024

Ammi was the heart of our family. Her samoosas were famous from Lenasia to Pietermaritzburg. She prayed for every one of us, every day. May…

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1956 — 2024

Pa Pieter ran a small panel-beating shop in Worcester for thirty-five years. He could match any colour, fix any dent, and tell any story tw…

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1981 — 2024

Lerato passed too soon. She was an architect with a gift for turning empty plots into homes that felt loved. Mother to Karabo (7) and Sandi…

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1945 — 2024

Uncle Ruby was a fisherman out of Kalk Bay for over fifty years. He knew the False Bay tides better than the moon and the harbour kids call…