17 September 2019 1 Min Read
IN PICTURES | Graffiti adds splash of colour to Durban streets
Photographer Sandile Ndlovu took some time to explore Durban's streets, where graffiti has helped to revive dilapidated structures
in Lifestyle by STAFF REPORTER
- A general view of Pantus informal settlement where local artist have painted graffiti work.
- Ebale Ase walks past a wall which is painted with an image of award winning DJ Nkosinathi 'DJ Black Coffee' Maphumulo on Eleventh Avenue in Morningside, Durban.
- A car guard Mphathi Ntuli talk to his friend as he waits for motorists on Problem Mkhize Road (Cowey Road).
- Ayanda Ndlovu carries water which he fetched from a local shopping centre. Ndlovu is one of the dwellers at an abandoned buildings in Berea.
- A graffiti on an abandoned building on Bulwer road is what catches your eye as you drive pass. The building is occupied by illegal dwellers who also cannot bear the smell of urine and waste from the passerbys who relieve themselves on the premises.
- Mthokozisi Msomi who struggles with a nyaope addiction which caused him to abandon his home and now sleep on the street around Umbilo.
- Patrick Zungu closes a door at The Wiston Pub on Clark Road in Umbilo where he is employed as a general worker.
- Jeff Magwaza pulls a rubbish bin at a passage in Glenwood where he work as a cleaner.
- Lucky Sithole smokes a cigarette while eating biscuits in front of a bear painting at Umbilo.
- Sihle Linda poses for a photograph in Umbilo.
- A man walk past a painted building structure at Umbilo, Durban.
- Up-and-coming hip-hop artist Thabiso Ndlovu and Thami Duma were photographed while taking pictures of each other as part of their project of taking photos around interesting places in Durban. The photographs would be used as display pictures on social media.
- Kwanda Josaya looks outside a window at his home in Pantus informal settlement.
- Ntokozo Josaya hangs a washing outside her wooden house at Pantus informal settlement in Springfield, Durban. She said artists came to ask if they could paint her house and she loved the idea.
- A man looks for recyclable items as he walks past a mouth painted on a shack at Pantus informal settlement in Springfield.
- An army cap with words 'THE LOVE ARMY' is painted on a shack at Pantus informal settlement in Springfield.
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Graffiti painted on shacks at Pantus informal settlement in Springfield, Durban, has given the area a facelift, transforming it into an artistic haven.
As you drive along the M19 from Springfield to Durban, you can't miss the colourful artwork.
Here, and elsewhere in Durban, graffiti has in recent years helped to revive dilapidated structures. Artists convey various messages with their street art - from educating the public to promoting celebrities and soccer stars.
Photographer Sandile Ndlovu took some time to explore Durban's streets.
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