Distaliki is the African name for the informal stalls put up by vendors at any street corner or open spaces. The term is widely used in Setswana and in Sesotho, and it refers to familiar spaces within communities in townships and villages. This project explores the relation between these structures and their surrounding environment. They are found and mostly built in unoccupied spaces. Within their confines, fruit, vegetables and all kind of merchandise is exchanged against money. The distalikis become […]
This work focuses on the aspect of how some people’s trash can turn into gold, looking at how far these guys come from just to open and close our bins. I have chosen this concept because I was always exposed to township cleaners but didn’t pay much attention to it. Growing up we used to see a van exchanging snacks for empty bottles and we used to call it Banana Kar. These men were doing recycling similar to the […]