The wall pictured here is a few blocks from my house. There are a few informal businesses in this street; a car wash, hairdressers and an upholsterer. There are also some rooms to rent by the hour and a large brothel further up the road.
The area is one of the oldest suburbs in Johannesburg, it has always been a working-class neighbourhood although most of the factories are closed or moved elsewhere and the area is a melting-pot of cultures and immigrants from all parts of Africa.
People living here are mostly poor and this graffiti has been here for many years without being painted over