Residents enter the St Michael’s home for women in Sydenham, Durban. Photo by Des Erasmus
Years-long discord about living conditions and governance failures affecting three retirement facilities in Durban came to a head when residents took to the streets on a sweltering December morning, brandishing placards demanding a new board and management, insisting that they would no longer allow themselves to be “neglected”.
The initial desperation of residents at the nonprofit-run St…
