ARTIST: Pamela “Sana King” Mavuso

CLIENT: Growthpoint Properties 
DATES: December 2024 

SITE: Thrive Student Living, Parktown, Johannesburg

ARTWORK DESCRIPTION: 

Local poet, healer and multi-disciplinary artist Thobile Mavuso was commissioned by Thrive Student Living to create a mural for the R200-million Arteria Parktown property and designed a unique artwork that encapsulates both the displacement and excitement of student life in “res”. The piece is fittingly entitled Ukuzilanda Ukuzilandela Nokuzelapha, which loosely translates as “to return to one’s roots is to care for and heal oneself.”

PLNTH produced the mural
This included: artwork digitising, technical drawings, project management, Health & Safety management, mural production

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The project was brought to PLNTH by Latitudes Online. 

Mural technical drawings: Matte (Matthew Edwards) 

Installation team: PLNTH muralists: Blessing Mijoni, Nomqhele Mkwananzi, Tetteh Cudjoe, Craig Mwanza