21/09/2026
The limine Green Vests of Katlehong
It was a cold, grey morning by the railway line. The kind of morning where most people pull their blankets tighter and say "not today."
But not them.
A line of bright limine green vests moved slowly down the road. You could see them from far. Young men, young women, and right there in the middle of them, Gogo.
Gogo (69)had the biggest bag of them all. A huge yellow bag on her back, almost bigger than her. She wore her doek, her long skirt, and slops - no fancy safety boots. While the others had pickers, she carried everything she collected on her back, like a mother carries a child.
In the second picture, a young man in a green beanie walks next to her. He doesn't rush ahead. He walks with her. Step by step. His picker in one hand, her bag heavy in hers. He knows - in this kasi, we don't leave our elders behind.
They passed piles of rubbish that have been there for months. Bottles, plastic, things people threw from taxis and from yards. For years people complained: "The municipality doesn't clean. The place is dirty."
That morning, nobody complained. They just bent down.
She is the first one to bend. Near the broken wall, she opens her bag. The others follow. One picks, one holds the bag, one drags. No one is the boss. Everyone is working.
They didn't come because someone paid them. They came because this is their street. This is where their children walk to school. This is where the train passes.
The story of Katlehong is not only about litter. It's about Gogo with a bag bigger than herself
They wore limine green vests so they could be seen. But what really stood out was not the vest. It was that they showed up.
I didn't mention her name as i believe that you call out elders by their names even if it's online platform I won't allow it or even take a picture of her out of respect and we did this post so that people can see how much our Guardians,Mother's can do for us
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