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A vibrant Greyville community remembered

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July 12, 2025

TODAY'S picture shows a block of flats at 32 North Street, Greyville, in Durban and comes from the Facebook page Durban Down Memory Lane.

- FRANK CHEMALY

A vibrant Greyville community remembered

The picture was probably taken shortly after the block was built in the 1930s.

North Street is the heart of what today is known as Block AK, and although the neighbourhood was demolished in the 1970s, the road can still be seen running through the open lots today.

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