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The Life and Times of
Maria Madira Shika
By Kristina Gubic
The Housekeeper
• Maria was born in 1960. She has three children. She is a single mother after losing her husband to illness fifteen years ago. Although he was a gardener – he supported her until his death. For the past fifteen yeas she has worked as a housekeeper for three different families in Parkhurst.
The Diva
• Outside of her job, Maria is always elegantly dressed. Even for the 20 minte walk home, she will change out of her overalls.
The worshipper
• Maria has been a devout Zionist Christian her whole life. She was born outside Polokwane in what has become the Zionist village of Moria where she still has a home.
The Property Mogul
Maria owns two homes which she maintains with her wages from housekeeping and from rental derived from 3 lodgers
Her youngest daughter lives in her home in Diepsloot while her in-laws live in her home in Polokwane which she inherited after her husband’s death.
The mother
Maria has three children, all of whom live in Diepsloot.
She has 2 grandchildren