David Webster was a Zambian who came to South Africa to study and to become an anthropologist.

This activism was compounded when he witnessed the authorities covertly smuggling weapons into the country from Mozambique.

[2] He set up house at 13 Eleanor Street where he lived with his partner Maggie Friedman.

When Webster returned from shopping on 1 May 1989 he was killed by Ferdi Barnard with a shotgun under a contract from the government sponsored covert Civil Co-operation Bureau.

[3] With the permission of the current owners the house has been decorated with designs made from tiles under the artistic guidance of Ilse Pahl, but the work has been done by a community of his friends.