Elise shares what it was like to be the oldest known person in South Africa to transition from male to female in the 1970s

Koeksisters and cups of tea have been neatly laid out in the kitchen and her cosy nest of a cottage is filled with comfy couches and original South African artworks.

She describes her granny flat as fun and stylish with plenty of depth – “just like me”. 

Elise Bishop certainly is stylish, elegantly dressed in a gold and black pants suit, her hair freshly done at a salon close to her home in Strand near Cape Town.