{"id":44341,"date":"2024-11-06T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T06:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/signed-up-to-die-a-mothers-fight-for-her-sons-life-in-gang-ridden-cape-flats-20241106\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:06:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:06:39","slug":"signed-up-to-die-a-mothers-fight-for-her-sons-life-in-gang-ridden-cape-flats-20241106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/signed-up-to-die-a-mothers-fight-for-her-sons-life-in-gang-ridden-cape-flats-20241106\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Signed up to die&#8217;: A mother\u2019s fight for her son\u2019s life in gang-ridden Cape Flats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A mother on the Cape Flats shares her struggle with her son\u2019s decision to join a gang, which has placed their family in constant danger. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Despite her love and support, she remains fearful for his life and helpless in the face of the violent threats that follow him. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Her hope is for him to change his life, but for now, she finds strength in prayer and small moments of peace.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>As a consequence of his circumstances as a young man growing up on the Cape Flats, he was forced to join a gang. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beaten, robbed, targeted and shot at, he believed he had no other choice. But, this is not his story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she got ready for church that morning, all those years ago, she had no idea her life would change forever. On the run from a hit put on his life, it was the first time she realised her son had joined a gang. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe met a close family friend at a restaurant and asked him to pray for him. He said he had to get a tattoo as a gangster,\u201d she says. \u201cThey were not going to tell us, but that Sunday morning he had to go on the run. There was a hit on his life the friend told us after church that Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A God-fearing home, this news rocked their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNone of us have ever been involved in gangsterism,\u201d she says. \u201cI was shocked! Why did he choose this path? It is not a good feeling knowing your child has become a gangster. It felt like he had signed up to die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although this was years ago, her son has not been able to stay at home since. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey have not stopped. They were looking for him. They shot someone in a drive-by shooting in front of our house,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI like to clean at night, and that night I heard several shots. At that moment, I thought \u2018Oh, God. Please don\u2019t tell me that is my son\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That feeling is one that repeats itself every time shots ring off. And on the Cape Flats, this is unfortunately very often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having gone to prison on extortion-related charges, she was happy that her son would be out of the line of fire, but when he was released the territory had completely changed, putting him right back in danger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe would be with me, but he was also not with me because he could not sleep at home anymore. They told me, they were going to kill him,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe would sneak in to the house late at night or early in the morning, because he must stay alert. I would tell him to just come lay with me and he would sleep for a bit and I would know my son is safe for that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a mother, knowing the path her son chose in life, it is a difficult road to travel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is nerve-wreaking because just like him, I need to constantly look over my shoulder. My daughter went to the shop and someone told her that her brother must not be so visible, because the gang is going to rush our house,\u201d she says. \u201cI don\u2019t understand why. I am not a gangster and my daughter is not a gangster. But, the target is on our house now too. I was someone who liked to keep my door open during the day, but I can\u2019t do that anymore. I can\u2019t just talk to anyone anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every time she hears another young man shot and killed, she is frozen in fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t even go out. I just look out of the window. They are constantly watching, they are constantly looking for him,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel that the community treats us differently. They look at you differently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a community worker before all this happened, I tried to help gangsters, but now I can\u2019t do that anymore because look at where my son ended up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point, she breaks down in tears trying to describe the child she knows her son is. She walks with what seems to be the world on her shoulders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t talk to people about this. People out there don\u2019t know your heart, they don\u2019t know what we are going through,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis takes so much energy from you. His father was a pillar of strength. After he died, I needed to take this burden on alone. Sometimes I get so angry because why must I do this alone?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is common for mothers to ignore the ill-doing of their children. Or at least, this is the perception of those on the other side, but for this mother siding with your children when you know they are in the wrong is forcing them further into it, rather than helping them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you say he did not do it, and you know for a fact that he did it, then you are pushing him further into gangsterism. Help him. Try to get him out because it is not a nice thing to see your child fleeing for his life,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou love your child, you want to help him. 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