But the answer lies in videos such as this. Academics and politicians can dissect and probe and analyse human behaviour as much as they want. Often questions are asked about the alarming level of violence in the country. This year‚ 66 children have been murdered‚ and these are just the deaths reported by the press. Many believe that the authorities want the residents to wage war‚ wipe each other out. Many of those suffering there do not even cry for help any more because no one listens. “Pristine” Cape Town has a dark secret - the Cape Flats. The desperation in Pascoe’s voice is clear. So people ask: ‘Why can’t our children read and write? Why can’t they do well at school?’ This is why.” “They have adapted to this abnormal life‚ they have come to respect gangs who display no fear. Like the other children here‚ he has transformed‚” she said. He is aggressive‚ he swears‚ he is angry. He was two years old and is no longer a normal child. “Last year my grandson watched as something similar happened in our street. It is as if a switch has been turned off at some point in their young lives and their innocence disappears. The children‚ Pascoe explained‚ are numb. Instead they moved closer to check if he had survived (he had).

The children who witnessed the crime did not even flinch when the concrete block shattered on the man’s head.

They found the victim’s gang tattoo when they undressed him. Residents said the notorious Americans gang was behind the attack. If you lived by the sword‚ you were likely to die by it. But his past came back to haunt him because there was no way out. He had tried to leave the Hard Livings “ages ago’’ and start a new life. But the man in the video was no longer a gangster‚ said Pascoe.

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