The interviewer is brave..I'm south African and I'll never set foot in the cape flats ..that's a different world on it's own even police are scared of going there
we had had to read a book in school about kids who lived in the cape flats in high school and I had to write a essay about that book... so many parents where complaining that it was to harsh but my mom told me that is the real world you read it and you say thank God that you are not growing up there.. I always thought my town was shitty and full of violence but the cape flats is the hell
Just...that final scene. When he says he can't handle it. Then, he says I can't join cause my mummy. I held my tears until that very moment. He's the same age as my son. He deserves a better world to live in. They all do.
I hope this kids mom never gets killed by one of these gangs because you know what then..... That is why most of these kids are in gangs because of someone close to them being killed and the hate takes over their hearts.
I live in Hanover Park as well. I've been living here since i was born. Im 19 now and gunshots are a normal part of life to me. To avoid stray bullets i never leave my house except when i go to church and uni but its always a risk leaving your house cause you never know when they gonna start shooting. The saddest part is that people will run outside to see how they shoot cause we've become to used to it. I live a short distance away from where they shot this video but its not just in that area that they shoot they shoot all over in Hanover Park. I never wanna raise a family in this place, after i get my degree i just wanna move far away from here. My heart goes out to Mariezaan shame. He's a smart kid and he deserves the world but his environment brings out the worst in him. Its truly so sad 😪.
We don't know eachother, but if no one else has said it, I want to be sure that I have. I am SO proud of you, and hope for the very best for your future. You've made it this far, despite all the horrible odds against you. Please never give up.
just know that not all the west has forgotten you I have family in SA not in your area but I still worry on the daily stay in school make contacts out of the county and stay strong.
@cassidy van der byl I totally agree with you. Everyone keeps asking me why I haven't got kids yet, this is the reason. You doing good so far, keep it up and I pray God keeps you and your family safe.
I hope you can stay safe and achieve your degree. It's so sad that people are left to live like that. It looked like and ok sort of area originally there are places that should be play areas. Sending blessings from Europe
I hope you will succeed. I live in Switzerland and I've never seen or been confronted with this kind of place and I can't even imagine a life in this kind of place.The little boy in the video gave me chills and I hope he will also succeed in life. Cheer up, I hope you'll make it.
@Yanga Manga yeah and it's worse cause they target the kids and involve them in their nonsense. I legit live close to a boys correction facility (BOSASA)
The young boy was incredibly insightful about where his aggression stems from. Most adults don’t have that level of self-awareness. I hope he makes a better way for himself from the madness he is surrounded by.
Please, kindly express your concern to help Mariezaan get a better life, environment and education through the reporter on Twitter like I just did. His name is Adnan Sarwar @adnansarwar . We are all children of the Creator #GetMariezaanOut
Karen Nyirenda they also don’t report the black on black violence and white genocide going on because it doesn’t fit their agenda, it’s a fucked up industry I’ve had enough of the evils of the mainstream media.
@@f.h.4552 That statement seems to fit you more. F'ed up shit is happening in south africa and the media doesn't show it. So why must Elver rot in hell for calling that out?!?!
Can we take a moment and appreciate people who go extreme to cover all these untalked/hidden situations. The little boy is such a sweetie. I hope these children and the society get what they want. God bless
I live in Hanover Park, what's portrayed in this documentary is very true. It's sickening that gang violence has integrated itself into our daily lives, you never know when someone is going to pull out a firearm. You've got to be extremely vigilant but I'm glad they've done this documentary to shed light on the growing gang violence. Kudos to the journalist and his team for being brave, it's very rare to see people come out into Hanover Park.
@@yvonnemoore1128 money, the main reason is money. Many of the people in the Cape Flats can't afford to move to the former white areas or emigrate. Plus, you have your friends and family who live there so you can't just run away just like that
@martin oduor Which regime? Hanover Park was this way 50 years ago, under apartheid. All the regimes have failed to come up with a solution. The whole place should be closed down and people dispersed to civilized zones for intensive retraining on what civilized life is supposed to be.
@@len2son Keep dreaming but the reality is unchangeable. There are definetely other good children like the boy somewhere in the slums of this shithole/ failed state, but we should not/ cannot “help“ 'em. THEY have to realise that their government and OWN people are the problem. White supremacy is not a thing anymore in South Africa, many white people have left the country already cuz of the terrible situation(Well, as long as you are white and rich and not having any farms you have no problem, but if you are just “white“ and middle class... hell).
Stay right where you are.....too many variables...the only people who can help is their own government,military and police to clean it up. Junkies, crack babies and drug dealers ? He will not leave.
if this so called lord cared a little more then we wouldnt have this shit in our country....the lord is gone , there was never one....it was a good story but we need to face reality now
@@michaelaldan6969 I wish people would read and really pay attention to what you just wrote. People, I notice, tend to hide their despair and helplessness in religion. I've seen my beloved Africa devastated by corruption and blood-sucking outsiders. I am angry. I am angry at my parents for succumbing to the fairy tale of christianity. I am angry at Africans for putting all their hopes on a blond-haired, blue-eyed white man that will fall from the sky, instead of, like you said, "face reality," abandon religious garbage and fight for their lives--their children's futures. I'm angry at crooked leaders who have sold the continent to Europe, and now, Asia. I am angry.
@@V00d00-Child Racist trolls like you ain't helping at all too, even if you erase us white people (massacres or forced race mixing) you will not change anything, you will only create new problems, maybe even something worse(do you know the movie “Elysium“? I know that this is maybe a exaggeration but just look who has got the real power... the ultra rich). We, the middle class in the “west“(I'm german btw.) have problems too you know, and the future is going to be very dark if “some things“ do not change.
When he said, "This is my lunch" (and dangled the apple)... After that, explain how his father smoked drugs earlier. So he has money for drugs but not his children
I actually met a boy exactly like him, I was 10 and he was 8, his name was Riaan and we were friends in durbanville, he always carried a small knife and bragged about being a gangster and always said he wanted to join 28. He was a smart kid but shit he had terrible people around him 😕
I'm also surrounded by many drug addicts from the part of Soweto I live in. The truth about drug addiction is like hunger,mawulambile uba weak uphinde ube nolaka. A drug addict is better when they've smoked.
@Spoony G Exactly, people keep hammering on how intelligent this boy is, but in reality, its nothing special. He's average, not dumb, but not smart either. I didn't find anything throughout the documentary that made me think that he was intelligent. I get annoyed that whenever a youngster says anything in a documentary, they're instantly labelled as "so intelligent" or "so smart". I think a lot of the time the viewers just feel sorry for the kids. Just because someone says so it doesn't suddenly make it entirely true. Maybe it could be that their standards for intelligence or measuring intelligence are quite low, thus labelling someone who in reality is just average as intelligent. Or that the general populace are just on the lower end of the scale in terms of smarts. People tend to get too emotional and thus over exaggerate a lot. (Just to clarify I do not dislike this kid in anyway and wish the best for him in life, and the multitude of things it has to offer).
@Spoony G You know sometimes you gotta be careful of your wording and not sound too harsh in case of facing the floods of angry replies from users. I remember a comment I made once which received a plethora of angry and aggressive replies to the point where I had to delete the original post. I learnt since then. You gotta play the middle ground. Well I'm gonna hit the hay now.
Im a south african, not every place is like this. This is the worst it gets. I feel ashamed of what this place has come to. RIP those lost to the gunmen
@@livtheolive3888 only 2 hours? This place is like 5 minutes from my house. In the one scene where Mr Abrahams tells Adnan bout the cops standing at the petrol station because the black cop won't risk his life for a coloured person, there is a KFC at that spot, I frequent that KFC.
US _ poison I’m also from South Africa. It’s heavy there. But look at Joburg and Pretoria, Durban etc. Every city got the flats. Shit is getting outta hand. But the government is doing nuttin for these people man besides stealing the money from us. Dumb fokkers.
Bear in mind that this is in Cape Town, a city that was just voted the best city in the world. So much inequality that leads to children living these realities even 25 years post apartheid. So sad.
@So Who's the Dummy Now? South Africa has metro police but very few and state police. Our provinces have very little if no autonomy (I think because the government is scared of secession especially in the western cape) so are really handcuffed..As a result h There is more than double the amount of private security in SA than the whole police force.
Don’t blame apartheid alone. When there is a lack of father figure and single parenting this is the consequences. I have realized that when you don’t follow the God’s way it would not work it would be a failure.
@Ancient Rageedi The media is focusing on black mostly. Whites are only on when its either about race where there are racist accusations or something but coloureds hardly get coverage.
The kid is so aware of his surroundings and everything going on around him & as for the South African police, they're are just a bunch of corrupt son of a...
When that kid said "I can change everything about me,but not my family".I really felt that!!he deserves so much better...That boy loves his mom is every inch of his body and soul!!.I wish I could do something!
Poor baby, he's still traumatised and he's processing it by becoming this violent person. 😭 Really not proud to be South African right now. The violence is so unnecessary.
@So Who's the Dummy Now? well here in Afrika Borwa there are a lot of families like this one and cause most of the police force is lazy and corruptive they can't help everyone and no one in [most south africans] don't believe in adopting another man's child as [some of them] have to introduce their child to their ancestors so they can't introduce another person's child to their ancestors also most of us are poor
I'm not sure if the bill was passed, but there was a proposal that would allow alcohol to be sold at the schools or not. Can you imagine? Legal age of sexual consent is 12. Fucking 12!!! This is already the rape capital of the world and then the government wants to throw alcohol into the melting pot. As if the crystal meth plague wasn't enough.
High School is worse. There are students who carry weapons & drugs to school, gang members, learners carry weapons. There are frequent fights, teachers/staff members are threatened & even assaulted by learners. Sometimes parents storm into the school filled with anger, only to insult/assault staff member or learners. Classes are overcrowded. These are the few issues I can name. I went to high school in a coloured community. When you heard that police found, drugs, guns, knives or anything illegal on learners you would not be shocked because its something thats become so normal.
I live in a relatively safe area of Pretoria which is probably one of the safest cities in SA. Even here, at my highschool( which was a pretty good one ) kids would occasionally show up with guns and one kid got stabbed in the back of the head with scissors. Luckily, he wasn't too badly injured. This is a highly rated highschool I'm talking about so you can imagine how it is in the highschools from the Cape flats and other dangerous areas.
This is so hectic 😭😭 I’m black and I stay in Pretoria... the other side of SA. I lost my best friend to this. He was born in the Cape Flats and his family moved him here when he joined a gang and injured one of the gang Captains. We were friends for 4years before his sister sent him back to the flats, 8months later I heard he was gunned down. He was a good guy and he was so caring but when he moved back he changed. That place is cursed. Our government isn’t doing enough
We can't blame the government only when we have parents doing drugs in front of their kids. Parents need to grow up and understand that they are parents. What contributes to this gang lifestyle is parents neglecting their children. Neglected children become a danger to society.
I live in cape flats, my family is spread across Hanover park, manenberg, Mitchells Plain, and Athlone, except for my father's family who is from George. This an everyday situation for me. Its my final year in highschool. So I'm working really hard in school so I can make it out of this place.
You'll make it out and be an example to many others, inspiring kids to also push on academically in your community, and eventually countrywide. Keep your head up :)!
May Archangels protect you and your family and all that pertains to you, keeping you safe from all hurt, harm, danger, and negativity. Blessings, peace, prosperity, success, be upon you all the days of your life. God Speed.
I've always seen such documents and read news reports, but sadly viewed it as a distant problem, 'their' problem, until the shooting came closer to where I live. Now it's my problem as well. People are overwhelmed, school psychologists and social worker numbers are inadequate compared to the scale of the problem. Law enforcement and police cannot be trusted, in some cases. Justice system give little hope as well. So what are we to do? What's the solution? No one person can solve this situation. Everyone can do something, no matter how small the gesture seems. Some can speak a positive word to these children, others who have money can buy a pair of shoes or share a plate of food. Those who have skills can share it and so empower the upcoming generation. Those who are deployed to serve these communities can do it with excellence and integrity. Everyone can do something.... I'm doing something small but we cannot just sit by and do nothing. We are part of this country
@@ashleydaniels5121 It reminds me of the new trailer for Legion " They came for the journalists, I didn't stand up cause I am not a journalist. Then they came for the protestors, I didn't stand up - I am not a protestor. Then they came for artists - I didn't stand up, I am not an artist. Then I realized, there was nobody left to stand up for me".....
@@Healingson it's not that they've been living under a rock. I live in Pretoria and I knew nothing about this since it really doesn't happen here. When I think coloured people i think of the ones in Pretoria who live comfortable lives, also we only see this stuff on youtube.
@lunga lunga by the way you have said it in Rwanda you know it's very tight man . the security is so so tight you never even that some one hard agun . and after the genocide taught them many things
What these adults are doing to these kids is so sad so much fear behind their innocent smiles I weep for them...they have no escape and these gangs know this!
@Issay Gebregziabher Europe would be wise to welcome them back with open arms and in return send all Africans back to Africa out of Europe and stop sending aid. Then South Africa and the rest of Africa can work on their problems and Europe can do the same.
@Issay Gebregziabher No one is going to give you anything. You weren't a slave. Unless you are of the native tribes it isn't even your right to make those statements.
his interviewer's name is joseph anterloo , he is a trained navy seal , and has super soldier training (basically top1%) he has fought in 3 theaters of war : iraq , afghan and florida so bascially he is one of the best persons to send into a tense area like this
When the kid said his mum is closest to him....you can see the failure in the dad's face. Of course he feels bad but being an addict is hard...but in a place like that it must be harder. Highly stressful situation. That kid looks determined enough to put his mum in a better place when he older! God bless him.
I have never cried like this.. In my life 😭😭 I'm a black South African grew poor with my both parents not working .I think what makes their situation worse is that they do drugs😭
Please, kindly express your concern to help Mariezaan get a better life, environment and education through the reporter on Twitter like I just did. His name is Adnan Sarwar @adnansarwar . We are all children of the Creator #GetMariezaanOut
@@metromakeitboom7657 right. I wish he was put for adoption. His future is sooo bright. He seems really smart. IMagine wasting all that potential because he was shot. i don't even want to think about it. It's so devastating.
Damn dad's useless how ? His dad went to that to his also going to go through that and his kids South Africa just don't care about coulured people to worried about your needs and white people their needs respect my people cause that's this proof government don't care about us DA and ANC
It's not about helping the one boy, look around 🙄 there's many of him, they need to help the whole community and they need to change the situation of the community.
Me too I just wanna make a faculty for the where they can actually find talents like drawing, dancing, singing, wanting to learn how to spread awareness and stuff like that
This made me cry, and I'M SOUTH AFRICAN.. Cape Town is one of my favorite cities to visit and I didn't realize the true pain many here suffer. I'm praying every day for the children around the world who live like this. ❤️
As someone who stays several kilometers away from the flats, I can attest that living in those communities, is the worst nightmare one can have. In fact people driving by the flats rarely stop - even if the traffic light is red. You keep moving. I feel for women and children in there. That's the dark side of Cape Town that doesn't really get featured on media
what do you think should be done to help that community. and please give a detailed answer ( sorry for bothering you, it is just that I'm really concerned
Honestly, Cape Town is terrible. It's been almost a year since my eldest brother was murdered in front of my home and a month later my father was abducted as well. I have so much anxiety now that I cannot leave my home. I constantly worry about my family, especially my younger brother. It seems there will be no end to this violence.
I'd argue government funding into recreation facilities and parks (gives people something to do), rehab centres, something to help create jobs/ business's and community groups. There's probably more but I'd argue more jobs and activities could help a lot in changing younger peoples lifestyles, mostly because there'd be other options.
What do you expect when the government only looks after blacks?! Us coloureds dont get the same level of affirmative action as the blacks even though we fought for our land 170 years longer than any black man in south Africa. Affirmative action is also done on Country wide stats instead of using stats from a province which for a province that is predominantly Coloured means there are less opportunities for us In education and jobs because blacks get priority even though they arent even from the western Cape but they flood in from the eastern cape and take all the jobs and housing because they get priority over those who have always lived in the western Cape, the Coloureds..
I hope that they helped that boy in any way they could. He seems so smart and gentle and it's hurt me to see such a gentle soul have to go through so much.
My Father (Irish/English) and lived in London and was in the Royal Navy in the 40s) he was in South Africa and his ship was anchored in Capetown for a little while. He said it was violent then in some areas. He got lost and wandered into what was then East Sector 6 (classified as a coloured area) and asked for directions. The chap told him the way and then said run for your life because you could be killed this is a very dangerous area for white people. My Father told us it was a beautiful country but the Politics stunk. Separating people by colour was to him abhorrent.
Denise G- Hill 'Separating people by colour was to him abhorrent.' So, when the chap told your father to run because he could be killed being white in a black neighborhood, did your father run?????? Lol
@@schoomzer Apartheid breeds hatred. Of course he ran. He didn't have any problems in India when he was based there for a while. Do you agree with segregating people by colour then.
Hover damn. "I can change everything of me, but not my family." Such powerful words from a child who cannot be a child. Heartbreaking for the children. This boy, ugh, he touched my heart. Mr. Reporter, thank you for showing tht you're human, and sometimes the heart takes over...Blessings.
Please, kindly express your concern to help Mariezaan get a better life, environment and education through the reporter on Twitter like I just did. His name is Adnan Sarwar @adnansarwar . We are all children of the Creator #GetMariezaanOut
My tears running wild when he say, what ever he do, he still my dad, under this circumstances, life is so wilds and cruel, just beacause the govt cant react.
I live in Cape town South Africa literally 30mins from the flats and it like two worlds apart. It so safe where I stay u can walk at 1am without worrying. It the gangs that are protected by the community that cause all this , the soldiers were deployed but how are they to help if the community hide the perpetrators?
You damn right there..was there on holiday..in the city,, which looked normal, evil vibes all around, hassled non stop even in front of the 5* hotel we stayed at. Security Everywhere!! At the hotel entrance 2-4 guys, on the street corners, supermarket, restaurants and bars, Banks, at the beach, tourist bus stops. Horrible, my husband say I am paranoid! Not true. It Such a beautiful country! But I couldn't wait to leave...
I grew up in this area, something good can come from Hanover Park. It is not the children that want to become gangsters it is what they are exposed to. Unfortunately people fear the gangsters and cause that NGO's to be reluctant to get resources to assist. There is many people that want to help the community but they need resources, venues and help from the ward representatives. There so much available but it is up to you to take the opportunity.
It's so depressing. No children anywhere get a say in their upbringing; a systemic cycle of parents and community burdening their faults and irresponsibility onto them. 21:50 says it all, unbelievable.
Because the US is the most powerful and influential countries in the world. It makes sense to name a gang after said country if you want to put fear in those you want power over.
@@lefthanded5473 It's also a very agressive country that has been involved in wars, punctual military interventions, and coups d'etats in at least one foreing country each year for the last century.
@Unreported World Is there any way we can get a update on Mariezaan's family and him? Or if we can get a Go fund me setup. So they can get some help to move out of their situation?
@@sowhat1273 Have you ever heard about the turtle story? One night, a man was walking along the beach outside a bright city. There was only one other person there aside from him. It was a teenager, and he was picking up the newly-hatched baby turtles and putting them into the sea. The man was confused because there were thousands of the baby turtles and thought the teenager was wasting his time. So he walked up to him and said, "Why are you doing this? You aren't going to make a difference." The teenager placed another baby turtle into the sea and pointed as it swam away. "It made a difference to that one." Do you understand?
@@sowhat1273 if you want to help a community you have to start with one person and move on to the next one you can't help everyone at once you should know that... Not everyone is Bill gates but that doesn't mean they can't help...
@Laura-Lee Gillion holy cow XD been 8 months since I posted that comment. But I understand what you mean. I may be in America now, but I may be in South America in a few years.. " I think doing this from the governmental level is what will truly break this cycle." If that's what it takes that's what I must do. No one should have to live life like that and one day when I can I will try everything to change this for the people.
Please do anything possible to give any assistance to this family. Please, I beg you, give them a chance to live on this earth. Thank you for being a concern person. I have assisted many in Brazil, Philippines, Barbados and presently with Nigeria and Ghana. I am not wealthy by any means just doing all that is humanly possible to give support to others less fortunate than myself. I am presently retired. All of the wealthy people could come together and decrease this violence on this earth. America included.
Scotland, hahaha, White british are already a minority in London, Luton, Birmingham and a few other cities, in another decade maybe 15yrs white brits will be a minority in UK, then the vote will be to make big changes to the legal system to suite the majority muslim population.
@@mohammadwasilliterate8037 Your name says it all you fucking ignorant piece of crap. Look at the fucking history of Britain. A country that has transported wars, disease, pillaging, and raping, as well as murdering and enslaving people and stealing the resources of their countries. And then you have the fucking brass neck to complain about IMMIGRATION?!!!! You fucking ENFORCED IMMIGRATION ONTO OTHER COUNTRIES WHEN YOU INVADED LANDS THAT WERE NOT YOURS, PRICK!!! By the fucking way? You call Mohammed 'illiterate ' yet you don't even have the fucking intelligence to be able to write properly. When referring to any country, or nationality, you begin with a CAPITAL LETTER , as in 'British,' and NOT 'British' YOU ILLITERATE BRAINLESS PRICK!!
@@sharmabright1506 Allot of people tried to steal other people´s country´s what´s so special about that ? Humans been doing this for thousands of years.
@@GhostBanned369 With that logic, replied to the originator of this thread and tell her that in regards to non White people taking over Britain "what's so special about that ? Humans been doing this for thousands of years.".
@@sharmabright1506 They now do it without putting their lives at risk, a big difference. We used to fight of army's because in the end this is still a genetic war..we all instinctively know we are different even if we can like each other on a individual basis. Europeans know that people do not come to their country because they like European people, they come here for the money and comfort. This is also why people call Europeans racist and tell them they are the bad ones, they know what they are moving to Europe to their land is actually invading.
I grew up in Hanover Park and everything in this video is true. Also, it's the tip of the iceberg. The biggest gap in society are the single parent homes, along with absent fathers, perpetuating the cyclical gang recruitment of boys. I thank God for my strict father and mother, pushing me to do well academically and do better in life. Community leaders are divided and unsupported, so their efforts aren't as effective as it could be. Very sad for the folks who become caught up in drugs and kids who live encircled with the reality of their society, to the point of not knowing how big the world actually is.
the father looks so disappointed in himself for having to admit he does drugs infront of his son
He's probably more embarrassed saying it infront of the camera. Alot of these drug addicts do it infront of their kids.
He should...
IamGAIA they have a horrible life it’s probably the only nice thing they have that day
The poor child probably got into a lot of trouble for telling the reporter too, at least I would have growing up
didyoucall JORNO ...you read into that wrong his son already knew
"I can change everything of me but not my family" 😩 😩
He is a wise boy
Very wise young man
liteach100 * struck a deep chord there... too young to know that pain :(
He said you can take everything from me but not my family.
How sad.dont know really know.
The interviewer is brave..I'm south African and I'll never set foot in the cape flats ..that's a different world on it's own even police are scared of going there
Exactly 😥
So it’s Africa’s Detroit/San Francisco
Bubb Arts *South Africa
But yes. It’s a dangerous and lawless place
@@bubbarts8021 I'd rather be in Detroit/Chicago. It's so much worse here
@@martincronje1990 I dunno man Chicago had 63 people shot dead in one weekend in 2018 and they regularly lose at least 15 a week.
When he said : "I can change everything about me, but not my family" , that hit different
Factz 😞
And the fact he could say that at 11 is just mind blowing
I had to take a pause and re examine the boy, it blew my mind he talked that much in very very few words.
I hope he is really safe.
I actually paused the video and cried when I heard him say that
That hurt…
This boy deserves the entire world. He deserves a future. Hope the kid makes it. 💔
I just want to help him out of this mess😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Me too!!!
Not just him and other boys thete
joons moon entire world? Lmao no
He died
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That little boy is so smart, the host looked like he wish he could adopt him
@@dermannindermenge2541 shut the fuck up loser
@@dermannindermenge2541 why you ranting lmaoo
@@coen_xD Lmaooo
The kid is smart... People must not take that away from him.
@@dermannindermenge2541 not even a reply smh how troll of a comment
“No matter what he do, he is still my daddy” 😭 my heart guys
Had tears in my eyes
RIPxBlackHawk
Don’t you have like a war or something to fight on your game boy?
RIPxBlackHawk bruh.
Can you stop pissing people off and go to elementary school
This boy is intelligent and has quite a lot of potential
"I can change everything of me, but not my family" 😭
@@RIPxBlackHawk omfg im rolling LMAO 🤣🤣
That child expresses himself better than MEN I've met. I really hope he is doing well.
They should have not shown his face
@Norman Gonzales Jr. What do you mean by "so? "
@@NoName-kq5gl why
@@andreabenard9765 it could put him in danger, he could be a target for reasons
@@notttvcep1re739 oh okay thx
I am a South African, I had often heard about the gang fights in the Cape Flats, I had no idea how bad it was.
Me too
It's like another world
Do they not talk about it in other places on the news? In Cape Town, its always on the news
we had had to read a book in school about kids who lived in the cape flats in high school and I had to write a essay about that book... so many parents where complaining that it was to harsh but my mom told me that is the real world you read it and you say thank God that you are not growing up there.. I always thought my town was shitty and full of violence but the cape flats is the hell
the little kid knowing how to stab each other is fucked up G
@@lunalee38 What school did you go to ???
Just...that final scene. When he says he can't handle it. Then, he says I can't join cause my mummy. I held my tears until that very moment. He's the same age as my son. He deserves a better world to live in. They all do.
Same here sunshine, i cried so hard that it keeps ringing in my head till now
I would Take that little boy in a heart beat...and give him a good home and Life..
@@hhguerra59 same thing I was thinking - can the producers at least refer us to him - he deserves better and should not face life like that
@@hhguerra59 I want to adopt this boy if I could and give Him a better life.😢😢
I hope this kids mom never gets killed by one of these gangs because you know what then..... That is why most of these kids are in gangs because of someone close to them being killed and the hate takes over their hearts.
Every time I see something about South Africa on TH-cam, I ask myself if I’m in the same country 😣
Saaaame! 😳
You do t know life in South africa
Please keep yourself informed about what's going on in our country😢
Delia Groer Yeah i need to, thanks
Same .im in SA bt i c this stuff on tv
I live in Hanover Park as well. I've been living here since i was born. Im 19 now and gunshots are a normal part of life to me. To avoid stray bullets i never leave my house except when i go to church and uni but its always a risk leaving your house cause you never know when they gonna start shooting. The saddest part is that people will run outside to see how they shoot cause we've become to used to it. I live a short distance away from where they shot this video but its not just in that area that they shoot they shoot all over in Hanover Park. I never wanna raise a family in this place, after i get my degree i just wanna move far away from here. My heart goes out to Mariezaan shame. He's a smart kid and he deserves the world but his environment brings out the worst in him. Its truly so sad 😪.
We don't know eachother, but if no one else has said it, I want to be sure that I have. I am SO proud of you, and hope for the very best for your future. You've made it this far, despite all the horrible odds against you. Please never give up.
just know that not all the west has forgotten you I have family in SA not in your area but I still worry on the daily stay in school make contacts out of the county and stay strong.
@cassidy van der byl I totally agree with you. Everyone keeps asking me why I haven't got kids yet, this is the reason. You doing good so far, keep it up and I pray God keeps you and your family safe.
I hope you can stay safe and achieve your degree. It's so sad that people are left to live like that. It looked like and ok sort of area originally there are places that should be play areas. Sending blessings from Europe
I hope you will succeed. I live in Switzerland and I've never seen or been confronted with this kind of place and I can't even imagine a life in this kind of place.The little boy in the video gave me chills and I hope he will also succeed in life. Cheer up, I hope you'll make it.
FACT: The community knows exactly who each of the gangsters are but can't point them out for fear of retribution...
And found in ditches
It's not easy get rid of us gansterism. The best is to stay out of the way
@Yanga Manga yeah and it's worse cause they target the kids and involve them in their nonsense. I legit live close to a boys correction facility (BOSASA)
Same as the cops
They know but people are dying every day in the flats.
Even with the military monitoring the place. No one is safe
The young boy was incredibly insightful about where his aggression stems from. Most adults don’t have that level of self-awareness. I hope he makes a better way for himself from the madness he is surrounded by.
Please, kindly express your concern to help Mariezaan get a better life, environment and education through the reporter on Twitter like I just did. His name is Adnan Sarwar @adnansarwar . We are all children of the Creator
#GetMariezaanOut
It's incredibly difficult to change paradigm
yes indeed!!!!!!
@Spoony G do you know the definition of a murderer? stop spewing nonsense you dumbfuck
@@WeissmannX shut the fuck up you twat what about all the rest of kids you hipocrit
I’m South African and it hurts me that the news doesn’t report this to us.
Karen Nyirenda they also don’t report the black on black violence and white genocide going on because it doesn’t fit their agenda, it’s a fucked up industry I’ve had enough of the evils of the mainstream media.
Elver Vargas Here’s to you rotting in hell 🍻 you sick heartless low IQ shitstain
@@f.h.4552 That statement seems to fit you more. F'ed up shit is happening in south africa and the media doesn't show it. So why must Elver rot in hell for calling that out?!?!
Fatima Takahashi looks like someone cant take facts
They never will because its black issues.
"No matter what he do - he's still my daddy. "
Precious
@Thomas Gleri lmao 😂
HEARTBREAKING!
Mariezaan is a ride or die boy. We all need loyalty like that
Its sad to see that everyday celebrities are trending and getting all the attention, whereas this is what deserves attention. GOD have mercy
A lot of people are just kind of dumb. They don't really care about this stuff
Adam Gillespie hard to care about something you never heard about
stop being a simp trying to act all godly
its not god dude.
god aint real
@Mick Philpott WHY DONT U FUCK YOURSELF
"Take care of the family"? He's a child. Someone should be taking care of him.
Unfortunately doesn't look like it's possible, I hope the kid gets a chance to leave that place.
You are right.
Watch him getting older and he will make his wish come true.
His father is caught up in drugs and the mother working. Where's the Christian church.
your right, but it's not his fault that he's in poverty and gang violence
Can we take a moment and appreciate people who go extreme to cover all these untalked/hidden situations. The little boy is such a sweetie. I hope these children and the society get what they want. God bless
I live in Hanover Park, what's portrayed in this documentary is very true. It's sickening that gang violence has integrated itself into our daily lives, you never know when someone is going to pull out a firearm. You've got to be extremely vigilant but I'm glad they've done this documentary to shed light on the growing gang violence. Kudos to the journalist and his team for being brave, it's very rare to see people come out into Hanover Park.
I want to help the boy in the documentary, do you know if he is okay? do you know if theres anything we can do for him?
@@iccigato9921 Hanover Park isn't a small place so I doubt she knows him personally
I'm sorry to hear that you live in such a dangerous area. I'm curious, why do you stay? If you have children why put them in danger?
@@yvonnemoore1128 money, the main reason is money. Many of the people in the Cape Flats can't afford to move to the former white areas or emigrate. Plus, you have your friends and family who live there so you can't just run away just like that
Please get me that boy, I will take him to school. I'm in Kenya, a better place,I can help the boy get better education. My number+254736323769
That lil boy is brilliant. My heart is hurting for him.
I wish that we could help him to escape that place
@martin oduor Which regime? Hanover Park was this way 50 years ago, under apartheid. All the regimes have failed to come up with a solution. The whole place should be closed down and people dispersed to civilized zones for intensive retraining on what civilized life is supposed to be.
Why escape? It's his home.
Gang violence must end in the Cape Flats.
@@len2son
Keep dreaming but the reality is unchangeable. There are definetely other good children like the boy somewhere in the slums of this shithole/ failed state, but we should not/ cannot “help“ 'em. THEY have to realise that their government and OWN people are the problem. White supremacy is not a thing anymore in South Africa, many white people have left the country already cuz of the terrible situation(Well, as long as you are white and rich and not having any farms you have no problem, but if you are just “white“ and middle class... hell).
Stay right where you are.....too many variables...the only people who can help is their own government,military and police to clean it up.
Junkies, crack babies and drug dealers ?
He will not leave.
@Tee Snacks You are ON POINT. PERIOD
" He's still my father"
"I can change everything of me but not my FAMILY"
😥😥😥
Felt that😫
I know the wisdom - it broke my heart.
I know how the kid feels
That’s a young men right there
He is such a wise little boy. Heartbreaking when innocent kids suffer for the parents mistakes.
This poor baby. I'm crying. I need him to be safe. Lord please keep him safe. 😥
if this so called lord cared a little more then we wouldnt have this shit in our country....the lord is gone , there was never one....it was a good story but we need to face reality now
Amen, May our Lord and Savior protecte and provide for the little ones that need it.
Amen. Him and the rest of the children.
@@michaelaldan6969 I wish people would read and really pay attention to what you just wrote. People, I notice, tend to hide their despair and helplessness in religion. I've seen my beloved Africa devastated by corruption and blood-sucking outsiders. I am angry. I am angry at my parents for succumbing to the fairy tale of christianity. I am angry at Africans for putting all their hopes on a blond-haired, blue-eyed white man that will fall from the sky, instead of, like you said, "face reality," abandon religious garbage and fight for their lives--their children's futures. I'm angry at crooked leaders who have sold the continent to Europe, and now, Asia. I am angry.
@@V00d00-Child
Racist trolls like you ain't helping at all too, even if you erase us white people (massacres or forced race mixing) you will not change anything, you will only create new problems, maybe even something worse(do you know the movie “Elysium“? I know that this is maybe a exaggeration but just look who has got the real power... the ultra rich). We, the middle class in the “west“(I'm german btw.) have problems too you know, and the future is going to be very dark if “some things“ do not change.
When he said, "This is my lunch" (and dangled the apple)... After that, explain how his father smoked drugs earlier. So he has money for drugs but not his children
💔
😵😱😭😭
Drugs are cheaper than food
I actually met a boy exactly like him, I was 10 and he was 8, his name was Riaan and we were friends in durbanville, he always carried a small knife and bragged about being a gangster and always said he wanted to join 28. He was a smart kid but shit he had terrible people around him 😕
I'm also surrounded by many drug addicts from the part of Soweto I live in. The truth about drug addiction is like hunger,mawulambile uba weak uphinde ube nolaka. A drug addict is better when they've smoked.
Mariezaan is intelligent. He's experienced life shame! He's got such a way with words that even the reporter is really being sentimental with him
Zanele Mnguni and English is not even his first language!
it's the truth...a brilliant child!!!!!!!
@Spoony G no wonder you don't see it. because u think like that.
@Spoony G Exactly, people keep hammering on how intelligent this boy is, but in reality, its nothing special. He's average, not dumb, but not smart either. I didn't find anything throughout the documentary that made me think that he was intelligent. I get annoyed that whenever a youngster says anything in a documentary, they're instantly labelled as "so intelligent" or "so smart". I think a lot of the time the viewers just feel sorry for the kids. Just because someone says so it doesn't suddenly make it entirely true. Maybe it could be that their standards for intelligence or measuring intelligence are quite low, thus labelling someone who in reality is just average as intelligent. Or that the general populace are just on the lower end of the scale in terms of smarts. People tend to get too emotional and thus over exaggerate a lot. (Just to clarify I do not dislike this kid in anyway and wish the best for him in life, and the multitude of things it has to offer).
@Spoony G You know sometimes you gotta be careful of your wording and not sound too harsh in case of facing the floods of angry replies from users. I remember a comment I made once which received a plethora of angry and aggressive replies to the point where I had to delete the original post. I learnt since then. You gotta play the middle ground. Well I'm gonna hit the hay now.
Im a south african, not every place is like this. This is the worst it gets. I feel ashamed of what this place has come to. RIP those lost to the gunmen
It’s scary to think that this place is like 2 hours away from my house
@@livtheolive3888 only 2 hours? This place is like 5 minutes from my house.
In the one scene where Mr Abrahams tells Adnan bout the cops standing at the petrol station because the black cop won't risk his life for a coloured person, there is a KFC at that spot, I frequent that KFC.
Definitely isn’t the worst it gets in cpt. So sad
US _ poison I’m also from South Africa. It’s heavy there. But look at Joburg and Pretoria, Durban etc. Every city got the flats. Shit is getting outta hand. But the government is doing nuttin for these people man besides stealing the money from us. Dumb fokkers.
I am shocked le nna.
“I want to put my mommy in a better place.” This kid deserves all the good things that life can give him. 😭😭
Watching this as a South African is a trip. I can't even begin to imagine the level of corruption behind the huge mess in my country.
The police in this area sell guns to the gangsters, AKs, M16s and SMGs, there is some more info.
You can speak English?
@@tradinwarstoriez5641 bruh what does that even mean not everyone only speaks their home language
@@tradinwarstoriez5641 we have 11 official languages, english is one of the main languages in our country
@@tradinwarstoriez5641 : That question was a little offensive wasn't it?
Bear in mind that this is in Cape Town, a city that was just voted the best city in the world. So much inequality that leads to children living these realities even 25 years post apartheid. So sad.
It's all about choice in life for adults. Do drugs and kill and crime ......its all YOUR OWN choice!!!! These so called adults is the problem.
@So Who's the Dummy Now? Not easy to implement those things when the government and police are corrupt
@So Who's the Dummy Now? South Africa has metro police but very few and state police. Our provinces have very little if no autonomy (I think because the government is scared of secession especially in the western cape) so are really handcuffed..As a result h
There is more than double the amount of private security in SA than the whole police force.
Who voted to designate Cape Town the best city in the world? 😂😂😂😂😂 bunch of city officials, i would guess
Don’t blame apartheid alone. When there is a lack of father figure and single parenting this is the consequences. I have realized that when you don’t follow the God’s way it would not work it would be a failure.
As a South African,thank you for this.
Our media has turned a blind eye on this side of our country 🇿🇦❤️
FR fellow South African here
@Ancient Rageedi The media is focusing on black mostly. Whites are only on when its either about race where there are racist accusations or something but coloureds hardly get coverage.
Smart boy I felt sorry for him he deserves better future.
The kid is so aware of his surroundings and everything going on around him & as for the South African police, they're are just a bunch of corrupt son of a...
The police is not enough secured for a daily battlefield.
When that kid said "I can change everything about me,but not my family".I really felt that!!he deserves so much better...That boy loves his mom is every inch of his body and soul!!.I wish I could do something!
Very true
Poor baby, he's still traumatised and he's processing it by becoming this violent person. 😭 Really not proud to be South African right now. The violence is so unnecessary.
Wow girl. A whole "not proud to be South African"? Geesh
Mara, there's violence cause there's a lot of corruption going on at the government and the currency is bad
@@Similo Key words "RIGHT NOW"
@So Who's the Dummy Now? well here in Afrika Borwa there are a lot of families like this one and cause most of the police force is lazy and corruptive they can't help everyone and no one in [most south africans] don't believe in adopting another man's child as [some of them] have to introduce their child to their ancestors so they can't introduce another person's child to their ancestors also most of us are poor
@Sedi k
The Children said it Best, We Want Peace ...
I live in South Africa and our news never reports on this. Even police are too scared to set foot in these areas 😓 our government does nothing
Our government is busy chowing state funds with forks and knives. It's sickening! They don't care about anyone but themselves.
Vote for better people? Inform your self on government structures?
@@sadhu7191 doesn't work like that. They hand you a. t-shirt and a. Streetwise with Pap, and they got the vote
Corine Smith yup. And stir up racial tensions so you vote tribally rather than on policy. The system won’t work to help these people.
@@sadhu7191 There are no "better" options. Its death by poison, by hanging or by gunshot, either way you're dead. Its actually hilarious.
That kid has a heart thanks to mom but not sure about dad though his father should stop using drugs and start thinking of his family ✌
If primary school is like that then how is high school
I'm not sure if the bill was passed, but there was a proposal that would allow alcohol to be sold at the schools or not. Can you imagine? Legal age of sexual consent is 12. Fucking 12!!! This is already the rape capital of the world and then the government wants to throw alcohol into the melting pot. As if the crystal meth plague wasn't enough.
High School is worse. There are students who carry weapons & drugs to school, gang members, learners carry weapons. There are frequent fights, teachers/staff members are threatened & even assaulted by learners. Sometimes parents storm into the school filled with anger, only to insult/assault staff member or learners. Classes are overcrowded. These are the few issues I can name. I went to high school in a coloured community. When you heard that police found, drugs, guns, knives or anything illegal on learners you would not be shocked because its something thats become so normal.
@@amandamaweyi5982 Sadly, this is so true.
Why care about high school? What about those way older than high school age?
I live in a relatively safe area of Pretoria which is probably one of the safest cities in SA. Even here, at my highschool( which was a pretty good one ) kids would occasionally show up with guns and one kid got stabbed in the back of the head with scissors. Luckily, he wasn't too badly injured. This is a highly rated highschool I'm talking about so you can imagine how it is in the highschools from the Cape flats and other dangerous areas.
This is so hectic 😭😭 I’m black and I stay in Pretoria... the other side of SA. I lost my best friend to this. He was born in the Cape Flats and his family moved him here when he joined a gang and injured one of the gang Captains. We were friends for 4years before his sister sent him back to the flats, 8months later I heard he was gunned down. He was a good guy and he was so caring but when he moved back he changed. That place is cursed. Our government isn’t doing enough
Why on earth was he sent back there???
We can't blame the government only when we have parents doing drugs in front of their kids. Parents need to grow up and understand that they are parents. What contributes to this gang lifestyle is parents neglecting their children. Neglected children become a danger to society.
@Unapologetic White Male, Proud Colonizer a real sucker you are Genocide my foot "excuse my language" seeing you are in the correct skin.
@Unapologetic White Male, Proud Colonizer NO! fuckoff
I live in cape flats, my family is spread across Hanover park, manenberg, Mitchells Plain, and Athlone, except for my father's family who is from George. This an everyday situation for me. Its my final year in highschool. So I'm working really hard in school so I can make it out of this place.
You'll make it out and be an example to many others, inspiring kids to also push on academically in your community, and eventually countrywide. Keep your head up :)!
Jesus loves you. I'm praying for you and I hope you are able to ace all of your exams and lead a proud life ♥️♥️
@D.marks Goodluck with your endeavours dear
May Archangels protect you and your family and all that pertains to you, keeping you safe from all hurt, harm, danger, and negativity. Blessings, peace, prosperity, success, be upon you all the days of your life. God Speed.
I hope you make it out of there. I'm also from cape town. Good luck😊
I’m South African and I didn’t know things were this bad😢😢
have you been living under a rock
I've always seen such documents and read news reports, but sadly viewed it as a distant problem, 'their' problem, until the shooting came closer to where I live. Now it's my problem as well. People are overwhelmed, school psychologists and social worker numbers are inadequate compared to the scale of the problem. Law enforcement and police cannot be trusted, in some cases. Justice system give little hope as well. So what are we to do? What's the solution? No one person can solve this situation. Everyone can do something, no matter how small the gesture seems. Some can speak a positive word to these children, others who have money can buy a pair of shoes or share a plate of food. Those who have skills can share it and so empower the upcoming generation. Those who are deployed to serve these communities can do it with excellence and integrity. Everyone can do something.... I'm doing something small but we cannot just sit by and do nothing. We are part of this country
@@ashleydaniels5121 It reminds me of the new trailer for Legion " They came for the journalists, I didn't stand up cause I am not a journalist. Then they came for the protestors, I didn't stand up - I am not a protestor. Then they came for artists - I didn't stand up, I am not an artist. Then I realized, there was nobody left to stand up for me".....
Tijuana Mexico is Just as bad
@@Healingson it's not that they've been living under a rock. I live in Pretoria and I knew nothing about this since it really doesn't happen here. When I think coloured people i think of the ones in Pretoria who live comfortable lives, also we only see this stuff on youtube.
If SA had a competant police force and judiciary and prison system, this 💩 would not be an issue.
The problem is bigger than just the police force, judiciary and prison system.
You need an education
@lunga lunga by the way you have said it in Rwanda you know it's very tight man . the security is so so tight you never even that some one hard agun . and after the genocide taught them many things
Broken homes, broken societies. This is sad💔
An unending cycle 💔
I just read a history book it all makes sense.
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Mariezann opening up to the reporter made me cry :< every child in that neighborhood deserves a better life.
What these adults are doing to these kids is so sad so much fear behind their innocent smiles I weep for them...they have no escape and these gangs know this!
they are smocking drogue so sad
@Issay Gebregziabher Europe would be wise to welcome them back with open arms and in return send all Africans back to Africa out of Europe and stop sending aid. Then South Africa and the rest of Africa can work on their problems and Europe can do the same.
@Issay Gebregziabher No one is going to give you anything. You weren't a slave. Unless you are of the native tribes it isn't even your right to make those statements.
@Issay Gebregziabher Aaaaaand this is how terrorism is born. Xenophobia and mistaken victimhood.
Seems like the interviews were a little therapeutic for the boy. He could let it all out
his interviewer's name is joseph anterloo , he is a trained navy seal , and has super soldier training (basically top1%) he has fought in 3 theaters of war : iraq , afghan and florida
so bascially he is one of the best persons to send into a tense area like this
lol that little boy sucks tbh , he should just grow up
@@coolcucumbers7601 I’m sorry 😞
@@youtubegimme8646 so ignorant and insensitive 💔
@@Winnerscircle2.0 I meant he should quickly become a legal adult so he could get outta there
When the kid said his mum is closest to him....you can see the failure in the dad's face. Of course he feels bad but being an addict is hard...but in a place like that it must be harder. Highly stressful situation.
That kid looks determined enough to put his mum in a better place when he older!
God bless him.
He’s such a bright child. I really hope his life changes for the better ❤️
I have never cried like this.. In my life 😭😭 I'm a black South African grew poor with my both parents not working .I think what makes their situation worse is that they do drugs😭
The love he has for his mom. 😩❤️
And how he kept placing his hand over his heart when talking about her
mother is a gift💗losing her is the biggest nightmare!!🥶
I'm lost for words! I literally felt his pain and cried while watching. "nobody understands my situation at home " that got me 😭😭😭
This little guy crying at the end was heartbreaking. If he was only given a chance.
Cant beleive I watched a kid that young,cry from his life pain.God bless you
Im not even from such a place but Ive had ptsd sinceI was 6.
So thats rekatively common even in countries that are not this bad
@@lil_weasel219 If you know you're gonna say something negative just dont say it
This little boy is welcome to come to my home... no drugs or guns being shot
But you need gun to self defends
I would also like entry to this home... But there would definitely be a talk about psychedelics...
I would also like entry to this home but there will be talks of sex
I pray the little boy and his sister escapes such a life.
They,the coloureds,are now worse off since the demise of Apartheid....well they voted...now reap what you have sown
This is nothing new...history over and over again..except safer under aparheid when they police quickly sorted them out
I prey all of them do 🙏
“I can change everything of me, but not my family”. That hit deep as hell. I hope nothing but the best for this child
😔😔😭😭 I pray God be with this lil boy all the days of his life. I can only imagine how many others like him.
Please, kindly express your concern to help Mariezaan get a better life, environment and education through the reporter on Twitter like I just did. His name is Adnan Sarwar @adnansarwar . We are all children of the Creator
#GetMariezaanOut
I’m praying for him as well.
May Allah safeguard him and his family
I almost cried when the boy was telling the reporter that his mommy is the closest to his heart. The father is useless to the boy
That father is useless I wish I could adopt him 😔💔💔
@@metromakeitboom7657 right. I wish he was put for adoption. His future is sooo bright. He seems really smart. IMagine wasting all that potential because he was shot. i don't even want to think about it. It's so devastating.
Damn dad's useless how ? His dad went to that to his also going to go through that and his kids South Africa just don't care about coulured people to worried about your needs and white people their needs respect my people cause that's this proof government don't care about us DA and ANC
Good Investigative Journalism.
It's not about helping the one boy, look around 🙄 there's many of him, they need to help the whole community and they need to change the situation of the community.
Thank you for giving him a hug, he sooo deserved a cuddle, feel so helpless across the pond.😱😱😱
Omg he’s smoking heroine in the house with kids and expects him not to turn out bad. I wish I could help that kid 😔
Let do something to help him
Me too I just wanna make a faculty for the where they can actually find talents like drawing, dancing, singing, wanting to learn how to spread awareness and stuff like that
I remember when the army was sent into the Cape Flats to gain control over the situation. Less than a week later, the army was like "we need back up"
yes exacly and they didnt go to the war zones they were stopping cars and taxis
This made me cry, and I'M SOUTH AFRICAN.. Cape Town is one of my favorite cities to visit and I didn't realize the true pain many here suffer. I'm praying every day for the children around the world who live like this. ❤️
That baby said a mouthful: He said it’s the children that make this place dangerous! That broke my heart.
As someone who stays several kilometers away from the flats, I can attest that living in those communities, is the worst nightmare one can have.
In fact people driving by the flats rarely stop - even if the traffic light is red. You keep moving.
I feel for women and children in there. That's the dark side of Cape Town that doesn't really get featured on media
Shame
what do you think should be done to help that community.
and please give a detailed answer
( sorry for bothering you, it is just that I'm really concerned
Such handsome little boy hope he makes it
Unfortunately he won't the sad truth if he wants to survive than he'll choose the gangs
ShookAlready • how do you know it 🤔fool
Unfortunately he will not
Honestly, Cape Town is terrible. It's been almost a year since my eldest brother was murdered in front of my home and a month later my father was abducted as well. I have so much anxiety now that I cannot leave my home. I constantly worry about my family, especially my younger brother. It seems there will be no end to this violence.
Stay Strong 💪🏾 God bless this evil world 🌍 we live in
😩 Strongz ❤️
Three years down the line, how is the kid and his family? This kid and many others need a better life.
Where do we even begin to resolve this issue... there's still hope though. Children aren't meant to grow up this way. Lord heal our land 🙏
actually no one is supposed to live in such conditions..young and old.
I'd argue government funding into recreation facilities and parks (gives people something to do), rehab centres, something to help create jobs/ business's and community groups. There's probably more but I'd argue more jobs and activities could help a lot in changing younger peoples lifestyles, mostly because there'd be other options.
Our government is another apocalyptic scene in this world's history, sigh😪
Failed society and none of it the children’s fault. How tragic for them.
The adults also were children once. They grew up in such a society.
What do you expect when the government only looks after blacks?! Us coloureds dont get the same level of affirmative action as the blacks even though we fought for our land 170 years longer than any black man in south Africa. Affirmative action is also done on Country wide stats instead of using stats from a province which for a province that is predominantly Coloured means there are less opportunities for us In education and jobs because blacks get priority even though they arent even from the western Cape but they flood in from the eastern cape and take all the jobs and housing because they get priority over those who have always lived in the western Cape, the Coloureds..
@@LB_die_Kaapie you sound like a victim
L B dude.... I’m not South African but you look like you’re just looking for someone to blame
@@metanoia3438 Have you ever considered that maybe the Europeans dont feel guilt and know what their faults are? Dummy KID!
I hope that they helped that boy in any way they could. He seems so smart and gentle and it's hurt me to see such a gentle soul have to go through so much.
He's such a precious child, I wish I could help his family or adopt him. My heart broke when he cried 😭
My Father (Irish/English) and lived in London and was in the Royal Navy in the 40s) he was in South Africa and his ship was anchored in Capetown for a little while. He said it was violent then in some areas. He got lost and wandered into what was then East Sector 6 (classified as a coloured area) and asked for directions. The chap told him the way and then said run for your life because you could be killed this is a very dangerous area for white people. My Father told us it was a beautiful country but the Politics stunk. Separating people by colour was to him abhorrent.
To this day it still happening as appalling as it sounds....2019 sad sad sad
Denise G- Hill 'Separating people by colour was to him abhorrent.' So, when the chap told your father to run because he could be killed being white in a black neighborhood, did your father run?????? Lol
@@schoomzer
Apartheid breeds hatred. Of course he ran. He didn't have any problems in India when he was based there for a while.
Do you agree with segregating people by colour then.
Am i the only one that started crying when he did............shit broke my heart
He that knows it feels it
Dear boy, such a good brave child. I wish I could adopt him or at least help him to find the peace he deserves.
Such an eye opener. Respect to the braveness of the interviewer and filming crew. Prayers and blessings for young Mariezaan, what a great kid.
Hover damn. "I can change everything of me, but not my family." Such powerful words from a child who cannot be a child. Heartbreaking for the children. This boy, ugh, he touched my heart. Mr. Reporter, thank you for showing tht you're human, and sometimes the heart takes over...Blessings.
Please, kindly express your concern to help Mariezaan get a better life, environment and education through the reporter on Twitter like I just did. His name is Adnan Sarwar @adnansarwar . We are all children of the Creator
#GetMariezaanOut
May God keep that child safe to grow to adulthood and save his family.Amen
@@WeissmannX this is a brilliant idea... Is he on Instagram?
@@WeissmannX I just wrote on his Instagram page... With this hash tag... Thanks for this❤️
@@hrhjeannygloria732 Did he respond you about Mariezaan's update ?
One thing is certain: The face of pain and suffering is universal.
God protect this young soul and his family that right there is the future President of South Africa!💥😘😍
My tears running wild when he say, what ever he do, he still my dad, under this circumstances, life is so wilds and cruel, just beacause the govt cant react.
LORD JESUS PROTECT THAT LITTLE BOY'S SOUL AND BLESS HIS FUTURE AND HELP HEAL HIS FAMILY, KEEP THEM SAFE... AND ALL THOSE LITTLE CHILDREN SUFFERING
you idiot
!!!
to believe in a god who does not exist will not help you much if the 3rd ww breaks out
@@ItachiUchiha-yc9nv you are the idiot bruh
@@connorskipper569 If god is allmighty and permits this, then he's a son of a bitch. I prefer to believe he just doesn't exist.
Amen
Jesus is not God but amen Allah is the true God
Very touching story. Breaks my heart💔
Mine too! 😪
Same smh😩
Who lives in South Africa
I do but not in these areas I live in a very safe area in Johannesburg suburbs tg
I live in Cape town South Africa literally 30mins from the flats and it like two worlds apart. It so safe where I stay u can walk at 1am without worrying. It the gangs that are protected by the community that cause all this , the soldiers were deployed but how are they to help if the community hide the perpetrators?
Me, its nowhere safe anymore in South Africa, now its everyone for himself
@@pea6619 it's safe where I am Karen
@@farmer__ glad for you Karen, still be vigilant
This place makes Chicago sound like disneyland.
nope Chicago is just as bad. They had one weekend where 63 people were shot dead back in 2018.
I heard Detroit is bad to.
I'm not From the Us so i wouldn't know.
@@wellthen4128 yeah Detroit is bad too.
@@Andronicus87 Cape flats has almost 40 most weekends. It got so bad the army had to come out and it was virtually a prison.
You damn right there..was there on holiday..in the city,, which looked normal, evil vibes all around, hassled non stop even in front of the 5* hotel we stayed at. Security Everywhere!! At the hotel entrance 2-4 guys, on the street corners, supermarket, restaurants and bars, Banks, at the beach, tourist bus stops. Horrible, my husband say I am paranoid! Not true. It Such a beautiful country! But I couldn't wait to leave...
The children crying for peace gave me goosebumps . No person child or adult should go through this daily terror . This is truly heartbreaking..😞💔
Whenever there is a break down in family structure that is the consequences. Whenever there is no vision and love of God nothing is going to work.
Do this Country have a President. or Government.
OMG. Much Prayer Needed
These Kids needs prayer. So Sad
So Sad. Prayer Works
I grew up in this area, something good can come from Hanover Park. It is not the children that want to become gangsters it is what they are exposed to. Unfortunately people fear the gangsters and cause that NGO's to be reluctant to get resources to assist. There is many people that want to help the community but they need resources, venues and help from the ward representatives. There so much available but it is up to you to take the opportunity.
Opportunities are useless if people don't know 'how' to make use of them
It's so depressing. No children anywhere get a say in their upbringing; a systemic cycle of parents and community burdening their faults and irresponsibility onto them.
21:50 says it all, unbelievable.
This boy has gone through so much in his life😭
The kid seems smarter than even his own dad. I got so emotional towards the end, at such a young age he already has a way with words.
He seems smarter than a lot of people in the whole neighborhood!
I don't think thats hard 🤣
How smart is he my heart breaks as a mother no one to protect him Oh lord send help for our children very intelligent little man 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Or at least stop sending him such suffering...
Tears came to eyes such a handsome intelligent young man. Please help get him out.
"My secret is.. i want to put my mummy in a better place" ✔︎ hope he is doing well
Yeagh but his mom didn't put him in a better place at all
They have a gang called the Americans? The irony
iam Negan how so
@@madarauchiha21 why?
They have many and most are dangerous
Because the US is the most powerful and influential countries in the world. It makes sense to name a gang after said country if you want to put fear in those you want power over.
@@lefthanded5473 It's also a very agressive country that has been involved in wars, punctual military interventions, and coups d'etats in at least one foreing country each year for the last century.
@Unreported World
Is there any way we can get a update on Mariezaan's family and him? Or if we can get a Go fund me setup. So they can get some help to move out of their situation?
Highlight I guess you were emotionally attached but what about the rest of the community?
The legacy of Apartheid😏
@@sowhat1273 Have you ever heard about the turtle story?
One night, a man was walking along the beach outside a bright city. There was only one other person there aside from him. It was a teenager, and he was picking up the newly-hatched baby turtles and putting them into the sea. The man was confused because there were thousands of the baby turtles and thought the teenager was wasting his time. So he walked up to him and said,
"Why are you doing this? You aren't going to make a difference."
The teenager placed another baby turtle into the sea and pointed as it swam away. "It made a difference to that one."
Do you understand?
@@sowhat1273 if you want to help a community you have to start with one person and move on to the next one you can't help everyone at once you should know that... Not everyone is Bill gates but that doesn't mean they can't help...
@Laura-Lee Gillion holy cow XD been 8 months since I posted that comment.
But I understand what you mean. I may be in America now, but I may be in South America in a few years..
" I think doing this from the governmental level is what will truly break this cycle."
If that's what it takes that's what I must do. No one should have to live life like that and one day when I can I will try everything to change this for the people.
Please do anything possible to give any assistance to this family. Please, I beg you, give them a chance to live on this earth. Thank you for being a concern person. I have assisted many in Brazil, Philippines, Barbados and presently with Nigeria and Ghana.
I am not wealthy by any means just doing all that is humanly possible to give support to others less fortunate than myself. I am presently retired.
All of the wealthy people could come together and decrease this violence on this earth. America included.
BOY YOU BRAVE AS HELL FOR DOUNG THIS AT NIGHT THO? DAMN!
FACTSSS 😩
when he started crying my eyes just filled up with tears
Makes me feel so grateful 2 live in a small quiet town in Scotland
Scotland, hahaha, White british are already a minority in London, Luton, Birmingham and a few other cities, in another decade maybe 15yrs white brits will be a minority in UK, then the vote will be to make big changes to the legal system to suite the majority muslim population.
@@mohammadwasilliterate8037 Your name says it all you fucking ignorant piece of crap. Look at the fucking history of Britain.
A country that has transported wars, disease, pillaging, and raping, as well as murdering and enslaving people and stealing the resources of their countries.
And then you have the fucking brass neck to complain about IMMIGRATION?!!!!
You fucking ENFORCED IMMIGRATION ONTO OTHER COUNTRIES WHEN YOU INVADED LANDS THAT WERE NOT YOURS, PRICK!!! By the fucking way? You call Mohammed 'illiterate ' yet you don't even have the fucking intelligence to be able to write properly.
When referring to any country, or nationality, you begin with a CAPITAL LETTER , as in 'British,' and NOT 'British' YOU ILLITERATE BRAINLESS PRICK!!
@@sharmabright1506 Allot of people tried to steal other people´s country´s what´s so special about that ? Humans been doing this for thousands of years.
@@GhostBanned369 With that logic, replied to the originator of this thread and tell her that in regards to non White people taking over Britain "what's so special about that ? Humans been doing this for thousands of years.".
@@sharmabright1506 They now do it without putting their lives at risk, a big difference.
We used to fight of army's because in the end this is still a genetic war..we all instinctively know we are different even if we can like each other on a individual basis.
Europeans know that people do not come to their country because they like European people, they come here for the money and comfort. This is also why people call Europeans racist and tell them they are the bad ones, they know what they are moving to Europe to their land is actually invading.
I lost it when the random guy just whistle and say "that is the gangsters yes, they shot everynight" jokingly🤣🤣
Because they know that's the only time camera crews care about what happening there
what’s sad about this is that there’s nothing about this on South African news
Of course there is.
Of course it is in the news
@@mynameiserica you cant be serious. Everyone knows the cape flats are full of violence.
Hence why it's called unreported world
There is
I grew up in Hanover Park and everything in this video is true. Also, it's the tip of the iceberg. The biggest gap in society are the single parent homes, along with absent fathers, perpetuating the cyclical gang recruitment of boys. I thank God for my strict father and mother, pushing me to do well academically and do better in life. Community leaders are divided and unsupported, so their efforts aren't as effective as it could be. Very sad for the folks who become caught up in drugs and kids who live encircled with the reality of their society, to the point of not knowing how big the world actually is.