South African singer and media personality Nandi Madida recently opened up about a traumatic experience which she encountered while dropping off her son to school.
The media personality revealed that she witnessed the aftermath of a failed hijacking attempt and she had to distract her son as it was too devastating to watch.
The mother of two was taking her child to school when she got stuck in traffic while paramedics were busy assessing the crime scene.
Taking to her Twitter timeline, she called out the the uncontrollable crime in South Africa saying:
“I was here with my son, on my way to drop him off at school. I had to distract him from the scene by playing videos on my phone. The state of this country is heartbreaking. Our kids live in fear. Something drastic has to change. We can’t all be living in fear,” she wrote.
I was here with my son,on my way to drop him off at school.I had to distract him from the scene by playing videos on my phone.The state of this country is heartbreaking ?. Our kids live in fear. Something drastic has to change. We can’t all be living in fear. ???. https://t.co/VmYGljnx4a pic.twitter.com/lJYlpWTTff
— Nandi Madida (@Nandi_Madida) February 7, 2023
Many people joined in on the converstaion, with different types of reactions, here is what tweeps had to say:
Distracting him about these things is pointless ‘coz he’s gonna find out about this anyways at school/tv/tiktok/friends etc
— Sphesihle Maphumulo (@CpherhMaps) February 9, 2023
We need to all vote and vote wisely sistera
— Thabo (@mfanaweradio) February 7, 2023
Someone is delivering the State of the nation address on Thursday…i wonder wat is he gonna say.
This country is a mess…the uncontrolled migration is increasing our problems with crime.
— T (@TshiamoDM) February 7, 2023
According to @ScrollaAfrica, the suspects were taken to the hospital after a security guard shot them, saving the motorist.
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