Nkululeko NaFree Tukulo Leeroy Skiti  

Nkululeko Leeroy Skiti (23) was born in Mdantsane and was raised by a single mother who cared for but did not have the means to provide him with what he needed in life but he was very ambitious that he will go to university and become someone important one day. He had a sister when he was 14 and at the age of 16 he went to the mountain after going to the initiation school his life changed forever... This is what he had to say in a Q and A with him about his life recently. Q: What do you do for a living? A: I sell drugs. Q: Who do you sell them for? A: A friend. Q: Do you mind mentioning your friend's name? A: No I cant.! Q: Have you ever been arrested? A: Yes... 3 times. Q: Do you think will ever be arrested again? A: Yes but I hope I will not be arrested. Q: How was your experience in jail? A: It was ok. Q: How can it be ok in jail because we all know its not a good place to be? A: No the problem is in jail I have my own position and whenever I go there I always get it back. Q: Do you belong to any gang? A: Yes I do... The 28 gang (Nongoloza). Q: What crime did you do for you to go to jail? A: I was wrongly accused of Hijacking. Q: What happened? A: There were these guys who robbed and hijacked a car who I knew from where I live and ran away, mna I was caught wearing his T-shirt and I went to jail. So when I was in jail I took the number (28) for protection... So that was it. Q: Now do have any long term goals in life? A: No I only live for today and I dedicate my life to crime and guns. Q: If you do that surely you are going to end up in jail, what makes want to go back to jail? A: Firstly in jail I get respect, I am a leader in the gang in Juvenile, what I say is the law. Even here on the outside all the young Tsotsis like me respect and follow my orders. So crime is my life.