My name is Olga Mmushi , I was living with my brother and mother In a rural area .My brother and I had different fathers. My father care about alcohol, not his family. My mother struggled to raise us , and we were depending on a social gran

After one year , everything changed. My mother was employed by a company called Raubex .It was on a one-year contract, and my mother managed to provide for us. She ensured that we had food , toiletries and new school uniform for me.

He became moody , and started asking for money to buy drugs .My mother was worried about him because he was destroying his future. So, my mother arranged a family meeting with him .They discussed about his behavior regarding drugs.

My brother didn't listen even once. Instead, he just left to meet his friends. My mother asked my uncle to help her.

My brother was rude to my uncle ,even after my mother told him about it . He kept taking drugs repeatedly. My mother tried to talk to him but he didn't listen.

Then one day we went to a ceremony held somewhere else in Limpopo. My mother and I attended the ceremony. It was a family gathering.

My brother didn't go to the ceremony, he chose to go to the local tarven and drink alcohol .

In the evening, my mother went back home , but I remained at the ceremony. My mother was going to come back , she said she would come back to fetch jackets for us.

When she got home , She went straight to the kitchen, opened the pots , and found only yesterday's leftovers. She ate them in silence.

My brother came home drunk and went straight to the kitchen to find something to eat .he found only shiny , empty pots .He was extremely angry and began to shout at my mother for finishing the food .

My mother saw the rage in his eyes. Then she stood up and went to the dining room to eat in peace. My brother took a knife on the kitchen table and headed to the dining room

He stabbed my mother five times from behind. My mother screamed for help , but no one heard her because the sound of the tarven was too loud.

My mother was in a pool of blood. My brother ran away after seeing her in that condition.

I bumped into my brother at the gate .I noticed something was off , then I rushed inside the house.

When I opened the door , I found my mother in a pool of blood. I screamed for help to try to save my mother.

Luckily , one of my neighbors heard me , then came to help .My mother was rushed to hospital into emergency room. She was in a coma for two months, then she recovered and came out of it.

My brother has not been seen since that accident. My mother and I moved on with our lives. Even though my mother lost her job ,but I stayed focus on my studies.

The RDP house that my mother applied for while she was still working was approved. They responded, came, and built a nice
RDP house. within a month my mother, I were living in it. My mother found another job as a cleaner on boxer store.

My mother was hoping to meet my brother again, even though he had almost killed her .She was worried about his son's whereabouts. The police were still looking for him .I grew up and started attending therapy sessions with my mother.

Life was never the same again. My mother was promoted at work and I got scholarship overseas.

I graduated and found a job overseas. I bought my mother a luxury house and a car. My mother bought shares on the store she was working in .

One day my mother heard a rumor that his son had been seen on the street looking for food .It took time to adjust everything .Memories flashed back. She went to the police and informed them about what she had heard about his son.