Join Bands, Not Gangs has had to rely on donations to teach young children to play instruments to escape crime, gangsterism and drug abuse
It’s late afternoon in Scottsdene, on the eastern outskirts of Cape Town, close to the N1 highway. This is usually a restless time of the day with crooks and gangsters watching schoolchildren and workers like vultures as they make their way home.
Botha says this was a conscious choice: “We made a decision to approach gang members to join. I used to work at the high school, and I knew these boys from school and from the community, so they had respect for me. The project was founded by composer Karien de Waal who had struck up a friendship with Botha’s husband.
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