The Day I Died

Thembelani Ngenelwa is a personable 20-something guy who can't find a good job in Cape Town.

Like many of his peers, he goes to Jo'burg in search of work and to catch up with old friends.

After leaving a friend's house in an informal settlement one night, Thembelani and three companions are attacked by a group of gunmen.

Running for their lives, the friends scatter in all directions, and Thembelani is chased after and shot five times at point-blank range, before being dragged over a railway crossing to die.

Having sustained such serious injuries - and after being in a coma for four days - there is little hope that Thembelani will survive.

Through his own tenacity, and the support of his friends and the hospital staff, he makes a full recovery.