By Genevieve Serra and Mandilakhe Tshwete
Two Cape Town girls' fight for survival, despite having legal guardians, has left one dead and the other in jail.
The girls' guardians tell the Daily Voice they did everything in their power to protect the children but in the end their best wasn't good enough.
In the first incident, Juliana Davids' life came to a tragic end over the weekend when she was crushed by a speeding bakkie while begging for R1 in Strandfontein Village.
In the second case, a young girl celebrated her 12th birthday in police custody a day after she was found with 81 dagga stoppe inside her home.
The girl told police she was selling the dagga for her mom who was in the Eastern Cape.
But on Wednesday the child's guardian, who the girl refers to as her mother, claimed the child was hiding the weed for her.
Juliana's family say the 11-year-old was orphaned when her mother was stoned six years ago by her father, who was later jailed for the murder.
The Strandfontein Primary school learner was beg for food and money on Friday evening when she was killed.
Juliana's heartbroken uncle and godfather,
Jim Bosman, 39, says he took good care of the
11-year-old and says she was only begging because she was naughty.
"We heard she was looking for a R1 from a friend who was standing on the opposite side of the road," explains Jim.
"She saw the first car and didn't see the bakkie when she attempted to cross the road.
"The children are naughty and beg for money for their own use when we give them food at home."
Jim's cousin Lettie Ferreira, 37, says they gave the child the best life they could while living in a squatter camp.
"Juliana's mother Lena Davids was stoned to death in 2004 and the father was sentenced to 17 years," she says.
"Now I have lost Juliana so tragically and I loved her very much.
"I don't want people to think that I never fed her; she had enough food here and she was just stout begging with her friends."
Meanwhile, the guardian of the Cape's youngest suspected drug dealer claims the 12-year-old was protecting her when she hid the container filled with dagga in her jacket.
The 35-year-old woman, who is a sangoma and claims she uses the dagga for medicinal purposes, explains she was in the Eastern Cape when the police raided her home last week.
"The police found her and two younger children and they ordered her to open the door or else they would break it," says the vrou.
"She was scared so she opened up for them."
The woman says the girl was hiding the dagga because she knew it was illegal.
"They found 81 dagga stoppe which I placed with my muti," says the woman.
"She must have hidden it because she knows it's illegal to have it. Her actions were to protect me."
The sangoma says the girl isn't a troublemaker.
"She does well at school and the feedback I have had from the teacher is that she is a respectful child," the woman says.
"Now she has been treated like a drug dealer when she is not. I also don't sell drugs, I use it for my patients."
Philippi-East police spokeswoman Warrant Officer Nondumiso Paul says social workers are monitoring the situation at the sangoma's Philippi shack.
Any eyewitness or anyone with information about Juliana's accident is requested to contact Warrant Officer Donovan de Beer on 021 370 1501 or 079 894 1208. - Daily Voice