Nathaniel Julies' mother on coming to terms with the devastating loss of her son

Family and friends are struggling to come to terms with the shocking killing of Nathaniel Julies.

Next door to the teenager’s home is a corner shop stocked with supplies – milk, bread, sweets and chocolates, cans of food, cooldrinks, tins of coffee. And the biscuits the boy loved so much: a little packet of three to four shortbread cookies that sold for R1.  

Nathaniel Julies often walked to the shop to buy his biscuits, a source of pleasure for the teen who had many challenges in life.