A Tale of Two Slums: Tackling Poverty in South Africa
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- A third of Cape Town's 3.7 million people now live in slums, with limited access to basic services, such as water, electricity and toilets. But whilst some are being 'upgraded', many are languishing in squalor.
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In Flamingo Crescent, community leader "Aunty” Marie has been instrumental in bringing about change and transforming the lives of her community. After years of development each shack now has its own toilet, tap and electricity supply. "If there are no houses it's important to have your home upgraded. It's the only way you will retain your dignity". In contrast is the slum area of Santini, where hopes of development have been extinguished by local political division.
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these people are so humble especially the lady with the trolley, it is beautiful to see that the community stand together
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I somehow lost the login password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me!
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LOOKING AT THIS VIDEO I REALIZE HOW MUCH WE TAKE THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE FOR GRANTED HERE IN AMERICA
@Lares Deces Bullcrap!
@Lares Deces You mean New York? Los Angeles?
It looks no different than certain American cities. lol.
In England we do too
@@psychout3481 you are delusional. No city in America comes even close to this level of misery.
This a crime against humanity and South African government should be held accountable.
I totally agree with you! But nobody makes this known, oddly.
The government know about it but the da the government that is rulling cape Town said they are the best run I won't vote for them will vote for da
The days of crying racism has ended it is about the rich and poor now and the sad reality is that no one cares because the government wants to stay rich.
structural racism. the people who are poor are still predominantly non-white
@@jahleelwasser8981 Nope. Racism is concept. I for example, i was lower middle class my whole life my parents were disabled and worked petty jobs, and all people i mingled with were same and lower. After I graduated with engineering and studied extra and worked so much in everything for years, now i am making good money but not 100,000$ a year but close to this, i stopped looking back at my people, because i am too busy sustaining or trying to grow more, and now interacting with middle to upper class on regular basis, thats how people operate now. They just too busy with their lives to desire to go extra to reach out to poor people.
@@beyondheartmindsoul3443 structural racism is a concept? As in it isn't real?
The cANCer will keep on stealing without a single thought for the poor people who voted for them and, unfortunately, who will keep on voting for the band of thieving hypocrites.
Raven The Goddess of Heauxs and Da Woke because they either don’t have a license, driving erratically or the vehicle has been stolen
"We don't need luxury, we only want to be comfortable." So inspirational and humble. Makes me realise how important smallest pleasures in life are. Truly motivating!
These people are so sweet. They just want basic atuff and they def deserve it. I pray they will all get it.warms my heart to see these kind of people.
Fuck you. You just say these nice things and just fuck off. Why the fuck don't you do something for these people.
@Jorge Tomasz Progressive black people get educated. They make sure when they have a child, that child will have that ability to have the best education. In a secular South Africa there is no way a person can be poor unless by choice. Blacks in South Africa have more opportunities due to BEE - Affirmative Action. !st to get high positions in term of Management post etc even with a lower pass rate than to non blacks.
So much!
nearly 30 years on anc rule nothings changed
philip whiteman ..I really believed that Nelson Mandela would change things....He was a truly great man who was influenced by some of the biggest crooked, lying, bastards that have come " out of Africa " .
Yep, nothing has changed.
@@wcstevens7 : A "truly great man" is not easily influenced. If he is, then he is not very great.
philip whiteman There is one thing that has changed....the educationally challenged cANCer have become very very rich....there is one who had a swimming pool as a fire precaution !
@@wcstevens7 Mandela did a good thing, in that he avoided the slaughter his commie comrades were itching to begin.
But he couldn’t root out a culture of laziness and corruption which was ascendant in the Winnie Mandela faction of the ANC. Mandela was the anomaly-The problem with the ANC is that it was a revolutionary anti-apartheid party-Best suited to winning the day. But not suited for the day to day operations of government.
Old MK fighters with the AK-47 stashed under their beds did not make for good government ministers, businessmen, and the like.
They needed jobs, and their children need a good education. But the upper echelons of the ANC care only for lining their own pockets and increasing their own power way beyond anything the National Party leadership ever conceived of.
Mandela should have helped found more political parties, spread the power around. Instead he allowed the ANC to make South Africa into a one party state.
We need more community leaders like her
For people living in this condition they sure have a lot of kids.
Some of my colleagues aslo stay like this. I'm a white south african. Stay in the "leafy green suburban neighborhoods"...... Just a fun fact... We have been working for the same company for years. Get payed exactly the same.... They do get a 13th check at the bargaining council witch I don't get but other then that we get payed the same. My 2001 fiat uno does not compare to the nice cars they drive. I also pay allot to send my kid to a good school so that his kid can tell my kids one day about his white previlage
Peope move into slums so thry csn be near the cities. There are large areas of open lands in rural areas but people would rather not live there. They expect the ANC to come through for them . ANC leaders are only out for themselves
Good to have a great leader that is honest, robust, reliable and visionary....... let's hope these communities get the help and the basic things they need in life..... 💯❤❤❤
If all our leaders were like this the world would be a better place.
Wow I'm impressed by the community leaders. Sizonke!
I’m a spoiled American, after watching this I truly realized this smh
This lady should be made a Dame by the queen for the excellent community work that she is doing!
RSA law doesn't allow foreign titles such as: Lord, Sir, Dame or even king....
This is what happens when you try to do everything through a centralized govt. The entire political class’s pockets are lined before any of them even begin to worry about how they make themselves appear as though they are trying to deliver services. Get rid of politicians, keep the treasury, and strengthen the rand so the poorest with the fewest rands can afford the basics. Right now, the poorest have rands worth less and less and a government that takes the few resources available and squanders them.
What a wow
Good it is okay now
Today, there are very weathly Black people in South Africa, even more than most whites. To say that today, all the wealth is still White is untrue! There are many poor, homeless Whites as well.
It is astounding what some good leadership can do.
With a positive mindset like Mary Mathews, there will always be growth. We can learn so much from her. Thanks to those who opened our eyes to an unfamiliar world and to be grateful for the least we have. God Bless
It is up to you're leaders to seriously fix these problems ,and up to the people to keep their areas clean and tidy.
If you live in these conditions in total poverty, do not have kids or have one only at least.
Isn't that logical practical thinking?
Yes that's logical, but for those people it's hard to see it that way.
First, because many of them didn't have access to sexual education, so they just don't know how to prevent having children.
But mostly because having children is the only thing than can make them happier, or fill a hole in their lives, and give them a reason to fight for.
Breeding is natural and inevitable, these people don't have access to birth control and condoms.
@@nicolasdc31121 It's cuz they're not thinking. You don't need sex education to know that having sex will result in a baby and if you have like 7 kids, you can only blame yourself.
Ikr...👀
they don't have access to protection
Ive got so much respect for Mary Matthews- Well done for being an amazing community leader! And well done to all the other community leaders for trying to make change.
That old lady say "electricity first second thing water" I thought water first but..........
Water first yes but Our women are like that.
They probably have to boil the water before they can drink it
If they have a communal water tap, then it is probably easier to get the water, than it is to source the fuel
The gap between rich and poor is only getting worse sadly.
I really admire this lady and all who work with her. May God bless and help them.
I hope with all my heart, they got what they wanted. We don't need much in live, in order to be happy
Im so thankkfull
She was so appreciative for just the basic needs that we as Americans take for granted. Such a sweet lady.
How many Americans live in a tent or are homeless. This is a global problem.
The ISN is a phenomenal, appropriate and ethical approach to giving stable housing with running water, electricity and toilets without relocating or tearing apart families!!!!!!! America could learn from this !!!!
Does anyone know how far this project has progressed ?
"If you do have a chance take it" God bless you! 🙏🏾
South Africa is a wealthy country that became poor. A country going backwards.
It was never wealthy it’s just that the small wealth you had all went to a small group of people
My heart aches ❤
wonderful woman
Maria Matthews.......god bless you "Olady"
Babies but no husbands. 🤔
Is everybody married in your family or country?
It is called fornication. Not living by Biblical principles and honouring God.
@@arthurtsotetsi4835 Yeah.... why aren't they in yours?
Ever heard of divorce? Or maybe it’s unchristian to leave a husband who’s always drunk and beats his family?
@@CEB1896 ding ding ding! We have a winner folks!
If Philippines could successfully bring back the power of its true strength, then it is possible Africa could also do it.
This needs an update. The city now has 2million more people in 7 years, the council is spending billions upgrading the poorest areas. What other programs are being instituted to help the self builders with proper planning and building support for their self built houses. Ironically this funding has been available for 35 years but its not being accessed or used because people just don't know it exists plus the labels applied just dont do justice to the complex situation. There are those that just refuse to pay council taxes and when areas are upgraded, they move to a new unpopulated area and set up again. Not everyone is like this and for those who want the organisation and structure, it needs to be provided in a super organised way.
My heart aches for those who fight for basic things that we as Americans take for granted😵
No! I do not & would Never spend that for a purse or anything else...
Purses & Shoes $30k, $85k
Cars $200k $300k
So many could be helped with far less
GOD BLESS THE FAMILIES
God bless you lizzy
Coming to you soon
Because your black government is not doing much they are giving tenders to their friends relatives to develop these areas and there is little accountability of what has been done to ensure housing and sewage systems
The black government are sell outs and puppets and tools of white supremacy = the ELITES🤷🏾♀️💯
This is nothing if compared to slums in my country
these comments are shocking wtf :o
whats not shocking is they will say it online but not to our face.
May grace cover you all....1❤️💛💚🖤
Please help the good people and get rid of criminals
may god bless this woman now if they could see every one of poverty black or white and help them learn to love one another may god bless them with love and light
In an area near Cape Town,with just a road between them, are 2 squatter camps. One is kept clean and looked after.The other is a filthy ,unhigienic place,because the inhabitants wait for "someone else" to clean up their places.....
Sitting on their ass complaining and making babies they can't take care of. My empathy is there for those who are trying but not for those who are waiting on charity dream. The old now is a different subject and they should be taken care of best.
We must jakestart our ppl s thinking mate. It's not their fault they are sleeping....they are made to believe that it's someone else s fault that they suffer.....like whites think blacks are better now coz of reverse apartheid and no.....it's only that blacks are used to fending for themselves. Let's teach each other and survive
this also happening in Brazil, France, Dominican republic, and many more places. the only thing can change is through your money. stop buying the wealth people thing. what I am going to do here is boycott South African wine.
Renaldo Smith South African wine is an industry that employs hundreds of blacks some of whom have been given accommodation on the farms. Over the years I have spoken to many of the workers who told me that they are very happy with their lot. Boycotting SA wine or any other goods made in that country will only hurt the blacks more. The real target should be the cANCer, the totally corrupt, totally inept, commie “government” whose only interest is lining their own bottomless pockets and to hell with the idiotic electors who will keep returning them to power for the price of a T-shirt and bucket of KFC. Stupid is stupid forever.
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Maranatha 🕊
No help in 25 years..community struggle alone..sad SAfrica
The Rich & poor Will Never Be Equal No Matter What Country Your In. but If Ur Already Poor And Living In The Slums Maybe They Shouldnt Have kids Till they are Able To Care For Them Without Government Help. And That Goes For All races In Every Country.
useless comment
Mr Fields. I couldn't agree with you more,if you have got into hard times why on earth would you want to make your own life harder by having more children.More importantly than making your own life harder, ask yourself if it is at all fair to the children, after all its not like kids have any say in the matter.
@@matitu_jr5035 why is it useless?
So they just steal electricity😂😂😂
Someone needs to start a go fund me page for these folks. Begin the upgrade !!!
I watch these so i will never complain about the relative hunger or minor suffering i have 2 go thru. I miss working in developing countries. Would like 2 go back to serve the needy at some stage.
But I love this. Upgrade and stay where you are
15:31 900 million people is like half the world, maybe I should be more thankful
Nah our population is more than 7 billion
It’s like that everywhere , if you work hard and save you’ll live in a nice area if not you’ll be in the slums
The only way forward is to develop a Hard Work ethic.
If working hard is below you, then you will always have a hard time.
Equal rights MEANS THAT ........... YOU ALSO HAVE TO WORK A 14 hour DAY, EVERY DAY.
Just like every one else.
Rember south africa had an apartheid system that only ended in 1995 that favoured whites over other races so maybe there parents didnt have enough money to take them to school and have a proper education
Some parts of America are just like this! :)
No there is not. Even the poorest areas or most dangerous areas are not as bad as this.
@Lei P
Ran by Democrats?
Not even close not even our poorest parts are like this
SerpentZA made me come here from ADV China
Dude it's so sad I wish I could do something to help but I'm just a younger tryna get into college Im Indian but have spent a lot of time in Alexandra and Soweto where we have a feeding scheme
Can anyone tell me when these shanty towns were built?
1992
Apartheid era
I could not afford to educate, house and feed more than one child so only had one....why do people keep having children they can't afford to look after?
Breeding is natural and inevitable, these people don't have easy access to birth control or condoms
That's their social safety net.
@@MusicIsLife4evaz condoms are free at local health clinics which is basically everywhere. It's just, it's like a game to them. You get an allowance from the state for every child you have, up to R500,00 each month. Multiply that by 6 or 7 kids....
How can we donate to support ISN ?
So I..searched white slums in SA..there are 80..but can't find them on yt..yt probably banned them
There's Brandon; you souold google Skoter camps in SA. You might get a clue!
squater...
They need to start earning money. Easier said than done but the government could help.
Employ specialist who can come up with ideas for these poor people to start producing things. They dont need to be complex ideas. Make hammocks, shoes, furniture for export. Government can easily seed these types of businesses.
Yes they could but they won't they want to keep the white rule, you of all people should know that.
@@allybean8885 The ANC wants to keep white rule you say! Are you serious?
@@grahamt5924 No the white people do and that's why they're hoarding money.
@@allybean8885 The government collects tax and is by far the biggest mover of money in a country. Your saying the ANC are powerless?
@@grahamt5924 When it comes to old power and old money yes, just like the US.
Free doesn't help. Now you need to learn how to work. And not just a worker but like an business owner. Taking ownership instead being employed. Scary? Isn't it? Not so easy as Mandela said
Exactly.
I wonder how much of this is because of inequality or because of the psychology of poverty. That is the real question.
Poverty in South Africa is both the result of the abolishing of Apartheid. The black South Africans were poor already, but they all had jobs. Thanks to the Presidents after Mbeki this is what South Africa is made. Somewhere I feel that this video is made to bring apartheid view. Back somewhere. The guard is white, and all poor people's are black. However, white poverty is a massive problem too.
Real people .
If those people want a better life, why dont they start with cleaning their slums? Being clean or dirty has nothing to do with poverty.
The famous singer Carola Häggqvist say its a lovely Country.
She buy a summerhouse there for many millions!
Lol that's funny
Country leaders world government need to give money jobs and build Affordable brick homes God bless their souls.
This was the 'richest' country in the World ¿¿
No it wasn’t lol
@@Elijah-zy6ce yes it was
Yes it was
Excuse me? You call these slams? Then you have not been to Indian slams in mombai or Philippians slums
These are luxury slums I'm sure Indian ppl would love these slums
SA has got clean slums I've seen the worst in other countries and yet they hustle harder to make end meets.
At least they have grants and satalite dishes. And well covered shakes.
All they need is to get out of their comfort zone and work their butts off.
I'm a black south African.....and I have said it!
True lebogang I was comparing too and ppl have not see outside world......In America there are slums worse than these chika. .... media has microwaved our intelligence to paps....they make sure listeners and readers are the dumbest..... Careful what you learn your people.
26 years after apartheid rule and blacks are happy to get a home made out of a shipping container😂🤫🤔
@bastia Mars Things are gonna get worse, recessions coming.
@MOVIES SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
But poor Blacks in the US are the poorest of all Americans.
When you just build a house (shack) on land that doesn't belong to you then why would you expect the Gov't to provide services to you?
I might also add that in regards to the statement "most of the people that live here are black" - the Gov't is also black so don't play the race card, Aparteid has been over for almost 20 years.
+RibZe1 you thieving sob. you got a lot of nerve talking about "land that doesn't belong to you.." Fuck off devil, please.
they had to build a house there because tthey cant afford anywhere else.
RibZe1 stupid
its called urban homesteading, building on abandoned land, hat do you expect them to do, pitch a tent on the sidewalk next to a plot of empty land?also if the rich get these services from the government, shouldnt the poor to get these services
Hasan x .... what fucking nerve these maggots have😒
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There is now an indigenous government in place .Why are they not changing things? They have had since 1994. 29 years.
4:50 the black lady with a good job coincidentally passes the "paper bag test"...
Since 1990...that's how long they been waiting ? 😱😒
Thank you municipality of CAPE Town, real formal settlement is good when you have no way of employment and money to buy better than this. 👋Happy ending 🌈👍😁😍
Poverty creates crime
Damn. Slaves lived in better conditions.
The slaves were some ones property.As Napoleon once said an army fights on it stomach.
4:50 Roane's Tuck Shop?
You tube stop posting ads.
A Reminder of the Apaartheid Era
I'd have to save up to be that poor
For me money or no money life goes on....
No money = no eat. No eat = no life.
Thus, life certainly does not go on, money or no money
have some babies
Ten more should do. There is no cure for stupidity.
What happened to my last comment?
So they live in the slums because there isn't housing available for them or because there aren't government programs to pay for adequate housing for them? This doesn't seem a life for any person to have to live.
So what do u want you have a black government laws in your favor why cant they prosper
You have to live here to understand. Stop being an A-hole.
Black people make the same conditions everyehere in the world.
Dániel Mlinár like?
Laziness.
@@Elijah-zy6ce Like what?
Yes I agree the governmet always want to stay rich. That is the biggest problem.
They are free but hey need electricity, fresh water, sanitation etc, etc. There is nothing free in modern world. you have to work to get all those goodies, they don't grow on trees ! Lead a savage life if you don't understand this.
You know your a jackass and probably white, these people do whatever they can to make money. How dare you after all the oppression these people have been through and and the little that they earn they've done more in there lives than you've ever done in your sorry life they saved for those places, but still South Africa has not allotted these people regular jobs. People like you make me sick.
Here's me complaining about how shit my Chinese takeaways last night was 🤦🤦🤦
When one looks back in hindsight, it all boils down to mans' inhumanity to his fellowman... Nelson Mandela, who my mom nursed (off the Island) he had contracted TB due to appalling food - cld count his ribs - which was playing havoc with his bad heart (mauve coloured lips in his portraits indicate this condition)...he told my mother that for 50 years the ANC wanted to negotiate peaceful reconciliatory talks with Nats... (through the "back door" let alone the "front door"...they (Nats) point blank refused! IMAGINE had there been one how much further wld'nt we all be now... the future generations are bright & exceedingly intelligent.... going back in history they can DEDUCE very SUCCINCTLY, the SELFISHNESS & GREED OF PAST RULERS/DICTATORS - EXPLOITATION ON A HUGE SCALE...why the hell did'nt these share equally with the indiginy from the get-go!!!??? Chickens have come home to roost & they're turning into CHURKEYS!!! (Chicken & Turkey cross)....
Your maths is a bit clock eye The Nats were only in power 46 years.
We live in a slum, where it is dangerous. Sooo let’s have 8 children 🤷♂️🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼
my teacher made me watch this for homework lol
What is the goal of this lesson? Ask your teacher. May it leads to that: let your heart be softly pounding and recognize in your life, where you can move hunger in saturation, illness in health, homelessness in giving shelter, resignation in hope. ........justice for all ( ask also your parents ) . With Gods help.
@@kathidori8504 ?
@@alexw6279 Why your teacher made you watch it?
@@alexw6279 When I see such a story, I cry. Then I start to think, what could I do , to make this world a better place.I hope, that you and your classpeople are and stay sensitive for human beings and animals in a weeker position . This from me, 60 years old to you, young student.
we were on the topic of slums, and idk if my classmates are but i am
It would be nice if Africa can learn to build mobile homes and create parks for its affordable housing effort. That’s where the working poor live in the states.
Most of those homes looked like they were made out of shipping containers anyway
Namely poor Whites. Most poor Blacks live in "the projects" of (insert major US city).
I grew up in the projects, hands down I like the mobile homes better because you have more privacy. People underneath us always complained about noise, which is impossible because everything was made from concrete. I still think mobile homes would make a great investment and you can even have air conditioning and ceiling fans. Projects you can’t have nothing, not even a washing machine.
They must go back to the homelands until arrangements have been made where they can get a house when their turn is due . The waiting list is years and the conditions are filthy , unlike in the homelands where they plant food and attend local schools. There they live in tight knit communities and no one feels in danger like in the cities .Whites pay the tax and they are being killed or chased out of business due to new laws which dictate black management and shareholders ( up to 51 % of your business for free ) . So with fewer tax payers , 4 million to pay for the other 70 million , it is not feasible , and its getting worse by the month.
its amazing the government in power has forgotten the people who voted them in . wow...... maybe if blame is placed correctly, measures and actions can be taken. WHAT HAPPEN TO: FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE??????
It was a HOAX and people fell for it...again lol
You have some that live well, like a first world nation, but others that live in abject poverty. I don't know how you fix it. The poverty in South Africa is worse than Mexico.
Who else from geo