As a black African we should accept the reality that our culture has some if not many elements of barbarism. We are not only brutal to others but mostly to ourselves. If we are to look for justice in this world, we need not look outwards but inwards.
You can’t argue stats but historical racism has a lot to do with it. Poverty and hunger will make a man do terrible things regardless of color. Here in the USA we need to start keeping repeat offenders in prison because they ie black Hispanic and white criminals destroy neighborhoods and recruit young gang members. The world has to follow what El Salvador’s president has done to fix this global problem.
@@birdofthenight Yes I do agree that personality has its role in behaviour ,of which some may be out of the bracket but look at the statistics of violent behaviour that are associated with our culture.We need to accept our stupidity for us to change. I mean even look at our social codes, you always have to prove to the other that you are the alpha male.
South East Asia is equally poor too. But these things rarely happened or not at all. I think it has alot to do with culture. We are poor, but we tried our best to work hard and earn money legally
I know that for a fact! I have lived in South Africa and I now live in the Philippines as a US citizen. I feel safer here than I did as a truck driver in the US where I even got shot at once. Not saying it's all puppies and rainbows here, there is crime for sure, but because the family unit is stronger here, so is ethics and morality.
@telcobilly true , the struggles and sufferings here in South East Asia is different. Ofcourse it is there sometimes even more than in other places, but the people are resilient, and we try our best to meet our needs . I'm talking for the rural sides where over 70% of the population lived. In the cities, I think it is the same everywhere
Completely different factors. The imperialism and colonization from the West over centuries, slavery, oppression of the majority, the violent mixtures of cultures, etc. have all cooked up this mess in South Africa. It has nothing to do with "working harder". You think Asian people are just harder workers? Rubbish. Your comment is as racist as the white people in here blaming "blacks".
@@bobg3633 No he didn't lol. They were coming to America before he took power, in droves. He put 40,000 gang members in prison and those are the people responsible for organizing the human trafficking out of El Salvador into other countries. Not to mention just generally making the country safer and more prosperous makes people want to stay there instead of illegally immigrating to a better country.
I grew up in Kaapstad in the 70's. All kids played happily outside (after homework was done) until the street lights came on and we knew our backsides would burn if we weren't home for dinner.
They blame "the Shona people" too. My cousin has said to me "it's like a war zone down there" but she was talking about Johannesburg. I shall only visit my ancestral homeland.. Zimbabwe. South Africa gets my middle finger..
South Africa was safe before the invasion of Europeans , the apartheid system and the displacement of civilians in to cramp townships has resulted in this madness and hatred
Yes and all those world wide who supported the “liberation” to feel good about something that didn’t affect them and they didn’t understand can never think about it again
You are making an assumption that the end of Apartheid is what caused the recent uptick in crimes. If you could provide evidence to back this up it would be greatly appreciated
@@ZhouMama69420well no. hes more pointing to the uselessness of a corrupt revolutionary communist party currently running the country, my dear sweet summer comrade.
Once Mandela was dead, and his extremely corrupted wife left, the ANC has killed one of the best countries in Africa. I will not comprehend how people would even spend one second in the most corrupted and dangerous lowlive countries on earth.
This is what happens when you let emotion rule over logic. The old system was better for everyone in SA regardless of color. They got mad becuse they saw rich people and thought they deserved that life, even though they have no knowledge or skills.. This should be a wakeup call that just because something sounds good, doesn't mean it is. Ending apartheid is kind of like communism. Sounds great on paper but actually has horrific results
@@williamwilson6499 this is the most ridiculous thing i ever heard ''he found the documentary'' HOW!, any documentaries programs they do their research and finds what, who they want to document, common sense really
most places are great! This video doesn't tell the full story at all. The beaches are awesome, it is mostly safe - just not in certain areas. The people are warm and mostly friendly. I was born there and lived there recently
Remember when South Africa used to be a fairly safe, stable and efficient country with a good economy? And then Mandela took over and it went to shit after that.
I agree giving everybody voting rights without education, with a lot of hate still implanted in society created a an outcome that was predictable from the start. Everybody will vote for color , even if your color isn't fit to govern. They will not blame their government but blame the white man for their misery, while totally blind themselves to the fact that these white man build up South Africa when many tribes where just fighting for pieces of land with spears. Rhodesia has shown what happens when the black population gets their wish and all the white people leave. It ends with a dysfunctional country and a ruined economy... I went to SA for my Ranger diploma and was part of the black group while being seen as a white man, i am brown btw not white. But in SA everything that is not black is a minority and considered white. Every move we made outside of camp, going to the doctor, going to the atm or getting some not allowed shopping was done under the escort of a person with a gun.
These documentary film makers will never tell the truth about South Africa’s demise since Black majority rule because it goes against the narrative that White people should still getting blamed for everything.
Takes a Capetonian to know that Joburg is, in fact, the most dangerous city in Africa. An outsiders perspective will almost always be wrong. You need to have lived in both cities to be able to compare.
I visited Cape Town alone for two weeks back in 2015. I stayed in the City Center area near Long Street, and I never felt in danger. Most of the crime happens on the other side of table mountain but there’s nothing to see over there anyways.
The problem is if crime is not dealt with it will spillover to the areas considered safe. The ANC govt has failed South Africa especially Zuma and Ramaphosa is following in his footsteps.
Same here bro I’m gonna visiting next month had me wondering ..I research things I’ll be by the city center he need to change the title video very misleading…every place have it bad parts but don’t say the whole Capetown bad
I left South Africa in 1993 after living in the US for 5 years in the 80's . I saw this movie going to play out. South Africa will go down in history as one of the most violent places on earth
I bet you wish the good ole days come back when blacks now down to you and serve you don't you? And exploit their labour? Well that day is never coming back, deal with it.
You would think that after apartheid. South Africa would get better with all people having equal opportunities to get ahead in life. People having freedom without segregation. The opposite has happened.
We all told the world that this would happen. No one listened and everyone called us racist apartheid pigs that needed to be whiped off the Earth. The people don't want equality if it comes to work but hey want the 'riches' that others accumulated through hard work given on a silver (make it gold) platter
It's because nothing changed, sure, some natives were finally allowed to get rich, but they were mostly the political elites. The white elite still holds most of the wealth in the country
My brother lives in Maine. His house is always unlocked as he has never had a key for his house. He never locks his car and keeps the keys in it for convenience. The entire atmosphere is different there, one of safety and freedom where a stranger is a friend.
@@norikofu509 And yet every year Maine votes for the candidate who wants to ensure demographics like that are eliminated in every county in the nation. Their lives are so safe, sheltered and decadent that they are blissfully unaware of how exceptionally rare and mutable their community is. It's the same story of ignorance all across the west.
They fixed everything by getting rid of the former rulers and their way of doing things. South Africa is more attractive than ever. Mugabe did a beautiful job on Rhosdesia. Genius work. ★★★★★
There is no part of Africa that is known as Rhodesia. You must be referring to another place we don't know about. I only know Zambia and Zimbabwe. The entitlement you have to come and give our places your names is appalling and shameless.
Absolutely. Especially when you see many of these guys in the Cape Flats smile at you, yohh it’s a unique look that’s for sure. They pull out their front teeth for “fashion” or to look like “gangsters”, even some women do it. It’s a sight to behold let me tell you. Just brimming with culture and uniqueness these people!
Bro you right 100 percent.....a lot of places need his type of justice.....even here in America....now his place is one of the safest places in the world
I've been to Cape town and it was beautiful yet scary, it was recommended to not get to drunk as driving home drunk was safer than getting a taxi as a white tourist.
I've used Uber 4 times a day for around 15 days there, if you mean by taxi Uber or Bolt. It was never sketchy or considered dangerous. Kaapstad/Cape Town Townships and anything near there probably is as why I'm watching this.
This video is very overblown. It is mostly safe. I was born there and lived there recently. If you stick to certain cities, you will no minimal problems. Just don't flash your phone around, blend in, avoid dodgy nightclubs, be extra safe at night - all okay.
I've been to Cape Town a few times and it's definitely not that dangerous. But I also didn't go to the hoods. Me and my friend were out to 4am with no troubles
I lived here with my wife and kids for 8 years. I then moved back to natal in 1997.and finally to the uk. Such a beautiful city. Im very sad for the poorer people there. I pray things will improve.😢
It's such a Shame it is a Beautiful Country. Friend of mine just went there too work on a Game Park One of the people they were with got robbed on the Beach at Knife 🔪 point 😮
They've called themselves that for years,they're mixed race and live in the most impoverished area I Cape Town, note ,Cape Town has some extremely affluent areas as well, the devide is huge.
FFS why is so much blurring out? I am 54 years old have been in two active service tours , I can make my own mind up if I want to see graphic images stop blurring footage out.
A country that was great for less than 10% of its people and horrible for the other 90% is awful. It was then, and unfortunately, it still is. It was ran by criminals then and still is. Their standpoints and background might differ..but its essentially the same
Mandela never lived like this on Robyn Island, and never lived like this when he was freed .He had a lot to explain, he was a complete waste of time.South Africa is dead
South Africa was dead when the invasion of the European arrive and now the none Africans are weeping the sorrow and that their ancestors created.. Again South Africans belong to the people and they are so frustrated go back to the UK and India
I remember when my husband and I left Cape Town in 1993 to live in New Zealand. It was wonderful to be able to carry my bag without being scared it was going to be snatched from me, or I was going to be hurt or worse. It's terrible that an achingly beautiful place with lots of good people can be so violent.
I worked and did an internship in a juvenile s&x offender facility when studying for my mental health degree back in 2016 and the things some of those kids confessed openly and proudly reminded me very much of these emotionless behaviors displayed here as well; just the lack of emotion and what not. It comes down to sociopathy and a lack of care or regard for others and the consequences. Still working in this field to this day and you never know what you’ll encounter. We need more mental health in this world tbh.
Its truly terrible whats happened to SA in terms of crime, bcs its hands down one of the most jaw dropping beautiful places I ever been with good ppl. However, the townships...................STAY AWAY. I went with a guide into Soweto and one could FEEL the tension. Truth be told, if you stay away from the townships and ghetto areas in CT, you should fine. But this is the same everywhere, New York, Chicago etc etc.
I’ve lived in Cape Town since 1996 never had a problem, but then I’m not living where this documentary was shot and neither would a tourist. Gangs are the biggest problem as you can see same as a lot of other countries.
i left South Africa with my family in 1987 to migrate to Australia. I have never gone back for a holiday to visit. It is too scary to always live in fear in your own home.
It was what came after that was bad. Apartheid was still a corrupt horrible system. It’s just what came after was also corrupt and also underfunded public safety and the results are plain obvious now.
Apartheid was bad, but allowing an entire population with little to no schooling or indications of good values and standards was just horrible and condend the entire country
I am not for any type of segregation due to race but I am for it for people’s behavior. Plenty of people from all different races but with a similar mindset are out there. Unfortunately many people think acting like gangsters and destroying where they live is cool.
We were in capetown in oktober 23 and will return in march 25. It was the best holiday I’ve ever had. Our hotel was and will be in seapoint again. For tourists it’s safe, but use your brain.
As an outsider who’s never visited SA, I have to ask how has the country not progressed in the years after apartheid? Nearly 35 years have passed and it seems little has actually improved for its citizens. I have to say the country looks beautifully stunning, and I’d love to visit as a tourist some time with my wife, but as a couple in our 60s I can’t see it changing in our lifetime, and we’d be too afraid of being victims of crime if we were to visit. I’m sure we’re not the only people (we’re from the UK) from Europe or elsewhere who are put off from visiting for this very reason, and millions of £s, €s, and $s that could fund improvements for the people of South Africa will never enter the country while the violence and criminality continues as it is.
When there is no law and order, there is no safety. When there is no safety, there is no freedom. How is living in fear of this type of crime daily a free society? Remind me again.
True, look at Russia and Ukraine, the IRA in Northern Ireland back then, ETA in Spain back then, cartels atrocities in Mexico and other central and Latin American countries, H1tler in World War 2, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and North Korea today, the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East, etc. all black people in black lands/regions, right?
@birdofthenight you are bringing up and comparing apples and oranges. There have been countless wars throughout the African continent. There's many on going atrocities still to this day. You're using conflicts of the past to somehow prove a cultural tie in and there isn't. Your argument is nonsensical. Why doesn't Ireland look like this? Why doesn't Germany? Japan? Vietnam? Cambodia? You're reaching so hard but completely clueless
True, Russia and Ukraine too, the IRA in Northern Ireland back then, ETA in Spain back then, cartels atrocities in Mexico and other central and Latin American countries, H1tler in World War 2, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and North Korea today, Arabs in the Middle East, right?
Practice Invasion and Armed Robbery of another country and use the resources to take care only of your white people. This involves jobs for life, homes, healthcare, education and a pension for life. Use high school drop outs to educate the blacks, marginalize them in their own lands, and you get uneducated bitter people. What could go wrong? Apartheid , marginalize all of the natives, while promoting yours, what indeed could go wrong? You reap what you sow.
No, I’ll correct it for you….Let us, the dominant Afrikaners, establish racial apartheid, here in South Africa and Cape Town. What could possibly go wrong!?
so you see a place decimated by apartheid... and your response is that apartheid is somehow a good thing? you right wingers really need to lay off the lead paint chips
I flew with Egyptair from Rome to Nairobi via Cairo on Dec 5th and it was the best experience ever. I now know for a fact that you were exaggerating it and you did not respect the privacy and policies of the airline. Just be grateful and respectful! FYI, I am a black man from Somalia!
@@aungmyintoo4635 True, look at Russia and Ukraine, the IRA in Northern Ireland back then, ETA in Spain back then, cartels atrocities in Mexico and other central and Latin American countries, H1tler in World War 2, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and North Korea today, the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East, etc. all black people in black lands/regions, right?
Since when is Capetown the most dangerous city of South-Africa? I´ve been in Cape Town, 12 years ago or something and they told me that Johannesburg was more dangerous. Their where even cars with flames on the car doors due prevention of car theft.
I moved there as a little child, lived there for 26 years, its violent that's why I ended up leaving as an adult. 7 of my friends have been victims of car jacking and robbery. Its sad.
Actually you're all incorrect… The African nations demanded independence… They would've been way better off staying with the British who would've been happy to keep them under colonial rule
True, we see them in the Russian and Ukrainian wars, saw them as the IRA in Northern Ireland back then, ETA in Spain, as cartel killers in Mexico and other central and Latin American countries, as H1tler in World War 2, as the Taliban in Afghanistan, and North Korea today, they are also the cause of never-ending conflicts in the Middle East, especially between Israel and Palestine and Iran, etc.
Anybody can answer this for me I’ll be going to Capetown late January…the area 117 on strand is it safe ?? I seen the reviews all good but wanna make sure
16:00 Not to nit pick, but the unrest and looting in 2021 was in the north in Gauteng and KZN provinces, not Cape town. You're using footage from other cities.
We live the same shit in Mexico, we have large areas that are rough and poor, and governments are corrupt and incompetent to fight against the cartel so they are a failed state under a facade of everything being "ok", Poverty and isolation exacerbate this type of violence; it is very difficult to restore order
This truly is a tragedy! I feel deep confliction, as a dual national with South African citizenship. I spent part of my childhood there so I can relate to the daily hardships a person there faces. I was of course lucky to escape. What pains me to see however is how some international media, wealthy south africans and tourist paint the country to be this unrealistic heaven. When in reality it's a cruel hell with many severe hardships that the outside world will never understand.
As a black African we should accept the reality that our culture has some if not many elements of barbarism. We are not only brutal to others but mostly to ourselves. If we are to look for justice in this world, we need not look outwards but inwards.
You can’t argue stats but historical racism has a lot to do with it. Poverty and hunger will make a man do terrible things regardless of color. Here in the USA we need to start keeping repeat offenders in prison because they ie black Hispanic and white criminals destroy neighborhoods and recruit young gang members. The world has to follow what El Salvador’s president has done to fix this global problem.
Culture does carry fwd thru generations but can change ..I note that Bajans have a fairly good civilised society...
@@pyellard3013 That's the positive part that can give me a shred of hope. Culture can change
Not every black person and not every African has such behavior. Speak for yourself and your type. Change, reform!
@@birdofthenight Yes I do agree that personality has its role in behaviour ,of which some may be out of the bracket but look at the statistics of violent behaviour that are associated with our culture.We need to accept our stupidity for us to change. I mean even look at our social codes, you always have to prove to the other that you are the alpha male.
South East Asia is equally poor too. But these things rarely happened or not at all. I think it has alot to do with culture. We are poor, but we tried our best to work hard and earn money legally
I know that for a fact! I have lived in South Africa and I now live in the Philippines as a US citizen. I feel safer here than I did as a truck driver in the US where I even got shot at once. Not saying it's all puppies and rainbows here, there is crime for sure, but because the family unit is stronger here, so is ethics and morality.
@telcobilly true , the struggles and sufferings here in South East Asia is different. Ofcourse it is there sometimes even more than in other places, but the people are resilient, and we try our best to meet our needs . I'm talking for the rural sides where over 70% of the population lived. In the cities, I think it is the same everywhere
Completely different factors. The imperialism and colonization from the West over centuries, slavery, oppression of the majority, the violent mixtures of cultures, etc. have all cooked up this mess in South Africa. It has nothing to do with "working harder". You think Asian people are just harder workers? Rubbish. Your comment is as racist as the white people in here blaming "blacks".
Got nothing to do with being poor.
There is a group of people that are usually number 1 in jails arround the world. When there is many of those people, things get violent.
You already know it's bad when you see police reusing their 'police-don't-cross' lines.
i saw that too
Yeah no lie!🤣
I thought I was trippn 😂😂
That is a serious hot take.
😂😂😂
They need someone like El Salvador's President, not afraid to seriously crack down on the gangs.
Yea he sent them all to America wtf
Bukele
@@bobg3633 No he didn't lol. They were coming to America before he took power, in droves. He put 40,000 gang members in prison and those are the people responsible for organizing the human trafficking out of El Salvador into other countries.
Not to mention just generally making the country safer and more prosperous makes people want to stay there instead of illegally immigrating to a better country.
I grew up in Kaapstad in the 70's. All kids played happily outside (after homework was done) until the street lights came on and we knew our backsides would burn if we weren't home for dinner.
the abolishment of apartheid was wrong😂😂😂
The fact that Cape Town is considered by South Africans as safer than other cities like Joburg says it all.
Kak praat nie ..
Not by South Africans....
By White South Africans and there is a reason for that !!!
DomDoos !!!
I visited joburg. They're not lying. I could tell you crazy stuff about that place
South Africans already thinking of how they can blame Nigerians for this.
Quite right. They’re always in denial of their problems, blaming foreigners for all their misfortune especially Nigerians
Or the Boers.
@@oligultonnEXACTLY
🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
They blame "the Shona people" too. My cousin has said to me "it's like a war zone down there" but she was talking about Johannesburg. I shall only visit my ancestral homeland.. Zimbabwe.
South Africa gets my middle finger..
Glad to see how the majority pulled this country together!
No comment.
Cape Town is majority coloured,not black
@@Dragoncam13And to repeat, ‘glad to see how the majority has pulled the country together’.
The people filming this documentary are very brave and have some serious balls interviewing gangsters and murderers. Props to them.
Thank God majority rule has made South Africa safe and prosperous!
South Africa was safe before the invasion of Europeans , the apartheid system and the displacement of civilians in to cramp townships has resulted in this madness and hatred
Yes and all those world wide who supported the “liberation” to feel good about something that didn’t affect them and they didn’t understand can never think about it again
Wow it's rick in the wild
You are making an assumption that the end of Apartheid is what caused the recent uptick in crimes. If you could provide evidence to back this up it would be greatly appreciated
@@ZhouMama69420well no. hes more pointing to the uselessness of a corrupt revolutionary communist party currently running the country, my dear sweet summer comrade.
Once Mandela was dead, and his extremely corrupted wife left, the ANC has killed one of the best countries in Africa. I will not comprehend how people would even spend one second in the most corrupted and dangerous lowlive countries on earth.
This is what happens when you let emotion rule over logic. The old system was better for everyone in SA regardless of color. They got mad becuse they saw rich people and thought they deserved that life, even though they have no knowledge or skills.. This should be a wakeup call that just because something sounds good, doesn't mean it is. Ending apartheid is kind of like communism. Sounds great on paper but actually has horrific results
Go to any black country or black Ram city in the United States.And you will find the same things .
They should have split into separate countries, same as many European countries will have to do since mass immigration.
There are great areas. I would go back in a heartbeat.
@@MidnightMoses-ow1ul Zimbabwe/Zambia/Tanzania homocide/crime rate is lower than US
19:39 The police can't find him but the documentary guys found him , what a joke
Because the documentary people pay money and are going to arrest anyone
😂😂😂
Don’t be ridiculous. He found the documentary crew.
@@williamwilson6499 this is the most ridiculous thing i ever heard ''he found the documentary'' HOW!, any documentaries programs they do their research and finds what, who they want to document, common sense really
keeping contacts secret is a core part of investigative journalism. Even gangs know that. The journalists won't fluke
Glad to hear everything is going well in Africa.
Amazing comment, so funny.
🤣🤣🤣
Dude in the beginning was holding up a gun saying he proud to be American with not a US accent that confused me when he in south Africa
@shaggymcdaniel3216..... Africa is not one country..... learn.... get informed....
Correct, hence Biden's donation of $680M US taxpayer dollars.
What a terrible place for kids to grow up…
You’re right it is sadly.
most places are great! This video doesn't tell the full story at all. The beaches are awesome, it is mostly safe - just not in certain areas. The people are warm and mostly friendly. I was born there and lived there recently
Grew up in Thornton Cape Town in the 70's Best childhood ever. Can't pay me to go back now.
They want their kids to grow up this way....
@@TimeToTravel-u2xwho does honestly like do you hear yourself
Remember when South Africa used to be a fairly safe, stable and efficient country with a good economy? And then Mandela took over and it went to shit after that.
Its true Apartheid was one of the best times in history for the black south African
Maybe its punishment.
Yea I've been there , even the blacks complain and want apartheid back due to crime ffs, that tells out all you need to know
I agree giving everybody voting rights without education, with a lot of hate still implanted in society created a an outcome that was predictable from the start.
Everybody will vote for color , even if your color isn't fit to govern.
They will not blame their government but blame the white man for their misery, while totally blind themselves to the fact that these white man build up South Africa when many tribes where just fighting for pieces of land with spears.
Rhodesia has shown what happens when the black population gets their wish and all the white people leave.
It ends with a dysfunctional country and a ruined economy...
I went to SA for my Ranger diploma and was part of the black group while being seen as a white man, i am brown btw not white.
But in SA everything that is not black is a minority and considered white.
Every move we made outside of camp, going to the doctor, going to the atm or getting some not allowed shopping was done under the escort of a person with a gun.
These documentary film makers will never tell the truth about South Africa’s demise since Black majority rule because it goes against the narrative that White people should still getting blamed for everything.
Takes a Capetonian to know that Joburg is, in fact, the most dangerous city in Africa. An outsiders perspective will almost always be wrong. You need to have lived in both cities to be able to compare.
The title is based on statistics. It was Joberg until c4 years ago.
I visited Cape Town alone for two weeks back in 2015. I stayed in the City Center area near Long Street, and I never felt in danger. Most of the crime happens on the other side of table mountain but there’s nothing to see over there anyways.
The problem is if crime is not dealt with it will spillover to the areas considered safe. The ANC govt has failed South Africa especially Zuma and Ramaphosa is following in his footsteps.
Same here bro I’m gonna visiting next month had me wondering ..I research things I’ll be by the city center he need to change the title video very misleading…every place have it bad parts but don’t say the whole Capetown bad
I left South Africa in 1993 after living in the US for 5 years in the 80's . I saw this movie going to play out. South Africa will go down in history as one of the most violent places on earth
I bet you wish the good ole days come back when blacks now down to you and serve you don't you? And exploit their labour? Well that day is never coming back, deal with it.
You would think that after apartheid. South Africa would get better with all people having equal opportunities to get ahead in life. People having freedom without segregation. The opposite has happened.
The same thing is slowly happening in america
We all told the world that this would happen. No one listened and everyone called us racist apartheid pigs that needed to be whiped off the Earth. The people don't want equality if it comes to work but hey want the 'riches' that others accumulated through hard work given on a silver (make it gold) platter
Race isn’t limited to our respective paint jobs. You would think that would be obvious to anyone by now.
It's because nothing changed, sure, some natives were finally allowed to get rich, but they were mostly the political elites. The white elite still holds most of the wealth in the country
It's because of corrupt leaders and the "favoritism" practice. They can stop this tomorrow, but those at the top thrive when this shit goes on.
My brother lives in Maine. His house is always unlocked as he has never had a key for his house. He never locks his car and keeps the keys in it for convenience. The entire atmosphere is different there, one of safety and freedom where a stranger is a friend.
Looks at the demographics of Maine
@@stuarthall3874 it’s almost like Maine didn’t have Apartheid that created ghettos with millions of impoverished people with no hope . Weird?
That’s because Maine doesn’t have too many of a certain group of people
@@norikofu509 And yet every year Maine votes for the candidate who wants to ensure demographics like that are eliminated in every county in the nation. Their lives are so safe, sheltered and decadent that they are blissfully unaware of how exceptionally rare and mutable their community is. It's the same story of ignorance all across the west.
@@norikofu509Rural and Northeastern. Blue states have lower crime rates than red states.
They fixed everything by getting rid of the former rulers and their way of doing things. South Africa is more attractive than ever. Mugabe did a beautiful job on Rhosdesia. Genius work. ★★★★★
Rhodesia :From bread basket to basket case in a single generation
This diversity is truly everyones' strength.
Rhodesia? That says a lot
There is no part of Africa that is known as Rhodesia. You must be referring to another place we don't know about. I only know Zambia and Zimbabwe. The entitlement you have to come and give our places your names is appalling and shameless.
@@afrihensionbut it was waaay better..look at you scrubbing about now
Cape Town most dangerous city in Africa ? You've not visited Joberg then?? 😢🇿🇦🇿🇦
Terrible 😅😅😅😅😅
Or Durban
África do Sul só tem gay
Very bad country, no security
Cape Town, Detroit, Chicago etc etc I wonder what they have in common???
All blacks
Good question
Diversity is their strength
@@nnglnd No Job maybe ?!
Racism is the word you are looking for my friend.
Thank goodness everyone has their masks on. 😷
Absolutely. Especially when you see many of these guys in the Cape Flats smile at you, yohh it’s a unique look that’s for sure. They pull out their front teeth for “fashion” or to look like “gangsters”, even some women do it. It’s a sight to behold let me tell you. Just brimming with culture and uniqueness these people!
Your having a Turkish
@reverendbluejeans1748 Turkish what? I'm confused
@@whatutalknboutwillis2428 Turkish Bath Laugh. Your having a Laugh.
Viva El Salvador, Viva Bukele. Now you know!
Bro you right 100 percent.....a lot of places need his type of justice.....even here in America....now his place is one of the safest places in the world
Diversity is our strength!!
lol
lol
This area does not seem “diverse”
Black people come from africa!
China has no diversity and look how powerful they are.
I've been to Cape town and it was beautiful yet scary, it was recommended to not get to drunk as driving home drunk was safer than getting a taxi as a white tourist.
Duhhhhhh lol
I've used Uber 4 times a day for around 15 days there, if you mean by taxi Uber or Bolt. It was never sketchy or considered dangerous. Kaapstad/Cape Town Townships and anything near there probably is as why I'm watching this.
so far: 10:31 right in the middle of the Township :/
@YungR.J.Fischer this was getting on 18 years ago to be fully honest it probably a lot different
I was there in 2015 - you could feel it starting to fall apart !
It was falling apart in the 1970s when my parents got the ... out.
@@kevinlunney5608 9 years ago. Your comment is a bit outdated
@John-c4r1o it got bad ever since the dutch slowly started to get out of there
It's got much better don't worry too much
@@eugenevanrooyen5655are you saying its improved??
OMG how could innocent hard working people live in a such a place !
Carefully
This video is very overblown. It is mostly safe. I was born there and lived there recently. If you stick to certain cities, you will no minimal problems. Just don't flash your phone around, blend in, avoid dodgy nightclubs, be extra safe at night - all okay.
@@luscreen you sure what about the white people
There practically aren't any
I've been to Cape Town a few times and it's definitely not that dangerous. But I also didn't go to the hoods. Me and my friend were out to 4am with no troubles
I feel fortunate not to have been born in a place like this.
I lived here with my wife and kids for 8 years. I then moved back to natal in 1997.and finally to the uk. Such a beautiful city. Im very sad for the poorer people there. I pray things will improve.😢
From what I hear, it’s a hopeless cause.
That beautiful that you moved thousands of miles away from the Shithole 👊🇬🇧
@paulbowman1762 thankyou it hasn't been without its own challenges but at least its a damn side safer here😉
It's such a Shame it is a Beautiful Country.
Friend of mine just went there too work on a Game Park
One of the people they were with got robbed on the Beach at Knife 🔪 point 😮
I wish things will improve as well.
Thats how the UK will be like soon
And Australia and America and Canada and most other Western countries. It's all deliberate and it's all by design too.
The USA also.
@@johnm84go take your meds grandpa, you’re acting senile again
Get ready for your mother to be my maid.. 😂
Never happening. Stop dreaming@@WilliamBurton-uc8yc
It was the safest and richest city in Africa when it was under control of intelligent people with morals
Oh no, someone might think you're saying the current controllers are unintelligent and immoral
@@JM-hf9bl PROBABLY. The rot always starts at the TOP.
Moral leaders 😂😂😂
Intelligent yes, morals? Mmmmm......
Richest? No, that would be Johannesburg.
Wait, did he just say that the gang is named The Americans? What? I'm laughing, but I'm very confused at the same time.
They've called themselves that for years,they're mixed race and live in the most impoverished area I Cape Town, note ,Cape Town has some extremely affluent areas as well, the devide is huge.
When I lived there in the late '60s and '70s, American trends and films were popular and they liked to emulate what they thought America was.
Where beside TH-cam can this film be viewed.
I think I’ve had enough of TH-cam censorship.
But hey, at least there's democracy and there's no more "separation"
Democracy is so important that only about 50% vote...
At least blacks can feel empowered, nevertheless still affected by their fragile ego against White Men.
For a moment I thought it was London.
I love this channel so much ive spent so many hours watching the documentaries on here 💖
Me too
Hi Kitty
I just found it!
😻
@@3129vlogs You're flirting with a bot...lol
I have been there 11 years ago and walked alone even in the sketchy areas and felt pretty safe. Guess things change unfortunetely.
FFS why is so much blurring out? I am 54 years old have been in two active service tours , I can make my own mind up if I want to see graphic images stop blurring footage out.
its blurred because of youtube's polcies. your service tours aside
At the end of the day it’s not up to you
@@spannaspinna Right. It's up to the Karens who control "free speech" now.
You're not the only one watching. Are you incapable of thinking?
@@tabc6870 Ridiculous
once a great country
Not!
Yes!
A country that was great for less than 10% of its people and horrible for the other 90% is awful. It was then, and unfortunately, it still is. It was ran by criminals then and still is. Their standpoints and background might differ..but its essentially the same
@@MariekePost 20+ % back then S high as 30% at one point. Still not acceptable.
Before it was colonized, maybe...
South Africa showing that sometimes a dictatorship of compenent people are better than a democracy of idiots
I disagree. A dictatorship would make things worse
Multiculturalism thrives under dictatorships and actually needs it for survival! Look at Tito in the former Yugoslavia!
thousands of people were killed in the apartheid
@@mojelakoneshenope Apartheid was a utopia
@@cheruiyotemmanuel2676 nope IT was the safest system ON earth
Thank you Team Best Documentary.
Greetings from Hamburg Germany
Mandela never lived like this on Robyn Island, and never lived like this when he was freed .He had a lot to explain, he was a complete waste of time.South Africa is dead
South Africa was dead when the invasion of the European arrive and now the none Africans are weeping the sorrow and that their ancestors created.. Again South Africans belong to the people and they are so frustrated go back to the UK and India
Beautiful Cape Town with villas and views, but yikes-3,000 murders a year? Makes my Monopoly game fights seem peaceful! Stay safe, Cape Town!
80 percent of the murders in Cape Town happen in the Cape Flats which are the slums in the far outskirts of the city.
My state with 7 million people only had 146 murders last year, less than 5% of the murders in Capetown with more people.
I remember when my husband and I left Cape Town in 1993 to live in New Zealand. It was wonderful to be able to carry my bag without being scared it was going to be snatched from me, or I was going to be hurt or worse. It's terrible that an achingly beautiful place with lots of good people can be so violent.
I don’t get how people are openly and proudly admitting to murder and dealing on camera…
They're quite proud of their dysfunction and bellicose nature, yet all of their problems are blamed on others.
They obviously are not afraid of getting caught that's why.
All psychopaths + drugs
I worked and did an internship in a juvenile s&x offender facility when studying for my mental health degree back in 2016 and the things some of those kids confessed openly and proudly reminded me very much of these emotionless behaviors displayed here as well; just the lack of emotion and what not. It comes down to sociopathy and a lack of care or regard for others and the consequences. Still working in this field to this day and you never know what you’ll encounter. We need more mental health in this world tbh.
Can you imagine ending someone's life for a pack of cigarettes
In Argentina something similar like that happened, but it was instead for a bunch of Lay's chips
The third world is not real
t's normal for beasts !
Actual Americans probably cringe when they watch these Americans 😅
They are based on American gang members that's why they are called the Americans.
20:21 lmao
They’re stereotypes for a reason folks.
Mandela must be so proud
Craziest
Exactly!
Yep
It's in their dna
Its truly terrible whats happened to SA in terms of crime, bcs its hands down one of the most jaw dropping beautiful places I ever been with good ppl. However, the townships...................STAY AWAY. I went with a guide into Soweto and one could FEEL the tension. Truth be told, if you stay away from the townships and ghetto areas in CT, you should fine. But this is the same everywhere, New York, Chicago etc etc.
Seems like South Africa has gone to 💩 the last few decades, hmm..
Cape Town is a war zone. Gave me the chills just watching it
These are just small parts of cape town outer areas and not cape town city itself. Just the same in LA or Chicago no worse. All drug related ghettos.
You live there bro ? This video kinda discouraging…I’ll be there for a week on 117 on strand …from the reviews seem safe
@@OgeeThegodfather fortunately I don't live there. Be safe out there and avoid the townships.
I’ve lived in Cape Town since 1996 never had a problem, but then I’m not living where this documentary was shot and neither would a tourist. Gangs are the biggest problem as you can see same as a lot of other countries.
Kinda similar to Chicago
If chicago had twice as many black people it would be close
Capetown is worse than chicago
Kinda not…
Your sick this is not like chicago
Or anywhere else, anywhere on the globe with a large population of blacks.
She made $20 after 12 hours of selling drugs? That is crazy.
Its enough.
that's an average day salary there
I was in Capetown over the summer it’s pretty safe for tourists. Especially in city centre or around Victoria warf mall.
Love this channel.
i left South Africa with my family in 1987 to migrate to Australia. I have never gone back for a holiday to visit. It is too scary to always live in fear in your own home.
Watching this makes me think removing apartheid was a mistake LMAO
It was what came after that was bad. Apartheid was still a corrupt horrible system. It’s just what came after was also corrupt and also underfunded public safety and the results are plain obvious now.
Apartheid was bad, but allowing an entire population with little to no schooling or indications of good values and standards was just horrible and condend the entire country
I am not for any type of segregation due to race but I am for it for people’s behavior. Plenty of people from all different races but with a similar mindset are out there. Unfortunately many people think acting like gangsters and destroying where they live is cool.
@norifuko, you've just admitted blacks are largely uncivilised without Caucasian supervision.
Cape Town has beautiful landscape.
Who gives a sht, the place is a dump.
Holiday plans cancelled I think
For Tourists its safe, just avoid townships use your brain and stay in Hotel after dark. I ve been there for holiday and it was beautiful.
Just avoid township everything is gonna! Just had a fantastic holiday
We were in capetown in oktober 23 and will return in march 25. It was the best holiday I’ve ever had. Our hotel was and will be in seapoint again. For tourists it’s safe, but use your brain.
The conditions of the average person who lives in South Africa has not gotten better. It's gotten worse.
Gee, I wonder why...
As an outsider who’s never visited SA, I have to ask how has the country not progressed in the years after apartheid? Nearly 35 years have passed and it seems little has actually improved for its citizens. I have to say the country looks beautifully stunning, and I’d love to visit as a tourist some time with my wife, but as a couple in our 60s I can’t see it changing in our lifetime, and we’d be too afraid of being victims of crime if we were to visit.
I’m sure we’re not the only people (we’re from the UK) from Europe or elsewhere who are put off from visiting for this very reason, and millions of £s, €s, and $s that could fund improvements for the people of South Africa will never enter the country while the violence and criminality continues as it is.
*So much achievement in self determination and freedom*
When there is no law and order, there is no safety. When there is no safety, there is no freedom. How is living in fear of this type of crime daily a free society? Remind me again.
South África is so bad and it's only getting worse.
south africa was one of the safest countries in the world under apartheid. look at it now.
Turns out that different people think differently.
True, look at Russia and Ukraine, the IRA in Northern Ireland back then, ETA in Spain back then, cartels atrocities in Mexico and other central and Latin American countries, H1tler in World War 2, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and North Korea today, the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East, etc. all black people in black lands/regions, right?
@birdofthenight you are bringing up and comparing apples and oranges.
There have been countless wars throughout the African continent. There's many on going atrocities still to this day.
You're using conflicts of the past to somehow prove a cultural tie in and there isn't.
Your argument is nonsensical. Why doesn't Ireland look like this? Why doesn't Germany? Japan? Vietnam? Cambodia?
You're reaching so hard but completely clueless
@@winterdog1776 what i said is correct . and i dont know why you have a problem with it
Unbelievable. With all the tourists money coming in and the crimes happening is just unbelievable.
These areas have been like this for decades because of drugs and low employment. They are unable to dig themselves out of their own situation.
Africa needs John Wick
True, Russia and Ukraine too, the IRA in Northern Ireland back then, ETA in Spain back then, cartels atrocities in Mexico and other central and Latin American countries, H1tler in World War 2, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and North Korea today, Arabs in the Middle East, right?
and remember Africa is a continent, not a country
@@birdofthenightyou can teach yt nothing
"Let's get rid of Apartheid. What could go wrong?"
Practice Invasion and Armed Robbery of another country and use the resources to take care only of your white people. This involves jobs for life, homes, healthcare, education and a pension for life. Use high school drop outs to educate the blacks, marginalize them in their own lands, and you get uneducated bitter people. What could go wrong? Apartheid , marginalize all of the natives, while promoting yours, what indeed could go wrong? You reap what you sow.
No, I’ll correct it for you….Let us, the dominant Afrikaners, establish racial apartheid, here in South Africa and Cape Town. What could possibly go wrong!?
so you see a place decimated by apartheid... and your response is that apartheid is somehow a good thing? you right wingers really need to lay off the lead paint chips
Don't be dumb learn your history low down human being
A very shallow way of thinking. If you don't dismantle the systems that oppress people, how are they to rise from poverty?
Man, this city looks like Rio de Janeiro, so beautiful but dangerous at the same time.
Clever nickname "Killer" Glad he explained it though.l
I flew with Egyptair from Rome to Nairobi via Cairo on Dec 5th and it was the best experience ever. I now know for a fact that you were exaggerating it and you did not respect the privacy and policies of the airline. Just be grateful and respectful! FYI, I am a black man from Somalia!
Im glad to see south africans thriving...elon is great
Charlize Theron, Candice Swanepoel too.. their color skin is reflected the great quality people they are.
@@aungmyintoo4635 True, look at Russia and Ukraine, the IRA in Northern Ireland back then, ETA in Spain back then, cartels atrocities in Mexico and other central and Latin American countries, H1tler in World War 2, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and North Korea today, the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East, etc. all black people in black lands/regions, right?
What year was this filmed in ??
Since when is Capetown the most dangerous city of South-Africa? I´ve been in Cape Town, 12 years ago or something and they told me that Johannesburg was more dangerous. Their where even cars with flames on the car doors due prevention of car theft.
That's true. Joberg is way worse
exactly. Pietermaritzberg is much worse
Yea Joburg is worse for sure.
Cape Town is much more violent because it has much worse gang violence.
Yes that been around since 94 though not so much these days.
I moved there as a little child, lived there for 26 years, its violent that's why I ended up leaving as an adult. 7 of my friends have been victims of car jacking and robbery. Its sad.
Man that is a powerful video. So much violence 😞
Prime example of habituation.
The lengths these middle class people go through just to life safe, normal lives is crazy. Yet they consider it normal.
Nice documentary, my bro 💯
Is there a part 2? How do the more affluent areas protect themselves?
This what happens when European empires abandon their colonial obligations.
What were Belgiums obligations in the Congo lol
What happens when the former colonies throw out the colonizers and don't want them? Do they still have responsibilities?
Always someone else's fault...
Actually you're all incorrect… The African nations demanded independence… They would've been way better off staying with the British who would've been happy to keep them under colonial rule
what about countries in asia then?
I'm so cancelling my driving-tour of the country. Cripes, I'd feel safer on a hiking-holiday in Kruger.
😂😂😂
what years is it?
2021
It's really good that the people took over the once prosperous and safer South Afrika. Just look at it now and growing worse every year!
Same people, different continent.
True, we see them in the Russian and Ukrainian wars, saw them as the IRA in Northern Ireland back then, ETA in Spain, as cartel killers in Mexico and other central and Latin American countries, as H1tler in World War 2, as the Taliban in Afghanistan, and North Korea today, they are also the cause of never-ending conflicts in the Middle East, especially between Israel and Palestine and Iran, etc.
It’s their continent and soil, what does it have to do with you?
Thought the ANC were going to make everything perfect?
Anybody can answer this for me I’ll be going to Capetown late January…the area 117 on strand is it safe ?? I seen the reviews all good but wanna make sure
Cape town is fine. This video is alarmist bs. Also it's definitely not the most dangerous city in Africa. Other places don't have accurate stats.
Lol they will blame Nigerians where are the Nigerians in this video 😭🤣
Don't mind the fools 😅😅😅😅
ALL THE SAME SON.
@@ugwucyril9681 lol its just crazy to me how they blame us so bad we all African and we fighting over drug dealers. Drugs is sold in every country lbs
@@KevinOLeathlobair-u6t i swear drugs everywhere
Thats all they do best, only blaming foreigners when they have failed for their Parental Obligation.
16:00 Not to nit pick, but the unrest and looting in 2021 was in the north in Gauteng and KZN provinces, not Cape town. You're using footage from other cities.
We live the same shit in Mexico, we have large areas that are rough and poor, and governments are corrupt and incompetent to fight against the cartel so they are a failed state under a facade of everything being "ok", Poverty and isolation exacerbate this type of violence; it is very difficult to restore order
Orale eME Trece para siempre Cuate, ✌🏾
M13 are children compared to the cartel @@nondelusional
I feel like being a cop in South Africa would be like bailing out the Titanic with a bucket.
This is insane, death isn't normal
well it happens to us all
@@JohnGreenan-xh4tp right like it's literally the most normal thing possible
@@JohnGreenan-xh4tp but you get the point.
@@yalaking01 Yer I did but if everyone else can troll thought I'd give it a go 🤔
Stupid thing to say. Death is normal. Lots of people die everyday all over the world.
Police can't find them but these guys are making a documentary and filming them beat people with bats??... Sure buddy 😂😂
This truly is a tragedy! I feel deep confliction, as a dual national with South African citizenship. I spent part of my childhood there so I can relate to the daily hardships a person there faces. I was of course lucky to escape. What pains me to see however is how some international media, wealthy south africans and tourist paint the country to be this unrealistic heaven. When in reality it's a cruel hell with many severe hardships that the outside world will never understand.
Scott Adams is right
God Save South Africa🙏
@20:00 I can 100% assure you that these are not American Gangsters
No one thinks they are. It's obvious that's their name.