CAPE TOWN: BEHIND THE BEAUTY (2019) - South Africa Mini Documentary
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- In March 2019 we visited Cape Town to find out what it's like to live in a place that the World Bank calls the most unequal city in the world.
directed by / melanie_simons_
camera by / georgmoeller
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Very well done! Having grown up in the destitute Cape Flats, I can say one thing - life is what you make of it. I've seen too many blame, hate, be angry & make excuses as opposed to taking responsibility. There is no substitution for hard work in a land filled with opportunity. Gov keeps failing and those with money get richer - use it as a driving force of motivation and not a crutch of hate. Forgive the past, do the best now & look forward to the future. Socialism wont work and communisim will destroy us.
Edwin well said bru. I hope that all that hard work as made you the life you deserve . all the best
@@tyronpedlar5449 Thanks a lot. I was raised with hard work so will graft on. Definitely waaaaaayyyyy better off now and I'm grateful. I wish you well Tyron.
Great attitude! Greetings from the Northern Suburbs!
@Martie Oberholzer fully agree. My father raised me to work hard no matter what & to show love to everyone. White people are not to blame at all.
@Martie Oberholzer Baie dankie. Ek dank God elke dag vir my oorlede pa wat my harde werk geleer het, en dat ek nog steeds my moeder het. Hulle het my ook groot gemaak met Bybelse beginsels wat ek probeer waardeer omdat dit lyk asof die wêreld mal geword het. Nie die skuld van apartheid nie, wit mense, die slagoffer speel - geen daardie onzin nie. Ek voel asof mense terug na daardie beginsils moet gaan.
The best and unbiased documentary on South Africa I have seen.
Thank you so much!
@@globestories. You the one that deserve the praise, the world need much more of this.
People in this video clip spoke very intelligently with an understanding of the issues and solutions. Hope one day they will run this beautiful country South Africa 🇿🇦.
But because black people can’t understand the answer is to vote for another political party if they weren’t satisfied with what the ruling party has done for them.... here comes Zimbabwe
@@Wolf-hh4rv They're all educated within the framework of the worst academic theory in human history - Marxism. Same as Western youth.
100% destructive.
@@bignewlife630 The ANC is about as Marxist as the German Social Democratic Party, which is to say not very Marxist at all.
The problem is not academic theory. It's the absence of any meaningful education to begin with - schools falling apart, no books to give to students, incompetent teachers. Add that to the structural problems generated by mass unemployment and mass poverty, and the correlation between wealth and skin colour that many people in South Africa see (a correlation, I should add, that is not necessarily causal, but is very often perceived as such) and you have South Africa circa 2021. The result should surprise no one.
@@davesmith826 All true. However Marxist Conflict Analysis underpins their
typo
Marxist Conflict Analysis underpins their world view. Everyone, everything is oppressed/oppressor.
So revenge is fine, taking back what is stolen from you etc.
Every Marxist who gets power gets rich to the extent they can. Mugabe died worth $500m. Always loudly Marxist.
All of the West now educates the same way. Apartheid made the US Race Hate Industry very powerful, so the resentment and revenge elements of race in SA are supported to the highest level.
Thank you for telling our story so beautifully. Very neutral. Views from everyone and how they feel. Well done this is amazing!!!!
Thank you so much for your feedback!🙏🥰
As South Africans we need to have more talks like this so we better understand each other. 🇿🇦🤝 I believe we can get there🙏🏾💪
I strongly believe too that you will get there! Thanks for your Feedback.
Poor white Africans... they need to leave country as soon as possible
Im a white dude living abroad at the moment.. I must say this doc was really well done.. almost brought me to tears.. I love my country and my people! Hope to bring my wife (who's French) and restart my life back home soon. Just thinking about work options or independant projects to get started. Mzansi uyahlupha, Mzansi uyahlupheka, Mzansi umunhle! Peace!
Yeah, but there are currently nearly 5 million white south africans, not 3, like that white dude claims...
@@broadcastmadnesss whites are 7.8% of the total population. of that 60% are Afrikaans & 40% is English
Funny
thank you so much for your Feedback! I wish you guys good luck with everything.
i was thinking about moving to capetown but after watching this video i am kind of hesitant i am a white guy so i dont want them coming to my house that i bought and saying to me to fck off just bc of my color
So much articulation from the characters. Everyone was able to convey their feelings and perspectives. If the dialog is open then a solution may come to be, as long as people keep an open mind. Great doccie
Thank you so much!🙏
Too true my bru...
South Africa is one of the country's that's living in two different worlds
ANC CRIMINAL COMMUNIST RACIST CABAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MESS OF THE PAST 25 YEARS! PRACTICALLY DESTROYED SOUTH AFRICA! MANY MINORITIES LIVES IN ABJECT POVERTY INCLUDING THE WHITES TODAY! 🤨🤨
Don't worry.. It will be living in one world soon.
It is so rare to find a balanced, thoughtful and honest documentary on the state of affairs in South Africa. Bravo!
Thank you!
Everyone in this documentary have valid and true points, and I think that's important to understand.
What's interesting though is that they real solution and the real underlying problem...which 'the' solution is education and 'the' problem is corruption...this should be the starting point
@@landimhlakane9141 generally the ultimate problem is bad leadership,and this is africas main problem...cant have corruption or lack of education if the leadership was better
@@j.mmachage831 unfortunately yes that's true 🤷🏾♂️
White people in the video did not have any valid points. Period.
no KHOI-SAN ?....overseas people think they don't exist but millions of Khoi-San people still around all over South Africa and even other countries like Botswana, Namibia, Angola etc......not all "coloured" people come from slaves or are mixed...
i used to live there 20 years ago, I was just a 3rd grade and dont really recognize the issue because everyone was so nice, fun, they know how to dance, they know how to do 'real' BBQ and stuff. I hope for the best and peace for south africa. I cant wait to come back. I still think its the best country in the world!!
South Africa is the definition of "Laughing through the pain"
You really didn't stay here long if you use BBQ instead of braai 😂
@@dontme8174 hhaha yeah they use the word braai there ..
It’s my dream to visit South Africa, since my childhood actually. Cheers from Japan
Hi, where u now?
find a better dream
As long as you don't go to dodgy areas and think smart you will be perfectly fine
@@justnoobtoo6352 until 'dodgy areas' are all that's left.
Thank you for this. It's important for South Africans to see this. The final comment from Rob is absolutely on point. We need to fix this country of ours, because we have the potential to be the best in the world.
We just need to work together.
Thanks you so much!
And yes, I totally agree :)
Were among the best in the world...were.
Can't be fixed. Multicultural societies have no unity or unifying symbols to center themselves around. It's impossible to build a nation this way. People will always take offense to other people's ways and they will always blame the other for their own shortcomings. This is even more evident if the two groups of people look different from each other. When I was younger I also believe in the utopian idea that very different people could come together through education and a little understanding. But after 20 years of travel, experiencing other cultures and living in other countries. I now understand just how naive I was. It turns out small differences in cultures and people can have vastly different outcomes over time. It's those small differences that make us who we are not the things we have in common with other groups of people. Humans are fundamentally tribal and territorial. It's part of our DNA, just like a wolf has the need to form packs. People only tolerate others when they are comfortable and the other is not a direct threat to them. But as soon as that comfortablity disappears, our tribal nature returns. You see it happening in Europe right now. People are quickly becoming less tolerant of others as their own security and comfortable lives are starting to be threatened. Unfortunately utopian ideas have always ended badly and with much bloodshed. Because they never take into account what a human being is, they only focus on what they think a human being should be. Usually in accordance to some misguided ideology. Only later they learn that reality takes no prisoners.
@@jw841 yes true. However I believe a small number of foreign cultures in your home country is ok BUT they need to be the minority AND they need to adopt and assimilate with the culture of their host country, NOT replace it with their own as is happening in Europe. Adopt and adapt or get out !
@@theSaint-1964 Fair enough. I agree with you to a point. But I don't think that other groups should ever be more than 10% of the population. It Also depends on the type of people and culture you allow in. Some cultures are completely incompatible with each other. Also remember it's in all human nature to be surrounded by our own and to dominate the territory around them. The best way to do this is to increase you numbers in a new territory. This is where Europe has been very foolish. They have allowed foreign groups to take over both physical and political territory. This will ultimately lead to conflict with the native groups. Demographics is key to everything and needs to be managed responsibly if you want to maintain long term peace.
15:51 SA loses 30 Bill to curruption
ANC: hold my beer!
500 billion covid19 aid loan goes missing in 2 months
ANC needs to go frfr
Cyril the president owns a massive property in Sea Point worth a few million
Wesley Oliver but this is before he became president tho.
@@NixonPhakati Do you need to be president to be corrupt?
Very funny humour!!🤣😂😂
NOT ONLY CAPE TOWN. THIS IS THE SAME STORY ALL OVER SOUTH AFRICA
Yes that's probably true. We only had the chance to be around Cape Town though and we only interviewed people around there. So it felt wrong to speak of whole South Africa if we were only in CT and surroundings. I hope that makes sense. Thanks so much for your comment!
Endless!
Upington?
Probably worse in North and Western Cape
To be honest, I'm just happy to see coloured representation in this documentary. Regardless of the 1:9 ratio. Thanks.
Kinda like most work places.
There's not even one Indian
@@KB-ny5nl that is an issue as well
Are you kidding? Reverse racism is a very real and serious problem facing white South Africans. White South Africans are being persecuted and killed every day. Racism is wrong regardless of who perpetuates it.
As a south african person living abroad in Austria i am very glad to finally see a documentary that shows no biased and no all sides of the story. Ich danke ihr! Sehr schön gemacht!
Thank you so much!
WoW this has been the best ever Reportage I have seen in the World!!!!! Thank you! I LOVE South Safrica! Many MANY REGARDS FRIM GERMANY
Vielen Dank, das ist super lieb🙏 wir freuen uns sehr über dein positives Feedback!! :)
Worked in Ghana 2002, very poor country, and the workers getting paid 1,5 dollars a day, but nobody steals or do crime, best people in the world, ANC in 26 years made South Africa worse.
I returned to America from a 10-day stay in Ghana, mostly Accra. There is most definitely crime in Ghana. People do still. I know someone who had his cell phone stolen when I was there. Another guy had to flee Accra because he accepted money from people for an apartment that he did not deliver in. Another young man I was familiar with fled Accra because he had raped an underage girl. Ghanaians always warned me to not use my cell phone with the window rolled down because someone might snatch it. I could go on. I live Ghana but I will not romanticize it. Several people were killed during the recent unrest following the election. Murder is a crime. The police in Ghana engage in extortion non a regular basis in Ghana. That said, I love Ghana, but U will not romanticize it, just as I wouldn’t romanticize any other country I visit or live in.
South Africa is a beautiful place where I was brought up as kid and its sad to see so many divisions The country could be a great place if all the people of South Africa Pulled together instead of apart
BEAUTIFULLY DONE. I feel so connected to the people after watching this
Very glad to hear this, thank you!
Good job on the documentary. I can see you tried your best to be impartial
Thank you!!🙏
May God Be With South Africa
We must start to live from the inside out and not the outside in, we are one nation, it is a probability to to unite this nation and a possibility to see a prosperous South Africa .
What makes u one nation?
Love this documentary! You picked great people to interview. Hope you will go back there one day and catch up with them. Would be very interesting to see how it develops. South Africa is a stunningly beautiful country🧡
Thank you so much! 🙏 and yes, we will probably do that in the future!
@@globestories. Brilliant, looking forward to it! You should also consider doing a story on Northern Ireland. It's still full of complexity yet another beautiful place with beautiful people. All the best to you both😊
@@maela548 thats actually a really good idea! We traveled thorugh north Ireland 3 years ago for 2 weeks. That was the first time when I realized how complicated the situation is.
@@globestories. I used to live there. It's such an interesting place and mindset. I love the style of your documentary, you'd do a brilliant job there. It needs sensitivity and a very neutral outlook. Looking forward to further projects of you!
@@maela548 thank you so much! You can contact me anytime on Insta if you want :) melanie_simons_
Proudly South African 🇿🇦
Not black enough not white enough. That must be really hard
Trust me buddy it is
Eish... Irony.
look in a mirror and choose. It's easy one of those groups hate you on site.
interesting analogy . well whatever decision they take , they should be mindful so not to turn the country into more chaos than it is now. war is never a solution to an issue. thread cautiously.
i started as a sweeper.... didnt mean i wasnt ambisious , didnt mean i had no asperations in life, i wasnt constantly in survival 'mood'.
i earned my respect dignity and the loyalty i am showed today because of the goo attitude i have. my brother sister friends went to univerrsity . i worked hard...
and now my hard work is starting to pay off... one day at a time, one foot infront of the other. be a provider not a taker, most stories of success tracks back to that lightbulb moment whre you as the individual decides to make the change in your own life, yesterday is gone there is nothing you can possible do to change the past but every opportunity to change your future. its the mind talk you have with yourself , the constant fight with yourself... did i do enough.. did i do a good job... what els is there to do, what els can i learn... is what you must be telling yourself.
feeling sorry and playing the victim.... not good
So everyone is starting to agree on one thing. SA’s issue is the ANC.
I would like to disagree with you if you open to it. What we see now in SA is the aftermath of apartheid. This is proven by research. By that I am not saying that I overlook the current state of dire challenges we face as a country. But what we see now has happened before the only difference is that blacks are free
Another 'coloured' who sold his soul to his white masters for a few rand. Shame.
@@astridpiet7910 I will disagree with you 100% I have seen plenty of people improving themselves despite apartheid and even in apartheid despite the challenges. I live in Gauteng and have been in many places in this country. You go to any of the DA municipalities and there is a massively huge difference. That is in 8 years of leadership change. It breaks my heart to see how people have to live in city's that is going backward ruled by the ANC.
@@serversupport3523 it's good to disagree SA discourse runs more then a party doing what they supposed to
Very helpful comment 👌
1stly, Thank you for this beautiful piece of work. I am a South African through and through. I live in America not by choice but necessity. My every day is filled with thoughts of South Africa. I love my country and I love the truth. Togetherness is the only thing that can move us forward. Our government is corrupt and together we can change them too. My every plan, is for South Africa, it's the land of immense opportunity as long as you can see it and work for it. I am a expat and my goal is to bring home all i have learnt. I know that it will be difficult, money doesnt grow on trees, but it will happen. There is so much to do. Let's do it, together.
did you call that racist, corrupt apartheid gov't corrupt? Is Trump's gov't corrupt?? The US is not your home either. Europe is your home.
I was born and raised in Cape Town and this the best documentary I've ever watched telling this side of the world as it is. It will take us a very very long time to achieve equality amongst black and white.
Thank you so much! We really appreciate your kind words🧡 Maybe it takes a long time but we are sure your beautiful country will make it!
Why would someone dislike a video that is so informative like this one? Guilty or offended? Come on, people. Let us face the truth. The world is imbalanced, but it should not be this obvious.
Thank you!
I agree , I found it very informative. I look forward to the next one .
The creators are just overflowing from talent. What a beautiful project.
26 years of ANC’s ruling. This is all I want to say.
300 years of conquest can never be fixed in just 20 odd years.
KMTHAN 400 years of Apartheid. Try again
KMTHAN 400 years of Apartheid. Try again
KMTHAN 400 years of Apartheid. Try again
Nicky Apenahier yep, it’s always someone else’s fault. Keep that victim’s mind set.
Karabo should become South Africa's President. She is smart, critical and thought through. She's the one that understands nuance, something most people don't understand.
This was very well made. It has such a high quality.
...STILL the most BEAUTIFUL country in the World!
It is!!
Nah....
Shit hole
naturewise maybe but my daughter was there for a few months and wouldn't live there because of lack of safety and high crime rate.
Been traveling the world and I agree the best.
In most of these documentaries they leave out the most important people, which is are the Khoi and the San people form which the land was actually taken.
The only people that took land here were white people. White people are foreign to Afrika. We Afrikans have always lived in Afrika in Peace. This whole idea about stolen lands is a western construct (propaganda ) it always seems to be white people telling our Story. And the story is always a lie. They just want to justify their colonisation.
Thabo Nyewe jy the land does not belong to blacks it belongs to the Khoi because it was their land and if land is going to be taken it should be given to the Khoi not these other blacks from Congo and Nigeria etc.
Thabo Nyewe you can’t just say nah I’m the same color as the Khoi so I’ll claim the land for them
@@mickeygertze7526 I'm not sure what you mean. Please elaborate... and remember, claiming land is a western ideology. We as AFRIKANs navigate Afrika. We shared land.
@@mickeygertze7526 Oh okay. We never took land from the Khoisan. This is Afrika. We are all Afrikan. We don't have that -this -is -our-land ideology . Anyone from Congo or outside of so-called south Afrika, South Afrika is a western term. This is Azania to AfriKans. The Congolese have more right to be here than any white person. White people are the foreigners here'. Congolese belong to this continent. No white person should have any say of what happens in Afrika
Brilliant documentary...I just subscribed!!🙌
I have a mixed race friend from South Africa and she says exactly the same thing as the guy from the video:
"Before I wasn't white enough to fit in and now I'm not black enough to fit in"
This is just so sad, when people can't learn from mistakes :(
In Zambia however, Coloureds look down on blacks..
@@georgephilip1966, same with some here in SA
@@georgephilip1966
They're are no Coloureds in the UK they only exist in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe or Zambia.
@@maureenjackson2041 ok...But I didn't say there were any colored in the UK.. all I said was, colored people in Zambia think less of fully black people...
@@georgephilip1966
They shouldn't look down as anywhere else in the world they would be black themselves.
This was brilliant. Well done, it's just like you documented. And so many want to move forward, but the leading party in charger is failing us
This document is so excellent! I'm glad I came across it. Well Done!
Thank you so much! Really appreciate your Feedback. :)
I am a white Zimbabwean,who left the country when Mugabe came into power.I presently live in South Africa but I as a middle aged woman cannot find work.Over the years I have seen many black people come into wealth and become middle class South Africans,I am happy for them and am all for equality.
Over the past 8 years I have left the comfort of my home and the comfort of my family and support group,to come and work in the home of a stranger as a carer.A job classified in the UK as low skilled and minimum wages.
I have now gained an understanding and insight of what its like to leave country and family to earn a living.Aswell as what its like to be treated like a servant.
We are not all living in luxury,with the freedom to come and go as we please.
We have poor whites,living in squatter camps too.
I love Africa,I was born there,I love the African people,I wish for them the best.
The poor will always be with us,they are not going away.
Inequality will always be with us.
The country now belongs to the black South Africans but life has not improved for the majority of them.
25 years in power, ..............where will it all end?
After watching this video I thought to myself, unless there is a radical improvement in the political situation in South Africa, I think South Africa will end up becoming another Zimbabwe ( i.e. the former Rhodesia ).
Dear Bob, I have a lot of hope that SA will change in a positive direction.
Beautiful documentary
Thank you for this fantastic video. We just returned from SA last month before the lockdown, we will be hopefully back to visit Cape Town next year ... all being well. SA is a beautiful country with inspiring history.
Visit Namibia...just as beautiful with comparatively little crime.
@@theSaint-1964 Thank you for the recommendation. Definitely on our list 😁
@@ilonggofeet I'm a tour guide here ( or was, pre - lockdown ) so if I can be of assistance, let me know 👍
I'm a new TH-camr trying to grow my own channel but the efforts of this documentary make me want to put my hustle aside just to try and uplift this initiative any way I can. This is good work 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾. Please don't give up.
Oh thank you so much! That's means a lot! I wish you good luck with your YT channel!!
That last little segment, “the things he likes are the things hates”...
I am a hard working class white guy. My only advantage is the colour of my skin and I too drive through Camps Bay, Bantry Bay and feel the great divide. You don’t have to be black to feel that. If anything it allows me to know that feeling of “I will never have that”, which is what so many blacks people feel. I am so sorry for the situation. I wish I could help everyone, but it’s hard enough to help myself.
The young man was so correct about what good is it to seize farmland when you don’t know how to farm, how income is made, or another suitable industry to establish. Surely it wouldn’t be used to set up another township and recreate that life all over again.
Sa will turn to Zimbabwe so fast it will be hilarious
@@Sataka23clips
The audacity of some people.. Don't worry about what it's gonna turn into...
Very interested and professional documentary. I really enjoyed it ! Can not wait to see your other videos! Please keep do what you doing! Thank you!
Thanks you so much!!
Roland R funnily enough the black people of South Africa were not there first, and fought and killed each other for land that belonged to the original people of South Africa
@@lavanniek black is one family.
Are you sure?
It was so amazing and hopeful to see the couple together. There is hope
I wish that every single person in SA watched this video....
and out too. I am an expat, have not been for 13 years. Apartheid govt stole the fruit, but ANC govt stole the whole trees. I am now in NZ and living in a truly non racist society and I found the multiculturalism I longed for at last.
@@sueelliott4793 I feel like behind every person that migrates South Africa to other nation, is that feeling of missing being at home, and hoping that the economy gets better so they can move back...
@@Papi_21 Yeah, I am living a similar country, safe, quiet, friendly etc. I cant do racism, but South Africa has too much. I do miss the African -ness but yeah, the hate from all sides, its not me. Im too full of love
@@sueelliott4793 where are you?
thank you so much for spreading awareness about this issue.
Amazing Video well done! I am instigating for the last year all TH-cam video's about South Africa and this is by far the most truth and perspective given! Much respect to Globesstories and their team!
Thank you so much! Really appreciating your comment. :)
This is amazing
This flim brought me to tears
AS a Zulu man in kzn I feel this strongly hit me my mom and dad are from rural areas but thanks to God they manage to get degrees in medicine and I was raised in a very white area in dundee with other black kids and we grow up with white kids we are all best friends now
So many people don't have that experience our understanding that you can be friends with anybody
Bless you dude. All the best.
As a white Zimbabwean, I just look at South Africa and strongly believe it is going to turn into a war. Too many blacks hate whites for this to work out OK and the voices of any black who tries to talk reasonably are drowned out by the ones who dont.
It's looking more like Nazis Germany with the rhetoric of the ANC leadership and things are going to explode at some point.
I spend a lot of time in South Africa and I absolutely love it. That documentary was so well done, great storyline, diverse group of people, beautifully shot, great music .... outstanding work !
Thank you so much!
It's the same thing in Brazil Ctrl + C Ctrl + V
At least some of the corrupt leaders lands in jail.
I will and I will and i promise and I will Wait for another video from u guys goooood Job fantastico ! And in German gute Arbeit! I subscribed
Great documentary, Prayers going out for a better life for all, may God Bless Africa! 🙏🏻🥰
What a beautiful documentary. There was representation from all sides and no bias. Just people expressing their feelings and telling their story. Well done.
Dear Panthera Tigris thank you so much!
Thank you for a very balanced documentary where people talk the hearts out showing their strengths and biases through which the viewer can make his conclusions. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I have no words to say But THANK YOU...
The problem here is the same problem all over the world. People living in poverty and hardship waiting to be rescued by the same corrupt government and organizations that designed a system to keep you exactly where you are! I perfer less government and more people.
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@@asterix_l7212 am where the rock guys some one was under it
the corruption is from the west. they fund the corruption, then blame the Africans.
@@Cerl84 nope Africans are very very complicit with the corruption you can't blame the west for everything
@@SageGamersX of course they are. Africa is one big easy target of colonialist/imperialists. one enough black people care about exposing that essential element to continued white supremacy then Euros will continue to run the affairs of Africa.
Baie mooi!
Beautifully presentation of our country. Sad situation but a strong resilient nation we are !
This is one of the BEST documentaries of current events I have watched in a long time. Thank you for taking the time in our beautiful to show the world the real South Africa... Including its own citizens :)
Thank you so much!❤
Thank you for that great documentary. Very inspiring
Thank you so much!
WORD @25:44 It's been 50 yrs and I'm still yearning to be home Cape Town...watching this I'm heart broken.
Thank you for producing this very informative and well illustrated documentary
Thank you for your Feedback!
The Zimbabwean ran away from Zim and then knocks SA?
He's an African in Africa.
Nkululeko Ngwenya And you’re a human on earth ? Land ownership is a foreign ideology to africans
I kept thinking the same thing
How has he knocked SA, are you delusional? what a mindset you have, terrible!
@@wma5440 well said !
I am proud to see my classmate Karabo! You are doing what must be done!
This country kills me. You know I love this place and I love the people. I don't want civil war. Please don't kill my people. I don't want to kill your people. We're a rainbow nation; one single rainbow. Damn peace would be so nice for this country. South Africa you are beautiful! ❤️🇿🇦 We even have the most beautiful flag!
Thanks for such an insightful documentary and those on here with your negative comments, get a life!!
this is perfect
Thank you so much for this positive Feedback. :)
Wow - this is a really gorgeous video and so incredibly succinct and informative. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your Feedback 🙏
This is so spectacular and moving and made me so emotional! Thank you for making this video! Cape Town born and raised and soooo proudly South African! Love you all!
I watched another documentary where this mother was talking about how she was on a wait list for a government house. And she said she didnt think she was raising kids in a proper setting. Cause she was in one of the slums. I agreee. But i thought Why did you have 8 fricking kids lady? That's just bullshit.
Daniel Yager Do you really think they teach contraceptions in the slums???? 😑
They have to know where children come from. And please dont thank im tryin to be rude. They also have contraceptives there. Im sure they could get condoms for free or close to free. Im sure a lot of ppl choose not to use them. Im just saying if life was that bleak for me i wouldnt have kids or I'd most definitely stop after having one or 2 that i already couldn't provide for. To have 8 or 9 kids when you're in that position is careless and irresponsible.
Okay, first off, we don‘t really know if the kids were wanted. We don‘t know how it went. We don‘t know that side of the story, right? So we can‘t judge her. And second, not everyone has any acces to condoms not to bother to FREE condoms or some way of protection. The thing is, no matter if you have 2 or 10 kids you should be able to provide them a house but even with hard-work some can‘t do it because of things that may be out pf their power. Ofcourse having more kids is gonna cost more, but people (especially kids. In this context) should get provided what they need by the government. Which isn‘t happening.
@@ne_yil824 yeah they should be able to provide them a house themselves. The government does not owe it to anyone to house them. especially if its because they cant be responsible.
@@fairoadiary Uhm, condoms are free. And yes, they surely fucking do. Do you honestly believe those people think babies appear out of nowhere??!
A lot of the people you found in this documentary were very reasonable and very well spoken.
Beautiful story.
Excellent documentary!
Colonialism ended, Apartheid ended, now Africa and its resources belong to the Chinese. Contrary to what many Africans believe, China is not investing in Africa to help Africans; they arrive primarily with their own workforce, and export Africa's raw materials to China. As a 'thank you' they flood Africa with low-cost Chinese goods, killing local industries in the process. The final outcome will make the past look like a blessing in comparison. At least some African leaders (Tanzania) are seeing the light.
@Delph 017 once you realize the impact of Chinese 'investment', you may reconsider your statement.
Delph 017 the Chinese give nothing. The price will become apparent.
@doogieAfro Not sure who you are asking, but I don’t think that is anyone’s point. Nobody wants to be dictated to and exploited by foreigners, but the world was a different place. Maybe. The point is why not trade on your own terms? Why let China “ develop “ Africa?African despots are taking money from Chinese despots and the poor remain poor. The masters just have a different colour.
@Earth Child oh, I'm sorry, I had no idea the British, Germans, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italians etc. still occupied their colonies. Be that as it may, the biggest colonizer to join them is now China.
I would rather trade with china than to trade with USA
What a great piece of work. Well done! 👍
Thank you so much!
Great video, Cape Town has so much to offer.
These people don't have claim to these lands. No European and no Bantus. This land belongs to the forgotten people, the Khoi. both parties fighting over these lands neglect to acknowledge where they really are from and who was in South Africa first. the voices of the indigenous was drowned out a long time ago but you don't see them fighting in the mix for land and wealth even though the are worse off.
We're all here now so why not to work together to make this place a better place? I was born from these grounds and so were my forefathers. My dad always told me that people never value/respect things that were never theirs, that's why It doesn't matter how bad it gets in this country, I'll never abandoned it or talk ill about it, look out for those who do because they are not true South Africans.
This is splitting hairs. At the very least, Africans have more claim to their own continent rather than a European; who isn't native to Southern Africa in any form.
The Khoisan are still Black Africans and many of them have intermixed with other tribes. This notion that one needs to be pure Khoisan to have entitlement to Southern African has faulty reasoning.
@@channelfree8557 True to a certain extent, "Africans have more claim to their own continent rather than a European" yes but a Zulu can't lay claim to Egyptian land. Like you said "splitting hairs", thats why the tribes that moved from up North has lesser claim than those who already inhabited the land.
I never said they not black. Yes Khoi has intermixed, even so with whites (Europeans) so does it make those now half-Europeans just as worthy to lay claim? faulty reasoning yes but its no notion that a pure Khoi has entitlement over his own land, my point is, What did the Khoi benefit?
@@RedLorryYellowLorry_ It’s possible they might be; considering DNA analysis of king tut shows the closest living relatives of the mummies are Sub-Saharan Africans.
Besides, Egypt doesn’t have a history of Apartheid or one of the most unequal livings standards in the world. The slow evolution Egypt went through isn’t analogous to colonization of SA.. Apples and oranges.
Sorry but the unique situation in Egypt doesn’t somehow absolve Europeans of their responsibility to the people of South Africa.
Also, considering that in your country a European-Khoi mixture is considered Coloured and not white/european. I presume yes, they would be more entitled to their ancestors land more-so than European invaders.
The only ones benefiting are White, which is the problem.
@@channelfree8557 Okay, Firstly you claimed that "Africans have more claim to their own continent rather than a European" But my response was to prove how vague that statement is. Egypt had been conquered by war many times over. Egyptian history is complexed but we know the earliest dynasties and the Old Kingdom era of Egypt was sub-Saharan. Why? Other than those tribal inhabitants we know the Nubian Kingdoms from Northern Sudan expanded and moved North thats why Egpyt was called 'Kemet'. The Middle East then conquered and ruled from the Intermediate and Middle Kingdoms and then towards the end, the Europeans invaded and ruled. In between there was many intermixing. Now hypothetically speaking and based on your statement, since most, if not all current Egyptians are not purely sub-Saharan or even Egyptian, can Zulu's still lay claim to the land since they are purely African? Somehow I found another apple.
@@RedLorryYellowLorry_ Straw man logic. Frankly your privilege deludes you into believing you have authority to dictate which tribe/group gets what. African land belongs to indigenous black Africans, there's nothing vague about it.
Its pure arrogance to be so content in ruining millions of lives just so that a few can live comfortably in a country- that I cant say enough is not yours. The lack of empathy white people have is quite remarkable.
I hope they find a solution for the land issue before it’s too late. Would be heartbreaking to see SA descend into a civil war.
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this. Honestly made me more interested in the current and future state of my home. Thank you.
Glad to hear that! Thanks so much for your feedback 😊
Excellent piece of work. You told stories that needed to be told, and did so objetively and neutrally.
Thank you! 🙏
I can't seem to take this documentary seriously. How can you speak about Cape Town without really interviewing Coloured people who makeup nearly 50 percent of the city's population
I dont know what you mean since we talked to many coloured people. And in the doc we interviewed Ighsaan! He's a coloured person.
Did you even watch more than 30 seconds?
And to answer your question, yes you are right Cape Town has almost 50% coloured people. But the ones we talked shared all a similar mindset. They all said things like Ighsaan. We wanted to show different sorts of mindsets and different 'sides'. The documentary is not supposed to be a statistic about the population.
The guy is hardly in it - 30 seconds max. The point I'm trying to make is it would've been nice to see a documentary that actually reflects the actual demographics of the city
@@P.J.1992 okay I get that point! Thanks for your Feedback! We will definitely try to fulfill this in the next documentary.
If you wanted to show different 'sides' like you say, then you should've interviewed coloured people coming from different social classes. Coloured people aren't monolithic
A great but very sad insight
Back in the days my uncles had to leave school grades 7 & 8 to make a living but they became master machanics and has worked for big companies like Somchem; AECI and General Motors without having a degree or grade 12
this was eye-opening, extremely beautifully made.
Thank you!
Build South Africa together. Força
One of the most insightful docu's on SA that I have watched, and I have watched many. As a non-South African who lived in SA for 6 years, worked in Johanesburg and studied at Stellenbosch University (near Cape Town), I had the opportunity to observe the issues and views raised in this video first hand. The worst issues plaguing South Africa, in my honest opinion, is the gross wealth disparity and poor education infrastructure that persists. Both of these are the legacies of South Africa's apartheid policies. Waiting for the white farmer to retire is not an option in my view. What if he wants to leave the farm to his son or daughter or cousin who is also white??? Before farms were invaded in Zimbabwe, the government tried to buy land from white farmers who were not willing. They amended the law to say that one farmer. one farm. Still, these "surplus" farms were bought by the farmer's white friends and relatives or they simply did not agree on the valuation of the land, despite independent land evaluation firms being hired specifically for the exercise. Initially the government in Zimbabwe resisted the invasions, until they realized that there was actually a ground swell from the black population in support of this. Hopefully South Africa can learn from the mistakes and miscalculations made in Zimbabwe, by both the black majority government and the minority white commercial farmers. As for the potential outcome of a civil war, that's another post entirely and above my pay grade to comment on in detail. However, I could see it as a regional war, if it came to that. So, let's all pray that all parties work to ensure that it doesn't come to that. That's my hope for South Africa.
That's the thing bro. We should learn from other countries that failed to do this in a proper manner and make sure we don't fall down the same ditch. I hate it when instead of having a rational discussion the opponents cite Zimbabwe and hype the 'worst case scenario' in an attempt to shut us down.. Let's have a proper discussion and come to an agreement because when you have a majority which is poor and a minority which has all the resources, the majority has nothing to lose and they will make any attempt to rid the rich of their wealth. The poor will soon turn into a mob, and there is no way of reasoning with a mob.
Beautiful. Very well done!
Thank you so much! :)
Wonderful documentary. Thank you. I see some powerful young future leaders 🙏🏽
Rise Africa
I can see much of Brazil in these cultural problems.
It´s really an excellent job done. Congrats!!!
Thank you so much!
Amazing, informative & balanced take on the most beautiful place in the world ..well done
Thank you!
Truly appreciate this video, young minds that are inspiring, it gives me hope for the future of our beautiful country. This is what we need YOUNG INSPIRING, INTELLIGENT LEADERS that see through much of the propaganda.