This area is where "Coloured" South Africans was once forced to live | Westbury Johannesburg SA

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  • @kennedytsokodibane3058
    @kennedytsokodibane3058 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Sister Snowy is absolutely incredible. I've never heard anyone recite our history in such a vivid & accurate fashion. This is why you need a real South African to tell our history.

    • @molefemokhine9557
      @molefemokhine9557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      💯🎯 And when we tell other TH-camrs this obvious fact we are labeled "xenophobic"
      I mean this lesson here was absolutely invaluable, from the real source.

    • @realsebsworld3004
      @realsebsworld3004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      True fam!!

    • @pelomk9022
      @pelomk9022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And it's not whitewashed

  • @sharimattera5218
    @sharimattera5218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    My mum, Snowy Mattera, loves the work she does and is a walking encyclopaedia!!!! Tour Guide par excellence

    • @cassyh9999
      @cassyh9999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Blessings to your mum, she is doing the Lord's work ... and as Coloured people , we need to tell our own story

    • @billyhamathi2148
      @billyhamathi2148 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Say thank you to your mom, she should write a book and start her own TH-cam channel.

  • @jackal6056
    @jackal6056 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    This just reminded me why SAns always want SAns to be tour guides. You'll never get this level of details or even half of it from a majority of official tour guides cause SA companies prefer to hire foreigners as guides and they don't give them enough information, i think it might also be a way to sanitise history.

    • @isoboy1000
      @isoboy1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      CAPE TOWN IS THE WORST

    • @MosesMatsepane
      @MosesMatsepane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@isoboy1000 Let’s not mention Cape Town, my heart breaks every-time I hear the lies being told by those foreign tour guides over there.

    • @masjm7278
      @masjm7278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@isoboy1000 They are trying to replace us At their PERIL. That is Why they Scream Xenophobia

    • @isoboy1000
      @isoboy1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@MosesMatsepane I never lived in CT but i know more about the city than those incompetent tour guides, we want people who has lived the history they are telling. Would you rather have a tour guide from Zimbabwe telling you about Manenberg and District Six than a person who lived through those experiences??
      Listen how Snowy is able to narrate the story without having to read a book because she lived to experience the history dating back to her parents and grand parents, now you employ someone who has to memorise experiences other people lived.
      ITS UNFAIR

    • @masjm7278
      @masjm7278 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dinaledi4085 Watch out for DA

  • @elroysquare2527
    @elroysquare2527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Now you guys have taken your content to the next level I dont think any American youtuber has dug this deep on apartheid and the lady has explained things beautifully.If you ever make it to cape town go find out about Alan boesak,kids like Ashley kriel and areas like district 6 and visit the coloured townships which is a replica of the projects in the states.

    • @cryptowalk1387
      @cryptowalk1387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Give them a next level donation then, if you really support them🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @blanchemann4904
      @blanchemann4904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree with you..I'm from Cape Town born there.Currently residing in Joburg....It is so sad,what apartheid did to us people of Colour.....
      In Joburg is but a few areas like this area,compared to areas on the Flats.
      Bringing all of this in the open is a good thing.....But it will just remain good content/information until our new government step in and get there hands dirty......

    • @abode409
      @abode409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I totally agree. I haven’t heard apartheid discussed in this type of detail.

    • @Enoch940
      @Enoch940 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't give your money to Alan Boesak, first ask the new world foundation their advise on that. Pastor Bruher propably advise against it.

    • @jimihendrix5308
      @jimihendrix5308 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Enoch940BUT ALLAN BOESAK DID SPONSOR THE BLACK ANC GOVERNMENT AND ITS YOUNG ASPIRANT BLACK STUDENTS

  • @TheIrieman15
    @TheIrieman15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    This is a must-watch for anyone coming here for the first time to understand; where we are coming from; how much has been achieved and, how far we have yet to go to redress the inhumanity perpetrated on the majority of this beautiful land. The incalculable damage caused by apartheid runs deep family.

  • @melaninbotswana2474
    @melaninbotswana2474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    The damage that the Europeans caused is unbelievable

  • @ntobekomtimkulu239
    @ntobekomtimkulu239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    OH WOW ... I Didn't realize she's actually Don Materra's daughter. He's a literary legend in our country. Love his poetry.

  • @livingsimply68
    @livingsimply68 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Wow, as a 'coloured South African, this was interesting to me. We did not learn this is in our History. Thank you family

    • @mbusovilakati6020
      @mbusovilakati6020 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No let's get rid of that name...we are black people...stop continuing with that white man nonsense..

    • @lindih111
      @lindih111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I was born in S.A I live in Texas ,this was education I needed to learn.

    • @thembekilefono3126
      @thembekilefono3126 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      im a black South African....i learnt this at District 6...I was studying at CPUT(cbd campus) and I stayed very close to the district 6 that's how I learnt about the history of colored...the white community wanted to separate us (divide and conquer) and they did for the longest time...but we soldier on

    • @kingofhearts1072
      @kingofhearts1072 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      First get rid of that COLORED name unless you are not of Indigenous decent, why are you calling yourself something that the ENEMY/Colonizer named you. "Colored" is just a way that colonizers can maintain a BUFFER CLASS between you and your other BLACK brethren. Don't fall for that, they do that EVERYWHERE they go.

  • @giftcuba4905
    @giftcuba4905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    This so far is the best content covered of the South African history narrated by a native who lived through the ages of our dark history. Thank you family for digging that part of our history and i hope that this inspires others to follow in your footsteps in discovering the events that led to the current South Africa that the world experiences today. I take my hat off for you for this outstanding work. Well done and I simply cannot wait for the next episode😁

  • @madtitan5997
    @madtitan5997 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I am Black ,my paternal Grandfather was Colored from Eldorado Park. My grandparents had to be separated under the evil apartheid laws during the late 50' s to mid 60's.Over the years we lost contact with my Grandfather's other family and children. My Black grandmother remarried and raised us as Blacks. I met my cousins, uncles and aunt's 10yrs ago when our Grandfather passed away but the 50yr divide had already created strangers from family members.. 👪 😢

    • @invictus9945
      @invictus9945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm still arguing to this day with "African" and "Colored" people that say "Colored" people cannot be regarded as "African" even though a lot of us have "African" cousins. It is very hurtful most of the time.

    • @madtitan5997
      @madtitan5997 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@invictus9945 Indeed it is. Apartheid did a number on us.

    • @zainabinti5170
      @zainabinti5170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@invictus9945 shocking... you are all part of the raindow nation.

    • @abcminime
      @abcminime 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@invictus9945 you alsl have european cousins i guess. Thay may be the reason. Cause africans dont have european cousins the same way europeans dont have african cousins

    • @harryroseman818
      @harryroseman818 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abcminime who has the audacity to make the "rules".

  • @MosesMatsepane
    @MosesMatsepane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Snowy was dropping nothing but facts upon facts. She’s has a lot of knowledge about our complex history, and everything she said was factual. I can’t wait for part 2. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

  • @vat81
    @vat81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This stuff happened so recently. You would think it happened in the 1800s. My grandfather also lost his land and his businesses when the white people moved them to the slums by force in the 50s. He refused to leave and stayed on the streets for months with his wife, my dad and uncle. He eventually agreed to move because of the kids. We just recently bought land in that area and to our surprise, there are plans to rename the nearby river after our grandfaher. Apartheid was foul. He lost everything.

  • @azurisora9836
    @azurisora9836 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This is the type of content that enriches our knowledge for understanding apartheid and as Ms. Snowy and her family lived here is so humbling. Thank you UNomads for your tireless dedication for your exposing us to the real.

  • @mbulelo386
    @mbulelo386 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Sis Snowy is a Treasure, that community should cherish and learn from her vast knowledge of the past. You've outdone yourselves with this segment Fam.

  • @agrid2608
    @agrid2608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    31:45 They still don't want locals in poor communities to have independent money.
    That's why they brought in all the Pakistanis, Bangladeshi, Somalis, Ethiopians to run informal small shop syndicates after 1994.

    • @Jimmykarinski
      @Jimmykarinski 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do they put you to jail as a black South African if you have a desire to run an informal small shop in your motherland 😀. Nigerians in SA can hook you up with “understanding SA package “ sold in a box. It’s a product with a market fit right there. Can sell millions and make you and other South Africans wealthier. You just have to work hard

    • @gabrielmkhonza7195
      @gabrielmkhonza7195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @George Karinski, Voetsek you Greek.

    • @agrid2608
      @agrid2608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Jimmykarinski LOL Oh you naive thing.
      Learn a bit about foreign syndicates in SA, decimating fledgling local traders and assassinating local business owners.
      Jail backed by state law is not the only tool one can use to get people out of an industry worth 100s of billions per annum.

    • @gabrielmkhonza7195
      @gabrielmkhonza7195 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@agrid2608 please leave this narcissistic troll. He is not relevant in your life. Don't waste your energy. He is used to abusing and insulting host country people. His ilk do the same to Black Americans in the US.

    • @Jimmykarinski
      @Jimmykarinski 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@agrid2608 So you telling me a native South African can not sell bread round the corner to another local is like death sentence I have a bridge to sell you

  • @adtvandietv
    @adtvandietv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The South Africa many still have yet to learn about. Thank you Nomads 🙏

  • @mozai294
    @mozai294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I could listen to the lady speak all day, what a great SA history teacher. The rich undiluted history of our country, no manga business.

  • @OagengNd
    @OagengNd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Thank you for this video. now hopefully Americans won’t take offence when Coloureds in South Africa call themselves that. We know coloured is an offence when directed at Americans but Americans need to learn that race and race politics are not SOLELY America nor do they Centre around American race politics. Each region has its own dynamics and nuances. 🙏🏾

  • @Pheello
    @Pheello 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Thank you Mama Snowy for explaining racial classification which was one of the instruments of apartheid. It has created a mess! Snowy you are the best and articulated the message well. Brother Mike, it was great meeting you at Gemelli at the meet up.

  • @molefemokhine9557
    @molefemokhine9557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    So many invaluable lessons were dished out here. It really is important to get a local to tell a local story. The way she's so eloquent, you can tell she's a daughter of a poet. Viva Don Mattera 💪🏾💪🏾

  • @jimmydekock1426
    @jimmydekock1426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

    • @coz2j69
      @coz2j69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly.
      Foreign religions is the deadly weapon which is used against Black people

    • @bibichafernando4218
      @bibichafernando4218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So true

    • @yolisamrso9827
      @yolisamrso9827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not true

    • @palesamogorosi8939
      @palesamogorosi8939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@yolisamrso9827 yes it is true

    • @realsebsworld3004
      @realsebsworld3004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why the Bible only ?what about Alcohol and drugs I think they dangerous than the Bible, They gave you clothes as well cause you were wearing animal skin.

  • @kaydenpat
    @kaydenpat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Now Unapologetic Nomads are dropping education on us!! Thank you. It’s important that we learn about history so we don’t repeat it.

    • @Pheello
      @Pheello 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A wealth of knowledge from Mam’Snowy!

  • @thandiedollar4789
    @thandiedollar4789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    She’s so knowledgeable can fit to be a tour guide, Nomads please do come back to the soil of South Africa

  • @fistandpen2505
    @fistandpen2505 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This may be the single most insightful thing I've heard in some time. This gives context to some of the conflicts between our brothers/sisters in SA and other African immigrants. The reality is SA were dealt a really destructive economic and psychological blow similar to the black community in U.S.

    • @rainbowtrust6347
      @rainbowtrust6347 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very true 🇿🇦

    • @anurseinthekitchen6442
      @anurseinthekitchen6442 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think in some ways, you had it worse. So incredible...the gall 😡😡

    • @gibson2675
      @gibson2675 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But black South Africans still have a better life than blacks in the rest of Africa. Why

    • @pamelarobinson5907
      @pamelarobinson5907 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very interesting.

    • @fistandpen2505
      @fistandpen2505 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anurseinthekitchen6442 I'm not BA though, I'm Nigerian.

  • @sizwe7070
    @sizwe7070 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Thank You very much for this and it really means alot to me as a South African.

  • @jacksonm.6549
    @jacksonm.6549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I've only ever driven past Westbury once or twice, and never visited the place. It's known to be too dangerous. Glad you made this video so I could get a glimpse of it.

  • @konamasina2822
    @konamasina2822 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As a South African I find it unfortunate that people like Aunt Snowy are not given enough recognition. I'm actually learning the real history. Thanks to you Unapologetic Nomads 🙌

  • @OagengNd
    @OagengNd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I am in awe of how knowledgeable Mam’Snowy is. She is a gem! 🙏🏾

  • @ShowKINDNESS
    @ShowKINDNESS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This episode is definitely 'Connecting The Dots' as to our TRUE IDENTITY world-wide.

  • @luthandi
    @luthandi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    All the best to Unapologetic Nomad family for pursuing connection with the real people of the land wherever they go. I say, this is how a visit and educational content should be done. To a certain degree it explains why most African immigrants don’t understand South Africans in general, but surprisingly a familiarity and a click with AA. A “you know what I mean” moment.

    • @Jimmykarinski
      @Jimmykarinski 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a Nigerian immigrant in SA. I will charge you R200 an hr to listen to you and understand you. Your biggest life problem solved.😎

    • @ruqayyahcurtis7504
      @ruqayyahcurtis7504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Family you have taken us to a higher level of knowledge that should elevate our critical thinking. Those if us in the diaspora should be thinking about what we can bring to SA if we decide to move here. As you can see, there is us much we can do to assist in creating a better life! Sister Snowy is a national treasure! May she live long and prosper! All abundance and blessings upon her💖

    • @ruqayyahcurtis7504
      @ruqayyahcurtis7504 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Man oh man! These oppressors, are all the same everywhere!!
      Miss Snowy needs her own TH-cam program on history! Let’s show her some love.

    • @ginomadeira7412
      @ginomadeira7412 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ruqayyahcurtis7504 I could not agree more with you! Blessings family

  • @calebsampi2004
    @calebsampi2004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Wow !!! Powerful free history lesson, that is why we prefer our stories to be told by locals…

  • @TheDtfamu89
    @TheDtfamu89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I really enjoyed learning this history and now I understand why South Africa seems so familiar to me.

  • @zainabinti5170
    @zainabinti5170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ms.Snowy needs to be recommanded by every tourist.She is the best.

  • @Dave.Seg.
    @Dave.Seg. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Give it up for mam Snowy. What an education. Wow! Salute mama.

  • @heinfb
    @heinfb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm South African. And wiw 👏 🙌 this is the best historical view from American content creators.
    Bravo!! Job well done guys.

  • @bonitajbrandl1
    @bonitajbrandl1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This was a true account of events without prejudice. Thank you 😊 💓

  • @cyelgreen4655
    @cyelgreen4655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This session is absolutely fantastic. The information that is shared here is essential for a knowledge of history.

  • @clinzo356
    @clinzo356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Of all the TH-cam videos on SA by an outsider you family are the best you source history from real SA peeps. The lady was fantastic in providing the history of sophiatown and coloured history. People will also better understand why black people own less prominent real-estate. Apartheid was no joke. Well done guys and keep up the good work

  • @nathancloete9932
    @nathancloete9932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thank you for going to the source to learn about the coloured experience. I find that Coloured South Africans don't get to share their own experience of Apartheid and it is mostly overshadowed by the stories of our fellow countrymen.

  • @dokotelam7207
    @dokotelam7207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Sister snowy, she is giving you her real life story, I always say" is best when people tell you their own story" , she did more than a tour guide

  • @mixedtraveler3585
    @mixedtraveler3585 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'm a coloured...coloureds and black people also indians people who were treated like dogs in an African country by Dutch and British we will never forget.
    It's also reminds us that in about 27 years of democracy we have achieved greatness....the love we have for each other..the interracial marriages
    ..the friends we have..the events we share on heritage day has made us stronger and happier.
    It's makes us happy that in a short space we have done greatness.
    We have overcome and are stringer than before and God bless family.

    • @MosesMatsepane
      @MosesMatsepane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah true, as soon as we can get rid of this current looting and incompetence in Government. We’ll get very far.

    • @mixedtraveler3585
      @mixedtraveler3585 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MosesMatsepane yes bro....we can reach wonders🤙

  • @Sibucy
    @Sibucy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This is really good. Thank you so much family and Snowy for that informative tour. our history is still painful

  • @rstepney63
    @rstepney63 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I just can’t understand how people can go to another person’s god giving land and do this to them.

  • @RaeRae-br8sk
    @RaeRae-br8sk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Excellent job Aun Snowy (if I may say Aunty). I learnt alot listening to you about my own country history. Things kept from our history classes. Captivated audience of 1 (or more). Dankie Mevrou en Nomads!!

  • @crucial7ONOP
    @crucial7ONOP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wonderful job unapologetic nomads. This is must needed knowledge. Salute

  • @nowelaZA
    @nowelaZA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is hands down your best video yet, it's great hearing our history from such a knowledgeable person. Looking forward to the next one!

  • @cnwonye4932
    @cnwonye4932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Thank you for this excellent educational video. The Apartheid reminds me so much of the US' past Jim Crow policies as well as the US' past and current redlining practices. I am always amazed at how similar our (African Americans) experiences are to our Black South African sisters and brothers.
    Thank you again and keep up the excellent work 👏🏾 Where we going next? Lol

    • @MosesMatsepane
      @MosesMatsepane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s because they copied Jim Crow and American segregation styles. South African government officials went over there to learn the best methods of subjugating black peoples. It’s well documented that the local racist regime praised America for perfecting racism. That’s why they seem so similar..it’s because they are the same thing.

    • @gabrielmkhonza7195
      @gabrielmkhonza7195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's because the Afrikaaners perfected the US segregation policies and tried to emulate Nazi Germany without the Holocaust.

    • @cnwonye4932
      @cnwonye4932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@gabrielmkhonza7195 Wow. That is so crazy. Though there is still a lot of work to be done, African Americans and Black South Africans can jointly rejoice that we have survived these atrocities ✊🏾✊🏾

    • @cnwonye4932
      @cnwonye4932 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MosesMatsepane as I commented below, we African Americans and Black South Africans have survived some real craziness. Now it's time for us to get our collective "thrive" on.
      Hearing Snowy talk about school brought back so many memories about my experience dealing with segregation or desegregation as it were. Due to school desegregation laws finally being enforced in the city where I grew up, I and many other African American school-aged children were bused from our mostly Black elementary school to a wh!te elementary school. They (wh!tes) did not want us at the school.
      The first time I heard, "N-word, go back to Africa," I was probably about 8 or 9 years old. I was waiting for the bus and some wh!te adults yelled out of the window in their passing cars. It happened a lot. This was in the 70s in California. Now as an adult, I cannot wait to do just that. Go back to Africa.
      In college, I got an opportunity to meet (and I think I took a picture with) Nelson Mandela's oldest daughter. She came to speak at in my African American Studies class. He was still imprisoned at the time. A few years later in 1990, I was so extremely blessed to see Madiba when he visited Los Angeles at the Coliseum. It was one of the most memorable experiences in my life.
      So, South Africa is definitely on my bucket list. My daughter visited a few years back and she loved loved loved it.
      Just for context (I am African American. I was married to a West African. Hence, the last name).

    • @gabrielmkhonza7195
      @gabrielmkhonza7195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@cnwonye4932 It really is. That's why as Black South Africans we understand and love the Black Americans so well. TV shows such as Good Times, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, the increadible Cosby Show, entertained us. TV in South Africa omly showed White South Africans. When a Black South African was featured, she/he would be a domestic helper or gardener or an equivalent of a "Coon" or an Uncle Tom. So Black/African Americans inspired us, especially the Boxing and general entertainment industry. Music in particular kept us going! The best revenge agaist Racism is Black Success.

  • @unbotheredmaverick7930
    @unbotheredmaverick7930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Check the poems by Mongane Wally Serote and Don Mattera.
    Steven Pienaar is from Westbury he played for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax Amsterdam, Borissia Dortmond, Everton and Tottenham HostSpurs

    • @lebo5281
      @lebo5281 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The book 'Memory is the weapon' by Don Mattera gives a vivid idea of forced removals in Sophiatown and how some people cheated the pencil test to become coloured. It's a priceless account of history.

  • @rkagiso10
    @rkagiso10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Don Mattera is well respected poet in South Africa. They had a lecture on Friday about him.

    • @sharimattera5218
      @sharimattera5218 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please access the Don Mattera Inaugural Lecture using this link: th-cam.com/video/yJz6dEJrODA/w-d-xo.html

  • @claudettelewis8808
    @claudettelewis8808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you Snowy and Mike for telling our story. Many families were 💔 broken.

  • @sothoworrior
    @sothoworrior 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, the lady's father is the great Dr Don Mattera...blessings🙏🏿
    Lesedi!

  • @noelal-dixon1197
    @noelal-dixon1197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wow!!!This is great knowledge being given.

    • @Unmad
      @Unmad  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤❤❤💯

  • @Pheello
    @Pheello 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was the best brother Aaron and family! Thanks to the contributors Snowy and Mike.

  • @zainabinti5170
    @zainabinti5170 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We were supposed to pay to view this video, outstanding Teachings by Ms. Snowy.👍👏👏👏

  • @kathymiles7877
    @kathymiles7877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow…..In the Raw, this lesson is on point!

  • @ngmn5402
    @ngmn5402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great interview and very much informative. Just to add for black folks. In Gauteng ( Johannesburg and Pretoria) blacks were also separated to various locations according to their ethnicity. That is Zulu people one side, Sotho one side,, Tswana one side, Xhosa one side, pedi one side, Tsonga one side, Ndebele one side, Venda one side, Swazi , Again blacks were also ethnically separated in rural areas to form tribal kingdoms called homelands.

    • @calebsampi2004
      @calebsampi2004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks for highlighting that …

    • @snowymattera2839
      @snowymattera2839 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I tell more of that side of the story on my Soweto Tour. My mum is Tsonga/Shangaan & there we lived in Shangaan & Venda section. Many anecdotes to be told there. Because there those 2 groups were the most diacriminated against.

    • @musaamos1678
      @musaamos1678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@snowymattera2839 it's odd now that Tsonga and Venda people are doing a reverse tribalism against Nguni speaking people, they deliberately avoid in Gauteng to mix especially women. They are not interested in starting a relationship with Nguni men they rather be single and lonely than give us a chance to be in their lives what is that. We're living in 2022 people who were born in Limpopo must stop being traditionalist towards other people who are not dark like them, we're all black South Africans with similar cultures.

    • @exquisitecaribbeanqueen7198
      @exquisitecaribbeanqueen7198 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And we wonder why there's so much self hate and division. The wickedness is palpitable

    • @peacemathebula3597
      @peacemathebula3597 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@musaamos1678 Ey guys we need to pray more because hate is from the devil Mina my father is swati my mom is Tsonga so I’m mix I love all South Africans and we can be united and be one thing we can overcome our challenges after all we have the same problems whether Zulu or Tsonga or pedi unemployment affects us all we stand together as one

  • @louislark9189
    @louislark9189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks immensely Unapologetically Nomads and Snowy for an indepth historical analysis of that diabolical apartied system. I read Trevor Noah's book " Born A Criminal", and he discussed his experiences being Coloured post apartied. However- Snowy gave a very intricate history of apartied system. This is the best verbal history of apartied I heard this far.

    • @josephbertolini1400
      @josephbertolini1400 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trevor aint coloured, his biracial. Coloureds are a race on its own with mixed of up to 7 different bloodlines,

  • @mandlenkosingcukayithobi3574
    @mandlenkosingcukayithobi3574 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The thing with South Africa we had multiple colonialists from 1652 to 1795 Dutch were dominant in the Cape areas until the British came and overthrew them as a dominant power then the Dutch came inland and colonised transvaal from the Free state to Limpopo while the British colonised Eastern, Western and Northern Cape. The 1910 Land Act was passed by the British after they and the Dutch decided to create the Union of South Africa. They took land using that law. 1948 Apartheid started in order to enforce Dutch power called Afrikanerdom or Boer Natitionalism which was adopted from the Nazis

    • @imaafrikaaner4669
      @imaafrikaaner4669 ปีที่แล้ว

      Regter afrikaaners was stolen term from coloureds. We were originally called free black( afrikannders )

  • @sabrinamobley1978
    @sabrinamobley1978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Truly amazing and educational content. Heart wrenching and relatable. These perspectives are extremely important to show so that we can gain a full history of this beautiful country's storied and troubled past . Thanks for delving into this subject matter. Great video.

  • @Nhlanhla187
    @Nhlanhla187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You guys went in deep, left me all emotional. But what can we say, this is what we went through and we need to be reminded now and then. Thank you guys.

  • @mylissa2167
    @mylissa2167 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Her information needs to be written down, because a lot of our knowledge/ information, comes from book that are predominantly written by others… We need to tell our Narratives in our words, with our feelings, so these stories aren’t white washed as a passing event!

  • @ibillyduncan3512
    @ibillyduncan3512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I truly would like to thank y'all for presenting this worthwhile knowledge. Many people in the United States especially our young black people have no clue of what happened in South Africa. . I must admit I did not fully comprehend the deep-rooted infrastructure of apartheid .
    This video is a must watch for all to learn and understand. Thank you

  • @f6876
    @f6876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow, I really enjoyed the history lesson, great content ✊🏿

  • @sphokie1771
    @sphokie1771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow, this was wonderful, Kudos to Aus Snowy for the history lesson. Thanks #UnapologeticNomads for using your channel to shed light to our history

  • @kgosi4013
    @kgosi4013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can't wait for the next episode. Thank you so much fam

  • @honeydate
    @honeydate ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Snowy Mattera has schooled me on the essence of South African history. Everyone should watch this video!

  • @asgoodasthe1sttime
    @asgoodasthe1sttime 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love this...education is foundation!! vj 💜💜💜

  • @sharonfrazier2460
    @sharonfrazier2460 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks for this historical vlog guys in SÀ.

  • @quietstorm677
    @quietstorm677 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for showing a different side of South Africa

  • @lamak0925
    @lamak0925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It always amazes me how far apart African Americans think our story is from Continental Africans when really our stories are parallel on both sides of the Atlantic (Which on REALLY OLD maps is call the African Ocean). In the U.S. we've always heard of schools being better in white neighborhoods, Blacks being chased out of White neighborhoods, separate swimming pools, students being bused to white neighborhoods for school. Apartheid and Jim Crow are the same monster. Black/African people everywhere have the same struggles and the same oppressors. Our unity is the only road to our freedom. We're all African

    • @godfreynkandela1674
      @godfreynkandela1674 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But you fool, which continent is South Africa? I can see Apatheid really achieved its purpose on people like you-people who still think they are still special than others instd of uniting all people - The donbas is no longer in use. By the way what did you mean by continental African? Cos you definitely cant be living in Africa all your life and still regard yourself as non African yet you get paid from the African Government & eat from the African soil-you are worse than a bush in terms of thinking capacity.

  • @gheechiedan9299
    @gheechiedan9299 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This lady is EXTREMELY intelligent! Thank you for this Vlog! 🤔

  • @florindofedelejohnson2739
    @florindofedelejohnson2739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I thank you guys kindly for this video.

  • @lowkeyspot
    @lowkeyspot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Damn y'all are really in inside SA😂👍, I'm surprised I didn't bump into y'all on those streets 🤣

  • @izanamiledwaba1330
    @izanamiledwaba1330 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thank you mama Snowy for the education.

  • @DebraB625
    @DebraB625 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing! I really needed to hear this history lesson.

  • @deborahmccloud622
    @deborahmccloud622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great information! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾

  • @lashirahel7403
    @lashirahel7403 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful video. Information we all need to know. Thank you!

  • @anthonymathibelo4518
    @anthonymathibelo4518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    wow that is 100% undiluted history of sa the best narrative i ever heard on utube

  • @f6876
    @f6876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Snowy was dropping gems 💎

  • @PeakProfits
    @PeakProfits 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love this lady...Her voice is sweet

  • @tanyabooysen3958
    @tanyabooysen3958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve learnt more from this video than in my entire school years,thanks so much for this fascinating history lesson so beautifully told💪🏽🇿🇦

  • @tobeblessed89
    @tobeblessed89 ปีที่แล้ว

    this video is such a gem!! Definitely answered many of my questions

  • @celesteperry4929
    @celesteperry4929 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video was very interesting. Thx for sharing ❤

  • @melanin7770
    @melanin7770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Can't wait for SA to bounce back from everything going on right now.
    Our time will come
    Trust me it will🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

    • @dinaledi4085
      @dinaledi4085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We will . We are a resilient people . We have survived the worst and will overcome this as well .

    • @gibson2675
      @gibson2675 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry but SA is the next Zimbabwe

    • @melanin7770
      @melanin7770 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gibson2675 🤣🤣 we have been the next zim which is why I can't wait for the bounce back.
      And also what's happening is Zim it's not bad just the media is messing up with people minds.
      Every country goes through a decline and a rise is always follow watch the space boy🔥🔥🔥

    • @VMitch-ng7tg
      @VMitch-ng7tg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gibson2675 That's your wishful thinking.

    • @LazFume
      @LazFume 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We are already bouncing back. Change is here. What I would not mind hearing right now is those who are leaving for australia and new zealand. We got replacements already in the country. It would be good for them to go to australia and make space for the rightful heirs of this continent to come back home...

  • @kj2346
    @kj2346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    We are black but when we say coloured understand it's not by choice it was forced.

    • @coz2j69
      @coz2j69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Every Black person has a Black mother and a Black father.

    • @issachaarwazulu1726
      @issachaarwazulu1726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@coz2j69 always that one person

    • @coz2j69
      @coz2j69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@issachaarwazulu1726 Low self esteem Black persons are willing to accept anyone as Black (those type of Black persons will even accept white people as Black), SMH

    • @issachaarwazulu1726
      @issachaarwazulu1726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@coz2j69 I don't know how you came up with that conclusion but continue 🤦🏿‍♂️

    • @agrid2608
      @agrid2608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@coz2j69 I hope you're not implying some sort of "pure-bloodedness" as a criterion for black because South Africa has been the main pre-Suez sea route to the East since the 1400s with thousands of shipwrecks, many of them with survivors who joined the native tribes. (Not even speaking of the settlers post 1652)
      Most South Africans have some European and Asian in them especially in the 3 Cape and Natal provinces.

  • @issachaarwazulu1726
    @issachaarwazulu1726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I enjoyed this walk of history

  • @ntobekomtimkulu239
    @ntobekomtimkulu239 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    S/o to Snowy ... she gave yall ALL the facts!

  • @abode409
    @abode409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My first time seeing you guys online. This is excellent work! I subscribed after watching this video.

  • @ShowKINDNESS
    @ShowKINDNESS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent Content!!!! Thank You!!!

  • @Blackdove0421
    @Blackdove0421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Sounds pretty much like America not to long ago.

    • @Unmad
      @Unmad  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Heeeeeeyyyyyyy. Peace and love to you family💯❤

    • @blkshield9734
      @blkshield9734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Tracey Del-Gado some how ZA and US share alot ,lots similarities between them

  • @williamwebbs1952
    @williamwebbs1952 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Another great vlog powerful information

  • @markmanuel579
    @markmanuel579 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great seeing people of our community expressing and educating people of our area we need more tours like this

  • @Thabaniization
    @Thabaniization 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful piece of work from all involved. Siyabonga.

  • @blackdiamond306
    @blackdiamond306 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You absolutely right my brother it is globally the same story for our brothers and sisters which shows it was not done by a mistake and is continued as they desire to keep the race dominant over the black population around the world sad to see but many of us are still blinded by the confusion for many of us have self blame as well as hate thinking somehow we were cursed and never meant to improve our ability to exist globally as other cultures will self-development and economically empowerment as well with now we see that there's no true Independence of our people even in Africa the faces are black but the colonial grip is still prevalent and economically as well as mental 🧐

  • @swanb.4228
    @swanb.4228 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This what I'm talking about. We tell ourstory. It's a new era!

  • @tanyabarnes4899
    @tanyabarnes4899 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! This was the best video I've seen. I learned so much. I could list to Ms Snowy all day share her knowledge of Aparteid. I would love to take a tour with her when I visit Johannesburg.

  • @jaalahford1637
    @jaalahford1637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow - that was sooooooo interesting. Thank you.

  • @ylstaggs
    @ylstaggs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Learning a lot here, good live, and very interesting!

  • @oralcummings4850
    @oralcummings4850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nothing different to what went on and what is still going on in the USA.Thanks for the documentary.

  • @thedoingwell
    @thedoingwell 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very knowledgeable and informative by the lady. Thanks fam for this!