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Seventy people died last month in Johannesburg, when a fire gutted a 'hijacked' building, drawing attention to the lack of affordable housing. Many of South Africa's poor live in similar rundown properties, which are controlled by armed gangs.
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@life_of_wescott
@life_of_wescott 11 ай бұрын
This is what life is like under ANC rule... 30 years of neglect and corruption...
@ConcernedCitizen117
@ConcernedCitizen117 11 ай бұрын
The future of Europe if they keep their borders open.
@starlightHT
@starlightHT 11 ай бұрын
South African doing South African things.... Nothing out of the ordinary.
@1HourOf.
@1HourOf. 11 ай бұрын
Herman Mashaba told them about this and also the risk of zama zamas causing a gas explosion which it did and he was labelled "XENOPHOBIC"
@mtlart
@mtlart 11 ай бұрын
@4:54 I count over 20 satellite tv dishes hanging out of windows in a "highjacked" building. Tv dishes connected to TVs operating with electricity? Hmmm?
@First-Last_name
@First-Last_name 11 ай бұрын
Hijacked electricity probably. People can tap the line for power.
@stevendefehr4393
@stevendefehr4393 11 ай бұрын
Windmills, solar panels, generators , and hamster wheels, on the roof 😅
@Ass_of_Amalek
@Ass_of_Amalek 11 ай бұрын
electricity is very easy to steal compared to other utilities.
@samsonsoturian6013
@samsonsoturian6013 11 ай бұрын
"Criminal syndicates" is too generous. Hooligan bros with knives is more accurate.
@GuardianComplex
@GuardianComplex 11 ай бұрын
"Mega City One. 800 million people living in the ruin of the old world and the mega structures of the new one. Only one thing fighting for order in the chaos: Judges."
@donmeow
@donmeow 11 ай бұрын
The lesson here, for those outside SA, is that this is the inevitable result of uncontrolled migration. Protect your borders!
@artman12
@artman12 11 ай бұрын
Europe needs more immigration
@stevendefehr4393
@stevendefehr4393 11 ай бұрын
🥱no one’s listening! No stopping it now 😢
@katarn999
@katarn999 11 ай бұрын
Rubbish! Migration is not the problem. You just fear foreigners - why is that so?
@therealistafrican6567
@therealistafrican6567 11 ай бұрын
I MISS APARTHEID 😢
@benjauron5873
@benjauron5873 11 ай бұрын
As long as the wealth keeps getting concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, this will be the entire world someday... Unless global warming or nuclear winter kills us first.
@sburger1146
@sburger1146 11 ай бұрын
The fruits of corrupt ANC leaders
@kwaziphungula
@kwaziphungula 11 ай бұрын
And leftist policies they have adopted.
@cusco4x295
@cusco4x295 11 ай бұрын
DON'T BATHER. THINGS WILL GET EVEN WORSE....
@jjsc4396
@jjsc4396 11 ай бұрын
Gee, things have really panned out for South Africa 🙄 The Country of Mandela- now appallingly corrupt & corroded.
@iceman4660
@iceman4660 11 ай бұрын
So in reality the hijacked buildings are being used by local administrators to solve the housing crisis.
@First-Last_name
@First-Last_name 11 ай бұрын
Local gangs to exploit the people
@grisall
@grisall 11 ай бұрын
Why don't the residents clean up the trash (don't throw it there in the first place)?
@Ass_of_Amalek
@Ass_of_Amalek 11 ай бұрын
apparently they're not functioning as an even remotely cohesive community, it's everyone for themselves (probably in part due to the mixed nationalities, probably in part due to high levels of drug addiction and petty crime). in principle, the gang collecting the rent ought to be the ones organising, since they are in charge, but clearly they care about nothing as long as they're paid. the kowloon walled city and venezuela's tower of david definitely did not look like that, they could never have functioned on anywhere near their scales.
@naingyelinthein7528
@naingyelinthein7528 11 ай бұрын
So where will the trash go after being picked up there are no services in these areas. Trash isbthe least of their problems.
@grisall
@grisall 11 ай бұрын
@@naingyelinthein7528 needs to be in containers for pick up. Where does everyone else in Johannesburg put theirs? Or does the whole city just throw their trash in the street?
@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Y
@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Y 11 ай бұрын
@@grisall they could throw it into the road and the municipality would have to take it. The municipality still cleans the roads even though these squatters don't pay tax.
@joecruiser
@joecruiser 11 ай бұрын
They are used to this in their slum townships.
@GrimmGaming3000
@GrimmGaming3000 11 ай бұрын
This is where identity politics gets you
@williampearson6299
@williampearson6299 11 ай бұрын
Maybe they're making South Africa undesirable for whites to live or invest in on purpose. It's a good strategy if you want autonomy and boot out the West and usher in the East (China)
@Ass_of_Amalek
@Ass_of_Amalek 11 ай бұрын
oh right, because the end of apartheid was a move towards more identity politics.
@ravishingrick13
@ravishingrick13 11 ай бұрын
How savage.
@samsonsoturian6013
@samsonsoturian6013 11 ай бұрын
The word you are looking for is "uncivilized." Savage is from the Latin "of the woods" while "civilized" referred to urban development
@ravishingrick13
@ravishingrick13 11 ай бұрын
@@samsonsoturian6013 The word savage has multiple definitions. See the following excerpt from a renowned dictionary below. I did not use the word how it is most commonly used, but in a correct manner befitting of the context nonetheless. See definition #3: savage | ˈsavɪdʒ | adjective 1 (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled: packs of savage dogs roamed the streets. • cruel and vicious; aggressively hostile: a savage attack on the government. 2 (of something bad or negative) very great; severe: the decision was a savage blow for the town. 3 dated or offensive (of a person or group) primitive and uncivilized. • (of a place) wild-looking and inhospitable; uncultivated.
@First-Last_name
@First-Last_name 11 ай бұрын
What a mess, i'd say let's help but I know we'd just shoulder the blame.
@ReadingComprehension8X
@ReadingComprehension8X 10 ай бұрын
Who is we
@First-Last_name
@First-Last_name 10 ай бұрын
@@ReadingComprehension8X West.
@ReadingComprehension8X
@ReadingComprehension8X 10 ай бұрын
@@First-Last_name the west is not a person , once again , who is we ?
@rayden5508
@rayden5508 11 ай бұрын
BRICS countries 😂🤣 f'ked up
@samsonsoturian6013
@samsonsoturian6013 11 ай бұрын
This got nothing to do with that
@labourlawact7826
@labourlawact7826 11 ай бұрын
Nothing to do with BRICS. It's the useless anc governments fault. Zero accountability, zero border control.
@LuxuryArchived
@LuxuryArchived 11 ай бұрын
Lol the west is just the same buddy, poverty is everywhere in the world. you probably too young, havent seen much of the world i guess, all you know is your neighborhood lol
@First-Last_name
@First-Last_name 11 ай бұрын
​@@LuxuryArchivednothing like this is in the west, especially on this scale ⚖
@krystingrant6292
@krystingrant6292 4 ай бұрын
Omg why would you want to live in that😢😢😢
@samsonsoturian6013
@samsonsoturian6013 11 ай бұрын
It's always been a nation of squatters, transients, and nomads
@Ellenbaba
@Ellenbaba 11 ай бұрын
Not nice at all
@abrahamboniface6305
@abrahamboniface6305 11 ай бұрын
Please note these things only happen in ANC govern provinces not where the Democratic Alliance political party governs.
@williampearson6299
@williampearson6299 11 ай бұрын
Maybe they're making South Africa undesirable for whites to live or invest in on purpose. It's a good strategy if you want autonomy and boot out the West and usher in the East (China)
@First-Last_name
@First-Last_name 11 ай бұрын
Not true apparently
@nomxhosapekani7966
@nomxhosapekani7966 11 ай бұрын
seriously, when last did you go to Wynberg Main Road? Just because there's no fire yet, does make it less dire.
@ciuyr2510
@ciuyr2510 11 ай бұрын
Very sad but...the city hall lady at 2:10 has beautiful eyes.
@williamthatsmyname
@williamthatsmyname 11 ай бұрын
She is a "colored" and not a derogatory term, it's what south africans with cape malay ancestry are called. They topically have lighter skin, less curly hair. I visited cape town some years back to and learned all of this lol.
@anybodyhandle
@anybodyhandle 11 ай бұрын
The Putin’s job and friendship works 😂😂😂
@salenddeo9099
@salenddeo9099 11 ай бұрын
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
@AntoneJohnson-dq5gm
@AntoneJohnson-dq5gm 3 ай бұрын
I'm simply seeking honorable 3,000 - 12,000 multi level structure highrise buildings and skyline buildings or numbers of houses from Johannesburg Metropolitan City Districts to be relocated to Namaqualand Coastal Region Landscape * Additional CONTINENTAL CITY ,RSA
@euniceschoenfelder3570
@euniceschoenfelder3570 11 ай бұрын
The rich become richer the poor become poorler
@samsonsoturian6013
@samsonsoturian6013 11 ай бұрын
No, the rich have become poorer in South Africa faster than the poor on account most major corporations have collapsed.
@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Y
@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Y 11 ай бұрын
This is literally the opposite 😂 The country is falling apart because it's trying to redistribute wealth instead of creating it. Controlling for inflation the GDP per capita has decreased since 1994 and the overall GDP changed from 390bil in 1985, to 420bil we have almost twice the people now with a slight increase in GDP . 2012 We lost 250k jobs in the Western Cape to imported textiles from China alone. The country also won't stop printing money so it makes it harder for people to save and to take the risk on starting a business. It's great for the state though, with inflation they can indirectly tax everybody.
@mishukzoo
@mishukzoo 11 ай бұрын
Housing should be a basic human right and people should never have to resort to living in such conditions. It's deplorable that in the 21st century we still haven't solved this issue.
@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Y
@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Y 11 ай бұрын
The right to adequate housing is a human right recognized in international human rights law as part of the right to an adequate standard of living. One of the first references to it is in article 25 (1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
@First-Last_name
@First-Last_name 11 ай бұрын
​@@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Yhow many countries provide close to near full housing? It may be a right, but it's a poorly maintained one.
@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Y
@B-I-G-N-A-S-T-Y 11 ай бұрын
@@First-Last_name The human right exists ,so congratulations, goodluck getting UN to enforce it . In my opinion government land should be utilised to build low cost housing. As everyone paying taxes would atleast like them to work, however since apartheid fell the government has only been expropriating buildings such as this one from private owners. Why do I say it's the government's way of expropriation, because the government didn't fight against the highjackers, or re-home the squatters in the first place. The owner's of these buildings contacted the police , but the police did nothing, as a result the government solved it's housing crises at the cost of turning their heads to theft and in some cases human rights abuse. I have one friend who's sister was trafficked to one of these buildings and kept as a slave , luckily someone hired a PI and they got her back, she was heavily drugged though.
@rbrookeb
@rbrookeb 11 ай бұрын
Who forces them to live there. Who forces them to throw their trash everywhere?
@M-zg2sg
@M-zg2sg 11 ай бұрын
@@rbrookeb If a person doesn't have resources, they either live here or live in the streets. Nobody is forcing them, their lack of resources is forcing them. Plus, there's nowhere else to put the trash because the trash isn't being properly collected.
@lovewillwinnn
@lovewillwinnn 11 ай бұрын
No human solution. Only God’s Kingdom. We pray for it. Matthew 6: 9,10
@NoHandleToSpeakOf
@NoHandleToSpeakOf 11 ай бұрын
Send judge Dredd
@First-Last_name
@First-Last_name 11 ай бұрын
I was thinking about that movie too 😂
@steve3508
@steve3508 11 ай бұрын
BRICs will find x that
@Dstinct
@Dstinct 11 ай бұрын
just like "belt and road" fixed stuff.
@reginafefifofina
@reginafefifofina 11 ай бұрын
In America we call our buildings like that Trap Houses - one way in and one way out
@lovewillwinnn
@lovewillwinnn 11 ай бұрын
“Man has dominated man to his harm.” Ecclesiastes 8: 9
@siyandadlamini496
@siyandadlamini496 4 ай бұрын
FU your Bible and Jesus !
@olafsigursons
@olafsigursons 11 ай бұрын
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