Where’s our money? - The “Madgermanes” of Mozambique

Where’s our money? - The “Madgermanes” of Mozambique | DW Documentary

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8 ай бұрын

They take to the streets with German flags, drums, and whistles: In Mozambique’s capital city of Maputo, the “Madgermanes” are demanding justice.
Julio Faizal Lakha is one of them. He went to the former East Germany four decades ago on the promise of a good education and well-paid work. But the reality was less than ideal. Half of his wages were withheld and deferred until later. Around 17 thousand other contract workers suffered the same fate. Most returned to Mozambique after Germany’s reunification. They have yet to receive the wages they are owed. And so, loudly, and rhythmically, they continue to demonstrate deep in southern Africa, every Wednesday at 11:00. A report by Marc Erath.
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@DWDocumentary 8 ай бұрын

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@superkimzee9003 8 ай бұрын

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@Dawn_Raider 8 ай бұрын

So DDR payed the money to the Mozambique government as a form of debt decrease and the Mozambique government never payed the workers. Seems like a Mozambique government problem to me.

@angeline12345 8 ай бұрын

Yep

@andzagatsheni521 8 ай бұрын

😂😂 it's just that we were colonized so much , we think white people are made of money . I remember as children , whenever we see a white person, we saw one like once every 6 months or so . We would run to them and say "money , money" and they would splash us with lots of coins. From 50c to r5. That's why we call a rich black person , umlungu coz they have money , not because they are white .

@amanciosibinde8592 8 ай бұрын

Not at all, is Germany problem, I worked, you pay me

@AlexdaCunha 8 ай бұрын

@@amanciosibinde8592 the agreement was between the 2 countries. The workers were not hired individually.

@AlexdaCunha 8 ай бұрын

@@amanciosibinde8592 70-80% of.the Cuban doctors salary is also paid to the Cuban government. You never saw Cuban doctors demanding extra payments from the countries where they work. Is the same

@lim8581 7 ай бұрын

The resilience and determination of the "Madgermanes" in seeking justice is truly inspiring. This documentary sheds light on an important and often overlooked issue. Thank you for sharing their story.

@mutiny_on_the_bounty 8 ай бұрын

They need to go ask the Soviet Union for the money.

@mutiny_on_the_bounty 8 ай бұрын

Calm down komräd

@edilsonbaloi5544 8 ай бұрын

My aunt was one of the people that went to Germany. It would be great to see a closure to this madgerman situation.. Thank you DW News for this documentary

@walli6388 8 ай бұрын

The GDR payed the state of Mozambique. There government owes them.

@maryddomingos3980 8 ай бұрын

DW is definitely the best documentary channel

@AdventureSam 8 ай бұрын

By far

@DWDocumentary 8 ай бұрын

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@Still_waiting4U 8 ай бұрын

Nice work

@inferno0020 8 ай бұрын

I heard of similar stories about the Vietnamese in the former East Germany.

@kanji_nakamoto 8 ай бұрын

Germany can get a loan and pay the workers. The equivalent to today's money, plus interest. Take the Mozambican to international court of justice and have the Mozambican government pay it and the interest rate over the loan. The longer it takes, the longer they'll pay. The Mozambican government, can then look to track who were the responsible and work it out. I'm sure its not to difficult to find who took the money.

@ADUAquascaping 8 ай бұрын

East Germany doesn't even exist anymore. Africans love to conflate resentment with supposed justice. People living today are not responsible for the past. People living today are not responsible for outcomes. Just imagine how much wealth they could have produced with their time instead of protesting for decades. It's obvious resentment and is entirely unjustified. If anything, the Mozambique government is guilty, not modern Germans!

@AlexdaCunha 8 ай бұрын

why they are waving flags from west Germany when they were working for east Germany? If it was paid already now they have to settle this thing inside Mozambique. Europe cannot be responsible for ever for everything wrong in the world.

@alancrust 8 ай бұрын

@anita.b 8 ай бұрын

I mean Europe is directly responsible for A LOT of the wrongs in the world. Parts of world's most contested border between India and Pakistan were drawn in London by an intern FREEHAND. I know this isn't what your favourite Far-Right political party/politician is saying but let's try to focus on the realities.

@BatsiraiMusuka 8 ай бұрын

Why would l repay what you loaned me to your father? And not you? Europe champions individual rights and freedoms…is that not so? They should settle their debts and demand their money back from the Mozambique government. Don’t get me wrong…l love Germany. One of my Oma’s was from there. But l believe strongly in people’s rights (especially where the state benefited from their labor). The Mozambican government was the bigger problem to be honest.

@AlexdaCunha 8 ай бұрын

@@BatsiraiMusuka exactly, from the Mozambique government which already got the money from Germany several years ago.

@BatsiraiMusuka 8 ай бұрын

@@AlexdaCunha l personally hate it when people say “read again” to someone that a reply has obviously gone above their comprehension. So l will endeavor to rephrase myself. Governments are there to serve their citizens. When a government that obviously needs all the aid it can reaches out to another country’s citizenry…it assumes responsibility for those citizens. Those citizens having done their adopted government a great service are to be paid for that very service. Paying their government is not paying the citizens (worse still…not letting the citizens know you are paying their government in lieu of pay them is dishonest). Let me put it to you this way…how would you like it if from now onwards your salary were to go first through a third party before coming to you? When the contract was between you and your employer? (Worse still, your employer went ahead and didn’t tell you how much he was allocating through said third party?) You may argue…but as you can see even the lady in the German government clearly agrees with my sentiment. Things were not done correctly here.

@peterklopp6291 8 ай бұрын

An important report! May the former workers be successful in their endeavor.

@EustaquioSantimano 8 ай бұрын

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@mohammedsaysrashid3587 8 ай бұрын

Another truthful and bravery documentary shared by the (DW) channel about Migermana issue ..thank you respectful ( DW) documentary channel for sharing

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@ADUAquascaping 8 ай бұрын

@@DWDocumentaryYeah, and you crumble when confronted with any criticism 😮😢😂

@azza_88-jl1rp 8 ай бұрын

@@ADUAquascaping That's some dei minority thats paid a pittance

@Cha4k 8 ай бұрын

Lol I had to check if this was actually Germany or Africa.

@marvinstone9651 8 ай бұрын

African leaders why are you so wicked 😞

@pointblank0020 8 ай бұрын

Nice one, DW. I had no idea about this.

@olafvonbraun7300 8 ай бұрын

Lol why carry a EU flag? Should walk around with Marks and Lenin portrait and a Soviet red flag. Viel Glück 😂

@karlheinz9829 8 ай бұрын

The whole thing is hypocritical, their own state offered them as labour and was paid for it in some form by the GDR. And don't forget, at that time they were only paid in Ostmarks, which were worthless internationally.

@nxo91 8 ай бұрын

What a powerful piece of news. A longer docu would be great. Thank u DW.

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@tobiwan001 8 ай бұрын

Well, they should ask Russia, who where in charge in East Germany up until 1990.

@lordjazoijua94 8 ай бұрын

Got nothing to do with Russia.

@tobiwan001 8 ай бұрын

@@lordjazoijua94 why not? Russia was in charge. Not Germany.

@pointblank0020 8 ай бұрын

@@tobiwan001 they already paid. the money went into Mozambican politician pockets.

@garveycampbell80 8 ай бұрын

If Someone does Work for an employer, and the employer pays the money earned to a 3rd Party......thats the employers mistake, and their responsibility to rectify......Pay the workers what they're owed!

@ADUAquascaping 8 ай бұрын

No, you're incorrect. They were hired via a government program. It's not the employer's fault that the government stole the money from their workers. The workers were contracted via their government.

@ADUAquascaping 8 ай бұрын

@garveycampbell80 8 ай бұрын

@@ADUAquascaping Actually it is, Colonialist Countries have been installing supporting and using corrupt Governments for decades as a way of obtaining resources for a fraction of the cost since Slavery was abolished. This is no different. When Countries in Africa want loans from western countries that attempted to colonize or enslave them, those countries impose restrictions that inhibit development and growth along with a ridiculous amount of debt. If they can impose rules that work against a country then they can impose rules that benefit the people that they are employing in that country. It's not hard to use geopolitical pressure to ensure a Government does things the right way. The The fact that they did not ensure the workers would be paid in this situation, or seek to protect the rights of those workers speaks volumes. And it achieves the same goals as Colonialism........ Resource Extraction Arrested Development Exploitation Injustice It's no wonder why countries in the Global South view countries in the West with a Deep level of distrust...........The West Colonised and Enslaved Africans in order to boost its economy and industrialze itself, improving the living stands of its people while abusing people in other countries. Nothing has changed.

@vlogsereaccoesdosimon258 7 ай бұрын

That's very sad what the mozambican government are doing for madjermanes...my parents are madjermanes...we are feeling the pain of this...

@e24news_KE 8 ай бұрын

informative though at time I disagree with western media Bias as an African, this is a good one and hope modern Africans are negotiation the current job vacancies in the the global North as we know that German do not have enough labor since population is majorly old , old the new workers are getting good deals like Natives would

@ingislakur 8 ай бұрын

People say colonizing past is the problem. No way, its the CURRENT african leaders curroption.

@GoingtoHecq 8 ай бұрын

Colonizers made these corrupt governments to serve them.

@jaylew6890 8 ай бұрын

aluta continua🇲🇿

@zat0076 8 ай бұрын

if germany must pay it should be a direct payment to the victims. why give millions to those corrupt african political merchants

@greatboniwanker 8 ай бұрын

To be fair, at least DW is covering this issue where most news outlets from Germany are not.

@kreterakete 8 ай бұрын

Why should they ? It’s a Mosambik problem.

@DaliHas 8 ай бұрын

People meet to move on and work, move on

@mausilugner6637 8 ай бұрын

33 years after reunification ... just in time 😄

@justme1553 5 ай бұрын

I disagree. The DDR was a different government from West Germany. Once the reunification happened the old DDR government was disolved. Germany is not East or West Germany anymore. The bill should not fall on current Germany. Also, it seemed like they got scamed by their own government as well.

@HubasaFamily254 8 ай бұрын

Poverty and Africans is more or less the same thing, even if you pay them, they're still gonna end miserable.I'm African too but this is my strong analysis regardless...

@rajkanorom2323 5 ай бұрын

Why would Germany pay twice, when the real thieves were (are) govt of the Mozambique?

@ChrisTian-yw7jc 8 ай бұрын

Pacta sunz servanda. Germany did.

@mothaybabonnam5632 8 ай бұрын

“Karl marx avenue” lmao

@shjakes 8 ай бұрын

Thank you DW for this very informative doco. It is incredible that in an age well-beyond the systems of Slavery, Indentured Servitude and Sharecropping in the "First World"...we see this brazen exploitation of poor, Black people in a developed country like Germany. Germans are notorious for their meticulous record keeping, maintaining the chain of command, proper protocol etc. Yet they contravene they established terms of a labour agreement, where they were supposed to pay these workers directly...to arbitrarily making deductions from their pay, to service debts owed by the Mozambique government...a government full of corrupt, self-serving leeches. Germany would NEVER have done such an underhanded thing with another European country, regardless of how POOR & IGNORANT the workers were. The sad thing is, no one is taking these “Madgermanes” seriously. Their government allows them to blow off steam once per week, and they've turned their protest into a mini Carnival. No investigation has or will ever be launched to determine where their pension contributions went. It is not hard to believe that gov't officials in both Mozambique and Germany are just waiting for these people to get old, tired and just die.

@statecraft3603 8 ай бұрын

😢This is how innocent people trade their time for slavery 😮

@randyraudi7725 8 ай бұрын

Isn't it responsibility of the ones that bought the companies after the downfall of the wall ? When you buy a company you also buy all obligations right ?

@abgzulkifli 8 ай бұрын

Nothing changes it always there

@JTulip 8 ай бұрын

Stuff like this is what gets views, shares, and engagement on social media now. It's good we are highlighting issues like this but it's important to remember that these are the viewpoints of a small minority of people and do not reflect society as a whole. "Give me my money" is what they're saying but what are those in power or the government doing to actually make this happen?

@pointblank0020 8 ай бұрын

You're saying they need to get violent?

@anita.b 8 ай бұрын

"Hey bro topple the government to get paid for your work you did 5000KM away in Germany"

@tuforu4 8 ай бұрын

AFRICA leaders never saw the HUNGRY ORPHANS IN KENYA And UGANDA either.

@betterpoliticsquetu 8 ай бұрын

respect for reporting on this govs have way too much power which is best in the world idk and then they talk about pro israel

@ADUAquascaping 8 ай бұрын

Jews are indigenous to Israel and were refugees fleeing genocide. Palestinians started the physical violence! Research it, I dare you. Islam is full of hypocrites and extremists. Name a Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, or Jewish terrorist organization who kills in the name of God? Who is killing in the name of God other than Jihadists?

@ADUAquascaping 8 ай бұрын

Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saying: “The Antichrist will pass by this salty barren area i.e. Madinah, in a passage of a canal. Most of those who will come out to him will be women so that a man will return to his intimate wife, mother, daughter, sister or aunt to tie them up for fear that they might go out to him. Then, Allah will afflict him with Muslims who kill him and his followers and the Jews will hide behind a tree or a rock and the rock or the tree will say to the Muslim: There is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!” 3 This Hadith was reported by Ahmad in his Musnad.

@ADUAquascaping 8 ай бұрын

Arabs invaded Israel. Islam invaded dozens of countries (regions) and forced conversions

@bmig790 8 ай бұрын

Karma

@alh9338 8 ай бұрын

Cannot wait to hear this extortion😅

@abgzulkifli 8 ай бұрын

I'm sorry, not my false but I can see it

@wasimnjh 8 ай бұрын

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

@aprilsmith3683 8 ай бұрын

Come on Germany... Do the lawful thing... Make this right... 🇿🇦🕊🇩🇪

@kermitthethinker1465 2 ай бұрын

It was the Mozambican government that stole the money,not Germany.

@user-qg5hm8wx3e 8 ай бұрын

Is there a place west haven't robbed?

@ceeal2943 4 ай бұрын

Yeah everybody wants the Germans money

@user-bw5do5fp5u 8 ай бұрын

Some off have with sister

@mothaybabonnam5632 8 ай бұрын

Have they considered earning their own money, like the rest of the world ?

@andreaslach691 8 ай бұрын

You might think about that again. Western welth is build on colnoes. Exploiting their resorces. And that basicly never stopped. Today interntional industries still get out whatever they can. The playingfeld is not even.

@anita.b 8 ай бұрын

Have you?

@contentedbuddha 8 ай бұрын

They did work, but they didn’t get paid. Did you watch the video?

@TWUMKWAME5 8 ай бұрын

What are you talking about? Do you work for free? They are demanding the wages they earn, do you understand that?

@wadi5145 8 ай бұрын

So these are the original Germanic tribesmen!? 🤯

@annasvensson3533 8 ай бұрын

HELP @DW Documentary! You had a GREAT Docu aout Karl Marx but I CAN NOT find it!??? Could you pplease tell me where it is? It was about 45 minutes I think. Karl Marx, Philosophy and his way of thinking.

@TDRN1 8 ай бұрын

gebt ihnen ihr Geld!

@mattmccallum2007 8 ай бұрын

You can yourself

@srikatondharma8762 8 ай бұрын

Your money went to ukraine

@connectingthedots100 8 ай бұрын

Aw pay them please!

@serge7530 8 ай бұрын

Shame on Germany for such abuse and exploitation of the poorest people and countries.

@tattie278 8 ай бұрын

You need to pay attention. The GDR paid the money to the Mozambique government; later on the government of a unified Germany paid again and the money was stolen by Mozambican politicians. How many times do you expect Germany to pay? The responsibility is with the corrupt government of Mozambique.

@kermitthethinker1465 2 ай бұрын

It was the Mozambican government that stole thw wages.

@mrsporty9669 8 ай бұрын

Germany have to pay

@lordjazoijua94 8 ай бұрын

Germany should just pay the money.

@swanky_yuropean7514 8 ай бұрын

Germany paid twice already. Both times the Mozambique governmet stole the money.

@ChrisTian-yw7jc 8 ай бұрын

Contract are to be obligated. Germany fulfilled their part. And more than that.

@aliancemd 8 ай бұрын

Germany abided by the contract with Mozambique and on top of that, they decided to pay these workers 75 million euros, which the Mozambique government pocketed - Germany has absolutely nothing more to do here, they already went overboard for them.

@kreterakete 8 ай бұрын

Deutschland sollte Mosambik adoptieren. Oder einfach kaufen. Es wäre schön wenn Deutschland ein afrikanisches Land aufbaut und es freundschaftlich unterhält.

@GoingtoHecq 8 ай бұрын

Please, people are not property.

@esmailmussa657 7 ай бұрын

60% de acordo o jornalista diz normalmente o dinheiro é transfered mensalmente É contactar embaixada Alemanha para ajudar localizar e clarificar esta situação financeira boa sorte

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@esmailmussa657 7 ай бұрын

Meus irmão não deixar é vosso direito. Se não receberam o dinheiro frelimo roubou e ja comeu e cagou. Vamos limpar com estes ladrões. Forca

@DWDocumentary 7 ай бұрын