The reason for this situation can be explained easily. The ANC has been running the country for almost 30 years, yet in that time they've taken various state owned enterprises and run them into the ground, mostly through corrupt processes where they end up lining their own pockets. As much as the people continue to vote for them, they don't care about the people. All they need from the "uneducated" masses is to keep them in power. Everything from public education to public health care is a mess, and it just deteriorated over the years. Even the projects to build low cost housing was used as a mechanism by public officials to steal money. If the ANC weren't so corrupt, there would be more than enough tax revenue left to build apartment buildings, parks and schools in Alex. Unfortunately, the voter base is not willing to allow an alternative political party to take a shot at resolving some of these issues. You cannot do the same thing and expect different results.

In SouthAfrica "Everyboy is fixing the blame,nobody is fixing the problem"

The problem in South Africa is not Sandton. Inequality is wrong but the grand corruption over the last 30 years is just incomprehensible. The suffering that it has caused is unimaginable.

So it’s companies responsibility to uplift Alex? How much tax is the Sandton business sector paying every year? How much of that tax is wasted by the ANC🤷🏼‍♂️

In South Africa there are rich white people, rich black people, rich Indian people etc. And then there are the poor even homeless white people, black people and also other races or ethnicities. The main problem in South Africa is just what some of these people mentioned in this video, the anc government is not competent to run this country and are so extremely corrupt that even they have turned from poor freedom fighters in the past to stinking rich politicians who laughs at the suffering and calamity of the citizens whom they have been deceiving for decades with empty promises which never sees the light of day.

Alexandra isn't poor. It's underdeveloped. Alot of money moves in and around Alex.

The situation of Alex is a result of government's inability to plan and build affordable housing. People that live in Alex go to work each day and come back to Alex coz over the last 30 years, government did not build enough affordable housing in Johannesburg. You cannot plan for the city to have street cleaners, construction workers and domestic, workers, and not plan where they can afford accommodation with their average salary. And the slums are growing in Johannesburg due to foreigners mostly from Zimbabwe and Mozambique who come into the country without any means to live.

Everyone talking about politicians or political parties saving us is living in a dream world

That mkhulu speaking towards the end . Wearing a green shirt is speaking facts. As much as can blame the government, we as the youth need to take responsibility of our wrong doings

I know many people who live in Alex but come from better paces. They are there for work purposes and the rent is much cheaper. Many are building big houses in 'n their rural areas. The story of Alex and other similar places can be deceiving if no thorough research is done.

Sandton cannot be the most unequal city in the world. Go to India or Brazil and you will find it there as well.

Sure to catch the next episode... Truly something to look for!!

Alexander is also a symptom of people's choice. Alex cannot be fixed. It's impossible. New entrants from SADC come live here.

One thing I hate about about our government is that once they build something it ends there no maintenance whatsoever occurs. Looking at many township schools, halls, and sport fields they still look the same way as they were before 1994 no change has been made to these infrastructures since then. This is an ongoing thing check the R15 million field in the eastern cape grass is above 1 meter in height and there is no running water in the change rooms do you think that this field will still be used in the next 5 years? No, lack of infrastructure maintenance is what is leading to a lot of facilities to be like this. We need to stop blaming our people about what is happening to these infrastructures in townships and in rural areas but start holding our leaders accountable.

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Namibia has the exact same issue. U have amazing houses 1 minutes drive away from shacks. As someone that has the privilege to live in comfort it's quite sad when you realize it's a system beyond us

I can’t believe that Old Taima complained about prisons not being built 😢😢

Great piece of video journalism!

South Africa was the 20th largest economy in 1980, never knew that....

Blaming the government won't fix anything, it is only an excuse for not stepping up.

Nobody is helping me grow at all. I attended a government school. Why is it unfair if i make it to Sandton? Im working my backside off to get there with no help from anyone

South Africa will never, ever recover under ANC rule

I have been in the middle of Alexandra in the early hours of the morning in the 80's. My guys did me well. We went through the streets without a problem. I came out alive. I did not think otherwise. Nowadays I wouldn't go in there at all. I trusted you ANC!!

Video we need to be watching Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!

I don't think Sandton is "built to keep you out". Every city and country in the world has an area where the wealthy associate, network, do business etc and sandton is that area in South Africa. We shouldn't be blaming the people in sandton- we should be blaming the people who put those in alexandra in that position.

If Alex looked like Sandton then it wouldn't be Gomorrah Government has been relocating people in places like Setjwetla but people still come back ngoba nje kumnandi eAlex Let Sandton be Sandton Waterfall be Waterfall Gomorrah be Alexandra

This is well done

What about the other side of the road?? Blaming shifting is not going to solve anything. The vast majority of South Africans are born free and corruption destroyed all not just the townships. Even the jobs in Santon is shrinking daily. Over 200 000 employers left South Africa due to crime and corruption. Fix the crime and corruption locally and collectively and South Africa will prosper again

"But what about us?" That's the only concern these children have.

Can we get info/contacts/social media for Alex arts collective?

Does anybody know the name of the artist in this video?

Once I hear a politician say leafy suburbs why cannot every person plant a fruit tree some flowers plant and flowers are so amazing things to watch take care of the earth respect it God put all for us human to enjoy his benefit people

Unfortunately the reality is that there’ll always be this great inequality. The element of exploitation is too much even in the so called black owned companies.

Last guy talks a lot of sense.. Vandalizing and destroying is not the answer.. You don't need to be educated to have common sense...

Comparison is the thief of joy

Message to all........stop looking for work. Start thinking what you can do, what you are good at... and make that your work... Yes.. work for your self. The future depends on those who start their own business now. This is what I call freedom and independence.

Where are the schools existing in alex

The problem is a large population, large populations high poverty.... Lower the population then everyone will get opportunities. If people keep breeding indiscriminately the poverty problem won't go away. We have to take accountability for our own suffering. The anc has stolen the money so change the leadership.

Great video man I beg my for our country to get it's shirt together

The last man speaking came with a very important point d problem is "our" people (speaking as African and not South African which I'm not) need to be educated even with resources "Sowetos" will remain poor unless people learn to use d resources available for their own good. Education is d key educate your youth for change teach them values.

I have seen worse in many other african countries. Some people make good decisions, some people don't. Some people have many children, some don't.

Aint no equality here..let's not blame other people for their hardwork

Everybody will complain and look out for their self interest’s. We all want to eat the piece of the pie but that’s not reality. Someone is bound to always have more. The ANC government is way too comfortable.

As much as the government is to be blamed, we the People should also blame our selves for refusing to work together, in a way that 10 to 100 black people come together contribute an start a business.if we can manage to establish our own businesses that can fund our development we will be better off.we will give our children bursaries and build our own facilities, but all of this goes back to Education problems we have 😭

Everyone would've expected it to be Cape Town but no it's the Sao Paulo of South Africa.

Sandton build not by governmant/ it's build by privite capitals. I don't live in reach area but I don't just jeliouse of rich ppl. Just go study and work, you are in freedom country,

If you know 'In Time' film

Gomora, I like Alex. What a township

Alex must change it's rehabilitation

They aint Even fix streets there thats sad

Don't worry, given enough time the suburbs will equal out, the whole of Joburg will be like Alex.

Please make more videos.

9:55 - It's interesting that the first thing that comes to mind for this guy is the last time government built a prison. You cannot develop without security.

“the problem with our government”. I realised along time ago that the masses don’t know anything about politics and economics just surface level where they can pick sides. But here’s a thought SA ranks fifth in the world when it comes to coal production yet we have loadshedding 🧐 There are people that like things this way because hey it’s cheap to build factories and mines here no one ever bothers you let them squabble and protest but it’s business as usual. I remember when zuma said we should build nuclear plants and people protested 😹😹😹😹 lawd the politics exist to serve a few

No goverment will ever fix this problem...it became too big..

Stellenbosch vs Khayamnandi?

People need to protect each other in Alexander not killing themselves townships are everywhere in africa you guys are lucky yoiu even have power...

11:32 - This man's eyes are open.

In my opinion, Stellenbosch has signs of more unequality than Sandton. Don't you think?

One big road separating the two worlds 😔😔😔

We have an extracting system.

Not just JHB, look at cape Town,

It still is today south africa is 33rd today

So I have a question and i'm not trying to bait anyone into an argument but rather for my better understanding Many a time the narrative is pushed that 1 - Apartheid did this 2 - The ANC inherited the woes of the NAT Govt 3 - Wealth is in the hands of the select few 4 - Why don't the wealthy "save" the poor Why aren't communities helping themselves? Driving through Alex, Orange Farm, New Clare, Westbury, Fietas and other struggling areas its always the same thing. 1 - Nice cars parked outside 2 - DSTV Dishes on every house/shanty/flat/caravan 3 - Litter everywhere 4 - Many name branded clothes/watches/smartphones ( maybe they are fake idk ) 5 - Kids not in school ( i know there is a schooling problem but we can do better ) How could the areas value increase to a point of becoming lucrative/attractive for business owners/property investors when its in squalor? Why dont South Africans support one another? Its often heard time and time again from people contracting someone to do work that they are always looking for the cheapest possible solution ( and maybe that's all we can afford ) but when we get the cheapest guy in he usually screws the other South African over? I dont have any of the answers to our problem but I hope that soon South Africans band together, stop relying on passed failed and currently failing govts and we get it done Much love

It is what is ..

Can I correct you, you don't heal the people you assiste them to heal God and medication can heal them. 🤞.

People will continue to blame other people. When the floods hit kzn who did you blame ?????

This is a mess.

I work and hustle everyday the flipping rich budget richer makes me fuckin sick.I am Indian South African by the way.Rich get richer poor get poorer.I just want my fair share.031 Durban,KZN🇿🇦🕉

its the group for me🤣🤣🤣🤣

So one shouldn't make it in life, drive a nice car and live in a big house. Hhaibo!

South Africa is 2 countries in one

As true as this may be, Johannesburg's inequality would never equate the equality experienced in Cape Town. Its far more apparent. In Joburg everyone still stands a chance, in Cape Town the gate keeping is ridiculous

Worlds most?? Hell no.

Many German cities which got bombed and flattened during WW2 was rebuilt to look lie very beautiful and fully functional places during a very short time after the war. It's been 28 years when the last "structures" of Apartheid fell.....and nothing was done to fix these South African slums. A brand new black middle class and black elite exist in South Africa now, all with expensive cars and addresses with lavish spending power and yet, these poor people are in the majority in South Afrika and they just have to look on (at al this new wealthy class) as they slide deeper and deeper poverty, lapping up the excuses and fruitless promises of the upper African classes.

More unequal than Cape Town?? Who made this, the DA?

Make more videos

Welcome to Alex and Sandton yeah baby that's wassup

Excuses, excuses, excuses.

This is outdated. Where are all the free solar geysers on every shack. Electricity not yet free.

"Your boss is never going to pay you enough to be his neighbour" - Ransom

South Africa does not have the world's highest unemployment rate. not even the highest in Africa.

If you take people from Sandton and move them to Alex, Alex will become more developed. If you take people from Alex and move them to Sandton, Sandton will rot. It’s all a mind game we need work on

I got to your channel by chance...you wont believe that i was talking to my friends about the DEBT South Africa is in after seeing how much we owing , its somewhere btw 4 to 5 Trillion, its scary ...so this means that our kids are now in DEBTS of this Trillions...we will not be here together with these Leaders who keep on borrowing. We were given Political Power but not ECONOMY not ĹAND. I keep on thinking what was going on in Robben Island...did they talk about the future of the SA look like should we get freedom. Im asking ukuthi what they wanted and SS to look like should we get Freedom. I thought first thing is get our ECONOMY back and our Land back. About 3 or 4 years ago i saw bulldozers destroying beautiful houses cause that LAND they built on was own by a White person so they build those houses illegally, so this White person won the case so he went there snd demolished those houses it was in Johannesburg...i cried looking beautiful houses destroyed. The said part is that even they occupy thst space illegally, the fact that they built those houses without GOVERNMENT help that shows ukuthi all they needed was the land. Our Government should have interfered and negotiate to buy that piece of land for those people. Thoses houses were beautiful no jokes and what makes me Angry is that 72% of our land owned by whites, 15 % coloured, 10% by Indians and 3% by blacks. Im not joking please GOOGLE it and see for yourself. Why did ANC didn't changed the CONSTITUTION in the first place... especially the Land issue and the Economic issue. When Thabo Mbeki got in to power by two third majority, the first thing he should have done is to change the CONSTITUTION . President Nelson Mandela cause he was a Lawyer should have negotiated that LAND issue cause the same CONSTITUTION allows that should ap POLITICAL PARTY win by two third majority can change the CONSTITUTION. Up to this day thats the part i dont understand. Why they were EXILED and why they were jailed in ROBBEN ISLAND. TODAY people are living in hell. We have a bigger problem of foreigners. Im not against them but we can't have people who are not documented roaming around when they are chased away they take us to Our court ....its a joke.

ANC the problem

Mxm people will complain but they will never take action....just work hard and stop doing drugs and you'll live in sandton yourself

It's obviously un equal. Problem with people getting everything for free means you don't really know how to work and save money. And yes the rich have money its called working hard and saving money. But the only problem with townships is they have choosing to vote for the anc that use to be a terrorist organization. So why should they care about poverty or you not a single African country is doing well. And you can not expect the minority being white or Indian to just give money to you for nothing and why should they develop your townships when they do you burn and loot everything you destroy what gets built for you. You burn down schools you burn down almost everything. And yes how can the government pay when you guys are stealing electricity. What you need is not have that mentality that everything must be given to you for free

Baphi lamapoliticians asive kubo basikhomenthele nabo ngiyoze ngife lentfo ye enequality kahle kahle ehh....yah black man

The saddest thing is that when white people came to Africa we weren't rich but our society's worked. Colonization ended now we are left with a mess.

I apartheid solo ichubekile among tsine labasundvo.yabona lamapoliticians I'm telling you if the judgement day is there pasop people will...

this guy sounds like he was fired he sounds bitter and blaming the corporate

The title is misleading!!! There are far wider gaps between the rich and the poor. Hong Kong for instance!!!Show some gratitude SouthAfricans🙏🏿

Uneven development

As a SouthAfricanmyself, I really do understand why people live in nice houses, since you're not publicizing you're wealth and it gives you reason to work hard...but why South Africans buy sports cars blows my mind because you're buying it with the reason being to showcase it to the public, a very poor struggling public

Points needed to be made: 1. Number of minutes taken to blame Apartheid: less than 6. 2. Private vs public sector. 3. Second point again... Corruption. 4. When the ANC came into power, all debts were waved. 5. 20 odds year later, still blaming apartheid? Really? 6. Again you can't blame Apartheid forever. Eventually you need to see the plank in your own eye before you see the splinter in another's. 7. You dont know how much aid money has been stolen, in honesty no one does because they got rid of the person keeping track.

World's highest unemployment rate of 34.4%?????, which world is that? Zimbabwe's unemployment rate is on 98%...do proper research before you lie to the world.

mandela lived in a township called soweto not alexandra

not a question of black and white its a question of who the people are voting for, if you elect criminals for 30 years then that's your own fault.

If you're from Alex use me as a button 🙋🏾‍♂️

Poverty is a choice wealth is a choice stop complaining the government and take charge of your life