Violence and Private Security in South Africa
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- Опубліковано 20 кві 2014
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The high walls, electric fences, and private security guards surrounding South Africa's residences and businesses are as inherent to the country's landscape as Table Mountain is to Cape Town. And with good reason - South Africa's 2012-2013 crime statistics were the worst in a decade, with increases in murder, attempted murder, violent armed robbery, and carjackings.
Fear of crime has led to a boom in South Africa's private security industry since apartheid ended 20 years ago. The field's quick expansion is largely a result of continued social and economic inequality, increased violence, and inept police forces.
VICE News traveled to South Africa's mother city Cape Town to look at the lifestyle gap between those who can and cannot afford the luxury of safety.
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VICE News traveled to South Africa's mother city Cape Town to look at the lifestyle gap between those who can and cannot afford the luxury of safety.
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can you tell who made this and what the music is in this docu please?
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Really perceived fear of crime? When I lived in South Africa, we found a dead person in the swimming pool and once there was such carnage outside the front door, the blood leaked under it, into my house (and not a little bit either). Go live there with the doors unlocked. The heck is wrong with you?
Arne V , it’s VICE, they’re stupid and prefer virtue signaling over reality.
so you're basically saying that keeping yourself safe from violent crime is racist
Living in South Africa should be added to our resumes it’s a skill.
@Clive Nyathi as a South African i can say that it's not a near death experience waking up alive.
@Clive Nyathi wow! You're hella stupid! I live in South Africa and it's not a near death experience waking up alive you idiot
@Why the Race Card is Played what a shame.
@@marcvader335 I didn't say anything about fertile land......😕
@@yaddahmehluli8307 my bad lad tagged the wrong person
I find it sadly ironic that a man who is paid to protect people in an affluent area has a much higher risk of being murdered in the neighborhood he actually lives in.
it´s very common in places like SA and Brazil...
Capitalism.
Well security always puts himself in danger.
@@FruityLoopsas Perhaps, but it seems like he is safer on the job than he is living in his own neighborhood.
@@Legominder Capitalism is how communities prosper. Fighting against capitalism is how a communities deteriorate into poor gang ridden violent areas
Love the fact Philip carries nun-chucks, legend.
Agreed. Wonder how he is doing nowadays
And he prays!
@@PhilipHubbe now that's gonna reduce the number of murders
Philip for president
Philip the legend!
It's heartbreaking to see how SA hasn't got any better over the past 20 years. It's actually getting worse.
San Andreas?
@i hate anime it really wasn't
@i hate anime my white south african relatives have had their house broken into, been put at gun point numerous times, my uncles been stabbed in the windpipe and had his car jacked when he pulled over to help a broken-down car. There president is taking white south Africans land daily, stealing millions from the people. They somehow made a bad situation worse and your telling me it's the white peoples fault, the same people who aren't in power.
@i hate anime even when this is remotely true, again, remotely true it works only by the people. nobody is adking You to kill someone Youre robbing and that You consider Yourself cool afterwards. It's not black and white !!!
@JustAGuy nope only few places in the world the fast food chain need bullet proof window SA is one. Back in the 80s there are no such thing my friend.
i admire that security guard with a poor background.....he looks so happy and at ease, good mindset
hes a happy chappie but he has a huge weight on his shoulders and hes not at ease . Nobody is at ease in south Africa, and while the lefty bbc marxistglobalist liars continue to spread the lefty indoctrination in Europe and Africa, and its indoctrinating subversive lefty universitys are given full open reign to do what they like to indoctrinate our youth, encouraged by traitors in the conservstive government this shit will continue. To hide the balls- ups and their total ineptness, conservative government traitors and libtards blame everything on a fictional 'hard right wing' so called 'white supremists' when in actual fact its the lefty supremists fascists who are the problem . lefty fascists.The gullible people especially the libtards are setting themselves up for a future EXACTLY like what is happening here under socialist Marxist South Africa to happen in Europe as well. This is coming your way Europe and within the next 20 years.. The lying subversive lefty bbc want whitey OUT of the UK, facts!, and the marxist globalists, and their cultural Marxism are trying to destroy the white family and "multiculture " us to death in Europe, GENOCIDE , so its has no true identity, and they can manipulate and control you and finally "CASH IN". Pull your fucking finger out NORMAL PEOPLE use your brains and vote out these lefty lovin commie traitors and those in our conservative governments who are virtue signalling up to the left. The marxist golobalist left who don't belong in our countrys and shouldn't be there, just like the lefty LYING bbc! Throw them out! defeat them! and take our culture and identities and countrys back before its too late ONCE YOUR FREEDOM IS GONE ITS GONE . IF YOU DONT YOU ARE AS GOOD AS DEAD! BREXIT MEANS BREXIT OR ELSE! THANKYOU PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR YOUR TRUTH HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY unlike the lying subversive lefty marxistglobalist CUNTS
he does not have a gun and he is much more likely to get shot than do any violence onto others.
what's invoker doing here? good to see a fellow dotker here!
y its realy incredible how stong he is
Invoker bro for real he really appreciates his job.
Wow that security guy definitely deserves a better life.
He does indeed. Like in his case I'm okay to blame the system for not giving him more opportunity.
Most blacks in SA do nothing and whine. That guy is really different though and I hope things gonna go really good for him eventually.
Who Where he isn’t getting what he worked for though
@@thhal6058 say many not most...
Who Where no whites get more than what they work for they slightly put in work and Benefit greatly
Who Where you have no idea what ur talking abt stop trying to sound smart
I wish Phillip, the guard interviewed, the best of luck
“Booming tourist industry”
Me: how
Yeah it's turning quickly around now
Attractions
Yes there is crime in south Africa but this video makes it look like if you walk on the street u get robbed (I live in SA)
Theres 5 star places there crime everywhere so
well, they make sure the tourist areas are safe..its like PR and or the Domincan republic..they protect the money making tourist areas...
Some of us are so lucky to live where we are ....
yeah and then you vote to import the 3rd world, so in the end you will live in africa either way
@Edward Oliver fck off u twat
I am glad i was born in america ufff
@@rhysstanley7387
U see some of those houses on the vid, and the main areas of cape town, does it look like the people living in that lavishness think theyre not lucky? Theres alot of wealthy people living in south africa who are enjoying life much better than european lifestyle or whatever
@tyson America is not your mother land 🙄🙄am disappointed you dammiie had no history 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
That security guard at the end of the video.. his attitude is goals. Wow.
Such an inspiring soul. Goals indeed.
No secret why SA's make some of the best merc's. Expats's especially ;)🎩👍
🙌🏽
He'll definitely get far in life. I wish we could see a documentary about him and his progress to a better life.
Indeed. God bless him, I hope he is okay and doing well 🙏🏽
When the auxiliary police is more well equipped and trained than the country's police.
Not only that, some private securities even more have personel equipment than the military, more like, soldier for hire
@@reieben886 Yeah, kinda scary.
@@doodoofard69 when idiots run the country and a few sane ones still present in the shit hole that is what you will have.
@@ericscaillet2232 And the worst part is, if it weren't for apartheid, none of that would've happened
@@linkskywalker5417 yea but it is what it is you know theres no point of complaining about the past they need solution lol
9 years later & it’s gotten even worse 😢
lol, what's up with that "perceived crime" comment at the end, maybe there were only 4 murders in the fortified areas because they are in fact FORTIFIED. You don't turn your house into a castle for nothing.
HicaptainWorld
Never heard of the Randlords and DeBeers have you?
You mean like the 19 hundred era miner or something? Cause I dont
Junkers in Tutus what about the horrible things Africans do to one another located in the rest of Africa?
Junkers in Tutus I can take you all over Africa and show you the consequences of the "whites leaving". Not pretty, and has been so for half a century. Why u think Africans flock to this place. We built SA together, black migrants from the North, European settlers. Yes, there were sorry MFs among them, wicked people, but my great grandfather and grandfather treated ANYONE who came to his medical practice, regardless of whether or how they could pay(even if Apartheid had them use separate facilities, they had them!. Maybe that's why my white ancestors weren't murdered in the 150+ years ago in SA! Same not true in Angola, DRC, Moz. etc. I worked in the townships after school, not carrying a gun but a bible. I'm leaving, btw. with my skills, family and goodwill, and not much more than the clothes on my back...
Question Africans need to ask is who stands to benefit in the destabilisation of the region? think RED...
Well people drink less when they life in a healthy, safe environment with a family and friends than people who have nothing and want to escape from that... that also makes a man desperate.
As a South African living in Cape Town I feel this was a fair representation of my city.
I second that
Boring Cape Town Chick as a 'WHITE' South African you mean
Thanks Ocean Blue( idiot) for telling us about your bigotry. In the same way Children that were abused have trouble adapting to the world afterwards the majority of South-Africans have trouble recovering from being abused and robbed for centuries by colonial powers and the remaining vestiges of that white power.
Of course it's easier to blame the victims than their well armed oppressors so i can understand why cowards such as yourself do what you do. Sucking up to the powerful is how you probably think you can get enough power to abuse others.
the whites relinquished their power and this is what happened, are you even thinking?
The whites kept their wealth and the vast majority of their economic power intact and that is part of why the country looks the way it does. The reality of course is that the overwhelming majority of the violence happens to the very people that still has no economic or much political power in the country while the middle class/white people are still by far the least likely group to be victims of crime; we can afford to hide and take precautions with all our 'stolen' ( state subsidy's) wealth.
The problem on this comment section is that the large majority of those who feel compelled to make their opinions heard still stupidly believe in that ridiculous construct called race and try to see the world trough their narrow lens of presumed racial superiority instead of reading or thinking about the past.
I just returned from South Africa. I was aware of the crime situation before I went, and the most disappointing part of my time there was not being able to walk around like I do in Europe or the US. Everyone warned me no matter where I went. My first night in country I took an Uber to a brewery and the driver told me, "if someone tells you not to go somewhere by yourself or go at all, then don't do it".
It's really weird, even in my Californian town (which actually has a decently high crime rate compared to the rest of the state AND country) I could walk around all night and nothing would happen to me.
It's the same as the US.
@@dr2599 never said there wasnt. The subject, however, is South Africa so that's what im responding to. Not Europe
@@dr2599with the rates of violent Crimes in South Africa over the roof there’s not a single European country that comes close,south africa is like a war torn country.
Philip - what a legend. That guy deserves a better life. I feel so lucky to live where I do.
Hope that last fellow makes it out of there.
Norwegian733 my thought! seems like a decent man
Btw, picture of me was taken in Mossel Bay, South Africa. Enjoyed a trip there with shark diving, jumped Bloukrans, paragliding over Cape Town, saw the big five, +++. Loved South Africa.
I honestly believe he should start his own security firm I think it could go really well for him.
John Alexander with what money?
he got attacked after the release form this video.
I wouldn't let my garden gnome go for holidays there.
lol
They fucking stole my garden gnome when they jumped over my wall. They couldn't brake into my house so they stole what they could. 😂😂 5 days later I see this guy on the street trying to sell it.
MISTERPRESIDENTELECT lmaooo
Yep....we would steal it
One wouldn't send ones gardener, would one..🤔🤔😨😂😂😂😂👍👍👍
I live in a small town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Our main popular private security is called HItec. The police station has a sign outside that says "protected by HItec" . The one time I have ever called the police, the officer who answered said "what must we do???. Who gave you this number??" (I had called 1011)
That’s actually insane 😮
God bless Philip for his dedication & tenacity. I hope he's able to stay safe & well and someday live in a place without such terrible evil.
I am a white South African and i would like to say this. Nobody really realizes how bad the African National Congress runs SA since taking over 20 years ago (Nelson Mandela etc.). I was young enough to remember living in a violent free society under the apartheid government, no strikes, no joblessness, no crime etc. I have to immigrate to Australia soon, i cannot deal with the consistent strikes by the 70% jobless people, the absolutely useless government facilities, the bad crime, the corruption in government etc. Does that make me racist? I have 3 black friends that agree it would be better to immigrate as SA is going downhill. Stop blaming apartheid for the current situation, it has been 20 years since apartheid and start looking at the incompetent and corrupt Africa governments!!
You are white, of course the apartheid government benefited you. And now this is the result of it. The corrupt government, police incompetence and poverty are all a result of the apartheid. Nobody was suffering before the arrival of Europeans.
Puertoricanpapi Seems everyone has an opinion but does not know the facts. I was a poor white South African that lost a business 4 years ago (during the ANC rule). I was able to pick myself up and build my business again. I was also 7 years old when the apartheid regime ended. Where did i benifit from the apartheid regime at all besides working hard myself, as apposed to all the black people that just expect something for nothing?
ShaunJW1 White privilege in apartheid South Africa is a fact. The way you describe your childhood in your first comment is proof of that. Blacks will have a different story
Blacks in South Africa were denied access to proper education, you were not, so you have the skills required to rebuild your business.
Now, South Africa is suffering the consequences of their racism. A generation of ill-educated blacks in management positions and poorly socialized youth committing crimes.
The apartheid government is definitely the blame! and you are a racist for not acknowledging that.
....your 3 black friends.....
***** something tells me you didn't read my comment, which is clearly about the consequences of the apartheid.
Jacob Zuma is another product of an apartheid environment.
That guy Phillip made me smile because he felt so happy and nice even his life is pretty rough
Y'all make me sick
One of the worst things are that these criminals attack the first responders as well. If you call an ambulance for a shooting incident, they will not respond unless a police vehicle accompanies them, which usually takes time, in a situation where every second counts.
That is the most South African description you can get when it comes to crime “ everything.... gone” lmao
South Africans have awesome accents.
Lawl.
But twoo dat!
I think its fucking gross coming from a South African myself
Poncho my IT teacher is South African
I hate my accent lol, I feel like a nimrod when i speak to people in a South African accent, but everyone loves it. Guess its a novelty
OceanBlue the white and the black still sound retarded
Imagine how great the world would be if white people just stayed in Europe and left the rest of the world alone. Whites wouldn't be complaining about how other races are migrating into their countries and the rest of the world wouldn't be complaining about how whites migrated into their land, murdered, enslaved and oppressed them. Everyone would have had the opportunity to carve out their own futures based on their own cultures in relative peace resulting in entire civilisations and cultures alive today. Imagine North and South America unaffected by the Spanish, Portuguese or the British, or an Oceania that's only populated the the Aborigines, Maori... etc, or an Africa where the ancient cities and civilisations were allowed to prosper. It just sucks that the first civilisation that attained the technology to unite the world decided they wanted to take it all for themselves instead, and didn't care who they killed or tortured in the process... as long as they didn't look like them.
*****
First off, places like China were far more civilised than Europe, they had invented things like gun powder, paper, paper money, printing, the compass, silk, porcelain, iron, steel smelting and a ton of other stuff we use today.
And then we have the Arab Muslims, they invented the clock, camera, universities, surgical instruments, and let's not forget algebra. Also, why do you think the number system we use today is called Arabic numerals?
Next we have the Africans, before the Europeans showed up Africa actually had huge cities in vast kingdoms. In fact around the 13th century the Kingdom of Ghana was as big as Western Europe and and traded in gold, salt and copper. It is said that the kingdom had a collection of powerful local rulers controlled by one king or emperor. Ghana was highly advanced and prosperous and it is said that the Ghanaian ruler had an army of 200,000 men - and that's just one kingdom.
Oh, and let's not forget that modern music (including rock) is a black invention.
You need to learn your history son - you have the world at the tip of your fingers - no excuses for ignorance.
Smoke- The common misconception is that the Arabs invented Algebra which is a lie. The Greeks invented Algebra and Geometry. The Arabs simply got their hands on it and copied it after the fall of the Greek city states. And the Camera? You know that was an 19th century invention by a European inventor.
You might want to learn to use the internet instead of making things up!
Jim Jones
Actually when it comes to Algebra, it is disputed whether the credit belongs to the Greek Diophantus or the Arab al-Khwarizmi. Most modern historians believe it was al-Khwarizmi because he was the one who founded the discipline of al-jabr, which is the form we use today. Diophantus method used mostly special ad hoc methods to solve equations, which is not Algebra.
With the camera, I'm not even gonna argue with you - anyone who thinks that the camera was invented in the 19th century clearly knows nothing on the subject. Remember, the camera and photography are two different things.
Maybe you should take your own advice and use the internet.
joel collins
Africa is not a single country, just because you have tribes in one place living as hunter gatherers it doesn't mean everyone in the continent are hunter gatherers - that's like saying all whites live in old wooden houses with no electricity and water because there are whites in Russia living like that.
About your ignorant crap about everywhere black being a shit hole, I suggest you look up Uniondale, New York - average income $76,000, Mitchellville, Maryland Average income $120,000, View Park-Windsor Hills, California - $160,000, and there's a ton more black affluent neighbourhoods, too many to mention.
Learn about the world around you instead of assuming shit, spreading negative half truths about a group of people is just sad and pathetic - making you part of the problem.
Smoke the problem wasn't Europeans exploring. The problem was empire and a want to conquer.
Wish I knew this about ADT. My grandad passed in front of us while suffering a heart attack. The ambulance came 10 hours later.
Ministers " major drug problem "
Vice: shows an 8th of weed
Na trust me dude u can buy drugs in just about any parking lot at any mall here 😂 and its pretty fucken cheap aswell
That's not weed man.. That's spice/heroin
DEAD DREAMS lol that’s not heroin it’s spice. Do u even know what spice is 😂😂
weed is now legal in the country
Jamie MacDonald that wasn’t weed it was spice
Correction, the white officers didn't leave, they were squeezed out of the system due to Black Empowerment.
SA is on road to civil war ... I can't wait!
***** Already seen it. I recommend watching Scars of Rwanda.
levettp Yep, so true... there is a old saying in political acedemia, which has proven to be true since the dawn of human civilazation. "When governments run out of money, they take their people to war." The SA government is flat broke, and has been since Zuma took the throne. He is just dividing the last vestages of the governments wealth between himself and his cronies, so that when the shit hits the fan he can retire somewhere nice. These people have absolutely no problem with setting the country on fire, and ofcoarse they will blame white people for everything, while they sneak away quietly. When the black population wake up, it will be too late and they will be stuck in perpetual civil war with a bunch of warlords fighting for control of the mines. This scenario has played out all over Africa, why wouldnt it happen here?
Bill Clinton Apart from economic collapse, there are political reasons that will fuel civil war as well. Whites have followed every legal political avenue to try and end discriminatory ANC legislation like BEE, AA and "land grabs". Then you also sit with the 27% unemployed that are fed up with failed ANC job creation plans. No person is as dangerous as the one who has nothing to lose! When SA economy collapses it will not be a Zimbabwe situation since they could return to rural areas where they scratched a living together for survival ... The majority of urban SA blacks have nowhere to go. It is sad to say but civil war is our only hope for positive change in SA!
Apartheid fucked the country up . If it had never occurred in the FIRST PLACE, maybe none of this shit would be going on today. What's so funny is all of these south African videos making it seem like blacks are getting everything and whites have nothing
Philippe is a very charming and likable guy, may God be with you allways.
I miss my birth country but this is why I left. The worst part of living in SA is when you say goodbye to your family to go to work it can be the last time you see them. Everything you do might just be the last. I pray that it will come right so I go home. I pray for all the people I left behind. #stay safe #stay alive
Correct, i was mugged, almost kidnapped, my brother was shot by a stray bullet last year, he died. My dad was killed in 2010- shot 3 times.
@Rodger
How hard it was to shift from one country to another and start a new life again?
Did you switch to another professional?
@@natashaabdurahman4026 sorry for your loss
@@natashaabdurahman4026 sorry
when you mix wild Black culture with "Social Inequality" you will never be able to actually solve a problem.
Its weird seeing a different perspective on things, I've lived in SA all my life and I think while it has problems I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
Your home is your home. Documentaries often don't show mundane life only the extremes. Also count yourself lucky it doesn't get down to -35°c in SA as it does in the region of Canada where I live :)
That's amazing! You must really be committed to living in RSA!
Life outside (in a good country) is much better.
Good luck.😳😳
Adolf Stallin cool story, bro
Vince Hall i disagree. I love life in South Africa.
Really interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing.
You have a great channel i watch every single one of your new videos keep up the good work!
Pikachuz_13 That's very kind, thank you.
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1.7 mil subs and no videos wtf
Why/how do you have 1.7 million subscribers and Zero Videos....?
Philip the security guard is a legend! Such a positive attitiude, what a champ.
I used to work with an engineer and he told me stories of how the gang rob the aircraft cargo on the runway on the day he landed and taxi drivers does not stop at red light on certain parts of town.
True true true
From 11pm-5am, you do not need to stop at a robot especially if it is a high crime area
@@khongelaningobeni6614 they hijack every one, even taxis now, they rob the driver and the people on the van.
@@khongelaningobeni6614 true, esp women have dispensation to not stop at traffic lights during those times(for non South Africans, robot=traffic light)
While in US: "Defund the Police!" smh.
Yeah,their police have a history of killing Black people
So all these problems started after apartheid ended?
+SlightlyVisible there were problems during the aparteid years but the country was stable, safe, and the economy was good, and the infrastructure was being improved and maintained. if you do some reading you will find that even Time magazine reported in the 1960's that black families were starting to get ahead, buy their own vehicles, and make a decent living. Apareid was not a good system, but I think had there been more time for a smooth transition to a government that is not completely corrupt, the country would have been much better off. I was born in South Africa and my family moved in the year 2000. There isn't a single person from family and friends that live there that I know, that hasn't been murdered, attacked, robbed, or raped. It's a real bad situation :(
+peter h Where did your family move to ?
+SlightlyVisible 200,000 murders since apartheid ended. Rape capital of the world, including mass baby rape (not even joking) as it's thought raping a baby cures one of AIDs (not even joking)... The world conveniently turns their eyes away though.
+SlightlyVisible yep... by the sounds of this video... apartheid caused the mass crime... But when you talk to real south africans.. even the black majority. They want it to come back.
+legendarydavo I am a South African and I can assure you that is not true at aaaall. Only racist white South Africans want Apartheid back. Apartheid was absolutely horrific for people of colour and, even though the country is in a bit of a shit place, it is far better than the vast majority being dehumanized and treated the way they were.
Also, South Africa has absolutely ridiculous economic inequality as a result of Apartheid, which unfortunately drives a lot of people living in poverty to commit crimes. Obviously I'm not justifying it, but if you lived here, you might have a better understanding. Also, as this documentary shows, our police force is pathetic as fuck and very corrupt.
It's easy for white South Africans to sit back and say that the country is super fucked up now, while ignoring the fact that Apartheid was the most disgusting crime of all. White people were, and still are, incredibly advantaged from Apartheid, whereas people of colour are very much still disadvantaged.
Trying to justify it is wrong, because that's like insinuating that being a developed country (or whatever you guys are saying, I'm not sure) is more important than treating people of colour as humans.
The people who complain about discrimination would be the first to leave their "brothers" and live in a white neighbourhood. Hard truth.
Because they want to be part of the establishment. They want to assimilate rather than challenge the dominant culture's ideas and change the mindset.
Its a mixed bag, black conservatives will also be those leaving
@ brnt034
Exactly! That also applies to the Black people who complain about how racist America is. Yet if and when they finally work up the courage to move to another country, the only countries they consider are also White-ruled and populated.
But black people cant be raysid
brnt034 It’s a matter of culture, not race. Your color doesn’t make you stupid, poor, racist, or evil. Your upbringing makes you stupid.
"Where you see flashy stuff, whereas I'm coming from a very poor environment, you know."
Damn...
It would be really informative to see an updated documentary.
It's gotten worse, South Africa is going to economically collapse into civil war in the next few years
It’s a shithole! So many people are emigrating.. myself included!
I love SA... but I’m not risking the lives an future of my family...
Yeah that's not going to happen
These types of stories are the main reason I am subscribed to Vice and why I watch them on HBO. Keep this up. Less on drugs and hipsters, and more on foreign affairs. Love yah guys.
The drug ones are good too, especially Hamilton's!
This comment aged like fine milk
That guy at the end looks so happy. He's so humble we westerners take for granted a lot of stuff. I pray that he is safe out there protecting his people ✌
He's just happy to be alive. It is an eye opener to the rest of us that think the world is going to end when our internet goes out for 5 minutes.
South Africa’s a pretty western country too, because of its British roots and white population. Although it nowadays has its own touch too.
we take it for granted our country, at least today in 2020, is run by people that aren't completely corrupt, ignorant and have their heads shoved firmly up their own asses like in south Africa.
Pray?
Funny!
I used to have a Afrikaner Girlfriend, she was full of love, hope and dreams for her country. She was R @ P 3 D in a hate crime, when I saw her again in cape town the girl I once knew was dead. She no longer had the positivity she once had. Instead what I saw was some despondent and dead inside. Knowing what has happened to her I wish I could turn back time and married her and brought her to my country.
Why did you kill her inside
big respect to the main who came in to tell the filming crew its time to go cause its not safe
My friend from the Army is from Cape Town. He said he'll never go back. In some cases you risk your life every time you step outside. I hear Namibia is way better, peaceful, good economy, etc. Whites and blacks get along a lot better there.
Yuvaez Yeah, only 2 million people. Beautiful wildlife and surfing though, from what I hear.
+Yuvaez I think this is one the reasons Namibia is relatively stable. Majority of African nations have way too much people. Look at Nordic European countries, they're small and very peaceful. Bigger the country, bigger the problems.
The problem is Nordic countries are being overrun by Muslims who are not assimilating to the culture so they are turning Nordic countries into Islamist Shariah law countries in the next 20 years.
My dad is from Durban and said he will never go back ever. My grandfather got them all out in the 90s from that shithole. My father wasn't a rich white like a lot of people think whites live in SA live (being wealthy).
Docter Fishy white people must move out of South Africa, and if they don't want Europe and USa to turn into South African shitholes for whites than whites must begin to stand up to the blatant anti white racism that is prevealtn in the west.
I live in Cape Town, and I think this video is a pretty accurate report. Well done Vice. What boggles my mind is: everyone (in the video) keeps admitting that the police force is in-adept, in-equipt, too small etc. to handle the crime. But then why isn't the police force being improved? Surely that makes sense. But then we mustn't just focus on the police force (or even other crime prevention initiatives), because those are merely trying to treat the symptoms of the real problem lying underneath: this country does have one of the highest "inequality" ratios in the world. And I'm not talking race. There's also very poor white people in South Africa (see White Slums in South Africa video). It's about wealth distribution. A small percentage of the population holds the most of the wealth, whilst the biggest percentage of the population doesn't have anything. And when you don't have anything, you start turning towards crime. It's a big challenge we're facing in this country, and increasing security forces alone isn't going to solve it. But we can solve it. By working together towards a better South Africa. I've been to other countries (in Europe and England and Asia), and I'm telling you: this is an amazing country. Don't quit it- or condemn it because of it's problems. But rather lets choose to become part of the solution.
Poor government management 🙄
The sa police are a gang of there own
I live in the Western Cape and the scariest part is that crime has rapidly increased and spread into the small towns surrounding Cape Town. This documentary is both accurate and informative. Thank you
"Excuse me sir, sunbathing there peacefully without causing any concern, would you mind doing that somewhere else?"
Right, cause you know the whole story don't you?
I live in durban, witch is also a coastal city on the east coast and the parks are overrun by vagrants (all high as a kite) so yah these things most definitely cause for concern.
I'm Canadian. Most of the doctors in our town are from SA. I wonder why?
I used to lived in South Africa for 10 years not by choice but I married a South African, it sucked to live there. I’m now living in Manitoba. I’d rather be living in the cold country than South Africa. I’m so grateful to get Canadian Permanent residence last month otherwise I’d have to return there when our work permits expire.
Philip seems like such a likeable and positive guy! I hope he is okay these days.
The life expectancy was 8 years higher under apartheid.
So was profit margins during slavery
Ima just leave this here businesstech.co.za/news/government/121636/south-africans-say-life-was-better-before-anc-took-over-poll/
Why are we comparing our current situation to apartheid. Apartheid was a regime based on racial discrimination and oppression. The problems that face our country are completely different. Corruption, economic instability due to mismanagement and a lazy workforce, crime etc. Life was NOT better under apartheid. Has it gotten better since then? Yes, in terms of the problem of racial discrimination. No in terms of the reasons listed above. The comparison is a futile exercise. (Unless by bringing back apartheid, suddenly and magically the country will become a better place to live in). This is a complex matter that cannot be simply described in terms of apartheid vs post-apartheid. Rather we should focus on fixing the problems that are here today. Leave apartheid where it is. Dead and buried. The future is all that matters.
The problem is that although under apartheid the government was racist they where efficient and could maintain a proper infrastructure as well as have more adept police/defense force, the new government hired black people over white people in name of equality, if you hire a unqualafied black person for the sole reason of being black it will lead to problems. The infrastructure and police strenght under the new government has dropped and the official are often not as qualafied as they should be.
george gibson I am black and I do agree with you. If they were going to hire black people to give more opportunities to the black community, proper training and education is a must!! THAT would be true equality.
I'm from South Africa, specifically Johannesburg. The ANC is doing a poor job since its first 2 presidents, corruption and neglect go hand in hand when it come to our government. For crying out loud our president has a minimum of 40 corruption, rape and other allegations against him, he even once remarked that 'taking a shower will get rid of HIV/Aids. Rich or poor, black or white if you go into wrong area at wrong times or do not keep your guard up you will fall victim to some sort of crime, in Africa its not 'if' it is a matter of 'when'. If you watched the press during Nelson Mandela's funeral you will see how people protested for our president to step down and if you are a citizen you would laugh at our presidents speeches.
side note: one of the problems is self defense ... criminals have more human rights than their victims. not like in america where if a criminal invades your house and intends you harm you can use lethal force.... no if they try kill you and you fight back to defend your life and they live and escape they can sue you for harm
crime/murder rate being high has nothing to do with apartheid. crime/murder was much lower during. has everything to do with who's in charge right now
@DealBreakerz and they dont try to fix it making it more unstable. It's kinda how the Soviets started to many civil wars in Africa to get rid of us influence. Happened in congo and many other places only difference is the Soviets arent a thing and no ones meddling but themselves.
VICE is left wing. They love to blame things like the apartheid, anything that doesn't agree with their narrative is "racist".
@@jasonbrewer6714 During the cold war.
As a Dutch guy it’s staggering how many of their sentences I can understand, since it’s mostly just Dutch and English with their own words scattered throughout, plus a bit of French. Colonialism had such an impact on these people it’s almost sad to see it leaving irreversible traces to this day.
that black guy is such a sweetheard for taking the responsibility and try to help his neighbourhood
More like rising above the rest and trying to make a living for himself, get to a safer area so one day he can have a family and not having to stress about their well being everyday.
How good would their little "show" be if they got someone whose second notepad was noting who goes where & when... so his buddies know when to come back again ?? It's happening EVERY single DAY.
Sad what my country has become.
, you mad bro?
I want to help your country improve. I want to influence populations of others to help this planet improve for the better of all. I hate that people are basically forced to leave their own country especially all because of their race which is stupid.
@@jam5533 Jesus dude, relax, nobody wants anybody to leave the country, quit listening to racist minorities of black people, and just chill. Or better yet, instead of complaining on UA-cam, go out and make a positive difference in the black community.
@@thatomogale9803 I was saying that people shouldn't be treated poorly because of race.
@@jam5533 That's the third thing you said.
Guy: I dont want my neighbors to know what I do.
Same guy: Sure I'll do an interview about what I do!
@AAA what does watching himself have to do with his neighbors knowing what he does?
the choice of who to subtitle is confusing... good report though, brought back memories of my time there!
I learned a new bad ass word today @ 5:11
GANGSTERISM
eff f
😂😂
Didn't u know
What yall call it?
@@DreamersUnionRec social deviance
11:52 *Ah gold* kefp kek ceck kephh kekkgh hkepg.
ting goes skrrrra... :))
Hahahahaha.
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 You killed me son 😎
@@mariuscrisan9161 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You are a moron
Dude doesn't want people to know what he does and goes on air to tell the world. How I love my country 😂
Thank God I left in 1994. I now live in a million pound house in the UK. I would never go back to that shit hole. I live a wonderful life now. Thanks UK!! :)
shelby6571 Are you afrikaner?
SA with whites = 1 world country
SA with blacks = 3 world country
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WUZ
KANGZ
South Africa has been the most developed country in Africa for so long but still has a big rich and poor gap which is sad.
That's not true. South Africa is mainly middle class and poor. The rich are few and far between. What this video fails to mention is most of those houses on the beach and at Table Mountain don't belong to white South Africans. Rather too rich foreigners!
***** more like your 'no cents' lol. How does someone who thinks ending a human right violation on other people is a worst solution live within us functionally (based only on the fact that u have access to a computer) today jeez
River Wood, as previous comments, that part of CT is owned by gay foreigners!
Post apartheid SA has an ever expanding middle class, try buy a house, go to a store, etc. What is also occurring, is unchecked of influx of foreign blacks taking top jobs, taking menial positions and doing crime. As for human rights violations; note the current govt recently tried a bill gagging the media (as in ZIM), and periodically try to alter the law to violate their constitution.
And has become worse POST APARTHEID, as has corruption, nepotism and RACISM. How can a >10% minority be the only racists? Apartheid exists all over the world, it existed in Britain, English against Scot and Ire, Welsh. It was even in law centuries ago across Europe, Asia and India.
This is so freaking hilarious. The police (public servant law enforcers) are so corrupt and inept, that people got fed up and created their own police to get the job done. Might as well just make the private security that gets the job done the official police.
Do you realize how messed up that is? You're forced to pay taxes for a government that provides such garbage police services, and you don't have a choice to say, "No thanks I will use my money to pay this private group to protect me". There's something really wrong with that.
Fax
Please pray for South Africa 。
Phillip is obviously a straight up good man who deserves much better than the environment he lives in. I hope someone gives him a greater opportunity to improve his circumstances. I know I would if I could.
I'd give him my money if I had any to spare
I'm Asian, but the way it looks to me, it seems South Africa was better governed under the White apartheid regime than today. If crime rate has increased to 4 times the global average, than sounds more like the edge of a warzone than a peaceful country.
Our country had money but we had a lot of sanctions on us so do some research m8
RonnieNolanRaharjo Maybe you should return to China and face repration there, I joined a Kungfu class and the teacher came up to me and said,"I am yo new master." i said not you again, fuck off.
i hope white pop. drops further down to 0.000001% AHAHAHAHAHA
Jessica Hello Blacks chased the French out of Haiti over 200 years ago and have been governing themselves since then and Haiti is an utter shithole just like the rest of Africa . How long do you Blacks need to get over your " trauma " because it's starting to look like wherever you find Blacks on this planet they build the same kind of shit society .
RonnieNolanRaharjo Well, that is not a surprise, some Asians are just as racist and will always side with whites, we couldn`t care less about what you think or feel, you can just simply go back to china where you have no humanrights or freedom of speech like you`d have in SA, and eat all that rice.Rice is even from Africa, we introduced it to the Chinese and they didn`t wann touch it, they picked up with sticks and the rest is history.
Vice News. Really great production team. Well done!
Now they know what you do for leaving. Its amazing they hear how dangerous it is to leave in the township but they exposed him any way🤦♂️
Bless the police that are not corupt in South Africa and doing their job.
Karien police very corrupt in sa
The Word Police Is Synonymous With Corruption
Black cops are corrupt..no black cop should be hired in the police force
IF THEY ARE PROTECTING WHITE PÉOPLE OR CORRUPTUON THEY ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB
Lygo Lygo weirdo
Blame the ANC for all the disarsters.
Should we blame the ANC for your disastrous word too?
I thought that DA is handling the cape?
Bowcutz night. Bow they do, well idk about now but they did. Though a province still has a budget no matter whose in control of it
The DA isn't in charge of the the police. That's national government's priority, with the mis-ruling ANC keeping the policing numbers low in the Western Cape and Cape Town.
A L so varr
Thank you for the film. 🧡
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes
The same as in Europe
It's so beautiful on the coast though.. A damn shame that blacks and whites have to live in an atmosphere like that.
nunchucks, that guys a boss
@Alan West 11:55 you underestimate his reflexes.
We need a gofundme or something for that security guard. His attitude is something we could all use in our cynical, yet privileged lives.
The intro for this video this couldn't have been more entertaining than this😂🔥
I got stabbed twice in Cape Town for my cellphones right outside a local bar. Literally by the fvcking door.
Philip somehow reminds me of Paul Rusesebagina from Hotel Rwanda. Seems like a very nice guy.
Born in SA very privileged to grow up in the better side of the country, the side people never show it's always the bad side. But I do agree that SA is dangerous IN SOME PARTS!
Is nelspruit mpumalanga safe
Nah, I'd say most parts. I live in a white area but there's always something that happens.
16:26 My man be defending himself from attacks with a pair of lunchakus. What a legend
These documentaries make me appreciate my life so much more!
I make my son watch these , my husband and I teach him to be grateful for what u have!
Bc when u think u have it bad,
Someone else has it much worse!
And they should even be more grateful to have a mother and wife in you.
@@jilokizito1705 preciate u 🙏🏾
Top notch documentary, very well done and incredibly interesting. Keep it up this is some high quality content right here.
show how Philip handles his life with smile to a depressed person,they wont be depressed no more
Quite a balanced small documentary for vice's standards.
Good job, thanks.
South Africa was probably one of the safest country in Africa during apartheid.
Nowadays it's one of the most dangerous.
And apartheid was "bad"
Götterdämmerüng The apartheid itself was a crime against humanity. And it was the complete opposite of safe. There was civil and political unrest. They even had to declare a State of Emergency at some point.
Safe for a one group of people at the expense of all other groups. That racist mentality is the reason we have the socio- economic problems today that produces this horrible crime.
nazi germany was pretty safe for aryans too. If your were a jew you were fucked and most people had no personal freedom but hey at least it was safe!! lol
saucy05 don't get too hyped about these dumb ass comments getting voted to top. There are alot of neo-nazis in the vice audience that joined a year or so ago and they always vote eachother up. Every single video with some blacks or poor you see these comments flooding like fkin cancer
Lol South Africa was in a state of emergency during apartheid. It was heading to all out civil war. It had wars and very high tensions with its neighbours too. There were bombings and riots all over the place.
Sounds like Detroit
Yeah its basically the Detroit of Cape Town.
inactive tbplayerz channel couple of people who watch clips and never been to either city. Great insight.
Chris Fodor Cape town doesn’t sound like Detroit. Real simple statement. I’m in Detroit every other month for business. It’s not in “complete decay”. The OP just used the buzzword of #Detroit as negative that’s all. Not 1st hand experience in either of these cities. Spoken like a person with limited access to real information and experience. Not an insult by any means, an observation.
inactive tbplayerz channel even worse than Detroit
Detroit on steroids
Respect for all men working there and protecting families
11:11 - The sound of nostalgia
This feels like the intro to a Die Antword video.
When he whips out that baton though at 9:05 like it's the best weapon they have in the arsenal.
WOWWWW..that guy in the red t-shirt at the very end..
What an amazing uplift from the grim reality of what south Africa has become!
His positive attitude illuminates his smile and his very essence..
Even though he carries nun-chucks in his bag lol
Good job Nelson ! good job!
When they said "only four murders last year in the neighbourhood" followed by "fear of perceived crime" 😂 Yeah i would love to live in a area where four people are murdered every year.
One murder per year in my city disturbs me.
To get this low level of crime, one needs to change culture. When the family structure breaks down and children aren't raise by two parents, there will be crime. When a culture doesn't believe that education is not important, there will be crime. Living in another area isn't the solution. Change the culture and the crime level goes down.
Lol thats where I live (Literally the place in the video) but I still carry a taser and pepper spray. This kid in my school recently had a home invasion where he was almost beaten to death a long with some of his family members. My friends father was killed like 5 minuets from where my gran lives. I'll honestly move if anything happens to her though.. no white women has tried to embrace South African cultures like her, she studies traditional South African medicine and they only stopped giving her hell at the conference because she's Jewish and many understood the level of persecution that they faced in the past. Many robbers can be extremely superstitious and the last time we were robbed they drank enough distilled herbs to possibly kill them this was 10 years ago lol. She got some warding things from a friend and we've had no trouble.
4 is not THAT much for a big neighbourhood in a big city. 160 on the other hand...
If that could even be true for just my street I'd consider it to be a peaceful year
Masters of Corruption. That's all this is. Corruption runs wild.
Special thanks to the ANC
@@st4rship_780 no, it's thanks to people that take it.
@@mr.pickles6158 no...the anc. ..simple.
@@ericscaillet2232 It's both the ANC and the people who take it
@@linkskywalker5417 well yes effectively ,if you insist...
The last man in the video, i wish him good luck in life!