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AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA,
TWO OCEANS VIOLENTLY COLLIDE...

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WHILE AN ICONIC LANDMARK
STANDS GUARD

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OVER A RICHLY DIVERSE METROPOLIS
OF CULTURES AND PEOPLE.

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HERE WILD ANIMALS
STILL ROAM FREE...

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AND RUSHING RIVERS RUN WILD.

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IT’S A LAND DISCOVERED
BY BOLD EXPEDITION...

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AS VENTURING SHIPS
BECAME VICTIMS

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OF ITS TREACHEROUS SHORES.

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TODAY, MOVIE STUDIOS STAND
WHERE NATIVE TRIBES ONCE RULED.

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AND THE MOUNTAINS FORMED
BY ANCIENT SEAS

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SHED WATER
ON IDYLLIC FIELDS OF GREEN.

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THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THE HUNT
FOR DIAMONDS HAS MADE MAN RICH

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WHILE LEAVING MAN-MADE SCARS
ACROSS THE LAND.

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BUT THE MEDITERRANEAN-LIKE
CLIMATE...

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ENDLESS STRETCHES
OF WHITE SANDY BEACH...

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MAJESTIC MOUNTAINS SOARING HIGH
ABOVE VERDANT VALLEYS...

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AND A GLISTENING MOTHER CITY--
THE NATION’S CROWNING JEWEL--

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MAKE THE WESTERN CAPE

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SOUTH AFRICA’S MOST SPECTACULAR
AND ALLURING PROVINCE.

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NESTLED BETWEEN
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

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AND A SPECTACULAR
FLAT-TOPPED MOUNTAIN

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IS SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST CITY.

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THIS IS CAPE TOWN...

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THE "MOTHER CITY."

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MOST CITIES ARE KNOWN
BY THEIR SKYLINES...

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CAPE TOWN IS KNOWN
BY ITS MOUNTAIN.

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FRAMING THE CITY WITH
ITS AWE-INSPIRING PRESENCE,

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TABLE MOUNTAIN IS NAMED AFTER
ITS DISTINCTIVE APPEARANCE.

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THE IMPRESSIVE
2-MILE-WIDE PLATEAU

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LOOKS OUT OVER CAPE TOWN

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FROM MAJESTIC CLIFFS THAT ROCKET
3,500 FEET INTO THE SKY.

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BUT THAT’S NOT THE ONLY THING
SOARING HERE.

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CAPE TOWN IS A BOOMING
ECONOMIC HUB

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AND AN INCREASINGLY POPULAR
TRAVEL DESTINATION.

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OVER 2 MILLION TOURISTS
FLOCK HERE EACH YEAR,

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MORE THAN ANY CITY
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

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BUT THE FIRST VISITORS TO SET
SIGHT ON THIS FAMED LANDSCAPE

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WEREN’T HERE FOR VACATION.

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THEY WERE ON A MISSION.

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SAILING DOWN THE WEST COAST
OF AFRICA IN 1487,

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THE PORTUGUESE EXPLORER
BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ

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WAS HOPING TO FIND A ROUTE
TO THE SPICE MARKETS OF INDIA.

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NO EUROPEAN SHIP HAD EVER
NAVIGATED THE TURBULENT SEAS

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AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA,

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WHERE THE ATLANTIC
AND INDIAN OCEANS COLLIDE.

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THE FOUR-MONTH VOYAGE

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TOOK ITS TOLL ON THE CREW.

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SCURVY WAS RIFE,

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AND WITH LITTLE FRESH FOOD
OR WATER,

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THE MEN WERE WEAK.

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THEN, A VIOLENT STORM
HIT THE VESSEL,

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THROWING IT
600 MILES OFF COURSE...

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DRIFTING AIMLESSLY
WITHOUT LAND IN SIGHT.

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BUT BY SOME STROKE OF LUCK,

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A WEST WIND FILLED THEIR SAILS,

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AND THE BATTERED SHIP
CONTINUED ITS VOYAGE

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AROUND THE TIP OF AFRICA,

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BACK ON COURSE TO INDIA.

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THEY HAD FOUND
THE TRADE WINDS--

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THE ENGINE THAT PROPELLED THEM
ON AN OCEANIC HIGHWAY,

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OPENING TRADE BETWEEN EUROPE
AND THE FAR EAST--

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WITH SOUTH AFRICA IN BETWEEN.

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DIAZ CALLED THIS REGION
THE CAPE OF STORMS.

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TODAY WE KNOW IT
AS THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

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GETTING THERE IS NO LONGER
A LIFE-OR-DEATH ESCAPADE

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AS IT WAS
FOR MANY HAPLESS SAILORS.

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IT’S AN EASY ONE-HOUR BUS RIDE
FROM THE CENTER OF CAPE TOWN.

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THE ENTIRE CAPE POINT PENINSULA

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HAS BEEN DESIGNATED
A NATIONAL PARK.

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ITS TOWERING
630-MILLION-YEAR-OLD CLIFFS

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DRAW TOURISTS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD

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TO EXPERIENCE
BREATHTAKING VISTAS

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FROM 1,000 FEET
ABOVE THE CHURNING SEAS.

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THE MOST POWERFUL LIGHTHOUSE
ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAST

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HELPS GUIDE SHIPS SAFELY
THROUGH THESE PERILOUS WATERS.

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IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR OTHER
SHIPS TO FOLLOW IN DIAZ’S WAKE.

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TRADE BETWEEN EUROPE
AND THE FAR EAST

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WAS BEGINNING TO BOOM,

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AND SHIPS NEEDED A PLACE
TO RESUPPLY.

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IN 1652,

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THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY
FOUNDED THE CAPE COLONY.

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A DUTCH ADMINISTRATOR FOR
THE COMPANY, JAN VAN RIEBEECK,

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CHOSE THE SITE
BENEATH TABLE MOUNTAIN

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BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SHIELDED

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FROM THE STRONG
SOUTHEASTERN WINDS.

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ONE OF THE FEW
SURVIVING FEATURES

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OF THAT FIRST SETTLEMENT

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IS THE DUTCH EAST INDIA
COMPANY’S GARDENS.

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THE EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS
PLANTED VEGETABLES HERE

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TO SUPPLY SHIPS
ON THE TRADE ROUTE.

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WITHIN A FEW YEARS
THE GARDENS GREW TO BE 45 ACRES.

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TODAY IT’S
A PEACEFUL GREEN OASIS

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IN THE MIDDLE OF A VIBRANT CITY.

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BUT THIS SERENE SETTING
HARBORS A DARK STORY.

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THE INDIGENOUS KHOI
AND SAN PEOPLE

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WHO LIVED IN THIS REGION
BEFORE THE DUTCH ARRIVED

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WERE OVERPOWERED AND ENSLAVED.

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THEY WERE PUT TO HARD LABOR
TENDING TO THE COMPANY GARDENS

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AND BUILDING
THIS STAR-SHAPED FORT.

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IT IS KNOWN
AS THE CASTLE OF GOOD HOPE.

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COMPLETED IN 1679,

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IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT TO SERVE
AS A DEFENSE FORTRESS

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AFTER TENSIONS ROSE

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BETWEEN THE DUTCH
AND BRITISH COLONIAL POWERS

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AMID RUMORS OF WAR.

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THE CASTLE OF GOOD HOPE

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IS THE OLDEST EXISTING COLONIAL
BUILDING IN SOUTH AFRICA,

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AND THE BEST-PRESERVED EXAMPLE

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OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIA
COMPANY’S EARLY INFLUENCE

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IN THE REGION.

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IN OCTOBER 1679, THE CAPE’S
FIRST GOVERNOR ARRIVED--

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SIMON VAN DER STEL.

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VAN DER STEL WAS A PIONEER,

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DEVELOPING CAPE TOWN
AND THE SURROUNDING FARMLANDS.

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THE GOVERNOR HAD A PASSION
FOR AGRICULTURE

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AND A TASTE FOR GOOD WINE.

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HE WAS GRANTED THIS ESTATE,
WHICH HE NAMED CONSTANTIA,

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WHICH MEANS "STEADFAST."

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HE GREW GRAPEVINES
AND OAK TREES ON THE ESTATE,

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WHICH ARE STILL HERE TODAY.

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AS VAN DER STEL EXPLORED INLAND,

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HE FOUND A FERTILE VALLEY WHERE
THE WATERS WERE COOL AND CLEAN

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AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO GROW
IN ABUNDANCE...

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A PERFECT ENVIRONMENT
FOR VINEYARDS.

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THIS IS WHERE HE ESTABLISHED
STELLENBOSCH,

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A SETTLEMENT HE NAMED
AFTER HIMSELF.

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THE VINEYARDS HE PLANTED

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MARKED THE BEGINNING
OF SOUTH AFRICA’S WINE INDUSTRY.

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PRODUCTION
IN THE STELLENBOSCH REGION

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WOULD GET ANOTHER BOOST IN 1688,

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WHEN 200 FRENCH PROTESTANTS,
KNOWN AS THE HUGUENOTS,

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MOVED HERE TO ESCAPE
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN EUROPE.

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THEY SETTLED 20 MILES
FROM STELLENBOSCH

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IN THIS VALLEY,

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CALLED THE FRENCH CORNER,
OR FRANSCHHOEK.

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THESE FAMILIES HAILED FROM
THE FINEST FRENCH WINEMAKERS,

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AND SIMON VAN DER STEL SAW TO IT

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THAT THEY WERE SETTLED
ON EXCELLENT FARMLANDS.

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THEIR HERITAGE IS MEMORIALIZED
BY THE HUGUENOT MONUMENT

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WHICH STANDS AT THE END OF TOWN.

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THEY ALSO SETTLED ON FARMS

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AROUND THE NEARBY TOWN
OF PAARL...

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PLANTING ORCHARDS,
VEGETABLE GARDENS,

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AND ABOVE ALL, VINEYARDS.

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STELLENBOSCH, FRANSCHHOEK
AND PAARL FORM A REGION

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THAT TODAY IS CELEBRATED
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

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FOR ITS FINE WINES.

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PAARL IS NAMED
AFTER THE PEARL MOUNTAIN.

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DISCOVERED BY SETTLERS IN 1657,

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THE MOUNTAIN GLISTENED
LIKE A WET PEARL

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IN THE SUN AFTER RAIN.

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THIS HUGE, SINGLE GRANITE ROCK
HAS THREE ROUNDED OUTCROPS

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AND IS THE SECOND LARGEST
GRANITE FORMATION IN THE WORLD.

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TUCKED INTO THE CREST
OF THIS OVERHANG

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IS A CAVE WITH A SHADY PAST.

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REPUTEDLY, IT WAS ONCE USED
BY A RUNAWAY MURDERER

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AS A HIDEOUT

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UNTIL THE SMOKE FROM HIS
COOKING FIRES BETRAYED HIM.

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LEGEND CLAIMS HE WAS LATER
CAPTURED AND HANGED,

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BUT LOCALS SAY A WISP OF CLOUD

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STILL LINGERS
IN THE MORNING AIR,

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REMINDING PAARL’S RESIDENTS

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OF THE SMOKE THAT FLUSHED OUT
THE KILLER.

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STANDING IN THE SHADOW
OF PAARL MOUNTAIN

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IS THE AFRIKAANS LANGUAGE
MONUMENT.

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AFRIKAANS SPRUNG UP
FROM A MIXTURE OF LANGUAGES

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SPOKEN IN THE EARLY
DUTCH COLONY:

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A MISH-MASH OF EUROPEAN,
AFRICAN AND MALAYSIAN DIALECTS.

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THE MONUMENT SYMBOLIZES
WESTERN EUROPE

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MIXING WITH AFRICA
TO FORM A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE.

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JUST 18 MILES AWAY

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THIS MODERN RESERVOIR
DAMS UP THE BERG RIVER.

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NUTRIENT-RICH WATER

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RUNNING OFF THE SURROUNDING
DRAKENSTEIN MOUNTAINS

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COLLECTS HERE.

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IT IS A VITAL RESOURCE

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FOR THE PRODUCTION
OF WINE AND TABLE GRAPES.

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THE BERG RIVER THEN SNAKES
183 MILES TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

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WHERE ANOTHER TASTY INGREDIENT
FOR FINE DINING IS PRODUCED.

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THIS IS ST. HELENA BAY.

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IT’S WHERE THE BERG RIVER
MEETS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

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JUST 90 MILES NORTH
OF CAPE TOWN,

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THIS BAY IS KNOWN FOR HAVING
THE FINEST SAILING CONDITIONS

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ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN COASTLINE,

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WITH ITS PREVAILING
SOUTHEAST WINDS.

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THE RESIDENTIAL MARINA,
PORT OWEN,

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IS A 2-MILE-LONG WATERWAY LINED
WITH VACATION HOMES AND YACHTS.

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BUT THE ECONOMY HERE
ISN’T DRIVEN BY WIND.

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ITS ENGINE IS THE SEA ITSELF.

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SALT IS BIG BUSINESS HERE.

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THE DRY SUMMERS AND LOW RAINFALL
IN THIS AREA

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MAKE IT IDEAL FOR EXTRACTING
SALT FROM SEAWATER.

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LARGE PONDS PUMPED FULL OF WATER

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RELY ON THE SUN AND WIND
FOR EVAPORATION.

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THIS RAISES
THE CONCENTRATION OF SALT

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TO A LEVEL
THAT PRODUCES CRYSTALS.

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IT’S HARVESTED AND DRIED
FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

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THE SALT IS ALSO USED
BY ANOTHER LOCAL INDUSTRY

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THAT’S KEEPING
THIS REGION AFLOAT.

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THIS IS THE HEART OF
SOUTH AFRICA’S FISHING INDUSTRY.

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ST. HELENA BAY IS
THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION

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OF FISH PROCESSING FACTORIES
IN THE NATION.

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MORE THAN HALF THE SEAFOOD
PRODUCED IN SOUTH AFRICA

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COMES FROM HERE.

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THE BAY TEEMS WITH ANCHOVY,
SARDINES, HERRING, MACKEREL,

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HAKE AND SOLE.

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00:13:51,698 --> 00:13:54,034
THE REEFS ARE FAMOUS
FOR ABALONE,

219
00:13:54,067 --> 00:13:56,202
A LARGE SEA SNAIL THAT THRIVES

220
00:13:56,235 --> 00:13:58,771
IN THE COLD WATER
AND ROCKY HABITAT

221
00:13:58,805 --> 00:14:02,342
OF THE CAPE’S WESTERN COAST,

222
00:14:02,375 --> 00:14:06,946
WHERE ALGAE IS
A PLENTIFUL FOOD SOURCE.

223
00:14:06,979 --> 00:14:11,250
ABALONE IS SO POPULAR FOR ITS
FLESH AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL SHELL

224
00:14:11,284 --> 00:14:13,953
THAT THE ECOSYSTEM
WAS BEING HEAVILY DAMAGED

225
00:14:13,986 --> 00:14:18,958
BY BLACK MARKET TRADERS
HARVESTING THE VALUABLE MOLLUSK.

226
00:14:18,991 --> 00:14:23,262
TO HELP MEET DEMAND--
AND PROTECT THE DELICATE REEFS--

227
00:14:23,296 --> 00:14:28,201
THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY HAS CREATED
A WAY TO FARM ABALONE.

228
00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:34,507
THESE POOLS ARE HATCHERIES
FILLED WITH SEAWATER.

229
00:14:36,309 --> 00:14:38,812
IT TAKES THREE YEARS
FOR ABALONE TO GROW

230
00:14:38,845 --> 00:14:41,681
FROM EGG TO MARKETABLE SIZE,

231
00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:45,184
BUT IT’S WORTH THE WAIT.

232
00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:47,387
SOUTH AFRICAN ABALONE FARMERS

233
00:14:47,420 --> 00:14:51,157
REAP MORE THAN $50 MILLION
ANNUALLY.

234
00:14:55,027 --> 00:14:57,663
THE SEA HAS ALWAYS BEEN
A BIG PART OF LIFE

235
00:14:57,697 --> 00:15:01,067
ON THE WESTERN CAPE.

236
00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:03,069
IN 1653,

237
00:15:03,102 --> 00:15:07,340
DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY
ADMINISTRATOR JAN VAN RIEBEECK

238
00:15:07,373 --> 00:15:11,444
SENT A SHIP UP THE COAST
FROM CAPE TOWN TO SALDANHA BAY

239
00:15:11,477 --> 00:15:14,547
TO HUNT WHALES.

240
00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:17,349
THE BOATS ARRIVED
IN SOUTH AFRICA’S SUMMER--

241
00:15:17,383 --> 00:15:19,252
WHEN THE WHALES HAD ALREADY LEFT

242
00:15:19,285 --> 00:15:22,588
ON THEIR ANNUAL MIGRATION
TO ANTARCTICA.

243
00:15:25,191 --> 00:15:28,327
BUT THE MISSION
WAS NOT A FAILURE.

244
00:15:30,329 --> 00:15:32,298
THE DUTCH DISCOVERED
BIRDS AND EGGS

245
00:15:32,331 --> 00:15:34,266
TO FEED THEIR HUNGRY CREWS,

246
00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:36,002
AND THE PLANKTON-RICH WATERS

247
00:15:36,035 --> 00:15:40,907
PROVIDED A BOUNTY OF FRESH FISH
AND OYSTERS.

248
00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:45,645
TODAY, SALDANHA BAY

249
00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:48,381
IS SOUTH AFRICA’S
LARGEST OYSTER FARM,

250
00:15:48,414 --> 00:15:51,817
PRODUCING 30,000 OF THEM
A MONTH.

251
00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:57,524
OYSTER CAGES LIE HIDDEN
JUST BELOW THE SURFACE,

252
00:15:57,557 --> 00:16:01,628
SUSPENDED FROM THESE
COLORFUL PLASTIC BUOYS.

253
00:16:03,663 --> 00:16:05,498
THE BOTTOM OF THIS BAY
IS LITTERED

254
00:16:05,531 --> 00:16:10,002
WITH 30 MILLION TONS
OF ANCIENT OYSTER SHELLS.

255
00:16:13,039 --> 00:16:15,642
THESE OYSTER BOATS
MAINTAIN THE CAGES,

256
00:16:15,675 --> 00:16:20,246
MONITORING THE SEED OYSTER
GROWTH RATE.

257
00:16:20,279 --> 00:16:23,282
COCKTAIL OYSTERS ARE READY
AFTER 8 MONTHS,

258
00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:25,552
PACKED ON ICE AND SHIPPED
TO RESTAURANTS

259
00:16:25,585 --> 00:16:28,588
ALONG AMERICA’S
ATLANTIC SEABOARD.

260
00:16:31,157 --> 00:16:36,229
GIANT OYSTERS NEED
A FULL 20 MONTHS TO MATURE.

261
00:16:36,262 --> 00:16:39,966
THESE LARGER SPECIMENS
ARE THE SIZE OF A MAN’S HAND,

262
00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:42,268
WEIGH MORE THAN
A QUARTER POUND EACH,

263
00:16:42,301 --> 00:16:45,070
AND ARE MORE POPULAR
IN THE ASIAN MARKETS.

264
00:16:45,104 --> 00:16:52,712
♪

265
00:16:52,745 --> 00:16:56,782
WHILE THE DUTCH MAY HAVE SETTLED
FOR OYSTERS THAT SUMMER,

266
00:16:56,816 --> 00:17:02,255
WHALING EVENTUALLY DID BECOME
BIG BUSINESS AT SALDANHA BAY.

267
00:17:02,288 --> 00:17:06,125
THE FIRST WHALING STATION
WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1909

268
00:17:06,158 --> 00:17:08,694
HERE AT DONKERGAT.

269
00:17:10,296 --> 00:17:14,767
THE MOST POPULAR WHALE TO HUNT
WAS THE SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE.

270
00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,236
THEY WERE KNOWN
AS THE "RIGHT" WHALE TO HUNT

271
00:17:17,270 --> 00:17:22,909
BECAUSE THEY WERE SLOW SWIMMERS
AND CURIOUS ABOUT SHIPS.

272
00:17:22,942 --> 00:17:26,078
THEY WERE HUNTED
TO THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION.

273
00:17:29,015 --> 00:17:34,087
TODAY THIS FEMALE AND HER BABY
CAN SWIM UNDISTURBED.

274
00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:39,225
SOUTH AFRICA BANNED
WHALE HUNTING IN 1979

275
00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:41,594
AND NOW PROVIDES
THE PERFECT REFUGE

276
00:17:41,627 --> 00:17:44,597
FOR THESE GRACEFUL GIANTS.

277
00:17:44,630 --> 00:17:48,033
THEIR NUMBERS HAVE BOUNCED BACK
FROM A FEW HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS

278
00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:52,138
TO AROUND 5,000 WHALES.

279
00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:55,675
THEY CAN GROW AS BIG AS 90 TONS.

280
00:17:55,708 --> 00:17:57,543
THOUGH NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD,

281
00:17:57,577 --> 00:18:00,280
SOUTHERN RIGHTS HAVE STRONG
MATERNAL CONNECTIONS

282
00:18:00,313 --> 00:18:03,683
WITH THE LOCATIONS AND
GENE POOLS THEY WERE BORN IN,

283
00:18:03,716 --> 00:18:08,020
RETURNING TO THEIR PLACE
OF BIRTH EVERY THREE YEARS.

284
00:18:10,723 --> 00:18:13,159
RESEARCHERS FROM
THE UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA

285
00:18:13,192 --> 00:18:18,330
TAKE AERIAL SURVEYS
TO MONITOR THEIR POPULATION.

286
00:18:18,364 --> 00:18:21,234
THEY PHOTOGRAPH
THE WHALES’ HEADS AND BACKS,

287
00:18:21,267 --> 00:18:26,205
DOCUMENTING SKIN PATTERNS THAT
CAN IDENTIFY EACH INDIVIDUAL.

288
00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:32,144
OVER 1,200 KNOWN WHALES
ARE RECORDED EACH YEAR.

289
00:18:32,178 --> 00:18:38,351
♪

290
00:18:38,384 --> 00:18:40,853
ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT
MARINE GIANT,

291
00:18:40,886 --> 00:18:42,454
THE HUMPBACK WHALE,

292
00:18:42,488 --> 00:18:46,592
IS ALSO FLOURISHING
SINCE THE BAN ON WHALING.

293
00:18:46,626 --> 00:18:49,762
TODAY, THEY ARE THE SECOND
MOST COMMON WHALE SPECIES

294
00:18:49,829 --> 00:18:52,532
IN THESE WATERS.

295
00:18:52,565 --> 00:18:55,568
HUMPBACKS ARE KNOWN
FOR THEIR ACROBATIC DISPLAYS

296
00:18:55,601 --> 00:18:58,204
AND SONG-LIKE VOCALIZATIONS.

297
00:18:58,237 --> 00:19:10,382
♪

298
00:19:10,416 --> 00:19:14,353
SLAPPING PECTORAL FINS
IS ANOTHER WAY TO COMMUNICATE.

299
00:19:14,387 --> 00:19:17,757
♪

300
00:19:17,790 --> 00:19:19,925
BUT IT’S RARE TO SEE
A YOUNG CALF

301
00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:22,328
PRACTICING A PECTORAL SLAP--

302
00:19:22,361 --> 00:19:25,664
PERHAPS LEARNING
FROM ITS MOTHER.

303
00:19:27,633 --> 00:19:30,803
THESE WATERS ARE ALSO HOME
TO ANOTHER SEA CREATURE

304
00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:34,940
KNOWN FOR THE SHEER SIZE
OF ITS NUMBERS.

305
00:19:34,974 --> 00:19:42,482
♪

306
00:19:42,515 --> 00:19:46,152
THIS CAPE SEAL COLONY
AT KLEINZEE IN THE NORTHERN CAPE

307
00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:47,753
IS A SEETHING MASS

308
00:19:47,787 --> 00:19:51,891
OF HALF A MILLION ROARING,
GROWLING AND HONKING SEALS.

309
00:19:51,924 --> 00:19:59,498
♪

310
00:19:59,532 --> 00:20:01,167
THEY CROWD THE BEACHES

311
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:06,272
AND PRODUCE 60 TO 80,000 PUPS
A YEAR.

312
00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:09,408
MALES CAN GROW
AS LARGE AS 800 POUNDS

313
00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:13,046
AND WILL FIGHT VIOLENTLY
TO PROTECT THEIR HAREM.

314
00:20:16,615 --> 00:20:20,452
WITH NO NATURAL PREDATORS LIVING
IN THE ADJOINING SCRUBLANDS,

315
00:20:20,486 --> 00:20:23,756
THIS SEAL COLONY
CONTINUES TO GROW.

316
00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:27,393
THE ONLY DANGER?

317
00:20:27,426 --> 00:20:31,964
HUNGRY SHARKS
LURKING IN THE SEA.

318
00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:36,635
♪

319
00:20:36,669 --> 00:20:39,805
LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE
TO SALDANHA BAY,

320
00:20:39,839 --> 00:20:45,778
MALGAS ISLAND IS HOME TO ANOTHER
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE--

321
00:20:45,811 --> 00:20:47,880
CAPE GANNETS.

322
00:20:50,015 --> 00:20:54,586
OVER 140,000 CAPE GANNETS
FLOCK HERE,

323
00:20:54,620 --> 00:20:58,524
REPRESENTING 25%
OF THE WORLD POPULATION.

324
00:20:58,557 --> 00:21:05,697
♪

325
00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:09,635
THEY’RE EXPERT FISHERS WHO CAN
DIVE 30 FEET UNDER WATER

326
00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:15,340
AND CAPTURE THEIR MEALS
WITH PINPOINT PRECISION.

327
00:21:15,374 --> 00:21:20,346
[SQUAWKING]

328
00:21:20,379 --> 00:21:22,581
THE ENTIRE WESTERN CAPE
COASTLINE

329
00:21:22,615 --> 00:21:24,650
TEEMS WITH MARINE LIFE,

330
00:21:24,683 --> 00:21:28,754
FROM MINUTE SEA CREATURES
TO TITANIC WHALES.

331
00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:32,892
♪

332
00:21:32,925 --> 00:21:34,994
BUT THE WATERS CAN BE DEADLY,

333
00:21:35,027 --> 00:21:37,730
AND THE CAPE SHORES ARE LITTERED
WITH THE SKELETONS

334
00:21:37,763 --> 00:21:41,700
OF A DIFFERENT KIND
OF SEAFARING GIANT.

335
00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:46,939
♪

336
00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:50,542
SINCE THE TIME BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ
FIRST ROUNDED THE CAPE

337
00:21:50,576 --> 00:21:52,445
IN HIS WOODEN GALLEON,

338
00:21:52,478 --> 00:21:57,316
THE WILD CAPE COASTLINE HAS
CLAIMED MORE THAN 2,500 VESSELS.

339
00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:03,723
IT HAS BECOME FAMOUSLY KNOWN
AS THE GRAVEYARD OF SHIPS.

340
00:22:05,391 --> 00:22:06,692
ONE OF THEM,

341
00:22:06,725 --> 00:22:09,995
A BRAZILIAN CARGO SHIP,
THE S.S. PIRATINY,

342
00:22:10,029 --> 00:22:13,199
BECAME SOMETHING
OF A LOCAL LEGEND.

343
00:22:15,534 --> 00:22:21,206
IN 1943, IT RAN AGROUND
WHILE EN ROUTE TO CAPE TOWN,

344
00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,443
300 MILES NORTH
OF ITS DESTINATION.

345
00:22:24,476 --> 00:22:26,945
SOME SAY IT WAS DRIVEN
AGAINST THE ROCKS

346
00:22:26,979 --> 00:22:31,150
WHEN ITS ENGINE
SPUTTERED AND DIED.

347
00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:36,255
OTHERS BELIEVE A NAZI SUBMARINE
TORPEDO SANK IT.

348
00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:39,458
THE CREW SCRAMBLED TO SHORE
AND WERE RESCUED.

349
00:22:39,491 --> 00:22:42,127
BUT THEY LEFT BEHIND
A CARGO OF SHOES,

350
00:22:42,161 --> 00:22:46,232
ROLLS OF CLOTHING FABRIC,
AND EVEN CANNED SARDINES.

351
00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:51,236
FOR MANY YEARS, CHILDREN
IN SURROUNDING VILLAGES

352
00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:54,140
WORE CLOTHES MADE
FROM THE ABANDONED MATERIAL

353
00:22:54,173 --> 00:22:56,909
AND SHOES THEY FOUND
ON THE BEACH.

354
00:22:59,211 --> 00:23:02,181
SOME OLD-TIMERS ATE
SO MANY SARDINES

355
00:23:02,214 --> 00:23:05,384
THAT THEY LOST THEIR APPETITE
FOR THE SALTY FISH.

356
00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:13,325
STRETCHING INLAND
FROM THIS DESERTED COAST

357
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:18,164
IS AN ARID REGION KNOWN
AS NAMAQUALAND.

358
00:23:18,197 --> 00:23:22,902
EACH SPRING, THE SCRUBLAND
EXPLODES INTO LIFE.

359
00:23:22,935 --> 00:23:25,304
A KALEIDOSCOPE
OF BRILLIANT COLORS

360
00:23:25,337 --> 00:23:27,105
CARPETS THE VALLEY FLOORS

361
00:23:27,139 --> 00:23:30,242
WITH BEAUTIFUL SPECIES
LIKE PURPLE VYGIES

362
00:23:30,276 --> 00:23:37,150
THAT COVER AN AREA
OF 170,000 SQUARE MILES.

363
00:23:37,182 --> 00:23:41,620
THESE SHOWY PLANTS CARRY WATER
IN TINY SACKS ON THEIR LEAVES,

364
00:23:41,654 --> 00:23:46,592
ALLOWING THEM TO SURVIVE
IN THIS HARSH ENVIRONMENT.

365
00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:51,530
♪

366
00:23:51,563 --> 00:23:53,899
50 MILES INLAND FROM THE COAST,

367
00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:56,335
THE CEDERBERG MOUNTAIN AREA
IS FAMOUS

368
00:23:56,368 --> 00:24:00,772
FOR ITS RUGGED LANDSCAPES
AND DRAMATIC ROCK FORMATIONS.

369
00:24:00,806 --> 00:24:08,080
♪

370
00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:10,682
THIS AREA WAS SHAPED
BY MIGHTY GLACIERS

371
00:24:10,716 --> 00:24:14,920
MANY MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO,

372
00:24:14,954 --> 00:24:18,191
CARVING OUT DEEP VALLEYS
AND GORGES.

373
00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:23,763
ONE OF CEDERBERG’S
NOTABLE LANDMARKS

374
00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:29,068
IS THIS ROCK FORMATION--
WOLFBERG ARCH.

375
00:24:29,101 --> 00:24:31,637
WATER, WIND AND BLOWING SAND

376
00:24:31,670 --> 00:24:37,442
CREATED THIS 160-FOOT-LONG
SANDSTONE FORMATION

377
00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:42,014
AND CARVED ITS AWE-INSPIRING
40-FOOT-HIGH ARCHWAY.

378
00:24:45,617 --> 00:24:49,454
NUTRIENT-RICH WATER FLOWING
FROM THE CEDERBERG MOUNTAINS

379
00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:51,991
FEEDS THE OLIFANTS RIVER.

380
00:24:52,024 --> 00:24:55,494
♪

381
00:24:55,527 --> 00:24:58,030
RURAL RESIDENTS
LIVING ALONG ITS BANK

382
00:24:58,063 --> 00:25:01,600
RELY ON IT AS A RESOURCE
FOR FRESH FISH...

383
00:25:01,633 --> 00:25:05,871
♪

384
00:25:05,904 --> 00:25:09,374
AS DO OVER 60
WATER BIRD SPECIES...

385
00:25:09,408 --> 00:25:13,412
INCLUDING LARGE FLOCKS
OF FLAMINGOS WHO COLOR THE SKY

386
00:25:13,445 --> 00:25:16,682
AS THEY FLY IN
TO NEST AND FEED HERE.

387
00:25:16,715 --> 00:25:25,824
♪

388
00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:30,029
SOME 200 MILES NORTH OF
THE BETTER-KNOWN STELLENBOSCH,

389
00:25:30,062 --> 00:25:33,732
VREDENDAL IS A PROSPEROUS
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY

390
00:25:33,766 --> 00:25:37,603
THAT SITS IN THE OLIFANTS
RIVER VALLEY.

391
00:25:37,636 --> 00:25:39,938
IT IS HOME TO THE LARGEST
WINE COOPERATIVE

392
00:25:39,972 --> 00:25:45,578
IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE--
THE NAMAQUA WINERY.

393
00:25:45,611 --> 00:25:46,979
THIS WINERY PRODUCES

394
00:25:47,012 --> 00:25:51,683
ALMOST 24 MILLION GALLONS
OF WINE A YEAR.

395
00:25:51,717 --> 00:25:53,686
BUT IT ISN’T EASY.

396
00:25:53,719 --> 00:25:57,223
VREDENDAL LIES
RIGHT ON A CLIMATE BOUNDARY,

397
00:25:57,256 --> 00:26:00,493
BETWEEN THE MILD MEDITERRANEAN
WEATHER TO THE SOUTH

398
00:26:00,526 --> 00:26:05,064
AND THE DRY DESERT CONDITIONS
FURTHER NORTH.

399
00:26:05,097 --> 00:26:10,369
HOT, DRY SUMMERS
ARE A CONSTANT CHALLENGE.

400
00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:13,438
THE HARSHER SUN
CAN EASILY DAMAGE GRAPES,

401
00:26:13,472 --> 00:26:18,210
SO THE VINEYARDS
NEED TO BE PROTECTED.

402
00:26:18,243 --> 00:26:21,980
TO PULL THIS OFF, LEAF CANOPIES
ARE CAREFULLY PRUNED

403
00:26:22,014 --> 00:26:25,651
TO SHADE THE CROPS
AND BOOST PRODUCTIVITY.

404
00:26:25,684 --> 00:26:29,354
♪

405
00:26:29,388 --> 00:26:32,024
WITH SO LITTLE RAIN,
THE GROWERS TURN

406
00:26:32,057 --> 00:26:35,327
TO THE OLIFANTS RIVER
FOR IRRIGATION.

407
00:26:37,463 --> 00:26:41,634
BUT THE TOUGH CONDITIONS
ACTUALLY MAKE FOR BETTER WINE.

408
00:26:41,667 --> 00:26:43,102
LIMITED MOISTURE YIELDS

409
00:26:43,135 --> 00:26:46,939
GREATER FLAVOR CONCENTRATION
IN THE GRAPES.

410
00:26:49,041 --> 00:26:52,211
THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION
TO THE WINEMAKING CRAFT

411
00:26:52,244 --> 00:26:55,647
HAS PAID OFF.

412
00:26:55,681 --> 00:26:57,249
TODAY, WINES FROM THE REGION

413
00:26:57,282 --> 00:27:00,952
ARE ENJOYING
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION,

414
00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:02,888
AND THE WESTERN CAPE WINEMAKERS

415
00:27:02,921 --> 00:27:05,023
HAVE BECOME
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS

416
00:27:05,057 --> 00:27:07,159
TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY,

417
00:27:07,192 --> 00:27:11,763
GENERATING OVER $3 BILLION
OF REVENUE EVERY YEAR.

418
00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:18,704
THE WINEMAKERS AREN’T
THE ONLY ONES CASHING IN.

419
00:27:18,737 --> 00:27:23,075
ANCIENT TREASURES LIE BURIED
IN THE WATERS HERE.

420
00:27:23,108 --> 00:27:31,850
♪

421
00:27:31,884 --> 00:27:33,686
CUTTING THROUGH
THE VERY NORTHERN PART

422
00:27:33,719 --> 00:27:35,321
OF THE CAPE PROVINCE,

423
00:27:35,354 --> 00:27:39,892
THE ORANGE RIVER IS THE LONGEST
RIVER IN SOUTH AFRICA...

424
00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:47,733
RUNNING 1,400 MILES
EAST TO WEST.

425
00:27:49,368 --> 00:27:52,705
IT’S A RIVER
OF RECREATION AND RICHES.

426
00:27:54,506 --> 00:28:00,946
KANONEILAND IS THE LARGEST
INLAND ISLAND IN SOUTH AFRICA.

427
00:28:00,979 --> 00:28:04,049
SURROUNDED BY THE ORANGE RIVER,

428
00:28:04,082 --> 00:28:10,488
IT’S 2 MILES WIDE
AND 9 MILES LONG.

429
00:28:10,522 --> 00:28:13,692
THE NAME "KANON"--
OR "CANNON"--ISLAND

430
00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:15,927
STEMS FROM THE 1870s

431
00:28:15,961 --> 00:28:18,430
WHEN RIVER PIRATES
LIVED ON THE ISLAND

432
00:28:18,463 --> 00:28:21,166
AND HID IN THE DENSE FOLIAGE.

433
00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:28,673
IN 1879, 80 POLICEMEN
ATTACKED THE PIRATES.

434
00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,409
THEY FIRED BACK WITH A CANNON

435
00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:33,912
MADE FROM THE HOLLOWED-OUT TRUNK
OF A SPONGY QUIVER TREE--

436
00:28:33,946 --> 00:28:37,483
NATIVE TO THE REGION.

437
00:28:37,516 --> 00:28:40,486
IT BACKFIRED SPECTACULARLY!

438
00:28:40,519 --> 00:28:41,954
WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED,

439
00:28:41,987 --> 00:28:46,925
SIX OF THEM LAY DEAD
AMONG THE DEBRIS.

440
00:28:46,959 --> 00:28:51,430
♪

441
00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:54,900
THE ORANGE RIVER CONTINUES
ON ITS WILD RIDE WEST

442
00:28:54,933 --> 00:28:59,037
THROUGH THE AUGRABIES FALLS
NATIONAL PARK.

443
00:29:00,872 --> 00:29:06,378
TEMPERATURES HERE IN SUMMER
OFTEN TOP 100 DEGREES.

444
00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:12,384
ANIMALS LIKE THIS ELAND
HAVE HAD TO ADAPT TO SURVIVE.

445
00:29:12,417 --> 00:29:14,486
GIRAFFES HERE
ARE A LIGHTER SHADE

446
00:29:14,519 --> 00:29:15,987
TO THEIR DISTANT COUSINS

447
00:29:16,021 --> 00:29:19,491
ON THE EASTERN SIDE
OF THE CONTINENT.

448
00:29:19,524 --> 00:29:23,862
THIS ADAPTATION IN PIGMENTATION
AND AN ABUNDANCE OF RIVER WATER

449
00:29:23,895 --> 00:29:26,197
HELPS THEM STAY COOL.

450
00:29:29,334 --> 00:29:31,169
AT AUGRABIES FALLS,

451
00:29:31,203 --> 00:29:34,707
THE ORANGE RIVER THUNDERS
OVER 200 FEET DOWN,

452
00:29:34,740 --> 00:29:39,912
MAKING IT THE WORLD’S
FIFTH HIGHEST WATERFALL.

453
00:29:39,945 --> 00:29:41,880
ITS ROAR IS SO DEAFENING

454
00:29:41,913 --> 00:29:46,684
IT’S KNOWN AS THE PLACE
OF GREAT NOISE.

455
00:29:46,718 --> 00:29:49,554
DURING THE FIRST DOWNPOUR
OF THE RAINY SEASON,

456
00:29:49,588 --> 00:29:51,790
OVER 2 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER

457
00:29:51,823 --> 00:29:55,627
CAN CASCADE OVER THE FALLS
EVERY SECOND,

458
00:29:55,661 --> 00:29:59,231
WHICH EXCEEDS THE ALL-TIME
RECORD SET AT NIAGARA FALLS

459
00:29:59,264 --> 00:30:03,001
OF 1.8 MILLION GALLONS
PER SECOND.

460
00:30:03,035 --> 00:30:06,705
LEGEND HAS IT THAT THE BIGGEST
CACHE OF DIAMONDS IN THE WORLD

461
00:30:06,738 --> 00:30:12,510
LIES IN THE SWIRL-HOLE
AT THE FOOT OF THE WATERFALL.

462
00:30:12,544 --> 00:30:15,380
BUT DON’T GO DIVING IN JUST YET.

463
00:30:15,414 --> 00:30:17,549
THE FORCE OF WATER
FALLING FROM THE TOP

464
00:30:17,582 --> 00:30:19,150
WOULD CRUSH A HUMAN,

465
00:30:19,184 --> 00:30:21,086
AND SOME BELIEVE
THAT THE POOL IS HOME

466
00:30:21,119 --> 00:30:25,056
TO SOUTH AFRICA’S OWN
LOCH NESS MONSTER.

467
00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,496
DOWNSTREAM, THE RIVER
CONTINUES ITS PATH

468
00:30:31,530 --> 00:30:35,434
THROUGH AN 11-MILE-LONG,
800-FEET-DEEP GORGE

469
00:30:35,467 --> 00:30:38,470
FLOWING OUT
INTO A MARTIAN LANDSCAPE

470
00:30:38,503 --> 00:30:42,374
KNOWN AS THE RICHTERSVELD.

471
00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:45,510
♪

472
00:30:45,544 --> 00:30:48,047
IT’S A LAND
OF EXTREME TEMPERATURES

473
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:53,452
CHARACTERIZED
BY A HARSH, DRY LANDSCAPE.

474
00:30:53,485 --> 00:30:57,022
IT’S THE MOST UNDEVELOPED
AND INACCESSIBLE WILDERNESS

475
00:30:57,055 --> 00:30:59,758
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

476
00:30:59,791 --> 00:31:02,360
THIS SECLUSION FROM HUMANS
HAS PRESERVED

477
00:31:02,394 --> 00:31:06,865
AN ASTONISHING VARIETY
OF PLANTS, BIRDS AND WILDLIFE.

478
00:31:06,898 --> 00:31:16,808
♪

479
00:31:16,842 --> 00:31:23,349
THIS IS A QUIVER TREE, A TALL,
BRANCHING SPECIES OF ALOE.

480
00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:28,254
THE SOFT TISSUE INSIDE ITS TRUNK
HOLDS LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER,

481
00:31:28,286 --> 00:31:30,789
MAKING THEM AN IMPORTANT SOURCE
OF MOISTURE

482
00:31:30,822 --> 00:31:33,224
FOR ANIMALS IN THE REGION.

483
00:31:33,258 --> 00:31:37,362
THE RICHTERSVELD
IS A WONDER TO BEHOLD,

484
00:31:37,396 --> 00:31:41,800
AND THE BEST WAY TO SEE IT
IS BY CANOE.

485
00:31:41,833 --> 00:31:48,006
♪

486
00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:50,575
CANOEISTS TRAVEL
20 MILES PER DAY

487
00:31:50,609 --> 00:31:52,644
THROUGH NARROW, STORMY RAPIDS,

488
00:31:52,677 --> 00:31:54,913
AND WIDE SERENE SECTIONS

489
00:31:54,946 --> 00:31:58,550
WHERE THE ORANGE RIVER CALMS
TO AN EVEN FLOW.

490
00:31:58,583 --> 00:32:09,394
♪

491
00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:12,264
THE LOWER REACHES OF THE RIVER
ARE MOST POPULAR

492
00:32:12,297 --> 00:32:15,267
BECAUSE OF
THE SPECTACULAR VIEWS.

493
00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:20,038
♪

494
00:32:20,071 --> 00:32:22,006
EVEN IN THIS HARSH ENVIRONMENT,

495
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:26,978
AGRICULTURE MANAGES
TO FIND A FOOTHOLD.

496
00:32:27,012 --> 00:32:28,847
IRRIGATED FIELDS AND VINEYARDS

497
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,782
STRETCH ALONG THE BANKS
OF THE RIVER

498
00:32:30,816 --> 00:32:33,919
FOR OVER 180 MILES.

499
00:32:36,121 --> 00:32:39,124
ABUNDANT SUNNY SKIES
AND THE NEARBY RIVER

500
00:32:39,157 --> 00:32:42,661
MAKE THE VALLEY A PRIME LOCATION
FOR FARMING.

501
00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:47,633
THIS MAN IS HARVESTING
WATER REEDS

502
00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:51,436
THAT CAN BE USED FOR FENCING
AND THATCH ROOFS.

503
00:32:55,106 --> 00:32:57,141
SKILLED ORANGE RIVER GUIDES

504
00:32:57,175 --> 00:33:00,679
LEAD GROUPS DOWNSTREAM
TOWARDS THE COAST.

505
00:33:04,082 --> 00:33:06,351
20 MILES BY CANOE IS EASY,

506
00:33:06,384 --> 00:33:09,787
BUT IN THE DRY WINTER MONTHS,
WHEN WATER LEVELS DROP,

507
00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:12,123
IT’S A BUMPY, ROCK-SCRAPING RIDE

508
00:33:12,157 --> 00:33:15,494
TO THE OVERNIGHT CAMPS
ALONG THE BANKS.

509
00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:20,832
AS THE ORANGE NEARS THE OCEAN,

510
00:33:20,866 --> 00:33:26,538
THE ERNEST OPPENHEIMER BRIDGE
SPANS THE RIVER,

511
00:33:26,571 --> 00:33:32,410
LINKING THE TOWN OF ORANJEMUND
TO ALEXANDER BAY.

512
00:33:32,444 --> 00:33:34,780
OVER THE LAST 80 MILLION YEARS

513
00:33:34,813 --> 00:33:39,785
THE SEA LEVEL HAS RETREATED
AND ADVANCED SEVERAL TIMES,

514
00:33:39,818 --> 00:33:45,757
LEAVING DEPOSITS BOTH ON LAND
AND UNDERWATER.

515
00:33:45,790 --> 00:33:47,892
IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE MUCH TODAY,

516
00:33:47,926 --> 00:33:52,330
BUT IN 1867 SOMETHING WAS
DISCOVERED IN THE ORANGE RIVER

517
00:33:52,364 --> 00:33:54,166
THAT WOULD BECOME
ONE OF SOUTH AFRICA’S

518
00:33:54,199 --> 00:33:58,937
MOST FAMOUS
AND VALUABLE EXPORTS--

519
00:33:58,970 --> 00:34:03,842
DIAMONDS!
LOTS AND LOTS OF DIAMONDS.

520
00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:06,778
♪

521
00:34:06,811 --> 00:34:08,146
THE DIAMOND STORY HERE

522
00:34:08,179 --> 00:34:13,584
BEGINS AND ENDS WITH ONE NAME--
DE BEERS.

523
00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:19,390
IN 1888 BRITISH BUSINESSMAN
CECIL RHODES

524
00:34:19,424 --> 00:34:22,160
SECURED FUNDING
FROM THE ROTHSCHILD FAMILY

525
00:34:22,193 --> 00:34:23,828
TO BUY ANY PIECE OF LAND

526
00:34:23,862 --> 00:34:27,432
THAT HINTED AT HAVING
DIAMOND DEPOSITS.

527
00:34:30,268 --> 00:34:32,537
SOON THE COMPANY
BECAME SOLE OWNER

528
00:34:32,571 --> 00:34:36,408
OF ALL DIAMOND MINING OPERATIONS
WITHIN THE COUNTRY.

529
00:34:36,441 --> 00:34:38,810
RHODES NAMED THE COMPANY
DE BEERS,

530
00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:40,778
AFTER A FAMILY
WHO OWNED THE FARM

531
00:34:40,812 --> 00:34:43,682
WHERE DIAMONDS
WERE FIRST DISCOVERED.

532
00:34:43,715 --> 00:34:50,589
♪

533
00:34:50,622 --> 00:34:53,492
TODAY, DIVERS TRY THEIR LUCK
LOOKING FOR DIAMONDS

534
00:34:53,525 --> 00:34:57,062
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

535
00:34:57,095 --> 00:35:00,365
THESE ARE DIAMOND BOATS.

536
00:35:00,398 --> 00:35:03,201
THEY FILTER SAND
THROUGH LARGE SUCTION HOSES

537
00:35:03,234 --> 00:35:06,804
THAT ARE CAST OUT
BEHIND THE VESSEL.

538
00:35:06,838 --> 00:35:09,207
DIVERS SINK DOWN
TO THE OCEAN FLOOR

539
00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,876
AND SHOVE THE HOSES
INTO THE SAND AND GRAVEL,

540
00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:13,779
WHICH IS SUCKED UP
TO THE SURFACE

541
00:35:13,812 --> 00:35:16,815
TO BE SORTED AND SCREENED.

542
00:35:19,017 --> 00:35:23,021
THE WORK IS DANGEROUS
AND GRUELING.

543
00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:25,056
VERY FEW DIAMONDS REMAIN,

544
00:35:25,090 --> 00:35:28,293
BUT DIVERS CONTINUE
TO EKE OUT A LIVING HERE,

545
00:35:28,326 --> 00:35:30,595
HOPING TO STRIKE IT BIG.

546
00:35:32,664 --> 00:35:37,869
DIAMONDS MADE CECIL RHODES
ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN ON EARTH.

547
00:35:37,902 --> 00:35:44,142
HE BECAME PRIME MINISTER
OF THE CAPE COLONY IN 1890,

548
00:35:44,175 --> 00:35:48,713
WHERE HIS INFLUENCE WOULD BE
FELT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME--

549
00:35:48,747 --> 00:35:51,717
FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE.

550
00:35:52,884 --> 00:35:56,354
♪

551
00:35:56,388 --> 00:36:01,326
IN 1893, CAPE COLONY
PRIME MINISTER CECIL RHODES

552
00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:03,761
BOUGHT THE GROOTE SCHUUR ESTATE,

553
00:36:03,795 --> 00:36:09,167
A PLOT OF LAND ORIGINALLY OWNED
BY THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY.

554
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:13,337
TODAY, THE CECIL RHODES MEMORIAL
STANDS ON THE PROPERTY,

555
00:36:13,371 --> 00:36:16,708
IN WHAT HE CLAIMED
WAS HIS FAVORITE SPOT--

556
00:36:16,741 --> 00:36:22,046
THE SLOPES OF DEVIL’S PEAK,
NEXT TO TABLE MOUNTAIN.

557
00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:29,387
THE MONUMENT IS BUILT
LIKE A GREEK TEMPLE,

558
00:36:29,421 --> 00:36:36,028
WITH 49 STEPS SYMBOLIZING
HIS 49 YEARS OF LIFE--

559
00:36:36,061 --> 00:36:39,464
YEARS THAT STILL SHAPE
SOUTH AFRICA TODAY.

560
00:36:41,866 --> 00:36:43,935
NOT FAR BELOW THE MEMORIAL,

561
00:36:43,968 --> 00:36:46,971
ANOTHER STATUE OF RHODES
STOOD FOR MANY YEARS,

562
00:36:47,005 --> 00:36:51,276
ON THE STEPS OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF CAPE TOWN.

563
00:36:51,309 --> 00:36:53,912
BEFORE HIS DEATH,
RHODES’ DIAMOND MINES

564
00:36:53,945 --> 00:36:55,280
HAD HELPED HIM ACCUMULATE

565
00:36:55,313 --> 00:37:00,151
A STAGGERING $1 BILLION
IN WEALTH.

566
00:37:00,185 --> 00:37:02,454
HIS MONEY AND POWERFUL INFLUENCE

567
00:37:02,487 --> 00:37:07,025
HELPED ESTABLISH WHITE MINORITY
RULE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

568
00:37:07,058 --> 00:37:10,161
HIS GOVERNMENT RESTRICTED
THE RIGHTS OF BLACK AFRICANS

569
00:37:10,195 --> 00:37:15,033
BY ALTERING LAWS
ON LANDOWNERSHIP AND VOTING,

570
00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:18,236
PREPARING THE WAY FOR APARTHEID.

571
00:37:18,269 --> 00:37:22,707
♪

572
00:37:22,741 --> 00:37:25,577
ON THE 9th OF MARCH 2015,

573
00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:28,346
BLACK STUDENTS LAUNCHED
A CAMPAIGN ON SOCIAL MEDIA

574
00:37:28,379 --> 00:37:32,984
CALLED "RHODES MUST FALL."

575
00:37:33,017 --> 00:37:35,386
THE PEACEFUL PROTESTS
SENT SHOCKWAVES

576
00:37:35,420 --> 00:37:40,492
THROUGH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM,
DIVIDING PUBLIC OPINION.

577
00:37:40,525 --> 00:37:43,461
EXACTLY ONE MONTH
AFTER THE PROTESTS STARTED,

578
00:37:43,495 --> 00:37:45,564
THE STATUE WAS REMOVED.

579
00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:52,237
♪

580
00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:54,372
JUST NORTH OF THE UNIVERSITY,

581
00:37:54,405 --> 00:37:56,941
THE GROOTE SCHUUR
ACADEMIC HOSPITAL

582
00:37:56,975 --> 00:38:01,546
HOLDS A PROUD PLACE
IN CAPE TOWN’S HISTORY.

583
00:38:01,579 --> 00:38:08,953
THE FIRST HUMAN HEART TRANSPLANT
WAS CONDUCTED HERE IN 1967.

584
00:38:08,987 --> 00:38:11,323
A DOCTOR NAMED
CHRISTIAAN BARNARD

585
00:38:11,356 --> 00:38:16,294
PREFORMED THE COMPLEX PROCEDURE.

586
00:38:16,327 --> 00:38:20,498
WHILE THIS MIRACLE OF MEDICINE
WAS CELEBRATED AROUND THE WORLD,

587
00:38:20,532 --> 00:38:23,101
A BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN
WITH A HEART OF GOLD

588
00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:25,703
WAS PLANNING THE BIGGEST
POLITICAL OPERATION

589
00:38:25,737 --> 00:38:28,173
IN THE COUNTRY’S HISTORY.

590
00:38:31,376 --> 00:38:34,779
FOR NEARLY 400 YEARS
ROBBEN ISLAND WAS A PLACE

591
00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:39,951
OF BANISHMENT, EXILE
AND ISOLATION.

592
00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:44,121
JUST 5 MILES OFFSHORE FROM
CAPE TOWN’S CAREFREE BEACHES,

593
00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:46,190
THIS PRISON COMPLEX HELD CAPTIVE

594
00:38:46,224 --> 00:38:51,730
MANY LEADERS OF SOUTH AFRICA’S
ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT...

595
00:38:51,763 --> 00:38:53,131
INCLUDING ONE OF THE WORLD’S

596
00:38:53,164 --> 00:38:56,334
MOST NOTABLE
POLITICAL ACTIVISTS,

597
00:38:56,367 --> 00:38:59,303
NELSON MANDELA.

598
00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:03,908
MANDELA SPENT A MAJORITY OF HIS
27 YEARS AS A PRISONER HERE,

599
00:39:03,942 --> 00:39:09,381
WHERE HE FACED ROUTINE BEATINGS
AND HARD LABOR.

600
00:39:09,414 --> 00:39:13,752
THE TORTURE WAS MEANT
TO BREAK MANDELA’S SPIRIT.

601
00:39:13,785 --> 00:39:15,954
INSTEAD HE PERSEVERED,

602
00:39:15,987 --> 00:39:19,357
IN SUPPORT OF HIS PEOPLE’S
RIGHTS TO FREEDOM.

603
00:39:19,390 --> 00:39:23,861
WHEN HE WAS FINALLY RELEASED
ON FEBRUARY 11, 1990,

604
00:39:23,895 --> 00:39:30,168
SOUTH AFRICA UNITED TO CELEBRATE
MANDELA’S LONG WALK TO FREEDOM.

605
00:39:34,305 --> 00:39:36,541
JUST HOURS AFTER HIS RELEASE,

606
00:39:36,574 --> 00:39:39,410
NELSON MANDELA MADE
HIS FIRST PUBLIC SPEECH

607
00:39:39,444 --> 00:39:42,347
HERE AT CAPE TOWN CITY HALL.

608
00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:48,419
CROWDS CHEERED AS HE SPOKE
OF FREEDOM FROM THE BALCONY.

609
00:39:50,455 --> 00:39:53,291
BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS
HAD FINALLY BROKEN THE CYCLE

610
00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:55,459
OF COLONIAL RULE.

611
00:39:55,493 --> 00:39:59,764
MANDELA’S RELEASE
WAS WELCOMED BY THE WORLD.

612
00:39:59,797 --> 00:40:02,400
INTERNATIONAL TRADE SANCTIONS
WERE LIFTED,

613
00:40:02,433 --> 00:40:06,137
AND SOUTH AFRICA BECAME PART
OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.

614
00:40:06,170 --> 00:40:12,476
♪

615
00:40:12,510 --> 00:40:15,580
ITS STUNNING LOCATIONS
AND LONG SUMMER DAYS

616
00:40:15,613 --> 00:40:17,081
OFFER THE PERFECT SETTING

617
00:40:17,115 --> 00:40:21,086
FOR FASHION PHOTOGRAPHERS
AND MOVIE PRODUCERS.

618
00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:23,321
IN RECENT YEARS,
THE WESTERN CAPE

619
00:40:23,354 --> 00:40:25,022
HAS BECOME A FAVORITE LOCATION

620
00:40:25,056 --> 00:40:27,926
FOR FILMMAKERS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

621
00:40:31,462 --> 00:40:34,999
MICHAEL BAY SHOT THE PIRATE
ADVENTURE SERIES "BLACK SAILS"

622
00:40:35,033 --> 00:40:38,103
HERE AT CAPE TOWN STUDIOS.

623
00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:43,007
THE PRODUCERS BUILT SETS
TO REFLECT A CARIBBEAN WORLD,

624
00:40:43,041 --> 00:40:47,546
INCLUDING DEEP SEA TANKS,
A BEACH AND PIRATE SHIPS.

625
00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:53,551
OTHER BIG-BUDGET HOLLYWOOD
PRODUCTIONS SHOT IN THE REGION

626
00:40:53,584 --> 00:40:57,855
INCLUDE THE TV DRAMA "HOMELAND"
AND "MAD MAX, FURY ROAD,"

627
00:40:57,889 --> 00:40:59,057
WITH TOM HARDY

628
00:40:59,090 --> 00:41:02,694
AND SOUTH AFRICAN-BORN
CHARLIZE THERON.

629
00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:12,270
BUT MAKING MOVIES WOULDN’T BE
POSSIBLE WITHOUT POWER,

630
00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:17,275
AND TODAY CAPE TOWN’S
PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE IS THIS...

631
00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:21,145
SOUTH AFRICA’S LARGEST
NUCLEAR REACTOR.

632
00:41:21,179 --> 00:41:24,949
KOEBERG IS AN 1,800-MEGAWATT
NUCLEAR PLANT

633
00:41:24,983 --> 00:41:27,586
THAT SUPPLIES MORE THAN HALF
THE ELECTRICITY DEMAND

634
00:41:27,618 --> 00:41:30,554
OF THE WESTERN CAPE.

635
00:41:30,588 --> 00:41:32,457
BUT EVEN KOEBERG CAN’T POWER

636
00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:35,526
ALL OF THE CAPE’S
EVER EXPANDING CITIES.

637
00:41:38,730 --> 00:41:42,167
AS SOUTH AFRICA’S
ELECTRICITY DEMANDS INCREASE,

638
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:46,337
SCIENCE IS LOOKING TO THE SKIES
FOR SOLUTIONS.

639
00:41:46,371 --> 00:41:47,839
KHI SOLAR ONE,

640
00:41:47,872 --> 00:41:51,275
AFRICA’S FIRST CONCENTRATED
SOLAR POWER PROJECT,

641
00:41:51,309 --> 00:41:56,381
PRODUCES 50 MEGAWATTS
OF POWER A DAY.

642
00:41:56,414 --> 00:42:00,184
4,200 GPS-CONTROLLED MIRRORS
REFLECT SUNLIGHT

643
00:42:00,218 --> 00:42:03,922
TO THE TOP
OF THE 673-FOOT TOWER,

644
00:42:03,955 --> 00:42:09,327
WHERE WATER IS BOILED
FOR THE GENERATOR.

645
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:10,862
SOUTH AFRICA’S SUNNY WEATHER

646
00:42:10,895 --> 00:42:16,467
IS ONE OF THE BEST
SOLAR RESOURCES IN THE WORLD.

647
00:42:16,501 --> 00:42:21,139
THAT SUN, THE SEA, AND
THE STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND,

648
00:42:21,172 --> 00:42:23,307
KNOWN AS THE "CAPE DOCTOR"

649
00:42:23,341 --> 00:42:26,177
BECAUSE IT HELPS RID THE AIR
OF POLLUTION,

650
00:42:26,210 --> 00:42:27,611
MAKE BLOUBERG BEACH

651
00:42:27,645 --> 00:42:31,349
ONE OF THE TOP KITE SURFING
DESTINATIONS IN THE WORLD.

652
00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:35,753
TOURISTS COME FROM ALL OVER
TO HARNESS ITS POWER.

653
00:42:35,787 --> 00:42:41,393
AS THE WIND MAKES LANDFALL,
IT HEATS UP, GATHERING SPEED.

654
00:42:41,426 --> 00:42:44,696
IT STRIKES THE WIND TURBINES
AT THE SERE WIND FARM,

655
00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:47,665
GENERATING 100 MEGAWATTS
OF ELECTRICITY,

656
00:42:47,698 --> 00:42:53,737
ENOUGH TO SUPPLY 124,000 HOMES.

657
00:42:53,771 --> 00:42:57,174
IT’S ONE OF THE LARGEST
WIND FARMS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

658
00:42:57,208 --> 00:43:01,379
AND COST $375 MILLION
TO BUILD...

659
00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:05,283
BUT IT WILL CUT CARBON EMISSIONS
BY SIX MILLION TONS

660
00:43:05,316 --> 00:43:08,653
OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

661
00:43:08,686 --> 00:43:11,489
BY 2030 SOUTH AFRICA
AIMS TO MEET

662
00:43:11,522 --> 00:43:14,358
42% OF ITS NATIONAL DEMAND
FOR POWER

663
00:43:14,392 --> 00:43:16,928
USING RENEWABLE
ENERGY SOURCES...

664
00:43:16,961 --> 00:43:21,299
WITH CAPE TOWN LEADING THE WAY.

665
00:43:21,332 --> 00:43:29,173
♪

666
00:43:29,207 --> 00:43:34,112
CAPE TOWN HAS BECOME
A MODEL CITY

667
00:43:34,145 --> 00:43:38,282
AND THE GREENEST
IN ALL OF AFRICA.

668
00:43:38,316 --> 00:43:39,751
TODAY, THE MOTHER CITY

669
00:43:39,784 --> 00:43:44,522
IS ALSO A BOOMING EPICENTER
OF GLOBAL COMMERCE...

670
00:43:44,555 --> 00:43:50,127
AND MANY MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES
CALL CAPE TOWN HOME.

671
00:43:50,161 --> 00:43:54,632
WITH BUSINESS COMES PLEASURE.

672
00:43:54,665 --> 00:43:56,600
THE MEDITERRANEAN-LIKE CLIMATE,

673
00:43:56,634 --> 00:43:59,737
PICTURESQUE BEACHES
AND SPECTACULAR SETTING

674
00:43:59,770 --> 00:44:02,539
MAKE CAPE TOWN THE MOST POPULAR
TOURIST DESTINATION

675
00:44:02,573 --> 00:44:04,642
IN ALL OF AFRICA.

676
00:44:04,675 --> 00:44:08,646
♪

677
00:44:08,679 --> 00:44:11,148
SAILORS ARRIVING
IN THE WESTERN CAPE

678
00:44:11,182 --> 00:44:15,086
CONFUSED THIS BODY OF WATER
WITH CAPE TOWN’S TABLE BAY

679
00:44:15,119 --> 00:44:18,923
AND NAMED IT FALSE BAY.

680
00:44:18,956 --> 00:44:24,295
IT LIES ON THE EASTERN SIDE
OF THE CAPE PENINSULA.

681
00:44:24,328 --> 00:44:29,400
IN 1882 THIS RAILWAY LINE
CONNECTED CAPE TOWN TO THE BAY,

682
00:44:29,433 --> 00:44:32,536
TO SERVICE SHIPS ANCHORED HERE.

683
00:44:34,205 --> 00:44:35,973
THE STATION WAS BUILT WITH ROCK

684
00:44:36,007 --> 00:44:39,978
BLASTED FROM
THE SURROUNDING CLIFFS.

685
00:44:40,011 --> 00:44:43,848
THE STONE WAS ALSO USED BY
GOLD AND DIAMOND MINING MAGNATES

686
00:44:43,881 --> 00:44:46,083
VISITING THE BAY.

687
00:44:46,117 --> 00:44:51,322
THEY BUILT OPULENT HOMES
ALL ALONG THE BEAUTIFUL COAST.

688
00:44:51,355 --> 00:44:56,260
TODAY THE METRORAIL FERRIES
PEOPLE TO AND FROM CAPE TOWN.

689
00:44:59,330 --> 00:45:00,965
TOURISTS JUMP ABOARD TO VIEW

690
00:45:00,998 --> 00:45:06,136
THE PALATIAL VICTORIAN HOMES,
ART GALLERIES,

691
00:45:06,170 --> 00:45:09,140
AND STOP TO EAT
AT SEASIDE RESTAURANTS.

692
00:45:12,076 --> 00:45:16,681
FALSE BAY’S BIGGEST DRAW
IS MUIZENBERG BEACH,

693
00:45:16,714 --> 00:45:19,150
KNOWN AS THE EPICENTER
OF SURF CULTURE

694
00:45:19,183 --> 00:45:23,254
SINCE THE 1960s.

695
00:45:23,287 --> 00:45:26,223
THE LONG, SHALLOW BEACH
AND STEADY BREAK

696
00:45:26,257 --> 00:45:29,327
MAKES IT ONE OF THE BEST
SURFING BEACHES ON EARTH

697
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:34,432
FOR NOVICE AND
EXPERIENCED SURFERS.

698
00:45:34,465 --> 00:45:36,734
THE EARTH WAVE
GLOBAL SURF CHALLENGE

699
00:45:36,767 --> 00:45:40,170
TOOK PLACE HERE IN 2009.

700
00:45:40,204 --> 00:45:44,108
443 SURFERS PADDLED
INTO THE ICY WATER,

701
00:45:44,141 --> 00:45:47,745
THEN 103 RODE BACK IN
ON ONE WAVE,

702
00:45:47,778 --> 00:45:50,981
BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD.

703
00:45:51,015 --> 00:45:56,254
IT’S BECOME A GLOBAL EVENT--
DEDICATED TO OCEAN CONSERVATION.

704
00:45:58,623 --> 00:46:00,859
THE IDEA WAS BORN IN CAPE TOWN,

705
00:46:00,891 --> 00:46:03,994
WHICH IS FAMOUS
FOR ITS OUTDOOR LIFESTYLE.

706
00:46:04,028 --> 00:46:09,767
♪

707
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:13,170
AND IN 2010,
ALL EYES WERE ON THE CITY

708
00:46:13,204 --> 00:46:16,507
AS IT HOSTED SEVERAL MATCHES
OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP

709
00:46:16,540 --> 00:46:20,811
IN THE NEW 70,000-SEAT
CAPE TOWN ARENA.

710
00:46:20,845 --> 00:46:24,782
♪

711
00:46:24,815 --> 00:46:28,452
FROM THE BAY, TABLE MOUNTAIN
LOOKS VIRTUALLY THE SAME

712
00:46:28,486 --> 00:46:30,888
AS WHEN JAN VAN RIEBEECK
FIRST SET EYES

713
00:46:30,921 --> 00:46:35,626
ON ITS MAJESTIC PROFILE
WAY BACK IN 1652.

714
00:46:37,028 --> 00:46:41,966
AN ICONIC, STEADFAST SYMBOL
OF THE CAPE--

715
00:46:41,999 --> 00:46:46,003
BUT WHILE NOTHING HAS CHANGED
GEOGRAPHICALLY...

716
00:46:46,037 --> 00:46:50,642
CULTURALLY AND POLITICALLY,
THE REGION HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED.

717
00:46:53,311 --> 00:46:57,682
NOW ITS ENDLESS BEACHES,
BOUNTIFUL VINEYARDS

718
00:46:57,715 --> 00:46:59,684
AND WIDE OPEN SPACES

719
00:46:59,717 --> 00:47:04,889
CAN ONCE AGAIN BE CALLED HOME
TO NATIVE AFRICANS,

720
00:47:04,922 --> 00:47:09,293
WHO ARE NOW INTEGRATED INTO
THE MODERN COSMOPOLITAN REGION,

721
00:47:09,327 --> 00:47:10,962
WHERE CULTURAL HERITAGE

722
00:47:10,995 --> 00:47:15,867
RIVALS THE DIVERSITY
OF ITS VARIED LANDSCAPES...

723
00:47:15,900 --> 00:47:17,969
AND WHILE ICONS OF COLONIAL RULE

724
00:47:18,002 --> 00:47:21,372
REMIND US
OF THE BRUTAL STRUGGLE,

725
00:47:21,405 --> 00:47:24,575
A NEW DEMOCRACY IS BUILT
ON THE FOUNDATIONS

726
00:47:24,608 --> 00:47:28,212
OF EQUALITY AND FREEDOM FOR ALL.

727
00:47:28,245 --> 00:47:39,957
♪

728
00:47:39,990 --> 00:47:49,967
♪

729
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:57,140
♪