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I'm travelling around
the most exciting continent
on the planet - Africa.

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With more than 50 countries

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and hundreds of cultures...

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Look at you guys! Yeah!

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Don't switch over, you are watching
the right channel.

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..it's the fastest-growing,
most dynamic...

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Everybody here's crazy!

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Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Aah!

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Come on!

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..and most epic place on Earth.

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Oh, man! I'm going to have to
pinch myself in a minute.

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On this final leg of my trip
around Sub-Saharan Africa,

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I'll be in Southern Africa.

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I'll be travelling from the beaches
of Mozambique to South Africa,

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before I finish my journey
in Zimbabwe.

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I mean, look at that! Even the trees
are posh around here.

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It's a region
that's still deeply divided.

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This is what they were shooting?
Yes.

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Everyone's dreams
are left in rubble.

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And the natural world
is under attack.

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Oh, man!

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But this spectacular place... Ah!

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..is so ready for change.

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Now really feels like the right time

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to be making something beautiful
out of the chaos.

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MUSIC: Samukela
by Zena Abacar

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Ah! This place is beautiful!

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I was starting the final leg
of my African adventure

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on Mozambique's awesome
Indian Ocean coast.

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1,500 miles of unspoiled
golden beaches.

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The Bazaruto Archipelago
National Park is a small chain

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of tropical islands
just off the mainland.

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You know what? This is a terrible
spot you've got here.

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Isn't it ugly! I mean, it's so ugly.

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It's rubbish.
It's really, really bad.

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I'd rather be in the inner city.
THEY LAUGH

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Dr Andrea Marshall is a marine
biologist who's lived here

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for 15 years.

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She was taking me
to Paradise Island.

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Yes, that's what they actually
call it.

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Skills!

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Nice one.

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Today, it's uninhabited.

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The most annoying thing
about these desert islands

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is that they're just not accessible
whatsoever. No, they're not.

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I'm going to need a helping hand.
Why don't you join us?

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Zito has actually been my guide
to the archipelago.

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Give us a push. Yeah.

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Actually, we're doing all right.
it's not so bad.

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It's quite... Don't go too fast.

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This way, we'll go this way.
I can see then.

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Oh, look at this now!

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Look at this!

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Can really get an idea.

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I'll use the crutches.
Let's go upstairs. All right.

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Back in the early '60s,

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Paradise Island was a high-end
holiday destination.

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Yeah? That's amazing.

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It's just outstanding.

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Look at that view. I heard that
Elton John used to come here,

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I heard, you know, that a bunch
of different musicians

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and actors and celebrities
used to come.

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A lot of people from South Africa
used to come.

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This is a honeymoon destination,
as you can see.

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I mean, it's so beautiful.

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When the war started,
tourists weren't going to come
in the war any more.

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In the 1960s, people here began
a brutal war of independence

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against their Portuguese colonizers.

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It lasted a decade.

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After that, the country was
torn apart by 15 years of civil war.

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What was it like for you
to grow up in the war?

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Really terrible, because nothing
was going right.

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Everything was going wrong.

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No kids was going to the school,

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there was no shop to go
to buy something to eat.

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There was no food, no water.

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And daytime, you had to be hiding
somewhere. You can't walk around.

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If you walk around,
they'll shoot you straight away.

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The wars brought poverty
and devastation to Mozambique,

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but they also kept tourists away.

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And that's left places like
Bazaruto almost totally unspoiled.

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There's a lot of wild environments

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and beautiful environments
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What's so special about this park?

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This tends to be one of
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aggregation sites for these
big threatened species.

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Like whale sharks, like manta rays,

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a lot of different species of sharks
and dolphins.

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They all seem to aggregate here,
because there's a lot of food.

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This is kind of like the Serengeti
of Africa, but for the ocean.

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And this is also one of the best
places in the world to see an animal

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that I'd never even heard of -
a dugong.

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This is a sweet spot for the dugong,

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so we're going to start
actively looking now,

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and we'll just take
the boat back and forth.

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You're basically looking
for a very small head

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with two nostrils coming out.

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I'm not quite sure
what I'm looking for.

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But if it looks odd, then that must
be it, that's what I'm...

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Dugong are extremely rare
and very timid.

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Turning the engines off,
trying to keep very, very quiet,

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because the dugongs are really shy.

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I'm really hoping we see some.

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It's gone quiet now.

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RADIO: He's approaching the corner
now. Oh!

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I don't know.

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There's lots of jellyfish
and crabs and other stuff,

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just no dugong.

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Oh, there it is! Can you see it?!
Where?

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It just came up for a breath.
Ah! There it is!

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He has got a mermaid tail.

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It's getting closer. Yeah.

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Ah!

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I could see the markings on its skin
and its big flipper.

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That was incredible. That was
amazing. That is incredible.

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That was amazing.
Ten metres away from a dougong.

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Yeah, it's very rare.
It's behind us, it's behind us!

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Oh, it's behind us!
It went under the boat.

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It's just such a joyous moment
when you see it.

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It's like you're waiting for your
lottery numbers to come up

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and you're like, "Go on,
say my number, say my number!

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And then it pops up and you're like,
"Yes!"

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It's beautiful.

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I hope we're not getting too greedy
now,

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but I'm going to get changed

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and we're going to get into
the water and hopefully swim with
a dugong.

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I grew up in East London.

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Proper city boy.

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So, if someone had told me
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that one day you'd be going to
Mozambique and you'd be swimming
with dugongs,

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I'll be like, "Do-what?!"

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But it's going to happen.

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That way more.

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Look at it! Go, go!

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Dugongs are mammals, like whales
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but they're actually
more closely related to elephants.

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And, like elephants,
they're vegetarian.

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They spend most of their time
in sandy bays like this,

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grazing on seagrass.

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Wow! I saw it!

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That was amazing!
There it is! There it is!

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Look, it's going to come up
right there!

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It feels like a dream now.
I can't believe I actually saw it.

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That was absolutely stunning.

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High-five. I'm so, so glad.

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Because I have researchers
in the country

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that have been here for four, five
years that have never done that.

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So, what are the threats
to the dugong population?

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Across the globe, their habitat
is being destroyed,

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their food, which is seagrass,
is being destroyed.

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And so, it really just means
that the available habitat

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is getting smaller and smaller.

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And then these animals,
they're getting caught in nets.

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they're being cut up by
the propellers of motors.

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And all of the combination
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is just reducing their population
numbers.

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They're being decimated
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but particularly in Africa.

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Why should we protect the dugong?

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We're losing animals at a rate
faster now

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than ever before in human history.

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And it's as a result of our impact
on the environment.

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And so, I think the message is,

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it's not whether we need these
animals, as humans, to survive,

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it's what kind of world do we want
to leave to our children?

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This is a protected area managed
by a conservation organisation

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called African Parks,

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but Mozambique desperately needs
the money that tourism can bring.

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The challenge they face
is to develop tourism

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without endangering
amazing creatures, like the dugongs.

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This is the main road that takes you

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from the south of Mozambique
to the north.

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And as you can see, it's just
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Even the sides are eroding away,
just crumbling all over the place.

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And we've had to literally slalom.

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We've been on here for miles,
and just slaloming in and out.

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It just shows
how poor Mozambique is.

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There we go.

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This place is one of the ten
poorest countries in the world.

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Everywhere looks just so rundown.

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So rundown.

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Life is hard for pretty much
everyone here.

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But for one group of people,
it's so much tougher.

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Let me come around.

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I'd come to meet Kastigo, who has
been disabled since childhood.

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How are you?

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Like me, he uses a wheelchair.

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Oh! Oh, you've got a puncture.

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Do you want me to help you?

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Oh, my days!

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How are you going to repair that?
That's a huge hole!

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I'll hold that bit there, yeah.

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I mean, look at that,
that's incredible.

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If I had an inner tube that looked
like that,

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I would have chucked it away
a long time ago,

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but I guess Kastigo hasn't got
much money

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and he's got to find a way
of sorting this out.

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How often, Kastigo, do you have
to change or repair

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the tyres of your chair?

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I think it's good. Yes.

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Vamos?

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ANIMATED CHATTER

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Kastigo, how do people treat you
around here?

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Disability is viewed with fear
and superstition here.

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Many people even think
it's contagious.

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That makes even the most everyday
things a massive challenge.

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Kastigo normally has a lot of
problems getting on the buses

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to try and get into town.

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So, I'm going to go along with him
and see if we can stop a bus,

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just to get a feel
of what it's like for him

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living here
and trying to get around.

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The local minibuses are usually
pretty packed

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and there's no room for
a wheelchair.

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Kastigo's happy to leave the chair
behind and just climb in and out,

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but it's not that easy.

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The bus looks like it's going
to stop.

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So, Kastigo's seeing
if he can get in.

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There's a lady getting out of
this bus.

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Wow! Wow!

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They didn't even acknowledge him.
They just slammed the door shut.

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This one?

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This is possible?

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No? Not possible?

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Wow!

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I mean, that was awful!

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Awful!

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Seven buses went past, you know.

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The first couple opened the doors,
let people out,

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they took one look at him
and said no.

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And then the final bus,
the guy said, "It's too much work".

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It's too much work
to get him on the bus.

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I mean, for me that's just...
It's just ridiculous.

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If it's too much work for them,
what's life like for Kastigo?

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I'm...I'm...I'm furious at this.

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It's rubbish! Absolute rubbish!

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Sorry, man. I'm sorry.

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I can remember when I was growing up
in London,

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buses and taxis would drive past me
without stopping.

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It's a terrible, terrible feeling.

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In Mozambique, I'd heard about
an NGO trying to change attitudes.

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And they're doing it in a way
that I know works.

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This looks like the coach.

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Is this your coach?

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Yeah, yeah.

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Hey! Hey!

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Ha-ha-ha!

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I think we're a little bit late,
so the coach was waiting for us.

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Your chariot awaits, sir!

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ALARM WAILS

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This is incredible! Ha-ha!

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APPLAUSE

252
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WHISTLE!

253
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This basketball match
is organised by a charity called
Light For The World,

254
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who work with disabled people
across Africa.

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WHISTLE!

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CHEERING

257
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Come on!

258
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CHEERING

259
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WHISTLE!

260
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Hey! Thank you.

261
00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,040
So, what's basketball like for you?

262
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What does it do for you?
How does it make you feel?

263
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You look much more cheerful
and happier than before,

264
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when you were trying to get
the buses.

265
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I want you to make sure
that the Kastigo that we see here

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is the Kastigo that we see
all the time. All the time!

267
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Never the one
who's waiting for the bus.

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The basketball player!

269
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Wheelchair basketball
changed my life,

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and I hope it can do the same
for these guys.

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That was really nice, to see
Kastigo finally smiling.

272
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And it's a massive transformation

273
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to that sad guy
that I saw earlier today.

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The problem he's had is he's spent
his life being beaten down,

275
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and he's had so many
negative experiences,

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he can't even get on a bus,
for God's sake.

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And here, he comes
and he plays sport.

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And he finally gets that positivity

279
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and he feels strong
and he feels like himself.

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And if he can have more positive
experiences like this,

281
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then, yeah, one day,
he will achieve his dream

282
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and have a family and a normal life,

283
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which is what he deserves.

284
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I continued my journey
in a bit more comfort than before.

285
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This has got to be one of
the best roads I've driven on
on my trip around Africa.

286
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I'm actually quite relieved
it's easy on my back.

287
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Now, this road connects inland
Africa with the port of Beira,

288
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which is where I'm heading to now.

289
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Look at this.
This must be our hotel.

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What a grand entrance. Look at that!

291
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Golden Peacock Resort.

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Got Chinese flags flying.

293
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Definitely know who runs and owns
this place.

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China has invested billions
of dollars in Mozambique

295
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over the last few years.

296
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They've built bridges,
major new roads and huge hotels.

297
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This hotel still astounds me.

298
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I mean, look at this reception.
It's massive!

299
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Hey! You must be Jie.

300
00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,040
Ade, how are you?
Yeah, really good, really good.

301
00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,400
Very nice to meet you.
Shall we take a look around?

302
00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:52,800
Yes, I'll show you Beira. Let's go.
Let's do it.

303
00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,840
Jie Kai is a Chinese entrepreneur.

304
00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,640
One of thousands making money
in Africa.

305
00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,000
Have you been to Africa before?

306
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,360
Yes. Actually, I was...
Before coming to Beira,

307
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I was in Lagos for three years.

308
00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,080
Lagos? That's where I was born!

309
00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,000
Really? Yeah, yeah.

310
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You are from Lagos?
Yeah. Do you speak Yoruba? Yes.

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ADE LAUGHS

312
00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,280
Wow!

313
00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:30,040
I couldn't believe that!
I'm sitting in a car in Mozambique

314
00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:33,320
speaking to a guy from China
in Yoruba!

315
00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:38,360
We'd better put on the helmets
and...

316
00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:39,840
Oh! You mean I have to take it off?

317
00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,400
I thought that's a better one.
ADE LAUGHS

318
00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:43,760
Yeah.

319
00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:49,480
Jie had brought me to the port
of Beira in central Mozambique.

320
00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:54,480
His company transports goods and raw
materials between China and Africa.

321
00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:56,160
What are they bringing in?

322
00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,760
I don't know. They're just putting
the containers onto the stack.

323
00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,120
Yeah. You can see the machine
they're using is also Chinese.

324
00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:08,200
Not only are the Chinese bringing,
or importing and exporting goods,

325
00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,240
but they're also making
the equipment

326
00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,760
that takes the goods in and out
of the country, as well?

327
00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,280
Yes.

328
00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:20,360
China is now Mozambique's
second-biggest trading partner,

329
00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:22,800
after neighbouring South Africa.

330
00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,440
Do you think we'll be able
to talk to some of the crew?

331
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,040
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let me try.
He looks Chinese.

332
00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:29,480
Let me go and try. Yeah.

333
00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,200
Can you ask them how long
they've been travelling for?

334
00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,680
That's a long time on the ship.

335
00:21:57,360 --> 00:21:59,360
You like basketball, yes?

336
00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:01,600
So, who's your favourite player?

337
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,840
He's not bad, LeBron James.

338
00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,560
What about Steph Curry? Durant?

339
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,680
Only LeBron James.

340
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,600
Now, he's the king.
LeBron is the king.

341
00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:19,440
Well, if you come down
into Mozambique,

342
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,680
maybe me and you
will play basketball.

343
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:24,840
THEY LAUGH

344
00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,160
China is investing billions
and billions

345
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,880
of dollars across Africa.

346
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,160
But not everyone thinks
it's a good thing.

347
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,880
They've been accused of supporting
corrupt regimes

348
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:41,400
so that they can get their hands on
Africa's massive natural resources.

349
00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,840
So, Jie, whilst I've been
travelling around Africa,

350
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,960
I've seen lots and lots
of Chinese influence.

351
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:55,080
So, China is bringing
a lot of infrastructure to Africa,

352
00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,240
advancing the lives of
the African people every day.

353
00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:03,120
I think it's an exciting opportunity
in Africa,

354
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:05,840
and China wants to be part of this.

355
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,800
And, in fact, our national
strategies, as well,

356
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:13,720
are to go abroad, really,
to expand our influence

357
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,640
and to share our experience
in development.

358
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:21,920
I must admit, I worry about

359
00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,680
what the Chinese are doing here,

360
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,320
because of Africa's history
of countries coming from outside

361
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and exploiting them
for their resources.

362
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,200
I don't know what your thoughts are
on that.

363
00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,640
I can only say that, er...

364
00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:41,120
at least China is buying
the resource, not stealing.

365
00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,680
Chinese are everywhere
in Mozambique,

366
00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,440
and, to be honest, they seem
to have a presence all over Africa.

367
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,080
and there are a lot of people
who are suspicious at their motives.

368
00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,360
They're worried that they're here
to exploit Mozambique.

369
00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:04,720
But this is a poor country,
and it needs investment.

370
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,680
And that money's got to come
from somewhere.

371
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,760
The next stop on my journey
was South Africa.

372
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,520
I was headed along
the Indian Ocean coast,

373
00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,960
to the province of KwaZulu-Natal.

374
00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,000
I can see a... Is it a buffalo?

375
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,240
It's a wildebeest.

376
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:30,960
Oh, a wildebeest.

377
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,920
This is another of Africa's wildlife
hotspots,

378
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,400
with huge protected game reserves.

379
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,320
But even out here,
in this beautiful wilderness,

380
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,440
China's influence
is having a dramatic effect.

381
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,320
Hello, Chris.

382
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,000
Ade!

383
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,200
I met up with Chris Galliers
from Project Rhino.

384
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,920
He's trying to protect
South Africa's rhinos

385
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,240
from an explosion in poaching.

386
00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,960
These amazing animals are killed
for their horns,

387
00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:03,080
which are used
in traditional Chinese medicine.

388
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:06,440
Chris took me to a rhino orphanage.

389
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:07,640
Which one's this one?

390
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,080
Nandi.

391
00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:14,160
Her mum was poached
in November 2015.

392
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,600
And when you say poached...?

393
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:20,000
She was shot and her horns
were forcibly removed.

394
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,800
So, how do the poachers remove
the horns from the rhino?

395
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:27,560
Often, it's literally a case of
putting the animal's head on a log

396
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,560
or a rock, and getting an axe,

397
00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,360
and just hacking off what they can.

398
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,080
It's brutal. It's horrendous.

399
00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,960
I've only ever been to one crime
scene before,

400
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:44,600
and it's not something that I ever
would want to have to go to again.

401
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,040
It's barbaric.

402
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:52,520
It's just axe cuts on the face,
sort of missing the horn.

403
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,200
You know, it's just..
It's, like, hacked away.

404
00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,240
Often...

405
00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:02,560
Often when they shoot the adult
for the horn,

406
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,520
the animal doesn't always die.

407
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,800
So, it could still be alive
whilst it's getting half its face

408
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,360
hacked off by these poachers
with an axe? Yes.

409
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,480
So sad.

410
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:22,960
There are only 25,000 rhinos
left in the world,

411
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,640
and 1,000 are being killed
every year.

412
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,480
Poaching is such a major issue here,

413
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:43,120
and these guys are really
working hard to try and combat it.

414
00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:46,800
So, I'm just following Chris to see
one of the things they do

415
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,200
to try and protect
the wildlife here.

416
00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,280
Most rhino horns are shipped
to Vietnam and China.

417
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:57,760
The trade is worth
tens of millions of dollars.

418
00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,560
With so much at stake,

419
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,840
Chris and the team are resorting
to extreme measures

420
00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:05,680
to protect the rhinos.

421
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,960
See this rock on the left of us
here, left of the road?

422
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,520
There's the chopper over there.

423
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,360
Going to locate the rhino first,

424
00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:19,680
which we believe is just
in front of us here,

425
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:24,840
and then they're going to dart it,
and then we'll watch it from there.

426
00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,280
I heard him say
it's going to go down soon.

427
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,880
It's going to go down,
and we're going to have to off-road

428
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,320
because we haven't been able to
entice it to the right,

429
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,240
so we're going to have to go to the
rhino, and deal with it in there.

430
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,000
There's one standing there.

431
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,720
One rhino is still awake
in front of us.

432
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:57,440
Is that the mother?

433
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,760
It's been sedated. Yah.

434
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:12,920
Oh, look at them.

435
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,960
You can feel it, the bristles here.

436
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,920
Bristles just show that all
this is just compressed hair,

437
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:25,240
it's keratin.

438
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:29,160
That's what drives people so crazy
and drives this whole industry,

439
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,560
the compressed hair of the rhino.

440
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,240
It's no different to your
fingernail.

441
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,040
So, that's what we'll be doing, just
like you clip your fingernails,

442
00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:37,680
that's what we'll do with that.

443
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:56,960
Oh, man!

444
00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,800
Without their horns, the rhinos
are worthless to poachers.

445
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,400
This is just extraordinary.

446
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,040
And it's...

447
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:08,560
I'm gobsmacked.

448
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,520
But, also, there's a part of me
that feels really sad

449
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,960
that we have to do this,
that we have to deface the rhino,

450
00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,720
just to save this life.

451
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,960
All because of this,

452
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,760
which people find really...

453
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:27,600
I don't know, it's...
This is what people kill rhinos for.

454
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,320
Once it reaches consumers
in the Far East,

455
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,400
rhino horn is worth more than gold.

456
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:41,000
This one piece alone could go
for tens of thousands of dollars.

457
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:46,360
The horns begin to show when the
rhinos are just a few weeks old.

458
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:51,040
Would poachers actually
still poach this calf,

459
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,680
even though it's got a tiny
little horn like that?

460
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:57,760
Absolutely, they will cut
whatever they can get off it.

461
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,040
Would you know roughly
how old he is?

462
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:03,800
Yeah. So, he's probably about
14 or 15 months, I'm guessing.

463
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,840
So, he's a baby. Yeah.

464
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,480
He's not very...
He's probably just been weaned.

465
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,720
It's so sad that they would kill him
just for that little thing.

466
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,160
I just...

467
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:15,920
I don't know.

468
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,840
I feel so sorry for these creatures.

469
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,720
They have no choice in this,

470
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,640
and it's the only way
to save their lives and it's... Mm.

471
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,520
It's desperate, isn't it?

472
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,440
That it's got to this situation.

473
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:39,440
The horns grow back, and this mother
has already been de-horned before.

474
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:44,880
In a couple of years, she and her
calf will go through it again.

475
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,040
So, push it all the way in?
Yes, go for it.

476
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,120
Are we pushing it down?
Yep, go for it. Thank you.

477
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:51,880
So, this should wake her up.

478
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,560
Takes about three to four minutes,
yes.

479
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,640
It's up! It's up on its feet.

480
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,440
They're both up on their feet.

481
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,760
That was a lot quicker
than I thought.

482
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,400
You're happy? Yes, very.

483
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,960
They both walking off together,
none the wiser, and safer,

484
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,000
which is obviously why we do this.

485
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,800
Since de-horning was introduced
on the private reserves

486
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:22,200
in Kwazulu-Natal,
the number of rhinos poached

487
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,800
has fallen by around 70%.

488
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,280
The next stop on my journey
was Johannesburg,

489
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,920
South Africa's largest city.

490
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,800
This place has one of the biggest
economies on the Continent.

491
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,280
It felt completely different
to any of the other cities I visited

492
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:54,280
on my journey.

493
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:59,680
Johannesburg was the heart
of the revolution against apartheid,

494
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,600
the racist system of white rule.

495
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,000
Hello, you must be Norman.

496
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,320
I am Norman. Yes!

497
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,440
I'll be your guide today. Thank you.

498
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,800
This place has always been
a beacon of hope for me,

499
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,920
and for so many black people
around the world.

500
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:20,960
It's nearly 30 years since
Nelson Mandela walked out of prison,

501
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,560
bringing apartheid to an end.

502
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:28,240
I wanted to find out how democracy
had changed the country.

503
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,680
I'm looking around, Norman,
in this area,

504
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,600
and all I see is black faces.

505
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:39,200
I can't see a single
white face around here at all.

506
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,960
All the white people moved.

507
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:44,280
Can you show me where
the white people live?

508
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,080
Yes, I can, yeah.
Can we go there? Yes, definitely.

509
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:53,320
Most of the white people live
in exclusive areas of the city,

510
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,840
away from South Africa's
notoriously high levels of crime.

511
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,320
These houses are amazing.

512
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:02,800
They look very plush.

513
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,400
Even the trees are posh around here!

514
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,480
I mean, who cuts trees like this?

515
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:12,320
Just got the security truck
in front of us.

516
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,400
We're seeing them all around
these areas.

517
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,160
Man. I mean, look at that!

518
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,560
Yo, bruv!

519
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:26,520
That's bulletproof... Bulletproof
glass in every house. Yes, yes.

520
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:28,760
These are super rich people.

521
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,400
Can we pull up just here?

522
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,800
Norman, for me,
this is highly unusual,

523
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,360
because you've got this high
wall, and not only the high wall,

524
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,520
the electric fence,
and then on top of that,

525
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:45,400
that you've got this ADT
armed response sign.

526
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,040
What is that all about?

527
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,720
That's the security company
so that anything that they suspect,

528
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:55,000
or anything that might
actually be a danger,

529
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,120
I think they've got what we call
panic button, which actually rings

530
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,000
in the security company,

531
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,360
so that they can respond to it
any minute.

532
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:07,920
I'll be honest with you, I've never
seen houses with electric fences

533
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,200
anywhere that I've been to
in the world.

534
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,560
I've travelled all over the place,
and this is bizarre.

535
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:18,520
Literally, every house on this road
has got an electric fence on it.

536
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:22,200
When you see areas like this,
which are mainly

537
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:27,120
owned by white people, and you see
the way they're living...

538
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,240
..what does it make you think?

539
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:37,640
It makes me think like nothing
really has changed in South Africa.

540
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,600
It feels to me
like you're uncomfortable

541
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,040
to talk about this.

542
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,000
It is... It is not an easy thing
to...

543
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,320
..to live someplace like that...

544
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:59,960
..and see no change when you
have a democratic government.

545
00:34:59,960 --> 00:35:02,000
It... Actually,

546
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,440
that's why a lot of people
are angry today,

547
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,280
because they don't see
any changes at all.

548
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:11,520
We just had a security car
just fly past us.

549
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,760
Yeah, that probably
was checking us out.

550
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,800
Yeah, they are making a patrol,
but I'm not sure.

551
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,080
They might actually
have been checking for us.

552
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,320
Two brothers sitting in
a Mercedes in a rich white area.

553
00:35:23,720 --> 00:35:25,120
What do you reckon?

554
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,600
HE LAUGHS

555
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,440
After 25 years of democracy,

556
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,960
more than a quarter of
South Africans don't have a job.

557
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,760
This is now one of the most
unequal countries in the world.

558
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,800
And inequality
has actually increased

559
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,400
since the end of apartheid.

560
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:47,800
Economically, a black man still
feels the same as under apartheid,

561
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:51,760
because economically we don't...
We don't have anything.

562
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,000
We are still...

563
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:55,200
..at the bottom.

564
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,880
So, you're facing an economic
form of apartheid?

565
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,360
Yes, definitely.

566
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:05,080
The land belongs to minority
white race in South Africa.

567
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,440
Land is the big issue here.

568
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,680
White people make up 8%
of South Africa's population,

569
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,720
but they own more than 70%
of its land.

570
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,440
At the same time, millions
of black South Africans

571
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,080
don't have proper homes.

572
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,800
Houses around here
look pretty run down.

573
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:36,400
They're often forced to squat on
whatever land they can find.

574
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,120
We've heard about an area of land

575
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:43,320
which has been occupied
illegally by squatters,

576
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,360
and there have been attempts
to remove the guys forcibly.

577
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:50,760
And we've just come along
to see how the operation is going.

578
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,320
Just coming to the area now.

579
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,800
Something has gone on here.
I mean, there's rocks in the street.

580
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,040
There's burned out patches
of grass on the side,

581
00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:05,720
and there's a really strong smell
of burning rubber, or something.

582
00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:08,040
Just an object here on the side

583
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,560
that's looked like
it was burned out.

584
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,800
You can see something happened here.

585
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:15,440
Something violent.

586
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,080
Can you tell me what's going on?

587
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,040
So, do you live here? Yeah.

588
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:42,800
And tell me what happened
to your house.

589
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,120
Just a few hours before I arrived,

590
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:01,560
more than 60 families
had their homes destroyed.

591
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,320
This is where you live? Yeah.

592
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:10,320
This is your house? Yeah.

593
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,000
You can't believe it.

594
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,320
Where was your house?
I can't see anything.

595
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:15,600
All I see is rubble.

596
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,160
My house is rubble now.

597
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,840
They use rubber bullets.
Live bullets.

598
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,520
He has two rubber bullets here.
Can we see?

599
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,120
They missed me. This is what they
were shooting with? Yes.

600
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,560
Yes, they were hot
when they come out.

601
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,600
Was your house knocked
down as well?

602
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,000
Yes, it was also knocked down.

603
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,240
Where was it?

604
00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:34,480
On top.

605
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,080
And who does this land belong to?

606
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,040
This land belongs to nobody.

607
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,760
It was a dumping area.

608
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:45,440
So, we are trying to transform the
dumping area into a decent place.

609
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:48,680
So, you felt, because it was free
and it was open and no-one was here

610
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,720
that it was OK for you to
come here and settle?

611
00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:54,360
Yes, we occupied it
because people are homeless,

612
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,400
people are poor,
people are unemployed, jobless.

613
00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,840
So, we tried to save their lives.

614
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:01,280
So, what happens now?

615
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,960
You know, I've seen some guys
gathering bricks up there.

616
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:06,520
What will you do next?

617
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,440
We are going to do it again.

618
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:12,000
Even if the police come back
and knock it down?

619
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,040
They can knock it down
maybe five times, ten times,

620
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:16,720
but we will remain here.

621
00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:20,960
I mean, if land is unoccupied,
it has to be occupied.

622
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:25,480
If people say, "We are homeless",
and there is no response,

623
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:30,160
we look at the vacant place
and we occupy it.

624
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:33,080
There's nothing wrong about that.

625
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,240
In fact, we are helping
the government.

626
00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:38,280
Do you guys feel you've been
let down by your government?

627
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,920
Definitely, yes. Definitely, yes.

628
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,760
I say, our poor president,
Nelson Mandela,

629
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:47,160
was betrayed by the fellow comrades

630
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:50,160
because it seems
he has died for nothing,

631
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:54,880
and he's gone 27 years in jail
for nothing.

632
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:56,200
For me, this is heartbreaking,

633
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,200
because I was, you know, and I know
many people in the UK

634
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:03,600
would be the same, who watched
the struggle of black people here,

635
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:08,520
and we thought, when Mandela was
freed, and apartheid was abolished,

636
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:09,840
that things would change.

637
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:11,160
There's no change.

638
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,040
I think he's crying
in his resting place.

639
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:26,200
South Africa was the great hope
after apartheid.

640
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:31,280
And now everyone's dreams
are left in rubble.

641
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,680
There's huge pressure
on the government here

642
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:40,520
to seize land
from rich white people

643
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:43,560
and hand it over
to the black population.

644
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:47,760
The trouble is, that could scare
white-owned businesses

645
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,960
out of South Africa,
and wreck the economy.

646
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:57,080
Which is exactly what happened
in the next country I was headed to.

647
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:06,640
The final stop on my African
adventure was Zimbabwe.

648
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:16,440
I'd come to Lake Kariba
in the far north.

649
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:24,240
I'm on the largest man-made
lake in the world.

650
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:26,920
Just getting a little bit wet!

651
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,040
This lake is enormous.

652
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,800
It's hard to believe
that it's man-made.

653
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:33,600
When I look over that side,

654
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,400
I can barely make out the end of it.

655
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:39,080
But in that direction,
I see nothing.

656
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,320
It just goes on and on.

657
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:51,280
I know I'm on a lake,

658
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:55,120
and there's a possibility of getting
wet, but this is ridiculous!

659
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,200
My pants are soaked!

660
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,760
Lake Kariba is 140 miles long,

661
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,040
and it wouldn't exist
without the giant Kariba Dam.

662
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,480
This is super cool,

663
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,640
because I'm going to get a chance
to take a closer look at the dam,

664
00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:22,600
but I needed my passport
just to get on here,

665
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:26,800
because this acts as a border
between Zimbabwe and Zambia.

666
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,280
That's the Zimbabwe side,
and over there is Zambia.

667
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,160
I've got to take a run up
and get out this kerb.

668
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:35,480
Here we go!

669
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,600
Oh! And I'm up.

670
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:39,240
Wait for it.

671
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:42,880
Look at the drop!

672
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:44,160
Wow!

673
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:48,120
If you're not a fan of heights,
this is pretty scary.

674
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:53,440
The dam provides up to 40%
of Zimbabwe's electricity.

675
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:57,840
But it was built in 1955,

676
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:00,400
and it's starting to show its age.

677
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,640
Decades of neglect
have weakened its foundations.

678
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,720
A lot of people are worried
it could collapse.

679
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:13,320
If it did, it would send
a tidal wave down the Zambezi,

680
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:15,840
putting millions of lives at risk.

681
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,480
Just on my way up
to meet a fisherman

682
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:23,120
who works on the lake, to find out
a little bit more about the dam.

683
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,360
You must be Chance. Yes.

684
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:26,960
How are you? Fine, and you?

685
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:28,400
Yeah. Good to meet you. Yeah.

686
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,080
Can you hold these for me? Yes.

687
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:31,640
Thank you.

688
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:38,040
I've heard that there have been
problems with the wall here.

689
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:59,280
When you look at the dam wall now,
and you look at the lake now,

690
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:01,280
what goes through your mind?

691
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:14,080
Work has begun to fix the problem.

692
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:18,600
But it's a symbol of how
Zimbabwe has fallen apart.

693
00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:23,840
Right. I'm off to the capital now,
Harare.

694
00:44:29,720 --> 00:44:33,600
In the past few years, Zimbabwe
has been a pretty scary place.

695
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:39,680
Under dictator Robert Mugabe, people
were arrested and tortured,

696
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,520
even killed for speaking out.

697
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:45,880
Mugabe seized land
from white farmers

698
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:48,200
and gave it to his supporters.

699
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:52,280
Corruption and mismanagement
caused the economy to collapse.

700
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,120
There was hyperinflation,

701
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:57,720
and Zimbabwe's currency
became worthless.

702
00:44:57,720 --> 00:45:00,560
The value of currency
is based on trust.

703
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,480
And when you lose that trust,
like Zimbabwe did ten years ago,

704
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:06,080
it's really hard to get it back.

705
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:10,760
Nowadays, Zimbabwe doesn't
even have its own currency.

706
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:15,040
It relies on the US dollar,
but there aren't enough to go round.

707
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:19,800
All over Harare,
I saw people queuing outside banks.

708
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:24,760
Mugabe is now gone, but the
economy is still struggling.

709
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:37,640
Like so many countries that I'd seen
on my journey around Africa,

710
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:40,440
Zimbabwe should be rich.

711
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:50,160
These little micro businesses,

712
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,600
there's a guy selling T-shirts
over there.

713
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:57,280
Little bar over here with guys
playing pool as well.

714
00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:59,880
This is a proper local community.

715
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:05,600
I'd come to a small town in the
countryside just north of Harare.

716
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:10,000
The place is pretty rough.

717
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,160
Well, it is, it is.
But that's where the resource is.

718
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:17,840
Jacob had agreed
to introduce me to some miners.

719
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:25,280
Hello, guys!
Hey. Hey! Hey, how are you doing?

720
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:26,920
Looks like hard work.

721
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,760
Can you show me the rock
that you've just been crushing?

722
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:32,280
I was going to come
and offer to help you,

723
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,160
but that looks
pretty deep down there.

724
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:37,280
So, what am I looking at, this here?

725
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,400
It has gold on it.

726
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:40,840
OK.

727
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:43,000
These guys are after one thing.

728
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:44,280
Gold.

729
00:46:44,280 --> 00:46:46,800
Every last scrap of it.

730
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:49,760
I rather naively thought
they were going to be coming up

731
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:52,760
with tiny chunks,
maybe little nuggets of gold.

732
00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:56,200
But, actually, if you look at this
rock, you probably won't see it,

733
00:46:56,200 --> 00:47:01,280
but there's a tiny, tiny, like,
2mm speck of gold

734
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:03,960
just on the edge of this rock

735
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:06,640
and that's what
all that hard work is for.

736
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:07,920
That bit of gold.

737
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:14,480
Jacob, how many of these type
mines would you find in this area?

738
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:16,520
Everywhere you go,
there's gold in this country.

739
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:18,960
And look at how shallow this pit is.

740
00:47:18,960 --> 00:47:22,800
There's gold just a few metres
beneath the surface,

741
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:25,000
so there's plenty,
literally thousands,

742
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:27,640
of these type of operations
happening in the country.

743
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:29,080
That's incredible.

744
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:33,400
So, literally, wherever
you go around Zimbabwe,

745
00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:35,720
you could just pitch up,
dig a hole,

746
00:47:35,720 --> 00:47:39,000
and potentially you could
find gold? Absolutely.

747
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:45,960
Zimbabwe is supposed
to have enough gold

748
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:49,040
to make everyone in the country
a millionaire.

749
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:50,840
But it's hard to get at,

750
00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:54,120
especially for small scale miners
like these guys.

751
00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:57,200
The work here
is tough and dangerous.

752
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:00,560
What are the silver specs
that are in here?

753
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:03,440
This is mercury.
Ah, so that's Mercury. Yes.

754
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:11,440
Is the mercury not poisonous? It is.

755
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:13,600
Are you not worried?

756
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:22,280
Mercury is a toxic chemical,
which can cause brain damage.

757
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:28,640
Ah, so now you're using
this as a filter...

758
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:31,080
Yes. ..to get rid of the mercury.
Yes, yes.

759
00:48:31,080 --> 00:48:33,280
Ah, you look at that.

760
00:48:34,720 --> 00:48:37,400
You can see the bubbles of mercury

761
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:40,320
just being filtered out
from the cloth.

762
00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:44,480
OK, so, it's a sieve.

763
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:47,320
And what's left should be gold. Yes.

764
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:50,160
It's such an intricate process.

765
00:48:55,240 --> 00:48:57,880
Ah, so there's still some mercury
on that gold? Yes.

766
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:00,080
So, what will you do with this now?

767
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:04,760
To remove the last traces
of mercury from the gold,

768
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:06,080
you need to heat it up.

769
00:49:07,240 --> 00:49:11,280
But mercury is even more dangerous
if you inhale the vapour.

770
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:13,880
It can even kill you.

771
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:22,040
Is that it?

772
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:25,000
If you hadn't told me that
that was the gold,

773
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:28,400
I would have thought it's just
a speck of dust. It's so tiny.

774
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:33,120
Small scale miners like these guys
dig up most of Zimbabwe's gold,

775
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:35,240
risking their health every day.

776
00:49:35,240 --> 00:49:37,400
This country needs
serious investment

777
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:40,520
to make mining
more efficient and safer.

778
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:45,560
This whole process here, it's not
very sophisticated, is it?

779
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,880
Well, you know, with gold
mining in Zimbabwe,

780
00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:50,520
there's so many levels and so many
different players coming in

781
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:52,960
with different technology,
so what we're seeing here

782
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:54,920
is the most rudimentary of them all.

783
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:57,120
One of the things
I've really noticed

784
00:49:57,120 --> 00:50:00,720
is the entrepreneurial skills
of Africans,

785
00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:04,360
because these guys are... They're
making a big difference.

786
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,240
They're doing it themselves.
It's a cottage industry.

787
00:50:07,240 --> 00:50:10,800
Absolutely. And these guys are now
just doing whatever they can,

788
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,840
wherever they are, but obviously
they need help to scale up.

789
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:16,760
You know, what's happening
in the country is that a lot of

790
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:19,440
the corporates are coming in
to try and help these guys

791
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:20,960
improve their systems.

792
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,760
Looking at the environmental
degradation that's happening,

793
00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:26,920
the use of chemicals
in a very hazardous way,

794
00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:29,640
so absolutely all that
needs to be changed.

795
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:31,960
And, with Zimbabwe
opening up for business,

796
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:33,920
all these things
are being sorted out.

797
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:36,640
It's baby steps,
but eventually we'll get there.

798
00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:40,160
So, would you say now is a good time
to be a Zimbabwean?

799
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:41,720
Now better than ever.

800
00:50:41,720 --> 00:50:43,720
Look, we've got gold, as you can
see.

801
00:50:43,720 --> 00:50:46,760
We've got 25% of the diamond
resources in the world.

802
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:49,400
We've got the second largest
platinum deposit in the world.

803
00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:51,200
We've got chrome,
we've got lithium.

804
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:53,640
We've got beautiful
tourist attractions.

805
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:56,880
We've got energy, we've got
everything. 300 days of sunshine.

806
00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:58,600
So, I mean, we've got it all.

807
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:01,000
We just need to come together
and make it right.

808
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:03,920
I'd better extend my visa and cancel
my passport and stay here!

809
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:05,200
Absolutely!

810
00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:08,680
Jacob is so optimistic.

811
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:13,600
But Robert Mugabe's party
is still in power.

812
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:16,000
Protests against his rule
are growing,

813
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,680
and the violence and repression
has returned.

814
00:51:18,680 --> 00:51:22,680
People here, like so many
I've met across Africa,

815
00:51:22,680 --> 00:51:24,720
are desperate for change.

816
00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:29,160
I feel like I've been really
educated today,

817
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:32,640
watching these guys quite literally
turn dirt into gold,

818
00:51:32,640 --> 00:51:35,040
and they work so hard.

819
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:41,600
After travelling thousands of miles,
I was finally getting to the end

820
00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:44,040
of my whole African journey.

821
00:51:44,040 --> 00:51:47,000
This is properly
off the beaten track.

822
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:50,000
I was heading to a remote
rural community.

823
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:51,560
Here we go.

824
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:53,960
Look at the locals -
they're probably thinking,

825
00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:55,600
"What the hell is going on?"

826
00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:58,640
All of these people turning
up outside their house.

827
00:51:58,640 --> 00:52:02,520
You have to fill up that space
right there.

828
00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:07,600
OK? Just with shapes that go up,
as well as sideways.

829
00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:10,200
An entire film crew was here

830
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:13,480
to shoot a music video
for a British indie star.

831
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:18,800
This is the first Western
music video

832
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:20,600
that's ever been shot in Zimbabwe.

833
00:52:20,600 --> 00:52:22,800
What did you think, you know,
initially?

834
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:27,000
Because, for me, Zimbabwe is
probably not the easiest of places

835
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:30,160
to come to, after the problems
they've been having.

836
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:33,960
I mean, I think that's probably
the perception that I probably had,

837
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:38,280
but actually being here,
it's been so incredibly easy.

838
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:41,120
You know, people have been
so friendly and helpful.

839
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:43,800
I mean, this hut
is actually someone's home,

840
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:47,240
and we turned up here, you know,
a few days ago,

841
00:52:47,240 --> 00:52:49,640
driving round like, I was like,
"I like that hut!"

842
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:52,440
We came here, he said, "Can we paint
your hut?" And she said yes!

843
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:54,240
They've been really, really helpful.

844
00:52:56,120 --> 00:52:59,160
These guys are just
rehearsing the dance moves.

845
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:01,080
Love it. Must be fun for the kids,

846
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:04,280
but then you've got the locals
as well, they're just watching.

847
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:06,720
This is new for everybody.

848
00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:10,360
It's just... It's so good for
Zimbabwe, and so good for Africa.

849
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:17,760
Shingai Shoniwa is one half
of British indie band The Noisettes.

850
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,280
She's now launching
her solo career.

851
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:22,280
Her parents are from Zimbabwe,

852
00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:25,800
and she's come here to film the
video for her debut solo single.

853
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:27,760
It's called Coming Home.

854
00:53:29,440 --> 00:53:31,080
I'm going to get behind the camera,

855
00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:34,320
otherwise we'll face
the wrath of the director.

856
00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:35,760
Roll camera.

857
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:36,880
Cue music.

858
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:40,240
# I am coming home... #

859
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:03,840
Woo! And cut. Thank you very much.

860
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:06,040
We will have a brief break...

861
00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:09,240
Really, really good. Really, really
good. Thank you! Thank you, dude!

862
00:54:09,240 --> 00:54:11,320
Give us a hug. I don't want
to mess up your make-up.

863
00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:14,160
No, you're not messing it up at all.
Oh, my God.

864
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:17,440
It's not often you see videos
with an all black crew,

865
00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:20,520
and all black cast as well.

866
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:22,160
How much does that mean to you?

867
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:26,120
It means a lot, especially to be
able to use local crew in Zim,

868
00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:29,800
because there is so much talent
here across the board,

869
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:33,880
in the film, theatre, dance,
arts industries

870
00:54:33,880 --> 00:54:38,320
but people haven't historically
had as many opportunities

871
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:42,560
as they'd needed to actually create
an industry.

872
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:45,720
What do you think is stopping
people from coming to Zim

873
00:54:45,720 --> 00:54:48,240
and Africa to do things like this?

874
00:54:48,240 --> 00:54:51,520
I think... I feel that for too long
there's just been

875
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:54,960
quite a sort of singular story
and a narrative

876
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:57,440
coming out from Africa visually,

877
00:54:57,440 --> 00:55:02,280
the lens that people see Africa
is often, you know, the negative

878
00:55:02,280 --> 00:55:06,840
images of... Yes, poverty, crime...
Yeah, war. ..corruption, war.

879
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:11,040
Yeah. And I kind of feel like
that is one aspect of it,

880
00:55:11,040 --> 00:55:14,240
but I think it's a bit unfair
that we only get to see one aspect

881
00:55:14,240 --> 00:55:18,160
of contemporary society in Africa,
and at the moment it's thriving.

882
00:55:18,160 --> 00:55:21,400
With all the troubles that's
happened in Zimbabwe in the past,

883
00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:26,640
could you have imagined that you'd
be able to come here and film this?

884
00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:30,440
It's always been my dream,
and it's just, with all...

885
00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:32,400
I think everything is about timing,

886
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:35,040
and now it really feels
like the right time

887
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:40,120
to be making the narrative about
what is possible in the future

888
00:55:40,120 --> 00:55:42,480
and taking the lessons from the past

889
00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:44,920
and making something beautiful
out of the chaos.

890
00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:46,720
First positions!

891
00:55:46,720 --> 00:55:48,800
I'm being told off! Right, yes!
I've got to run.

892
00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:50,840
Yes, go, go, go! Thanks! All right.

893
00:55:50,840 --> 00:55:53,600
Thank you. Rolling, speed is set.

894
00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:58,800
SHE SINGS IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE

895
00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:04,360
# It's the rhythm of us

896
00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:06,040
# It's the rhythm of me

897
00:56:06,040 --> 00:56:08,000
# It's the rhythm of everything

898
00:56:09,720 --> 00:56:11,160
# It's the rhythm of us

899
00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:12,960
# It's the rhythm of me... #

900
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:22,520
I'd come to the end
of my African adventure.

901
00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:26,600
Woo!

902
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:31,240
My journey had taken me from
the volcanic fields of Cape Verde,

903
00:56:31,240 --> 00:56:33,760
across Africa's savannahs,

904
00:56:33,760 --> 00:56:35,760
and through its jungles.

905
00:56:38,160 --> 00:56:42,120
It's clear from what I'd seen
that Africa still faces

906
00:56:42,120 --> 00:56:44,240
so many challenges.

907
00:56:44,240 --> 00:56:48,800
This place just looks
utterly devastated.

908
00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:50,560
From war and conflict...

909
00:56:51,560 --> 00:56:52,920
It breaks my heart.

910
00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:56,800
All their lives, all they've ever
known, is this. War.

911
00:56:56,800 --> 00:56:58,520
..to corruption and poverty.

912
00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:03,360
But there is so much
cause for optimism here.

913
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:06,640
We are the young generation
of Uganda,

914
00:57:06,640 --> 00:57:08,840
and we are turning things around.

915
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:10,080
Peace.

916
00:57:10,080 --> 00:57:14,120
I've met people willing to risk
everything for political change...

917
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:19,800
..and others hoping to transform
the continent with technology...

918
00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:24,440
..and Africans returning
to their homeland

919
00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:25,880
to build a better future.

920
00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:31,360
You know, I'm leaving
with mixed feelings,

921
00:57:31,360 --> 00:57:34,400
and it's because on one hand,
from what I've seen,

922
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:38,080
Africa's great resource
is not its material wealth,

923
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:39,680
like its gold or its oil.

924
00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:42,760
For me, it's actually its people.

925
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:46,120
But, on the other hand, I think
those people have been let down

926
00:57:46,120 --> 00:57:48,400
time and again by their leaders.

927
00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:51,320
So, what I'd really like to see

928
00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:54,960
is for Africa's people to take
more control of their futures

929
00:57:54,960 --> 00:57:59,400
and help shape this continent to
make it everything it can be.

930
00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:02,640
# I am coming home... #

931
00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:06,480
SONG CONTINUES IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE