Cape Town, South Africa | Inside the World’s Most Dangerous Cities (Documentary)

With a population of nearly six million, Cape Town is the second city of South Africa. Many of the richest people in the country have ocean villas there. But there is a dark side to this breathtakingly beautiful city. Three thousand people a year are murdered in Cape Town, making it the most dangerous city in Africa.
Shootings are commonplace, especially in the townships. Some townships have become no-go areas, plagued by murders, violent robberies and illicit trade of every kind. The police are pushed beyond their limits by the level of violence. Many locals choose to carry guns to defend themselves. Some even turn vigilante, while the middle classes barricade themselves into houses that are increasingly heavily fortified.
When they do leave their homes, people are constantly on the alert for potential threats. Last year over 18,000 people in South Africa were the victims of a carjacking at gun point. People have little to no faith in the police, as so many of these crimes remain unsolved. Some invest in panic buttons which they always carry with them. Just one quick press of the red button, and an armed response team from a private company rushes to the client’s rescue.
Manenberg, 15 kilometres from the city centre, serves as headquarters for a notorious gang who call themselves “The Americans.” They are violent drug dealers who flood the streets of Manenberg with “tik” a local version of crystal meth. Their rivals the “Dixie Boys” run protection rackets, and the gangs frequently fight for territory.
The police struggle to enforce the law, but the gangsters have no fear of prison. On the contrary, it helps them to gain status with their peers. Witnesses often refuse to speak to the police in fear of their lives.
With interviews and exceptional access, this film tells the tragic stories of beautiful Cape Town, one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
This film was first released in 2022.
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  • @JavaDiscover
    @JavaDiscover5 күн бұрын

    With a population of nearly six million, Cape Town is the second city of South Africa. Many of the richest people in the country have ocean villas there. But there is a dark side to this breathtakingly beautiful city. Three thousand people a year are murdered in Cape Town, making it the most dangerous city in Africa.

  • @sembatyajoshua6868
    @sembatyajoshua6868Ай бұрын

    The 15yr old being praised for his first homicide by the same people complaining about neighborhood shootings is absurd and sick.

  • @izackali2861

    @izackali2861

    23 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂 welcome to SA

  • @colinj5099

    @colinj5099

    11 күн бұрын

    It's not the same people...ah, wait a sec...all blacks look the same !! Got it

  • @user-sp3wd2nn3e

    @user-sp3wd2nn3e

    11 күн бұрын

    This is the new SA as created by the international community and their obsession to end white government.

  • @marw9541

    @marw9541

    9 күн бұрын

    @@colinj5099 You literally have one of the leaders of the Dixie Boys with her talking behind her and supporting her, she is then seen behind the man that's gloating about the 15 year old committing his first homicide. These two scenes are filmed at the same location right after each other with the same people. The fact you try to gaslight us into believing we are wrong by just claiming racism is a huge reason why South Africa is the way it is now

  • @colinj5099

    @colinj5099

    5 күн бұрын

    @@marw9541 right, what would I do without your knowledge of the cape Flats. I'll be so scared next time walking my brother's dog on a 5km loop after sunset, talking to residents and itinerant workers. I am not saying this doesn't exist, but you would seriously struggle to stumble upon it. There are very dangerous areas, much like in South America too (or even worse there), but what would make you go out of your way to be there?

  • @planetman1775
    @planetman1775Ай бұрын

    This is why I left. What a crazy beautiful country ruined by crime and corruption.

  • @gyuhmnyggh

    @gyuhmnyggh

    Ай бұрын

    Trust me it’s not

  • @r.f.9872

    @r.f.9872

    Ай бұрын

    @@gyuhmnyggh How is it not?

  • @TyrellJoanna

    @TyrellJoanna

    Ай бұрын

    Amerikaner in Kapstadt.

  • @TheRealFamespear

    @TheRealFamespear

    Ай бұрын

    This usually happens with decolonization.

  • @TheRealFamespear

    @TheRealFamespear

    Ай бұрын

    @@gyuhmnyggh, it’s not what?

  • @sidweazel2883
    @sidweazel288316 күн бұрын

    The ANC had the opportunity to build something beautiful for everyone. Instead they robbed the nation and left despair.

  • @yvy1
    @yvy1Ай бұрын

    Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities I’ve ever lived in, but I’m glad this is being exposed because it’s a war zone in the flats

  • @jdre1976

    @jdre1976

    Ай бұрын

    It really looks amazing.. The California of Africa!

  • @drizzlybear350

    @drizzlybear350

    Ай бұрын

    @@jdre1976you've clearly never been to california, shut up

  • @juliamccarthy6695

    @juliamccarthy6695

    Ай бұрын

    ⁠@@drizzlybear350 jdre1976 is right! I lived in California for thirty years, and unfortunately the violence is so similar to Cape Town. So glad I left!

  • @unromanoarecareanaveragero8275

    @unromanoarecareanaveragero8275

    Ай бұрын

    @@drizzlybear350 You haven’t seen how San Francisco and Los Angeles look like now, didn’t you?

  • @astronomers

    @astronomers

    25 күн бұрын

    We are called Coloured, not mixed race. Pls respect our race and culture

  • @healthfluency-psychedup7730
    @healthfluency-psychedup7730Ай бұрын

    There is way more poverty in other African countries but u don’t see this level of crime

  • @buckethead420

    @buckethead420

    Ай бұрын

    More to take for the gangs in SA. Apartheid still plays a role

  • @Truther945

    @Truther945

    Ай бұрын

    @@buckethead420 excuses, as usual. Poverty doesn't have to equal this level of crime, especially since, as has been noted, there are much poorer nations per capita than SA. Pathetic.

  • @grega.2755

    @grega.2755

    Ай бұрын

    Huge difference between poor and rich creates crime. Why rob others when they are all as poor as you?

  • @buckethead420

    @buckethead420

    Ай бұрын

    @@Truther945 grega understood what i meant...you did not

  • @nativenonnative5503

    @nativenonnative5503

    Ай бұрын

    Its the useless corrupt ARC to blame.​@buckethead420

  • @tommybutler2454
    @tommybutler2454Ай бұрын

    My heart goes out to the lady who lost her son Kyle. 21 years old. Our daughter was 24, 20 days ago. It's not right, not fair. And I hope whoever did this, suffers the worst karma can throw at them ! No parent or family should have this to carry !!! Such a good, beautiful young man. It's not right. Hopefully, a group of Dads will band together and take Cape Town back ! ❤ 🙏

  • @orionxtc1119

    @orionxtc1119

    Ай бұрын

    so sad and senseless...

  • @HosannaJesuSaves

    @HosannaJesuSaves

    Ай бұрын

    That's the problem..no, dads. Young boys raised by single mom's are the norm. No fathers

  • @chrisbossman1978
    @chrisbossman1978Ай бұрын

    I recently stayed in Camps Bay in Cape Town and have to say I have never seen a more beautiful and affluent neighbourhood anywhere in the World, million dollar beach front mansions, supercars everywhere and beautiful beaches. Watching this video its difficult to even believe how different life in the flats are compared to the more affluent parts

  • @gtxchufxvj

    @gtxchufxvj

    Ай бұрын

    CT is beautiful But There are more beautiful places around the world without the crime 😂

  • @chrisbowers5498

    @chrisbowers5498

    Ай бұрын

    Nothing becomes affluent without consequence. Repeat that to yourself

  • @rue2003

    @rue2003

    Ай бұрын

    Didn’t you see the squatter camps opposite the millionaire mansions? I mean in some parts the millionaires are separated by just one road. Or how you have canal walk and khayelitsa , it’s unbelievable

  • @chansuetyee

    @chansuetyee

    Ай бұрын

    Beautiful but all houses/ mansions have electric fence and security car hired in the neighbourhood. Also it is hard to miss the homeless the slum near by and on the way to the airport 😢

  • @hastainkarimanzira9837

    @hastainkarimanzira9837

    Ай бұрын

    Check our grassy park, Hanover park lotus river, not to mention gugulethu and Kayelitcha

  • @chimebath85
    @chimebath85Ай бұрын

    I think the president of El Salvador should rule for just 1 year in South Africa. What a lawless city.

  • @Terra_Incognita201

    @Terra_Incognita201

    9 күн бұрын

    maybe the president of the phillipines should try so too

  • @mdee8784
    @mdee87842 ай бұрын

    Now I know why there’s so many South Africans living in Australia

  • @punk46664

    @punk46664

    2 ай бұрын

    We consider ourselves the lucky ones, especially the younger generations

  • @JudeJaradat

    @JudeJaradat

    2 ай бұрын

    Many of them are in Dubai as well , both white and black South Africans.

  • @len2son

    @len2son

    2 ай бұрын

    @@JudeJaradat difference is in Australia, Canada and almost any other country you can take out citizenship, in Dubai no expat can!

  • @JudeJaradat

    @JudeJaradat

    2 ай бұрын

    @@len2son I understand I’ve grew up and lived in Dubai for 20+years. I think most of them are not there because of citizenship , but more because of safety and business opportunities.

  • @cadhilaxmed6210

    @cadhilaxmed6210

    2 ай бұрын

    Security is paramount

  • @victorwilks88
    @victorwilks88Ай бұрын

    Cape town is a dangerous place ...me and my family moved to Australia 🇦🇺

  • @B0rn2Killlll1l1

    @B0rn2Killlll1l1

    21 күн бұрын

    Don't worry, the Australian politicians are letting in thousands of Africans, you will feel like you're back in Cape Town in a few years.

  • @riklangham6739

    @riklangham6739

    19 күн бұрын

    BEST WISHES to you and your family . :)

  • @trevortown8841

    @trevortown8841

    18 күн бұрын

    Yep. That's why I moved to the UK. Been here 19 years now and I've NEVER had a problem with crime. Come to think of it, I can't think of a single instance, NOT ONCE, anybody has ever asked me for money! Not once in 19 years!

  • @johncbny

    @johncbny

    16 күн бұрын

    “Who can afford to run will run But what about those who can’t They will have to stay Opportunity (is)a scarce, scarce commodity In these times I say…..” ‘Buju Banton - Murderer’

  • @henlohenlo689

    @henlohenlo689

    13 күн бұрын

    do u realize papau new guinea is right next to australia. i dont know if u seen footage of how savage the place is?

  • @yingle6027
    @yingle6027Ай бұрын

    Western media and leaders aren't allowed to criticise ANC for creating this mess because it's not PC.

  • @abocas

    @abocas

    Ай бұрын

    Oh, anything Western is never, justified criticism included, welcomed in Africa.

  • @loretta231

    @loretta231

    15 күн бұрын

    @@abocas just western technology.. because they never ever invented anything there...

  • @BambinoAmericano

    @BambinoAmericano

    Сағат бұрын

    ANC was pushed up by Western lefties. Similarities with Hamas supporters.

  • @awbinn3377
    @awbinn3377Ай бұрын

    I live and work in poland and two of my colleagues are from SA (one of them is from Cape Town). They were both in their mid 40s when they came (independently) to poland and i wondered why on earth would the two mature men pack their bags, wives and kids and travel across the globe to settle in a country they most likely knew very little (if anything) about. They told me about the economic situation and mentioned that SA isn't a safe place but I didn't ask too many questions as i felt it was kinda rude. Well this video casts a little light on what they've told me

  • @sunnyjim2655

    @sunnyjim2655

    21 күн бұрын

    SA is very dangerous, even for African standards. My family is from Zambia but some live in SA for work. They have zero stories of violent crime in Zambia but 10s to 100s from SA, despite only living their for 2-3 years

  • @josiassmith7456
    @josiassmith7456Ай бұрын

    Thank you ANC. You have done your job well.

  • @beatles373

    @beatles373

    Ай бұрын

    It’s their country they can do what the hell they like .

  • @pingpongdonkeykongkong

    @pingpongdonkeykongkong

    Ай бұрын

    @@beatles373obsoletely

  • @dbz9393

    @dbz9393

    Ай бұрын

    @@beatles373 we did let them do what they want, SA is a shit hole now

  • @MrRezillo

    @MrRezillo

    Ай бұрын

    @@beatles373 Certainly, they can do "what the hell" they like, and they must love hell, because that's what they created.

  • @llamosita2004

    @llamosita2004

    Ай бұрын

    ​​@@MrRezilloi am from colombia, and we did the same thing sadly, we chose the worst president ever, an ex criminal who was member of a drug cartel called, gustavo petro

  • @pingpongdonkeykongkong
    @pingpongdonkeykongkongАй бұрын

    I used to live there. Thank God I don't live in that sh*t hole anymore. Safety is a dream that is real for me while living abroad. I'm so happy that I left South Africa. Never once do I regret my decision. Well done South African government. You're really a shining example of what no one wants.

  • @privard89

    @privard89

    Ай бұрын

    What ethnicity are you and where did you move to? Glad you made it out of that hell hole.

  • @pingpongdonkeykongkong

    @pingpongdonkeykongkong

    Ай бұрын

    @@privard89 I’m white, I lived on the flats (Parkwood) for almost 15 years and am surprised that I actually made it out alive. I live in China now. Super safe - It took me years to adjust to feeling safe and get out for the mindset that I constantly need to look over my shoulder. Did I “run away”? Absolutely, took the first chance I got to run to something better. My decision to leave really has noting to do with nationalism or the lack of it. I just need a few criteria to be met for my life: safety, income, stability.

  • @barbaras5874

    @barbaras5874

    Ай бұрын

    @@pingpongdonkeykongkong well done for getting out. I loved South Africa for a lot of reasons but left in 2001 for the UK and I am glad I did. I do not even want to think of what could have happened if I had stayed, also not feeling free or doing things I enjoy because of the safety issue always present. It is a shame what has happened in SA, we must think of ourselves and our families safety which is very difficult in that kind of environment. I really don't know what the answer is for SA.

  • @justanotherchick2701

    @justanotherchick2701

    20 күн бұрын

    ​@pingpongdonkeykongkong could you not have moved to another area of CT? I heard that other areas are safe.

  • @pingpongdonkeykongkong

    @pingpongdonkeykongkong

    19 күн бұрын

    @@justanotherchick2701 well, i guess its safer however nowhere is really safe as crime can happen anywhere. I’ve been mugged in the city center and got away from an attempted second mugging. Bad luck of the draw for some I guess 😅 There are some truly spectacularly beautiful place in Cape Town and I do miss the scenery from time to time, so I go to visit now and then.

  • @Boviss1Bovis
    @Boviss1BovisАй бұрын

    South Africa is more-or-less a failed state now. The Governments have had massive income at their disposal for decades since Apartheid ended. They're no longer at war with all their neighbours, they have wonderful land and all kinds of mineral resources. The place ought to be booming. There should have been affordable housing projects, schools and new hospitals and clinics sprouting up everywhere. This would have led to growth and jobs and hope. Alternatively, you can build mansions for all your supporters, buy them BMW cars and set up fake businesses to launder the Government money into personal bank accounts. They have now a long established political class which is an organised Kleptocracy. It doesnt matter who you vote for, or what they promised - They WILL steal all the money as first order of business. Its a heartbreaker. I remember the hope everyone had when Mandela was released from jail. But they held him 20 years too long. His wife had become a political party on her own and out of control. And he was released as a lost old man surrounded by younger and greedier people who'd used the ANC as a ladder to personal wealth. I personally used to think that 'white flight' was about racism - white people refusing to accept one person, one vote. Now 20 years later, you realise that these were ordinary people, plumbers, engineers, mechanics and their families who couldnt survive the lawlessness and crime going on. Not rich enough to have teams of armed guards and so on - what kind of choice did they have?

  • @modernmelbourneman

    @modernmelbourneman

    Ай бұрын

    You have no idea what a failed state is if you think SA is a failed state. It still functions even with all its corruption. No one is saying it’s good but to jump to call it a failed state is ridiculous. Visit Somalia just once and you’ll understand what a real failed state is and how it “operates”.

  • @Boviss1Bovis

    @Boviss1Bovis

    Ай бұрын

    @@modernmelbourneman 'Failed State' is a relative term. What I said was that S.A. was more-or-less a failed state. Its like a sugar lump placed on a saucer full of water. It retains its form for a good long while even though it is dissolving inexorably. Its like that with countries too. Somalia was on its way to failed statehood during the time of Siad Barre -after his coup of 1969 led to the destruction of state institutions and kleptocracy. In Lebanon, also a more or less failed state, the crunch came during the civil war in the 1970's and Israeli invasion. Both of these sugar lumps have taken decades to finally collapse into chaos and one has dissolved more than the other - but the process has been the same. South Africa isnt quite there yet. But all the failures and bad governance/corruption is alive and well. And once this process starts, it seems theres no way back.

  • @The_Reality_Filter

    @The_Reality_Filter

    Ай бұрын

    @@Boviss1Bovis I thought the Mandela's only added to the corruption what with their death squad "Mandela United" killing political opposition.

  • @brendanking6110

    @brendanking6110

    23 күн бұрын

    ​@@modernmelbournemanthat's the point you squabble over? Can you counter any other the other excellent points?

  • @ryadhasanahmed5443

    @ryadhasanahmed5443

    5 күн бұрын

    ​@@modernmelbourneman Comparing your country with Somalia is an absolutely new low. How low are your standards?

  • @user-sj7ow8bp1y
    @user-sj7ow8bp1yАй бұрын

    So i guess dismantling Apartheid didn't work to create a fair and just society.

  • @jitkablahakova3073
    @jitkablahakova3073Ай бұрын

    This doesn't look like a society Mandela evisioned.

  • @robinwalton-gm5ms

    @robinwalton-gm5ms

    Ай бұрын

    Mandela didn't care about the masses, only terrorism.

  • @colinfarrelly2513

    @colinfarrelly2513

    Ай бұрын

    This was always the result as soon as the blacks got power, rancidly corrupt.

  • @user-rd3cl7lg2f

    @user-rd3cl7lg2f

    Ай бұрын

    Exactly what Mandela's British Monarch & USA CIA handlers ANC organization" envisioned.". Mandela 's wife created the "necklace" to fortify any resistance to them. The "necklace" is an automobile tire placed around the neck & on the shoulders of Blacks who didn't join the ANC. :.

  • @volvoguy1979

    @volvoguy1979

    Ай бұрын

    Mandela was one of the worst of the thugs. Many praise him but don't know his true history.

  • @nicmemak

    @nicmemak

    Ай бұрын

    Many tried to warn the world that this would happen. The west will see it themselves very soon in their own countries.

  • @CarlMiller-ql2wz
    @CarlMiller-ql2wzАй бұрын

    They don't even have a forensic team there. If El Salvador can turn crime completely around in just a few years then anything is possible.

  • @nelly_kamau
    @nelly_kamau2 ай бұрын

    What a sad and heartbreaking state of affairs💔

  • @Edward-vo5pr

    @Edward-vo5pr

    2 ай бұрын

    Blame the Rothschilds

  • @Edward-vo5pr

    @Edward-vo5pr

    2 ай бұрын

    Blame the Rothschilds

  • @privard89
    @privard89Ай бұрын

    I laughed when they said "the most dangerous gang in all of Cape Town, the Americans"

  • @kenmaina2008
    @kenmaina200822 күн бұрын

    Poverty is just an excuse. Other African countries are more poor but this level of crime and stupidity isn't witnessed. Theirs is nonsense.

  • @jaytflamemusicofficial7009

    @jaytflamemusicofficial7009

    9 күн бұрын

    South africans are influence our country

  • @jordannangwala4608

    @jordannangwala4608

    7 күн бұрын

    It’s income inequality powered by racism in all these cases its people who have been intentionally marginalized the Irish gangs the Italian mob the Mexican cartels

  • @gregwochlik9233
    @gregwochlik92332 ай бұрын

    I lived in South Africa for 30 years (1990 to 2020), but in Johannesburg's suburbs. We had a 6 foot wall, electric fencing, neibourhood patrols, closed off area with a singe road in and out. The police is as useless as depicted. I had my car broken into and stuff stolen from it at a mall. Obviously, nothing further happened.Losses were at around R12.500 (around EUR 1000 at the time). The criminals rule the streets as shown in this documentary.

  • @liamhawkins4062

    @liamhawkins4062

    2 ай бұрын

    Where do you live now?

  • @rhddfgdfdrgd

    @rhddfgdfdrgd

    2 ай бұрын

    would you risk your life to protect people like you when the salary officers get still makes them poor. if you can afford to live in a gated community you also can pay them a living wage

  • @gregwochlik9233

    @gregwochlik9233

    2 ай бұрын

    @@liamhawkins4062 I'm now in Poland. I left SA on a Polish passport due to my roots. I maintained the spoken version of the language, so for me it was fairly OK/

  • @liamhawkins4062

    @liamhawkins4062

    2 ай бұрын

    @@gregwochlik9233 love Poland, great people, Katowice I have good friends.

  • @barbarasara4033

    @barbarasara4033

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@gregwochlik9233am so glad you are in safe place now. South Africa without white people would have been a little burundi slowly. Police are weak. Soon will be like Haiti. It's sad. I heard a lot of horrible stories over there.

  • @user-te4ll1ge3t
    @user-te4ll1ge3t7 күн бұрын

    Everyone not living a life like this can be grateful

  • @jonnyquid6298
    @jonnyquid6298Ай бұрын

    I think South Africa needs to take note of what the Salvadoran government are doing. After passing legislation that suspends the right of association and legal counsel and increased the time spent in detention without charge. This has resulted in nearly 80,000 dangerous gang members being taken off the street. Turning El Salvador from the murder capital of the world to one of the safest in Central America.

  • @wayrin5240

    @wayrin5240

    Ай бұрын

    detention meaning prison? if so it wouldn’t make much difference majority gangsters feel more safer and empowered in prison, and the prisons are overcrowded🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @Snowforest60

    @Snowforest60

    Ай бұрын

    @@wayrin5240they built a new prison, and none of the gang members are coming out, being a gang member = life sentence in said prison where they sleep on cold metal and eat prison food, and have cold showers they’re not enjoying themselves

  • @andreypetrov1358

    @andreypetrov1358

    18 күн бұрын

    while watching the vid had the same idea

  • @charlisays
    @charlisaysАй бұрын

    We have loads of white south Africans in cyprus. They have some stories!

  • @nicksonkemboi11

    @nicksonkemboi11

    Ай бұрын

    It's unfortunately.

  • @michaelsiengo1
    @michaelsiengo12 ай бұрын

    Great documentary

  • @alonzobrown7794
    @alonzobrown7794Ай бұрын

    Excellent documentary!

  • @Aronnxzz
    @AronnxzzАй бұрын

    Lord Jesus please protect all of the people that are victims to crime.

  • @bigdawg3305

    @bigdawg3305

    19 күн бұрын

    Lol

  • @user-RedPirateTerrorist
    @user-RedPirateTerrorist2 ай бұрын

    The purge in real time

  • @Selina-hc5rg

    @Selina-hc5rg

    2 ай бұрын

    Blacks

  • @icno123

    @icno123

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Selina-hc5rgyep

  • @vm5954

    @vm5954

    Ай бұрын

    Apartheid created this

  • @markanthony1004

    @markanthony1004

    Ай бұрын

    @@Selina-hc5rg It's crazy how some people can't wait to let their racism show. Calm down

  • @scottydees2748

    @scottydees2748

    Ай бұрын

    Just wondering what exactly makes it racist?

  • @robpriest9031
    @robpriest9031Ай бұрын

    If you do not live in the townships you will see a beautiful City. My wife and I lived in CT for a year and did not feel unsafe. OK we had security and Electric fences.....40 million South Africans 7 Million white. So sad what has evolved.

  • @moonbeammoonbeam5739
    @moonbeammoonbeam57392 ай бұрын

    My God. This and Haiti are hell on earth

  • @barbarasara4033

    @barbarasara4033

    2 ай бұрын

    If they don't take measures south Africa will be a little burundi soon .

  • @icno123

    @icno123

    2 ай бұрын

    @@barbarasara4033like a myanmar 😹😹😹😹😹

  • @RKBro-jr1ts

    @RKBro-jr1ts

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@barbarasara4033what do you mean Burundi

  • @superstefano7895

    @superstefano7895

    Ай бұрын

    I think it's much worse than Haiti

  • @kenwaltson7113

    @kenwaltson7113

    Ай бұрын

    What do Haiti and SA have in common

  • @jimjack3447
    @jimjack3447Ай бұрын

    fantastic video, thank you

  • @1490aap
    @1490aap15 сағат бұрын

    we fled south africa 6 years ago and it was the best thing we could do for our small kids. so grateful to our new country and hoping our kids will never experience the level of violence we grew up in.

  • @keithfaulk1354
    @keithfaulk1354Ай бұрын

    I’d be packing up my belongings and getting the heck out of there!!

  • @user-ce9gm7fq6m

    @user-ce9gm7fq6m

    Ай бұрын

    Problem is ,they don’t have the money to do that.If you did ,a lot of countries won’t accept you (Australia) My nephew,well qualified,did not have the points to qualify.New Zealand took them.Jobs are few and far between and don’t pay well in NZ,that’s why so many Kiwis move to Aus. I left Cape Town 50 years ago with nothing and have been back a couple of times.The last was about 12 years ago,never felt so intimidated,and that was during the day in Claremont .Been all over Asia in some rough areas,the only white guy,never a problem.

  • @stevens69411
    @stevens69411Ай бұрын

    i live in the uk now but i lived round the corner from this place...Glen Cairn Heights, as a kid i would go down and collect the empty shell casings. Brought back good memories

  • @georgeogbonna8821
    @georgeogbonna8821Ай бұрын

    As a UNITED STATES CITIZEN, I had to check my passport again to see if I’m a real American lol these guys are the real African Americans

  • @nomsantuli6023

    @nomsantuli6023

    20 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @themog4911
    @themog491127 күн бұрын

    Nelson would be proud ... 🤣 Excellent work ANC

  • @jenskarlsson4744
    @jenskarlsson47442 ай бұрын

    been like this for at least 30 years old old news!!!!!!!

  • @volvoguy1979

    @volvoguy1979

    Ай бұрын

    I agree. My father told me stories of being robbed in Paarl in the 60's and 70's by gangs with similar-sounding names. Thank God he got us out of that country!

  • @Justjad007
    @Justjad007Ай бұрын

    This is in my top 5 places never to visit

  • @dulcemoutinho5820

    @dulcemoutinho5820

    Ай бұрын

    Is a very beautiful country. I was there for 2 weeks in 2014. We have made the Garden Route by car. Amazing nature!

  • @antonironstag5085

    @antonironstag5085

    Ай бұрын

    What are the other 4?

  • @john-darrenesterhuizen9008

    @john-darrenesterhuizen9008

    Ай бұрын

    Good stay out of

  • @lidiamiranda3939

    @lidiamiranda3939

    24 күн бұрын

    Been there last year and had an amazing experience. Great nature, the most beautiful place I’ve ever been, good ppl… sadly they have this bad side.

  • @MAZ440

    @MAZ440

    9 күн бұрын

    @@dulcemoutinho5820 A decade ago I lived there for six months as a woman alone and I had a good time, of course, I was careful. I enjoyed it so much that I went back twice a year to visit for about three years, but, when I visited about two years ago if I'm not mistaken, my God what a tremendous change for the worse.

  • @FNHaole
    @FNHaoleАй бұрын

    Pattern recognition seems to indicate that its safer to live apart based on one’s hide.

  • @elizabethcoetzee3728
    @elizabethcoetzee37289 күн бұрын

    Cry my beloved country😢

  • @gregbraddy1497
    @gregbraddy1497Ай бұрын

    I'm afraid that major cities in America are becoming Cape Town in the future.

  • @hxi7141

    @hxi7141

    Ай бұрын

    California is not much different from SA😂

  • @asmrpleasure7821

    @asmrpleasure7821

    Ай бұрын

    Too late

  • @deedee2172

    @deedee2172

    Ай бұрын

    What rock u been living under???

  • @dbz9393

    @dbz9393

    Ай бұрын

    As a south african I have said europe will follow south africa with the way immigration is going

  • @maryannwaters339

    @maryannwaters339

    Ай бұрын

    George Soros is aiding and abetting the South Africanization of the US.

  • @antoniobortoletto169
    @antoniobortoletto169Ай бұрын

    Lets all agree here that the ANC government has failed at their job description

  • @PerspectivePossibilities
    @PerspectivePossibilities2 ай бұрын

    The police are reusing old caution tape in the first 2 minutes of this documentary. This tells me all I need to know 😏

  • @markanthony1004

    @markanthony1004

    Ай бұрын

    You ain't lying

  • @bigdawg3305

    @bigdawg3305

    19 күн бұрын

    Police & Thieves are the same story same thing brother

  • @janhorton5197
    @janhorton51975 күн бұрын

    My friend's husband was an Obstetrician, and he was on his way to a delivery. He stopped at a red light. He was shot dead. It was 7 am in the morning. She migrated to Australia with her children.

  • @user-lw5qj9hd4w
    @user-lw5qj9hd4w9 күн бұрын

    This is madness, when I was in Cape Town, I didn't see any of these problems. Just stay out of the townships. If you are a tourist, you have no reason to visit the townships. Use taxis, don't walk to many places. And you definitely should not be worried about this video. I found Cape Town to be a beautiful place to visit and stay.

  • @Siopaoko
    @Siopaoko2 ай бұрын

    I Am a Filipino, my company sent me there last November 2023. I didn't experience any of that. Cape Town people are kind. Love that city.

  • @royjennison3916
    @royjennison3916Ай бұрын

    Having lived in this country on and off with my job . it is far worse off now than it was under White rule back in the 80s , there was gangs and murders but not on the scale as it is now , and the SAP (south African police ) was not totally corrupt , as it is now , Back in the 80s they where better trained unlike now , jobs are given away to people in your own Tribe and not given to people who are better suited to do the job . all the infrastructure in this country is falling apart , power cuts , water cuts , power stations in poor conditions , sewage plants not working , crime massively increasing every day , its corrupt from the Top politicians to the bottom police man and every one in the middle . The country is amazing place and i love it , and the people too .its a shame African country's go this way .

  • @dirkbogarde44

    @dirkbogarde44

    Ай бұрын

    You left out the reverse racism and farm murders.

  • @user-bq4vh2hv8k
    @user-bq4vh2hv8kАй бұрын

    Even somalia doesn't have this problem and they went through civil war for thirty years.

  • @jason4275

    @jason4275

    Ай бұрын

    there's about 40 African countries that's not as violent as SA

  • @Alex_Gordon
    @Alex_GordonАй бұрын

    interesting, I've always thought it was Johannesburg that was the most dangerous and most murderous city in SA

  • @bigdawg3305

    @bigdawg3305

    19 күн бұрын

    Nah it was not Johannesburg or Cape Town gang that committed the crime. it was a Soweto group.

  • @wilmerrosenborg3581
    @wilmerrosenborg3581Ай бұрын

    After renting a car with my girlfriend we got robbed 5 minutes after we left the aiport in goodwood. Shit is crazy

  • @isaacblake4201

    @isaacblake4201

    15 күн бұрын

    What did they take

  • @wilmerrosenborg3581

    @wilmerrosenborg3581

    15 күн бұрын

    @@isaacblake4201 girlfriends phone

  • @MAZ440

    @MAZ440

    9 күн бұрын

    @@isaacblake4201 Someone I know was kidnapped with her father and they demanded a ransom from her husband. Luckily the husband brought them the money and they were released.

  • @tiptop7338
    @tiptop7338Ай бұрын

    What a sad existence. Life is cheap. Let us pray for peace in S A😮

  • @JH-ck1nr
    @JH-ck1nr9 күн бұрын

    London, Birmingham, Leicester, Manchester, Bradford in fifty years from now. It has already started.

  • @shakkazulu7870
    @shakkazulu7870Ай бұрын

    It’s a beautiful country, but can be very unsafe if you are foolish or unfortunate enough to wander into the wrong area. JBurg is a whole other level of violence, with cash transit vans being robbed on the highways in scenes reminiscent of the wild west. There are frequent “load shedding” periods (scheduled power outages) and when that happens it is best to be indoors somewhere. Corruption and greed.

  • @blex5579
    @blex5579Ай бұрын

    germany in 10 years...cheers from germany- my condolences.

  • @jdre1976

    @jdre1976

    Ай бұрын

    Haha, probably most of the western nations in 10 years if they keep defunding the police and don't get control of the wealth gap.

  • @Primal_Primat3

    @Primal_Primat3

    Ай бұрын

    Lets be real, at this point if nothing is done, its the whole of the west in 15/20 years.....

  • @figonyoutube3459

    @figonyoutube3459

    Ай бұрын

    if so, it's because of people like you.. cheers from germany

  • @blex5579

    @blex5579

    Ай бұрын

    @@figonyoutube3459 heute schon deine Andacht an Königin Riccarda gehalten?

  • @fvallo

    @fvallo

    Ай бұрын

    You're projecting ​@@figonyoutube3459

  • @mistayg2788
    @mistayg278823 күн бұрын

    South Africa got some beautiful women too this is so sad

  • @ktown8139
    @ktown8139Ай бұрын

    A doctor from Cape Town came to work in Canada. He & his wife felt so unsafe, they left everything they knew to get out.

  • @MrRobertFarr
    @MrRobertFarrАй бұрын

    ❤😂🎉 Very good. And brave to report on those gangs !

  • @macb.43
    @macb.43Ай бұрын

    Manenberg is THE worst township where the locals live in fear every day!

  • @jadonclifton
    @jadoncliftonАй бұрын

    This is crazy. Don’t let this video deter you from visiting. It’s a truly amazing city. The city center is the most beautiful part of a city in the world in my opinion, having visited a lot of cities like Paris, Prague, Barcelona, Jerusalem, Bend, OR, Sedona, AZ… But it’s very de facto segregated. It’s amazing the contrasts in Cape Town and South Africa as a whole. I remember seeing a Ferrari driving through Soweto next to shanty houses.. and across the street there was a brand new enormous fitness center. Super crazy place. But you can safely drink the tap water pretty much everywhere.

  • @sloeberdoet

    @sloeberdoet

    24 күн бұрын

    My daughter was there and said to me mama it is a very beautiful country but never i would live there. Always looking over your shoulder is not a life. She was there four days and already robbed from her cellphone. She's half African but being white or other color doesn't make a difference.

  • @butterfly9274
    @butterfly9274Ай бұрын

    South Africa is so beautiful! Had it not been for their high crime I would have settled there😩

  • @lidiamiranda3939
    @lidiamiranda393924 күн бұрын

    The most beautiful city I have ever been in life, but yet it’s so sad they live among so much criminality.

  • @MiceDnP
    @MiceDnP26 күн бұрын

    Sad how such a promising country goes down so fast just because of greedy politicians and corruption.

  • @joshmorris5322
    @joshmorris53222 ай бұрын

    If you goggle FLAME THROWER SHOUTH AFRICA and click images. Cars are equipped with flame 🔥 throwers. On the driver and passenger side theres pipes that aim up at a person thats trying to car jack you.

  • @mollywhoppedsouls_pvp

    @mollywhoppedsouls_pvp

    Ай бұрын

    that device was a flop and just made carjackers more likely to murd3r the driver off rip as a precautionary measure

  • @wordedsauce5580
    @wordedsauce558024 күн бұрын

    We need a GTA set here

  • @adrianolszewski231
    @adrianolszewski2312 ай бұрын

    If the gangsters get sentenced for 15 years then the crime would drop.The problem is the corrupted judiciary.

  • @didde-music

    @didde-music

    Ай бұрын

    No. Look at some countries in Latin America. Super-prisons but crimes is still super high. It need to be a change from the deep in the whole society. Less rich people and less poor people. A huge middleclass is the answer to an more equal society. Look at the Nordic countries

  • @jason4275

    @jason4275

    Ай бұрын

    @@didde-music People will change if SA build a huge mega prison that can hold hundreds of thousands guarded by armed military solders.

  • @didde-music

    @didde-music

    Ай бұрын

    @@jason4275 'People will change because of prison'.. Oh my gosh.. Good luck!

  • @thinkie12

    @thinkie12

    Ай бұрын

    @@didde-music Whether rich or poor, they all do crimes if the justice system is very lenient on crime.

  • @privard89

    @privard89

    Ай бұрын

    That para- olympian runner only served 7 years for murder. He just recently got paroled

  • @iainsanders4775
    @iainsanders4775Ай бұрын

    This is what was predicted Black (mis)Rule would bring. The longer the worse it will become.

  • @jamaljames2578
    @jamaljames2578Ай бұрын

    Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾

  • @unromanoarecareanaveragero8275

    @unromanoarecareanaveragero8275

    Ай бұрын

    How safe is Georgetown?

  • @jamaljames2578

    @jamaljames2578

    Ай бұрын

    @@unromanoarecareanaveragero8275 if ok we don't really have too much violence

  • @unromanoarecareanaveragero8275

    @unromanoarecareanaveragero8275

    Ай бұрын

    @@jamaljames2578 Do you live in the center or in a suburb?

  • @jamaljames2578

    @jamaljames2578

    Ай бұрын

    @@unromanoarecareanaveragero8275 I'm living 15 min away from the city

  • @unromanoarecareanaveragero8275

    @unromanoarecareanaveragero8275

    Ай бұрын

    @@jamaljames2578 Oh, I see. I read on the internet that Georgetown is quite dangerous and I wanted to ask you, a local, how truly safe it is.

  • @stilllmkp
    @stilllmkpАй бұрын

    its always the usual suspects robbing people in this country

  • @francisssali2550
    @francisssali2550Ай бұрын

    Self entitlement is the mother of this evil. Very prevalent in SA

  • @user-vi7oq8iy3f
    @user-vi7oq8iy3fАй бұрын

    How can a human live with such terror each day.. it’s incredible that government doesn’t do anything to preserve good people. What a shame

  • @Snowforest60

    @Snowforest60

    Ай бұрын

    Government wants this lmao

  • @Snowforest60

    @Snowforest60

    Ай бұрын

    It makes it easier for him to not do his job as he hasn’t been doing for years

  • @annihilator_of_orks
    @annihilator_of_orksАй бұрын

    Used to visit Cape Town back in 2016/2017 and, thankfully, did not experience any kind of crime. We had a wonderful time and the sights such as the table mountain, the va waterfront, the cape point are spectacular, however, all of the villas/houses surrounded by high metal and/or concrete fences do provide quite a feeling that you re not safe at all, i.e. that there the dangers are outside, not inside the fences and the overall athmosphere in CPT is tense

  • @kingkenzo3594
    @kingkenzo3594Ай бұрын

    DA thank you very much

  • @bogse
    @bogseАй бұрын

    Police just counts bodies while eating donuts.

  • @johnkad123
    @johnkad1233 күн бұрын

    I just couldn't live in such an area. The constant fear and drama is overwhelming.

  • @BlaSolo153
    @BlaSolo15327 күн бұрын

    I am Zimbabwean i did my University studies at Stellrnbosch. Thats why i left South Africa it not a good country to raise a family and went back to my country to try my luck. Now violent crimes have increased in Zimbabwe and this has forced me to run away again to a more safer country. If Africa doesnt address poverty violence is going to spiral

  • @gunston999
    @gunston999Ай бұрын

    Everything is always blamed on apartheid..Cape town was a very safe clean first world city until it was handed over to them..that’s when the crime shot up..Stop blaming apartheid..for once have the courage to tell it like it really is.

  • @paulmcallister8948

    @paulmcallister8948

    Ай бұрын

    Well said mate. 👏

  • @janesmith1008

    @janesmith1008

    Ай бұрын

    not your country in the first place

  • @ObiohaNwaiwu-pf7pg

    @ObiohaNwaiwu-pf7pg

    Ай бұрын

    Thank​@@janesmith1008thank you

  • @Snowforest60

    @Snowforest60

    Ай бұрын

    @@janesmith1008after it was handed over it became hell lmao my grandfather is South African (black) lived through apartheid he moved out of SA after apartheid since it became significantly more dangerous not saying apartheid was a good thing but clearly the handing over process wasn’t done right or good at all

  • @janesmith1008

    @janesmith1008

    Ай бұрын

    @@Snowforest60 and how does that make op's original comment ok? You're only part black but yet you are standing up and defending op's comment who sounds like an Afrikaan

  • @lesh1986
    @lesh1986Ай бұрын

    I have been to Johannesburg and Capetown,just staying 3 to 5 days but I felt safe at Capetown.by our guest house people were even packing cars outside for a night,it just felt safe by sea

  • @ciaranwinstain676
    @ciaranwinstain676Ай бұрын

    I used to play for Hanover park. very sad how dangerous it was

  • @adarshshah1993
    @adarshshah1993Ай бұрын

    SA is fwaaaked

  • @MegaJasperdog
    @MegaJasperdogАй бұрын

    Guess I won’t be moving to Cape Town anytime soon

  • @lillie2917
    @lillie2917Ай бұрын

    Let me live in my beautiful Zim, peaceful, we have our own struggles , NOTE this level of crime!

  • @denisehumphreys677
    @denisehumphreys6776 күн бұрын

    I lived in Cape Town from 1991 till 1993... the problems and crime mostly in the Crossroads and Guggeleto townships but seems its spread out to the other suburbs. I certainly didn't have to live like that. Very sad.

  • @Tekniq1210
    @Tekniq12102 ай бұрын

    Just got back from a months holiday in Durban was amazing haha I’m from there and will always love South Africa 🇿🇦 and can’t wait to go back next year

  • @jenmar9428

    @jenmar9428

    Ай бұрын

    Tourists/travelers might not experience what locals that live there experience year in year out and on a daily basis.

  • @Snowforest60

    @Snowforest60

    Ай бұрын

    Durban is a majority Indian part of South Africa so yeah you’re safe (to an extent) there more than the not so Indian or white parts of SA

  • @edjohn4590

    @edjohn4590

    Ай бұрын

    You’re in denial buddy!😆

  • @ianmuir3640

    @ianmuir3640

    Ай бұрын

    Yea you love it that much you’re living somewhere else lol

  • @john-darrenesterhuizen9008

    @john-darrenesterhuizen9008

    Ай бұрын

    I love Cape Town

  • @suspiciousafternoon
    @suspiciousafternoon2 ай бұрын

    man the level of crime and violence in South Africa is freaking insane wtf

  • @jhjwarren
    @jhjwarren18 күн бұрын

    I’ve been gone for 16 years. Never going back!

  • @zanitalh7486
    @zanitalh748626 күн бұрын

    Far out, so sorry to hear, no wonder 🎉, 😊😢 but very sad and so sorry to hear sa,

  • @riverbankfisher
    @riverbankfisher2 ай бұрын

    Anyone saving up for a fun vacation in South Africa of all places, would be using that money far more wisely by engaging the paid services of a psychiatrist who would be qualified to explore the insanity of that death wish to visit South Africa for ANY reason. Not for a million dollars paid upfront and in cash would I agree to spend one solitary day in that hell-hole called South Africa.

  • @Edward-vo5pr

    @Edward-vo5pr

    2 ай бұрын

    Live your whole existence in future fears 😂 👏👏👏

  • @notsure1115

    @notsure1115

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Edward-vo5prvery well said

  • @Edward-vo5pr

    @Edward-vo5pr

    2 ай бұрын

    @@notsure1115 The weak are worriers, whilst we are warriors and walk in no fear & only faith with GOD !!! 🥳🥳🥳🙏🤲

  • @riverbankfisher

    @riverbankfisher

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Edward-vo5pr Your presumptions are appreciated for all they are worth in the grand scheme of things. Have a great day!

  • @Edward-vo5pr

    @Edward-vo5pr

    2 ай бұрын

    @@riverbankfisher Thank you 🙏 Likewise 👍

  • @daddy1571
    @daddy15712 ай бұрын

    South Africa,Haiti, USA inner cities,all have 2 things in common. High violent crime and homicide rates,and the "usual suspects".

  • @orionxtc1119

    @orionxtc1119

    Ай бұрын

    Yes...... genetic

  • @ians9390

    @ians9390

    Ай бұрын

    @@orionxtc1119100% genetic

  • @johnsmith-ht3sy

    @johnsmith-ht3sy

    Ай бұрын

    Congo ancestry.

  • @thawfeeqjamaal1777

    @thawfeeqjamaal1777

    Ай бұрын

    all of those countries have whites too.

  • @danielcunningham6727

    @danielcunningham6727

    Ай бұрын

    Now let's talk about who commits the most sexual crimes against children....

  • @jackyhun7579
    @jackyhun75792 ай бұрын

    Literally why I will never ever visit any country in Africa.

  • @gregwochlik9233

    @gregwochlik9233

    2 ай бұрын

    As someone who lived in South Africa for 30 years, I would suggest Botswana, Namibia.

  • @93anthonyseanhowell99

    @93anthonyseanhowell99

    2 ай бұрын

    Whole Countries in Africa literally are no go areas rampant crimes rampant parasitic corruptions depending on who's paying off whom why when where and how much rampant parasitic collusions rampant parasitic conspiracies as in unsolved crimes and unsolved Murders, rampant parasitic collaborations going two way three way four way rampant cover-ups..

  • @tankodestranger

    @tankodestranger

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@gregwochlik9233 and Ghana

  • @africaine4889

    @africaine4889

    2 ай бұрын

    While in the west your have worse than this every single day ans you ate talking about not wanting to Africa. Lol

  • @tomiakinwale1027

    @tomiakinwale1027

    2 ай бұрын

    But you visit US which has one of the most dangerous cities in the world?

  • @Dorsilvaa
    @Dorsilvaa22 күн бұрын

    Police chief watching this series with popcorn awaiting episode 2!

  • @philipmullins5185
    @philipmullins518520 күн бұрын

    As a tourist , my impression of Cape Town is that is a city of extreme contrasts , the city has lots of upmarket shopping centres , high quality hotels and beautiful homes and some high quality suburbs . I have walked around the streets in the inner city late at night without any problems . The majority of problems that occur in Cape Town occur in areas well away from the city centre where tourists don't usually travel to . Those who don't like extreme hot weather , Cape Town is ideal as the weather there is very moderate . One of the main problems with South Africa is the electricity supply because each day the electricity is turned off in all areas for a certain amount of hours per day or night which is not a good safety procedure and it is predicted that it will take many years before the electricity supply will get back to normal .

  • @raybod1775

    @raybod1775

    13 күн бұрын

    Sounds like LA California

  • @ntombicumalo
    @ntombicumalo2 ай бұрын

    This crime is by design and it can be stopped when needed. Crimes like these bring advantages to some and i am not talking about the thieves themselves. It's a pity that many don't understand that. Leave this place if you still want to remain alive. I mean, what helps you to live in fear and burying families and neighbours? South Africa is huge, leave and go far or even the country. There is no police in SA that will be able to end this. It is a war not to win. Very scary situation

  • @barbarasara4033

    @barbarasara4033

    2 ай бұрын

    Police are weak. 20years to come will be like Haiti. Just wait

  • @SmokeeBearDrifts
    @SmokeeBearDriftsАй бұрын

    It would be awesome to visit part's of Africa and other places one day without wondering when ill get mugged or killed or kidnapped for being a American foreigner. Maybe one day when I hit it big and can afford top notch security. But thats a long ways away

  • @Lee-fc3yf
    @Lee-fc3yf6 күн бұрын

    El Savador comes to mind here.

  • @sergiyrospysdiyenko6224
    @sergiyrospysdiyenko62244 күн бұрын

    Condolences to Sandra for loss of her son.

  • @sims234ify
    @sims234ify2 ай бұрын

    That music is obnoxious

  • @ransfordmensah4486
    @ransfordmensah4486Ай бұрын

    I hope people will soon understand the reasons why the colonizers never wanted to give them independence.

  • @Vargslynslaktarn

    @Vargslynslaktarn

    Ай бұрын

    Amen

  • @Hunterylx

    @Hunterylx

    Ай бұрын

    Do you reslise that colonialism/ apartheid was even worse form of violence? You have literally several countries in different continents with this kind of violence ( urban). Your solution is colonize all of them?

  • @TaigaXOXO
    @TaigaXOXO24 күн бұрын

    Take a shot every time he says “My Bru” lol