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00:00Over 20 years ago, I was based in South Africa.
00:05Reporting from across the continent for the BBC.
00:08It's Big Papa, here's the news.
00:10It was an unforgettable experience.
00:13Roll up, roll up.
00:15But I've always wanted to come back.
00:18Milter.
00:20And find out more about the Africa.
00:25We rarely see on TV.
00:26One mistake, I clap you.
00:28Oh my, what?
00:30Can't make a mistake, then.
00:31Now, I'm traveling across this fast,
00:34con-
00:35to discover why life can feel so much bigger
00:38and bolder here than ever.
00:40Anywhere else on earth.
00:41I'll be uncovering some deep family roots.
00:44You have rum-
00:45I'm from Africa.
00:45I knew I was a warrior.
00:47Yes.
00:48God.
00:49And getting the chance to-
00:50Live life, local style.
00:51Woo!
00:54As I-
00:55Experience the speed.
00:56Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
00:58The sights.
00:59Cheers.
01:00Check out that view.
01:01And the soul.
01:02I'm just thinking.
01:03Woo!
01:04Woo!
01:04Woo!
01:05Of this vibrant and varied land.
01:07Oh, look at that.
01:08Animals crossing the road.
01:10Join me on my African adventure.
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01:20I've
01:25traveled a lot for work, but there are some places I never get tired of and my next
01:30destination is one of them. Cape Town is South Africa's most cosmopolitan
01:35city, surrounded by spectacular natural beauty. There's great food.
01:40There's great art and there are great opportunities for adventure. I've only really scratched the surface.
01:45Here in the past, now I'm going to go much deeper. Has the crow
01:50flies. Cape Town is around 800 miles southwest of Durban in the West.
01:55Cape province. It's one of South Africa's three capitals and I'd say it's got
02:00the best views of any city on the planet.
02:05While I'm here, I'll be serving up dinner to some of Cape Town's most cute
02:10curious and critically endangered residents. Oh my word. Look at that. They're queuing
02:15up already. Overcoming my fears to discover an unexpected part of Mandela's life.
02:20I am gripping these side ropes for dear life.
02:25And later, I'll be discovering Africa's twist on one of my greatest
02:30musical passions. But first, I'm heading for the most colourful part of town.
02:35In this rainbow nation.
02:40For any visitor to Cape Town, the candy-coloured houses of Bo Cap are a must-see.
02:45I've come here because it's also the heart of Cape Malay.
02:50Cuisine, South Africa's soul food. But before I eat, I will
02:55want to discover the history of these streets.
02:58Shireen! Hi!
03:00How are you?
03:01Shireen Nakadeem is a local tour guide and historian.
03:05And what a gorgeous neighbourhood this is. The colours, they remind me of the Caribbean.
03:09It's like being in the middle of a...
03:10It's like a rainbow.
03:11And to think that they're only out for the last 25 years that it's this right.
03:14But it feels so...
03:15It's so established.
03:16The area is established.
03:18Yeah.
03:19We go back 370...
03:20It's when the Dutch East India Company came here in 1652.
03:25The Dutch, who had many colonies in the Far East, brought slaves to the...
03:30Cape from what is now modern-day Indonesia and Malaysia.
03:35These people brought their culture and language with them.
03:39Because they spoke...
03:40The language of Malay Yubasa.
03:43That's where the word Malay comes from.
03:45So it's not Malaysia technically?
03:47No.
03:48Ah, okay.
03:49It is Cape Malay...
03:50Because you were born at the Cape.
03:51But come, let me show you around.
03:53Okay.
03:55Even on an overcast day like today, these colourful houses...
04:00really pop out of the landscape.
04:02So tell me about the decision to paint...
04:05these houses in such beautiful colours.
04:07Where did that come from?
04:08The very first house that...
04:10the orange colour was this purple one.
04:12And...
04:13everybody walked past this house...
04:14WOW!
04:15Nine months later, the next house changed to tangerine.
04:20slowly, everybody started...
04:21Everybody.
04:22Just picked up on it.
04:23Picked up on it.
04:24Picked up on it.
04:26Spreading.
04:27And within...
04:2820 years...
04:29The whole...
04:30the neighbourhood.
04:31And now it's become popular.
04:33It's become a tourist attraction.
04:34I'm also...
04:35surprised.
04:36It's gorgeous.
04:37Bocap is one of the oldest surviving residential...
04:40neighbourhoods in Cape Town.
04:41When apartheid was introduced in 1948...
04:45this area was designated a Muslim area...
04:48keeping the Cape Malay community together.
04:50all of these houses were built around 1760.
04:55But this house is the only one...
04:58that's still in its original form.
05:00and with original features...
05:02like this front windows...
05:04the British...
05:05changed the house...
05:06to that blue one.
05:07They also had a window tax.
05:09But it's interesting...
05:10isn't it...
05:11that the architecture reflects...
05:12the different colonisers...
05:14of this part of San...
05:15South Africa.
05:16It shows how...
05:17everything else...
05:18has come together...
05:20to make it what it is today.
05:22Yeah.
05:25This cultural melting pot...
05:27is reflected...
05:28in Cape Malay cuisine...
05:29which is a...
05:30vibrant part...
05:31of South Africa's...
05:32food heritage.
05:33And I'm...
05:34popping into...
05:35the purple-coloured home...
05:36of local chef...
05:37Faiza Abrahams...
05:38to get a taste of it.
05:41Hello!
05:42Hi!
05:43Welcome to...
05:44Faiza!
05:45Nice to meet you!
05:46And it's a pleasure...
05:47to meet you too!
05:48Yeah!
05:49Faiza runs a...
05:50cookery school...
05:51for tourists...
05:52and South Africans...
05:53wanting to spice up...
05:54their lives.
05:55So what are we cooking?
05:57We are going to be cooking...
05:58chicken curry in a hurry!
06:00So it's quick!
06:01Very quick!
06:02And it's easy!
06:03Very easy!
06:04So this is your...
06:05array of spices!
06:06All of them!
06:07So masala...
06:08coriander...
06:09cumin...
06:10turmeric...
06:11chili...
06:10and a pinch of salt!
06:11This is what...
06:12Malay cuisine is all about!
06:14So that...
06:15is the mix...
06:16the mix...
06:17of Indian...
06:18and...
06:19Cape Malay!
06:20Yeah!
06:20We are going to put...
06:22two of this...
06:23in the pot...
06:24a full spoon!
06:25So this is...
06:25masala...
06:26masala...
06:27There we go!
06:28Next...
06:29we are going to do...
06:30coriander...
06:30coriander...
06:31one spoon...
06:32like that!
06:33Yep!
06:34Next...
06:35will be cumin...
06:35turmeric...
06:36Okay!
06:37Turmeric!
06:38Okay!
06:39Turmeric!
06:40And then...
06:41chili!
06:42Chili!
06:43One spoon!
06:44One spoon!
06:45And with a...
06:45bump...
06:46it will be hot!
06:47One with a bit...
06:48of a bump!
06:49Yeah it will be hot!
06:50Make it hot!
06:50Is that a good bump in there? That's a good bump. That's a good bump. Stir that in.
06:55The flavours and the smells are really coming through now, huh? Yeah.
07:00To this fragrant array of onions and spices go the raw potatoes and raw chicken.
07:05On the bone, left to simmer.
07:08And that's it. And that's it.
07:10Don't even stir it.
07:14Apartheid in South Africa.
07:15Enforced a strict racial hierarchy with white people at the top.
07:20And black people at the bottom.
07:22Other racial groups were also segregated, including...
07:25...Indians and those people of mixed heritage, like Faiza, known by the...
07:30...offensive term, coloureds.
07:32What was it like growing up during the apartheid years?
07:35Cooking this food.
07:36Even as a little girl, I knew it was wrong.
07:39I couldn't go...
07:40...into a white toilet, even if I...
07:42...there was no access to the coloured toilet.
07:44You would...
07:45You wouldn't dare risk going into a white toilet, even if there was no other toilet.
07:49My grandmother...
07:50...scottish.
07:51Yeah.
07:52So half my family looks white.
07:53Right.
07:54And they could go into...
07:55...the white toilet.
07:56Could you have set up this kind of cookery school, restaurant, during apartheid?
08:00Well, we couldn't sit in a restaurant with white people.
08:03So you couldn't have...
08:05You've invited white people into the restaurant here during apartheid.
08:08I don't think it would have happened.
08:10We learn from the past.
08:11Yeah.
08:12But I don't carry it with me.
08:13Mm.
08:14Look if you...
08:15If you want to be racist, you're gonna be racist.
08:17Nothing you can do about it.
08:18You know?
08:19And it's their problem anyway.
08:20And that is their problem, yeah.
08:21Exactly.
08:25The times may have changed, but Phaser's recipes have stayed the same for generations.
08:30And now, it's time to tuck in.
08:33A few potatoes.
08:35And a bit of chicken.
08:36A bit of some bone.
08:37Oh, right.
08:38A bit of some bone.
08:39Oh, right.
08:40So this is tomatoes.
08:41Onions.
08:42Onions.
08:43Apricot gems.
08:44Apricot gems.
08:45Y'all.
08:46Y'all.
08:47So you take...
08:48Rebecca Elizabeth.
08:49Rebecca Elizabeth.
08:50You make brezzo.
08:51Yeah.
08:52And you start with a potato pea, and then you start...
08:55with a little bit of chicken there.
08:57And you put it in your hand like that, and...
09:00So you sort of spoon it off.
09:01Wow.
09:02Got a bit of potato there, and a little bit of chicken.
09:05A bit of some ball.
09:06Mmm.
09:07And get it up.
09:10chicken curry in a hurry it's amazing
09:15it's amazing is it hot for you too hot no it's
09:20absolutely yeah perfect it ain't malaysian and it certainly ain't indian
09:25what do they say fusion it's a fusion dish
09:30well that was a taste sensation
09:35but whilst tourists do love to indulge in the local cuisine it's not the only thing that brings
09:40them here wildlife tourism is the big attraction
09:45in south africa the rhinos i met in durban are only one of what's known as the
09:50big five people also flock here to see lions elephants lepers
09:55and buffalo but i wanted my next encounter with the wild to be a list
10:00a little different so i've come to the sancob seabird hospital on the
10:05outskirts of cape town to meet some of the patients african penguins
10:10it's a balmy afternoon and they're enjoying the sun
10:15it's amazing how they've created a little penguin world here oh look
10:20there's one over there it's only got one foot
10:25it's only found along the coast of south africa and namibia
10:28it's only found along the coast of south africa and namibia these birds are smaller and
10:39in the last century these petite beauties are now critically endangered
10:53you
10:44unless something changes they could be extinct in the wild within a decade
10:49hi clive cibonguile george aka sibs is a rehabilitation
10:54assistant assistant here i can see now you already meet our babies
10:59hi clive cibonguile george
11:01do they stay here permanently this one they stay
11:04permanently these are staying permanently but we have those ones in pen there all right we release them
11:22you
11:09so there are some that have ended up being reared here they recover
11:13and then they go
11:14and then you put them back out there yes these birds are here for the rest of their life
11:28you
11:19with bed and board fully covered and it's nearly feeding time so i'm going to help out
11:24in the kitchen this fishery this is for pm so this is
11:38you
11:29that is an evening meal yes a fish supper yes a fish supper yes a fish supper
11:31yes that is
11:34because that is their last feed we need to take this fish nicely we don't want to break it
11:39mustn't be hard inside it must be soft they're a bit particular these penguins aren't they
11:44yes my word what are these fit are these what they look like sardines
11:49sardines perfect for a penguin perfect how many fish would an individual
11:54penguin get through in a day we give them as many as they like as many as they like
11:59yes have you got any greedy ones we do yeah
12:04we're always at the front of the queue and feeding time is the perfect moment to make sure some
12:09of the sicker penguins take their daily dose of medicine three of those
12:14three of those so what you're going to do you take one fish
12:19in your tablet open the beak push it down
12:24so this is for birds with arthritis yes well there we go
12:29there we go
12:33there we go
12:34back out at the pen michelle who works hands-on with the birds is ready
12:38back out at the pen michelle who works hands-on with the birds is ready
12:39to lead the feeding and this bunch certainly know what time it is
12:51you
12:44oh my word look at that they're killing up already michelle
12:48michelle
12:49some fish shoppers here are great stuff club they're already lining up and ready for you
12:54here we go a lot of hungry mouths there awesome thank you so much
12:58awesome thank you so much
12:59got it thanks
13:03they're loving this michelle
13:05for you
13:07little snack at sardines do you know all of these yeah i've worked with them for
13:12three years now so i actually know them pretty well and you know their names i do this is
13:17moseley he's one of our rock hoppers this is jaeger so you can see she actually doesn't have a right
13:22flipper and she's actually currently being a foster parent for us oh really raising a wife
13:27these guys are our own little heroes yeah so they are
13:32blood donors for us if we have very weak penguins coming through amazing so they help us
13:37a lot nice finished all done
13:42they enjoyed that a lot thank you so much my pleasure with the permanent
13:47residents fed it's time to move on to the short stay guests the hospital
13:52hospital will have hundreds of sick or injured penguins at any one time all being
13:57rehabilitated before being released back into the wild
14:02this is going to be your job for now okay this is our feeding list for our rehabilitation birds
14:07everyone has a number i'll read out the number and all you have to do is tell me the amount of fish they
14:11need
14:12and if they need water or formula with that fish marvellous great let's do it
14:17let's do it this is number 63 number six
14:2263 at the bottom hip injury plated ruptured leg okay
14:27should be water and fish thank you there it goes
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15:58It's also the home of Cape Jazz, a combination of swing rhythms with African music.
16:03It was introduced to the world by artists like Miriam Makiba.
16:08Who became South Africa's first internationally famous musician.
16:13I've come to the Bridge Music Academy in Langa, the city's oldest township and one of...
16:18the places Cape Jazz emerged from in the 1950s.
16:23I've come to the Bridge Music Academy in Langa.
16:28I've come to the Bridge Music Academy in Langa
16:33and I've come to the Bridge Music Academy in Langa
16:36and I've come to the Bridge Music Academy in Langa
16:38and I've come to the Bridge Music Academy in Langa
16:43the Bridge Music Academy.
16:45Ooh!
16:46How are you?
16:47I'm very well.
16:48You're, I'm Clive, and you're?
16:50My name is, I'm Clive.
16:52Okay.
16:53You can call me Q.
16:54I prefer that.
16:55I want to call you Q.
16:56That could be really embarrassing.
16:57I have to say, everybody,
16:58that was incredible.
17:03Incredible.
17:05Singer Q Unchinka is an academy...
17:08graduate.
17:09Now she's one of Cape Town's up-and-coming jazz talents.
17:13Jazz is something that I have loved for 40 audience.
17:18When you've come to a jazz township,
17:20Langer is known for jazz.
17:23And when we talk about jazz,
17:24we're talking about a fusion of jazz that African...
17:28element that's added to it here.
17:30In our culture, in every cell...
17:33ceremony, there's always music involved.
17:35There's always the drum involved, right?
17:37And so I want...
17:38I wanted a way of combining the two worlds together...
17:41to form this genre.
17:43of Afro-batches, you know?
17:45And it's been going amazing.
17:47Yeah.
17:48Absolutely wonderful.
17:49And I think for me, it's also...
17:50having South African artists...
17:53who've gone through the same route...
17:55like the late...
17:56Myriam McKay...
17:57Myriam McKay...
17:58I mean, there were so many times...
18:00that I saw her performing...
18:01Yeah.
18:02In...
18:03In the U.K.
18:04You know, during the apartheid years, actually.
18:06And Hugh Masekela as well.
18:07Yeah.
18:08I played the trumpet as a kid.
18:09Ah!
18:10I wasn't very good.
18:11I wasn't very good.
18:12But I could hold...
18:13I could hold a tune.
18:14Yeah.
18:15I could hold a tune.
18:16And so I love Hugh Masekela.
18:17I think for me, their music really...
18:18inspired me.
18:19Yeah.
18:20Not just like...
18:21the melody of...
18:22but their lyrical...
18:23content.
18:24I mean, it's important that we also, as musicians...
18:26to be activists of change.
18:28And I think they also tapped into that.
18:30They knew that the tool to do that...
18:32is through jazz music.
18:33You know, I want to...
18:34I want to have a go.
18:35Let's do this.
18:36Let's do this.
18:37Let's do this.
18:38Definitely.
18:39You'll feel like you're ready.
18:40I'm ready.
18:43Let's do this.
18:44Let's do this.
18:45Leading today's jamming session with Hugh and the students is...
18:48these ouplakies.
18:49Yeah, brother.
18:50Yeah, brother.
18:51I cry.
18:52I cry.
18:53I cry.
18:53A Bridges teacher, a Cape Town University professor, and an internationally...
18:58the acclaimed percussionist.
19:00No pressure then.
19:03Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:08Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:13Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:18Oh, oh, oh.
19:23Shive, welcome to our circle.
19:28Thank you so much.
19:29Such a huge honour again to have you here.
19:31Tell us how that felt for you.
19:33Wonderful.
19:34I could feel the rhythm just coursing through me.
19:36Yeah.
19:37And then you just get lost.
19:38Yeah.
19:39You just get lost and you're just,
19:40you're just playing away and it becomes so...
19:43natural and wonderful and it comes from within.
19:46These are your professors here.
19:48Yes.
19:49How important is the drum to everything you do?
19:53The drum is very important because the only time that African people they don't drum is only...
19:58when they are asleep.
20:02The great American.
20:04jazz pianist, Herbie Hancock.
20:06Yes.
20:07He said...
20:08Everything that he plays stems from the African drum.
20:12Yes.
20:13And his...
20:13is that fusion of the African drum and jazz as...
20:18most people understand jazz.
20:19It's the two together that makes Afro jazz and makes that...
20:23this new fusion and makes this interesting.
20:27What I like about...
20:28the American jazz giants like Herbie Hancock, they were not...
20:33these people who are ashamed of themselves not to learn from the other people.
20:36Mm.
20:37And they will come...
20:38each and every music that comes from Africa.
20:40Because they believe that's where they come from.
20:43I could talk about jazz all day long, but we're here to jam and...
20:48the cue has taken to the floor to perform.
20:51Be the great...
20:53are you wondering if you're in there right?
20:54Say the hide?
20:55Are you a walk?
20:56are you a walk with?
20:57You say nap!"
20:58You say nap!
20:58Dominion
21:03Oh
21:05Oh
21:07Oh
21:08Oh
21:13I have to admit this has been an absolute privilege
21:18I have to admit this
21:23The sheer joy of playing music in a group like this is very
21:28special indeed
21:33I have to admit this
21:35I have to admit this
21:37I have to admit this
21:38I have to admit this
21:42I have to admit this
21:43I have to admit this
21:48I have to admit this
21:49Thank you
21:50Thank you
21:53Thank you
21:58Back in 1990
22:00I was a young journalist
22:02glued to the TV
22:03as Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years in prison
22:08Mandela called on South Africans of all backgrounds to come together
22:13It was an iconic moment in history
22:17Two years later
22:18Inspired by the same vision
22:20A groundbreaking organization was founded here
22:23in Cape Town
22:24Zip Zap Circus
22:28The skill, the strength
22:32The skill, the strength
22:33The agility
22:34It's amazing
22:38Okay
22:39Remember what I said
22:40It's not what you do
22:41It's how you do it
22:42Okay
22:43Brent van Rendsburg
22:43A former trapeze artist himself
22:45was the man with the vision
22:47I'm getting very
22:48I'm going to go
22:49Just looking
22:50How's it going?
22:51I'm good
22:52How are you?
22:53I'm Brent
22:54Nice to meet you
22:53It's good to see you
22:54I'm Clive
22:55Hello
22:56Hello
22:57Hey, how are you doing?
22:58I'm good, thanks
22:59How are you?
22:58I'm good
22:59I'm good
23:00I'm good
23:01Because I'm on firm ground here
23:02I'm more worried about you up there
23:03Oh, I'm all
23:03I'm good
23:06So you used to dangle from
23:08You know, a bit of rope up there
23:09Um, yeah
23:10I was on the fine trapeze for about 20 and
23:139 years of my life
23:14And I managed to finish my career by setting a world record
23:18Yeah
23:19It's the highest flying trapeze in the world
23:21The highest flying trapeze
23:22The highest
23:23Okay
23:23And how high were you?
23:24It was 55 metres
23:25So
23:26On the 65 metres
23:27So
23:28On the 65 metres
23:28One of the stories up between two buildings
23:29It was actually for a commercial
23:31A TV commercial for an insurance company
23:33If you believe it
23:34And here is that advertisement
23:38My word
23:40My palms are sweaty
23:41Just watching it
23:42Just watching it
23:43Mandela
23:44Mandela was our inspiration
23:45Because in 1995
23:46We got to perform for President Mandela
23:48On his birthday
23:49Yeah
23:50And got to meet the President
23:51He met the kids that were in the show in those years
23:53And then he said to us
23:54Look
23:55Why are you doing this?
23:56And we said
23:57Because we want to be part of your
23:58Dream of a rainbow nation
23:59Yeah
24:00And you know
24:01He just said at the end
24:02Keep up the good work
24:03Zip Zap
24:04Zip Zap currently has around 3,000 students enrolled in their academy
24:08Learning everything from juggling to gymnastics and aerial routines
24:13One of those is 19-year-old Leah
24:16Why don't you come on down and see
24:18See if we can give this man a go
24:20Sure, of course
24:23Hey
24:24Good to see you
24:25Hello
24:26Good to see you
24:27Back in the safe and warm buzzer
24:28You've got to see you
24:29The bottom of the floor
24:30Finally
24:31Yeah
24:32How long have you been doing that?
24:33Umm
24:33I started Zip Zap in 2013
24:352013?
24:36How old were you?
24:37I was about 7 years old
24:387?
24:39Yeah
24:40I was very young, very small
24:41Oh my word
24:42Yeah
24:43And you thought
24:43Of all the disciplines
24:45Dangling
24:46Precariously
24:47From a bar
24:48All the way up there
24:49All the way up there
24:50Was the way to go
24:51Yes
24:52It was the way to go
24:53I love being like up in the air
24:55And doing tricks on the trapeze
24:57Yeah
24:58I can really
24:58Express myself
24:59Yeah
25:00So you get a lot out of it then
25:01You enjoy it
25:02I've really been able to work
25:03With people from different backgrounds
25:05Learning about different cultures
25:06Like where people are from
25:07And
25:08Working and trusting different people
25:10Is amazing
25:11I was going to say
25:12You've got to have a lot of trust
25:13In
25:13And your colleagues around here
25:14Yes
25:15When you're up there
25:16Yeah you really do
25:17It's amazing how much trust you put in
25:18To the people you work with
25:22Clive
25:23You trust us
25:24You trust us
25:25We'd like to give you
25:26A little bit of a sense
25:27Of what it feels
25:28Like up there
25:29Yeah
25:30What?
25:31I think you should give it a try
25:32Oh
25:33Come on
25:34Come on
25:35Okay let's go
25:36Let's give it a try
25:37Let's give it a try
25:38I really don't have a head for heights
25:40But I'm assured
25:41I'll be clipped in safely
25:43Okay here you go
25:44See you later
25:45See you later
25:46See you later
25:47See you later
25:48Oh
25:49Oh
25:50Oh
25:53So Brent
25:54Yes
25:55How high am I now?
25:56You're only about 3 metres of the floor
25:57About 3 metres
25:58So when you broke your world record
26:00How much higher were you?
26:01About 52 metres more
26:03And you didn't have a safety harness
26:05No harness mate
26:06I am gripping these
26:08As I roped
26:09For dear life
26:10And you did this for the first time
26:13How old were you again?
26:14I was 7
26:15You were 7
26:16I was 7 years old
26:17And you had no fear
26:18Oh
26:19I had a bit of fear
26:20A little bit of fear
26:21But yeah
26:22Definitely gotten used to it
26:23Oh
26:23Oh
26:24I would
26:27Ooooo
26:28Well done mate
26:29Well done
26:30Well done
26:31You did it
26:32Ha ha
26:33Ha ha
26:34Brent, his team
26:35And all the performers
26:36Are busy rehearsing
26:37For a brand new show
26:38With 7 weeks until opening night
26:40There's still a lot to do
26:42Into a simple routine
26:45Into a simple routine
26:46Into a simple routine
26:47but just more tricks.
26:51Two of the stones...
26:52The stars honing their routines are Masi and Jason.
26:56What has the...
26:58It teaches hard work.
26:59It gives you work ethic.
27:00Pushing through when you're tired, when you...
27:02You get up and you do it again.
27:04So it's been sort of a life lesson for you, this whole process.
27:07It taught me like self-confidence and then I was able to be...
27:12Comforted in myself and with others as well.
27:15It's not about...
27:16What Kali...
27:17Where you are.
27:18How much money you got.
27:19What you're wearing.
27:20It's about what you can contribute.
27:22To the team.
27:23It all comes to this one word called Ubuntu, which means like...
27:27Helping each other.
27:28No matter like what race or what age or what background you come from.
27:33I can certainly see that spirit of Ubuntu here.
27:36It's the very...
27:37The essence of what Nelson Mandela dreamed of.
27:40So from what you've seen, you've got seven weeks...
27:42So much to go.
27:43Yeah.
27:44How's it looking?
27:45A lot of work to do, but we always get there.
27:47You always get there.
27:48We always say it's not where you start, it's where you finish.
27:50That's right.
27:52Mandela had a dream of a reindeer...
27:57A nation setting an example for the world.
28:00Yes, there is still poverty.
28:02And inequality.
28:03But if you pay a visit here, you'll find a people with...
28:07Mandela's dream still in their hearts...
28:09And their eyes on the prize.
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