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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.
00:15It's the best lamb in Marrakesh, but I've always wanted to come back.
00:18Milton!
00:20And find out more about the Africa.
00:25We rarely see on TV.
00:26One mistake, I'll clap you.
00:28Oh my, what?
00:30I can't make a mistake then.
00:32Now, I'm travelling across this fast, con...
00:35...to discover why life can feel so much bigger and bolder here than ever.
00:40Anywhere else on earth.
00:41I'll be uncovering some deep family roots.
00:44You have run...
00:45...from Africa.
00:46I knew I was a warrior...
00:47Yes.
00:48...god.
00:49And getting the chance to...
00:50...live life local style.
00:51Woo!
00:54As I...
00:55...experience the speed.
00:56Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
00:57The sights.
00:58Cheers.
00:59Cheers.
01:00Check out that view.
01:01And the soul.
01:02I like to sing it!
01:03Hey!
01:04Hey!
01:05...of this vibrant and varied land.
01:07Oh, look at that.
01:08Animals crossing the road.
01:09Oh, look at that.
01:10Animals crossing the road.
01:10Oh!
01:11Oh!
01:12Join me on my African adventure.
01:15I like to sing it!
01:16Yeah.
01:17Yeah!
01:18Yeah!
01:19Yeah!
01:25I'm on the road and heading.
01:30Welcome to a city known for its warm weather and its chilled, laid-back atmosphere.
01:35Durban is one of South Africa's richest cultural destinations.
01:40A melting pot for black and white, including the Zulu people and the nation.
01:45The nation's big Indian population.
01:48Durban is around 300 miles.
01:50South East of Johannesburg on the Indian Ocean and is the largest city in the KwaZulu.
01:55Natal province.
01:56While I'm here, I'll be-
02:01meeting some of the area's biggest residents.
02:04Where are you pointing, Lawrence?
02:06How can I see?
02:07In the bush, yeah.
02:08I'll show you now.
02:09Am I going blind?
02:12Discovering the hidden meanings behind one of the country's most-
02:16exuberant forms of creativity.
02:17Okay.
02:18One mistake.
02:19I clapped you.
02:20You clapped me.
02:21Yes.
02:22You clapped me?
02:23Yes.
02:24Oh my, what?
02:25I better not make a mistake then.
02:26And later, I'll be seeking out the spicy origins.
02:31Of one of South Africa's favourite street foods.
02:36But first, I'm off to catch some waves.
02:41You clapped me.
02:42I'll be looking at them.
02:43You are very careful.
02:45You are really careful from the streets.
02:46When I'm going blind, you will be looking for them.
02:47I'm going to take the rain out for you.
02:48You are always, you are.
02:49You are a cautious.
02:50You are aปkeying the two-piece.
02:55I'm not.
02:56You're a blake of a bridge.
02:58You are a strong and solid.
03:00The two-piece.
03:01I'm going to take the rain out.
03:04The two-piece.
03:06You are a baby.
03:08You are a baby.
03:09You're an eagle.
03:10unusual surf club.
03:15The club is known as surfers not street children.
03:19They work with
03:20130 youngsters in Durban
03:22who are either homeless or from disadvantaged
03:25backgrounds, teaching them to surf after school.
03:3028-year-old Sisonki Umdumdum was once one of these kids.
03:34He's now a pro surf.
03:35He's a proffa and coach.
03:36How are you?
03:37How are you?
03:38How are you?
03:39Hey clown!
03:40Good to see you man.
03:41I'm good.
03:42I'm good.
03:43I'm good.
03:44I'm good.
03:45I'm good.
03:46Really, really, really well.
03:47Listen, you're putting them through their paces.
03:48Yeah.
03:49You're not taking any prisoners here.
03:50No, no, no, no prisoners.
03:51What's their age range?
03:53The kids range from six years old.
03:55All the way up to 21 years old.
03:58So every day after school, they come here for training.
04:00And then on the weekends, they do competitions.
04:05As well as teaching kids how to surf, the organization...
04:10...has a dedicated team of mentors and social workers to help children...
04:15...to transform their lives.
04:17The program was initially started as a prevention program...
04:20...to get the kids off the street...
04:22...because we've got a lot of crime, prostitutions and...
04:25...and dragged around the area.
04:26Wow.
04:27So all these kids, we introduced them to the ocean.
04:30Yeah.
04:31And teach them ocean-related skills.
04:33And then some of them venture on to be...
04:35...being lifeguards, baristas...
04:37...and all different stuff in the world.
04:38Fantastic.
04:39The training...
04:40...here has been so successful that some former pupils...
04:43...have even gone on to represent...
04:45...in South Africa at international tournaments.
04:47Have you ever surfed before?
04:50No.
04:51No.
04:52Listen.
04:53I grew up in Bolton in Lancashire, right?
04:54I'm not going to be surfing on the...
04:55...just a ship canal.
04:56Cold water.
04:57Do you know what I mean?
04:58That's cold water surfing.
04:59That's not from me.
05:00Okay.
05:01Well, this is our winter.
05:02So if you'd like to join us for a surf and get to...
05:05...engage with the kids.
05:06If I'm going to do any kind of surfing...
05:07...it's going to be in Durban on a sandy beach like this.
05:10100%.
05:11Let's go.
05:12It's going to be done, hasn't it?
05:13Yeah, let's cold.
05:15Sweet.
05:16This way.
05:20I'm not sure how this is going to go, but...
05:25...the fact that I'm able to try it at all...
05:27...is worth celebrating.
05:29During Apartheid...
05:30...the sea was segregated and black people were banned...
05:33...from this section of the beach completely.
05:35Thankfully, that kind of racism is long gone...
05:38...and I'm ready to take my...
05:40...for the first surfing lesson at the age of 60.
05:45Let me first introduce you to Indy Pila.
05:47Hey!
05:48How are you doing?
05:49Good to see you.
05:50Good to see you.
05:51All right.
05:52She's our...
05:50...for water safety and she's represented...
05:53...the national country in the...
05:55...the world stages and ISA surfing.
05:56Fantastic.
05:57We'll teach you how to surf today.
05:58Ah!
05:59So let's get to...
06:00...might take a while.
06:01I don't know.
06:02I'm a very good coach.
06:03I don't know.
06:04I'm a very good coach.
06:06And to learn the basics, I don't even have to get wet.
06:09The basics?
06:10About getting down on the board.
06:11So we'll be down there.
06:12Right.
06:13Good luck.
06:14Good luck.
06:15So you paddle.
06:16And then when you get up, you push up first.
06:18Push up.
06:19And then...
06:20...one leg at the front.
06:21Yeah.
06:22And then you turn.
06:23Basically.
06:24And then...
06:25I turn.
06:26So you see...
06:27...your foot's there.
06:28Right.
06:29So this is how you'd get up.
06:30You do this.
06:31So you do that.
06:32And that.
06:33So I have to turn that way.
06:34Yeah.
06:35Okay.
06:35But it's all like in a sequence.
06:37Yeah.
06:38So when you do this pop up.
06:39Like this.
06:40Yeah.
06:40It has to be quick.
06:41It has to be quick.
06:42The transition between your pop up and...
06:45standing up has to be quick.
06:46Okay.
06:47Because if you...
06:48If you're slow, you're gonna end up falling.
06:50Okay.
06:51Time to give it a go for real.
06:53Okay.
06:54Time to give it a go for real.
06:55Okay.
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09:00Jay Naidoo's restaurant is the place to get one of Durban's iconic street foods.
09:04Bunny Chow.
09:05Bunny Chow.
09:06Why Bunny?
09:07And why Chow?
09:08Well Chow.
09:09Well it was a slang used back in the days the Bunny boys, the Gujarati people.
09:14We used to call them Bunny, so it was called Bunny Chow.
09:17Now we've innovated, we call it a Bunny Chow.
09:19Bunny Chow.
09:22Bunny out was the slang term.
09:24They were given to Indian migrants who came to this area in the 1940s to work the sugar
09:29plant.
09:29But no one had to fix their limitations.
09:30Long hours and short breaks meant they had to adapt to how they . . . .
09:34. . . . .
09:35. . . .
09:39. . .
09:40. . . . . . . .
09:42Put a hole in it?
09:43Half a loaf or a quarter loaf.
09:45And what went into it?
09:47Well, at that time I think it was just beans, you know, curried beans, like sugar beans.
09:52Raw beans, anything that's quick and cheap.
09:57This dish is an early example of a...
10:02The street food that has become a kitchen favourite, and I'm helping Jay to prepare a fresh pot.
10:07So Jay, how popular is this dish?
10:10Well, it's one of the most popular dish...
10:12In Durban, eh?
10:13Bunny charses are originated in Durban, so it's one...
10:17One of the very most economical dish, and regarding cost factor, very good value.
10:22And is there all kinds of people you get coming here to eat it?
10:24Oh, yes, yes, yes.
10:25TikTok and, you know...
10:27Facebook, those things help us.
10:29So you're a TikTok star?
10:30Yeah, I do a lot of things.
10:32You're a lot of TikToks.
10:33Facebook is pasting as well every day.
10:35You've got to put the money in their faces, you know?
10:37That's right.
10:38Well, I'm looking forward to having a bunny in my face.
10:41And with all...
10:42All my onions chopped into the pot they go.
10:44A whole lot, chef?
10:45A whole lot.
10:46Oh, wow.
10:47That gives you all that thick gravy.
10:48Oh.
10:49You've noticed we haven't used a single tomato.
10:50One of our secret...
10:51That's right.
10:52That's right.
10:52Yeah, one of our secrets.
10:53But it's going to be out there now.
10:54Yeah.
10:55When you cook it.
10:57You're cooking a curry, don't use a tomato.
10:58You're making a chutney?
10:59You need tomato.
11:00The next ingredients to...
11:02To be added to this tomato-less curry are the all-important herbs and spices.
11:07Can you give me some curry leaves, please?
11:08Curry leaves?
11:09Curry leaves, yeah.
11:10One of those containers here.
11:11OK.
11:12OK.
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11:36Snapple.
11:37No complexes.
11:38No binding spices in the curry, right?
11:39Go into a dish, ever.
11:40That's what makes us dish unique.
11:41Oh.
11:42Your ****
11:40Okay, and into this amazing pot of flavor goes 10 kilos
11:45of mutton.
11:46You got to put the whole lot in now.
11:48Let's do it, let's do it.
11:50Slowly.
11:51There you go.
11:52Oh my God.
11:53I don't think I've cooked this.
11:55So much food ever.
11:58Try this.
11:59Okay.
12:00Little boat roof.
12:01That's it.
12:02That's more than that.
12:03Here we go.
12:04Now.
12:05Now.
12:06We can do it.
12:07Easy.
12:08Now I'm moving the pan.
12:09Yeah.
12:10Slowly, slowly.
12:11No rush with the curry.
12:12No rush with the curry.
12:13Okay.
12:14You know what?
12:15I do.
12:15I feel like I'm rowing a boat in the Oxford and Cambridge boat race.
12:21But actually I'm making bunny chow.
12:24Bunny chow.
12:25And it's getting hot here, bro.
12:26We need to get this thing ready.
12:27It's getting good, man.
12:28Arrgh.
12:30Many of the estimated 150,000 workers who came here.
12:35from the Indian subcontinent were indentured servants who had to work for years on
12:40plantations and railways to pay back the cost of their passage.
12:45Cheap.
12:45Cheap.
12:46Food.
12:47Was a necessity.
12:50Bunny chow is a meal that reflects the complicated history of those times.
12:54And it's still.
12:55Cheap.
12:56This will cost you 49 South African Rand.
12:59That's about two.
13:00Cheap.
13:01This is a dish you do not use a knife and fork for.
13:05You use your fingers.
13:06You use your fingers?
13:07Yeah.
13:08I want to see how you do it first so I don't do it wrong.
13:09Okay.
13:10Usually you just take.
13:10Take this little dip here.
13:11Yeah.
13:12So you're dipping bread.
13:13Yeah.
13:14Take a little bit of that.
13:15Just like a starter.
13:15Okay.
13:16A little bit off the edge here.
13:17Yeah.
13:18Yeah.
13:19Yeah.
13:20Yeah.
13:20Cool.
13:21Yeah.
13:22Yeah.
13:23Yeah.
13:24Yeah.
13:25Those spices, I can see why there were so many put in now.
13:27So many spices, yeah, yeah.
13:28Absolutely delicious.
13:30My mouth is being bombarded with so many flavors.
13:35Oh, it's gorgeous.
13:37It's not a chicken in a basket, it's curry and a piece of bread.
13:40Yeah.
13:41You just mop it up with a bit more bread around the sides.
13:44Yeah.
13:45I think it's safe to say that I...
13:50I am a happy chappy in the happy chappy.
13:52Wow.
13:53Thank you very much.
13:54Another happy chappy in the happy chappy.
13:55Thank you very much.
13:56Thank you very much.
14:05with the BBC over 20 years ago.
14:07I'm reminded of just how stunningly beautiful
14:10qualities.
14:14Before Catherine...
14:15and I left in 2006, we went on the holiday of a lifetime to Krueger
14:20National Park to see the big game animals for which South Africa is so famous.
14:25Twenty years on, some of these iconic animals are in ever-increasing danger.
14:30Lawrence, hey Clive, good to see you.
14:35Clive, how are you doing?
14:36Lawrence Reed and his wife Kerry run Tala Private Game Reserve.
14:40Helping to protect precious wildlife.
14:43So what animals do you have here?
14:44So we've got...
14:45Hippos, Giraffe, Vildibius, Zebra.
14:50We've got a leopard that comes through now and again.
14:52Really?
14:53But...
14:53Is he going to come through today?
14:55Oh, I hope so.
14:56Maybe we can see it.
14:57Maybe we can see it from the safety of this day.
15:00So cool.
15:00We've also got rhinos on the farm.
15:01Rhinos?
15:02Yeah, yeah, which is what...
15:05Brought me here to this farm.
15:08It was after a 24-year...
15:1014 poaching incident in which two rhinos died, that Lawrence approached the owner...
15:15to offer his help.
15:1611 years later, Lawrence now runs things.
15:19But the...
15:20The threat of hunters is ever-present.
15:25So where did your love of rhinos come from?
15:30I don't know, they seem so majestic and...
15:34and helpful.
15:35Helpless.
15:35Helpless, really.
15:36Even though they're so big.
15:37Yeah.
15:38And they just need someone to look off.
15:40I don't know.
15:43The African rhino is a critic...
15:45and they're the most likely endangered species.
15:46And while South Africa has the largest population in the world...
15:50It is also a hotspot for poachers, with 420 animals killed in 20 years.
15:55In 2024 alone.
15:56When you're poaching a rhino, you're not eating...
15:59or poaching it for...
16:00or meat, you're poaching it for greed.
16:03For the rhino horn.
16:04So let's...
16:05It's the horn...
16:05Yeah.
16:06...that the poachers are after.
16:07100%.
16:10Poached rhino horn is often used in traditional medicines in Asia.
16:13Studies have consistent...
16:15recently shown that it holds no medicinal qualities whatsoever...
16:18but it can still fetch tens of...
16:20thousands of pounds per kilo on the black market.
16:23Have you had any poaching?
16:25Here?
16:25No, not with the rhino's.
16:26Not with the rhino's.
16:27Because we...
16:29have what I call...
16:30boots on the ground.
16:30We have guys following them...
16:32all the time.
16:33And are they sort of rangers?
16:35Yeah, so they're rhino-minders.
16:37Rhino-minders you call them?
16:38Yes, yes.
16:39Oh, right.
16:40How many of them do you have?
16:41Well, each group of rhino's has a minder with them 24...
16:45seven.
16:45Okay.
16:45Yeah.
16:50The game reserve is almost seven and a half thousand acres...
16:53small by African standards.
16:55But home to hundreds of species roaming freely.
17:00It's breathtaking.
17:05Oh, look at that.
17:10Animals crossing the road.
17:13That's pretty cool.
17:14Yeah.
17:15Oh, let's get a picture of that.
17:17Catherine will love that.
17:20I'm keeping my eyes...
17:25peeled for rhinos.
17:25And Lawrence thinks we're close.
17:28The rhinos are lying down.
17:30The left-hand side just somewhere.
17:32Let's see if we can see them.
17:33Where are you posing, Lawrence?
17:34I can't see them.
17:35In the bush shell.
17:37I'll show you now.
17:39Am I going blind?
17:40There they are right here in front of us.
17:44Oh, yes!
17:45Oh-ho-ho!
17:45There we go.
17:47Wow, that might be...
17:50They're magnificent.
17:50And they're huge.
17:53Amazing.
17:55How do you see them?
17:55How do you feel?
17:57Because I'm excited.
17:58I've never seen one before.
17:59I just...
17:59In a while.
18:00You know, if I'm having a bad day,
18:01I come and sit with the rhinos,
18:02and then I just feel relaxed.
18:03Really?
18:04Yeah.
18:05Rhinos truly are magnificent animals.
18:09And just when...
18:10When you feel lucky enough to spot one group...
18:12So there's the other two coming across.
18:15Now.
18:16More come along.
18:18See how...
18:18Well, they blend in there.
18:19She's kind of...
18:20Oh, yes, yes, yes.
18:20Yes, look.
18:21Yes.
18:22Oh, wow.
18:23So she...
18:25Two of them.
18:25She's our oldest female on the farm.
18:27What's her name?
18:28Uh, that's Mahlebe.
18:29Mahlebe.
18:30Mahlebe, yeah.
18:30And that's N'Goloze, her baby.
18:33Oh, wow.
18:34When I say a baby,
18:35she's probably like three and a half years old.
18:37Okay.
18:37And she's still drinking milk from mom.
18:39Woo.
18:40We dehorn them every year.
18:42Right.
18:42So we'll trim their horns down.
18:43Is that painful?
18:44No.
18:45No, no.
18:45It's like cutting your fingernails.
18:46Oh, okay.
18:46Yeah.
18:48Because their horns grow between...
18:5010 and 15 centimetres a year.
18:51Right.
18:51A year.
18:55Rolling them every year.
18:57Take care, Nadia.
18:59Oh, wow.
18:59!
19:00Whilst Lawrence hasn't lost any rhinos to
19:05organised poaching, the smaller animals here are always a target for individuals setting
19:10their nightmares. And as we're filming...
19:16A call comes through on the radio.
19:19Whereabouts are you on that...
19:21I'm here by the Trojo tank, here by the Trojo tank.
19:24Have you got that person...
19:25Are you in with you?
19:28Okay, I'll be there now.
19:30The Game Reserve's anti-poaching unit has apprehended someone...
19:35near the perimeter fence, and we're now en route to the scene.
19:40Okay.
19:43Do you want to make a mess?
19:44No.
19:45Sure.
19:46Lutho.
19:47Fight apart.
19:48Fight apart.
19:50What's up?
19:51What's up?
19:52I'm behind you.
19:55We'll deal with them just now.
20:01Um...
20:04Guys...
20:05They're heavily armed.
20:06They don't know what they're going to come across.
20:09But, you know...
20:10On this occasion...
20:11They've done their job.
20:13So I just...
20:14I think take them to...
20:15Relegate and then get confirmation that he does work for them.
20:18Okay.
20:19If he does, then drop them off.
20:20Okay.
20:21No problem.
20:22Okay.
20:26So, Lawrence...
20:27What do you think?
20:28What's the story?
20:29Okay, so...
20:30He works...
20:30He works for the trust.
20:31Right.
20:32Um...
20:33So the trust is...
20:34Is part of this form here.
20:35But he works on another form.
20:37And he was taking a shortcut through the form.
20:39Um...
20:40So we'll get confirmation from...
20:42The person that he works for.
20:43Um...
20:44And if everything's...
20:45100%
20:46We'll drop him on the other side of the form where he was heading for.
20:49And he still could have...
20:50Been setting snares.
20:51So we...
20:52We'd have to check the area.
20:53But he had no evidence of...
20:55Stuff for snares or things like that.
20:58But it's an ever-present danger, isn't it?
21:00That's what you're having to deal with.
21:01The possibility that people will...
21:03Come onto this land...
21:05And try and take...
21:06What doesn't belong to them.
21:07100%
21:08Yes.
21:10Follow-up searches didn't find any snares.
21:13So the suspected poacher...
21:15Was let off with a warning.
21:17Lawrence and his team are doing such...
21:20Vital work.
21:21I really hope the animals here continue to thrive under his...
21:25Watch.
21:31I'm heading back to Durban.
21:32But before I do...
21:33I have one more stop off.
21:35Stop beingocratic.
21:36Need for help.
21:38Click....
21:39OK
21:40This is the majestically named Valley of a Thousand Hills, the heartland of South
21:45Africa's biggest ethnic group the Zulu back in the
21:5019th century the Zulu were famed for their fierce fighting skills the only
21:55African people to defeat in battle the vastly better equipped colonialist British
22:00charming
22:05but I'm here to explore a very different form of Zulu mastery
22:10arts and crafts which is helping to save lives
22:15Hi you must be Paula
22:19Hiya
22:20Good to see you
22:22Lovely to meet you
22:23Oh wow what a lovely community you've got here
22:25Yes wonderful
22:26And those earrings
22:27Yes
22:28Those earrings are serious
22:30Quality earrings
22:31No
22:32We've got a piece of lemon and a shrimp
22:34Yeah
22:35I'm a bit out there with the jewelry
22:37It's not always being out there
22:38I'm out there the whole time
22:40Show me more
22:41Okay
22:42Show me more
22:43Okay
22:45Thank you
22:47Thank you
22:48Thank you
22:49Thank you
22:50Paula Thompson is the manager of this craft centre founded two decades ago
22:54It was in
22:55Inspired by work being done in the community to help women battling HIV and AIDS
23:00The aim is not only to give them a creative outlet but also economic stability
23:05Through selling their work
23:07So how many people are actually helped here? How many people
23:10Are involved in the crafts and so on?
23:13About 450
23:15So the majority of people are actually working off-site
23:18Yeah
23:19And
23:20It's great for mothers because they can still look after their children and do their beadwork
23:25And
23:26And
23:27Then everybody comes in on a Friday and brings in all the
23:30orders and Friday is, yeah, it's a very happy celebratory day.
23:35But it also acts as a support group for women.
23:40Many of the people that work here are living with HIV.
23:43The reality of that disease here...
23:45...here in South Africa can be stark.
23:48So we have a 24-bed...
23:50...respite unit on site.
23:52And this is our memory wall.
23:55That remembers those patients that have passed away.
24:00And, yeah, it's tough remembering.
24:05But all those names, all those people, they were helped here.
24:09And that's something to be...
24:10...no problem.
24:15This place is a hive of creativity with everything from sewing...
24:20...workshops to glass and beat specialists.
24:24The Zulu...
24:25...do have been famous for their beadwork for centuries.
24:28In recent decades, skills have...
24:30...dwindled, but women like Princess, Winnie and Jabu...
24:33...are helping to keep the tradition...
24:35...alive.
24:36Hello, hello, hello.
24:37Hi.
24:38Hi.
24:39Right.
24:40Okay.
24:41So...
24:42...this is what I'm trying to make.
24:43Yes.
24:44A South African flag.
24:45Yes.
24:46From tiny, tiny little beads.
24:48The beads are so small.
24:49I'm going to have to put my glasses on.
24:50Yeah.
24:51I'm going to have to put my glasses on.
24:52I think you need it.
24:53I think I need it.
24:54Absolutely.
24:55Absolutely.
24:55Right.
24:56Yeah.
24:57Now, how do I do this?
24:58There's a needle.
24:59The needle?
25:00Yes.
25:00Okay.
25:01You can take one now.
25:02So...
25:03And you pick them up with the end through the hole?
25:05Yes.
25:05Yes.
25:06Okay.
25:07There we go.
25:08Yes.
25:09Okay.
25:10Move the beads.
25:10Move the beads.
25:11Move the beads down.
25:12Yes.
25:13Down.
25:14Okay.
25:15Okay.
25:15You can take the needle and go this side for this.
25:18This side.
25:19Pull the needle.
25:20Pull the needle.
25:20Then...
25:21Just pull...
25:22Just pull this through.
25:23Yes.
25:24Pull it through.
25:25Yes.
25:26Oh!
25:27Oh!
25:25Yes.
25:26Yes.
25:27Yes.
25:28Okay.
25:29We got a bead on there.
25:30Yeah.
25:31And use Neniki to...
25:30And then I go into the bead again.
25:31Yes.
25:32Yes.
25:33Yes.
25:34Okay.
25:35So I'm wrapping...
25:35Basically wrapping the thread around...
25:37Yes.
25:38...the pin.
25:39Yay.
25:40To make it tight.
25:41Wow.
25:42And make it nice.
25:43Yes.
25:44Look at that.
25:45Yeah.
25:45Beautiful.
25:46Yeah.
25:47But I need more.
25:48I need another three.
25:49We need another three.
25:50Three reds.
25:51Okay.
25:52Okay.
25:53So I'm going to try and do this one on my own.
25:54One mistake.
25:55You clapped me?
25:56Yes.
25:57You clapped me?
25:58Yes.
25:59Oh my word.
26:00I better not make a mistake then.
26:00Please.
26:01Please don't make a mistake.
26:02Please.
26:03Don't tell him.
26:04Don't make a mistake.
26:05All right.
26:06No.
26:07Okay.
26:08Right.
26:09I've got it here.
26:10Yes.
26:11Yeah.
26:12Yeah.
26:13That's it.
26:14That's it.
26:15Yes.
26:16Yeah.
26:17I pulled it and that's it.
26:18There.
26:19Princess.
26:20You saved me.
26:21You saved me from a...
26:21Cluttering.
26:22You saved me from a cluttering from that one.
26:26So how would you have coped living and providing for your family?
26:31If you didn't have this facility here?
26:34If you weren't able to work here?
26:36How...
26:36How would you have been able to provide for your families?
26:39Yeah.
26:40It's hard.
26:41If we didn't open this place, I think sometimes we're going to die.
26:46Really?
26:47Because I'm with Paula more than 21 years now.
26:4921 years?
26:50Yes.
26:51And all of...
26:51Because she makes me happy.
26:53If you have a...
26:54A personal problem.
26:55Mmm.
26:56She helped you.
26:57She attended you.
26:58Right.
26:59And she helped you very much.
27:00She didn't care...
27:01About...
27:02We are HIV positive.
27:03You see?
27:04This is it.
27:06Home of love.
27:07Actually.
27:08A home of love?
27:09Yes.
27:10I'm so glad things are working.
27:11Is this working out?
27:12Is this working out?
27:13No.
27:14Look!
27:15You finished!
27:16I finished it!
27:16Who knew?
27:17Yeah.
27:18Who knew?
27:19Who knew?
27:20You turned around...
27:21You looked back and it was done.
27:22See?
27:23You didn't have to lick me.
27:25But I...
27:26Thoroughly enjoyed this.
27:27Thoroughly enjoyed doing this.
27:29Wow.
27:30And soon...
27:31In maybe about...
27:32I don't know...
27:33Six months...
27:34I would have...
27:35A South African...
27:36Are you looking for it?
27:37Yes!
27:38Yes!
27:39There we go.
27:41Given your days!
27:47But...
27:56Again!
27:57Take the thing!
27:58Get wtih...
27:59I will never forget.
28:01Kissed by the warm waters of the Indian Ocean.
28:04This is a part of the world truly blessed.
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28:43I will never forget.
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