Hey you guys Phoebe here from Little Grey Box
Now Matt and I have just
wrapped up our Safari it was life-changing I feel amazing and this is
all part of our incredible #SquadSQ trip with Singapore Airlines so right now you
guys we are flying from right here in the Kruger National Park to Johannesburg but
first we've gotta go to Nelspruit and from what I understand there weren't a
lot of flights so we're going in something a little bit smaller today
strap yourselves in kids this is about to be a wild one
I get so travel sick but I took a lot of ginger so...
Expect a few bumps here and
there but it's nothing too serious we are going to try keep this flight
as smooth as possible so I request that everyone keep those seat belts fastened at all times
which I see everyone has managed
Well that was awesome, I was terrified I was going to get really really plane sick
and spend the whole time barfing in a barf bag but smooth as an egg that was easy
We're now in Nelspruit we've got a little
bit of a 'layover', we're just hanging out for a couple of hours at the airport
ah yeah and then we're on our way to Jo'Burg man
Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any better
put a fork in me... I'm done
We've arrived into Johannesburg and where are ya?
Where are ya? There's Matt with the bags right on queue
Thanks babe, alright we're gonna go and meet our guide who should be through those
doors and then we're going to Soweto
So we're looking for a person holding our names up on the sign
There he is!
Matt and Phoebe!
Hey!
We have met our guide April, he's amazing
he speaks 11 languages and I put in a specific request to hear the special
language with all the clicks in it
April...
give us the official welcome to Johannesburg
I would love because the camera is facing at me
A singer during the apartheid time and her name was Miriam Makeba
She used to sing a song that says
[singing in Xhosa]
That's a Xhosa song
That's so awesome!
Nelson Mandela our hero he's from the Xhosa tribe
So Soweto it's.... we call it the mother of all townships
the home of the Revolutionists
people like Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Walter Sisulu
but one thing that makes Soweto great is the people
yes!
People suffered a lot here but people
are trying to move forward, we've got a saying that says that there's one race which is
a human race so despite the color of your skin people are welcomed in the
townships and tourism is playing a big part in uplifting people
Soweto is also famous for those two cooling towers
Is that where you can do the bungee jump?
that's where you can do the bungee jump
Have you done it?
Ahhhh personally no, personally no
estimated to be a hundred meters it's a 3.5 second drop
So today people are owning the houses
people have title deeds of their houses
so people destroyed old houses they start building better houses for
themselves because previously houses like this
our forefathers had to pay rent for 75 years and only when you
are 76 you could own the house
Africans are very social people
I'm getting... is it an apple?
yeah it's an an apple
It's an apple
so the guys at Lebo's they support
people like this who run hand to mouth businesses so you know you're welcome to
stop off and buy some beautiful fresh fruit thank you so much
that's a really good apple
love, peace and harmony
and sometimes friendship
adding some sauce
What are you adding?
some sauce
We are deep in the heart of Soweto and it is incredible, people are running out on the
streets to say hello everybody has big smiles on their face they are so warm so
welcoming it's such a community and everybody is welcome to come here and be
part of it and it's just awe inspiring it is so cool to come to a place and feel
so loved and welcome and accepted and I just...
look I am so happy I...
I don't know what I was expecting from Johannesburg but this is not it
An estimated number of over 600 students were killed
in South Africa in a space of 2 years
from 1976 until 1978.
Students who were protesting for a basic human right
education
but this also is linked with some of the
the laws of apartheid
So if you were white your were first class
Asian, Indian second class
In South Africa people of mixed race
they've got their own category
called colored it's a group
and then native people were unfortunately considered low class
the apartheid government also said
people must get education which is fitting for their levels in life
one, two... for sure
got it
one, two... for sure
for sure!
for sure
Of course you cannot come to Soweto without visiting Nelson
Mandela's house it is right behind us now we can't go in because it's closed and
during the day it is packed with people but if you do get the chance I really
recommend you come here because the stories the history it's fascinating
What is going on with that?
All she wanted was a G and T
We're here at Coobs and this place is beautiful
So it is this beautiful restaurant nestled among loads of other great eateries, the street outside is alive
and the food in here is fantastic
Matt and I are both enjoying some homemade Tagliatelle
after a big day of Safari's and Soweto
they also have an amazing cocktail menu
and in-house mixologist so they have got you covered guys
So we are waking up in Johannesburg for our second day here
It's gonna be a really short one
because we actually have to catch a flight in about...
well we gotta be at the airport at 1:30pm and it's
about 8:30am now so we don't have long
Welcome to the whip
Quick whip tour
seats, roof, April
that's all you need
So we're outside Nelson Mandela's other house now this is the house where
he lived until he died on the 5th of December in 2013 and it's actually a
really cool site because if you look in the garden beds there are all these
rocks which have messages written on them from local people and it's just so
lovely so the house is still occupied by some of Mandela's family
Mr Gandhi and all other political activists were kept
So the three things that you see here
with the stair walls on top this was the awaiting
trial block where they would find you on a street of Johannesburg without an
identity and they'll take you and put you inside this
As you drive around Johannesburg
you are gonna see lots of locals on the side of the road doing all
kinds of funny things with their hands as they hail a taxi and our guide April is
gonna show us some of the different signs
To come to the city they'll point
it out with this finger not any other finger because if you do this one
its a problem people will get angry
and then they we do have some sections like Kyalami
where the racetrack is there is a rolling hills of grass you make something
like this and at a Township called Alexandra three kilometres from Sunten City
our new central business district you make a sign of a gun because it used
to be a notorious area to visit and now to go to the train station you make like
a steel train so that the driver who goes there can stop and pick you up otherwise
if you stand and fold your arms next to the road you stand until hell freezes
amen!
that was perfect!
Welcome to the Neighbourgoods Market
This place is the fanciest market I've ever been to it screams the word artisanal
I can only imagine there's some amazing coffee and I have to have one
Come with your higher consciousness and we teach the people how to eat right and
how to make good food
My grandmother used to cook this for us
for flu, when we are coughing
you see my lord now connecting you with your grandmother, with your roots
My name is Bless
I'm presenting the Nut Case Study
It's a series of work I've made to complement both art and science
So what do you think is the biggest misconception about Johannesburg?
It used to be a notorious place to visit during the apartheid time but since
then since 1994 people started to think like human beings. There is nothing wrong
about visiting Johannesburg it's just the mentality of the people Johannesburg
we live here we grew up here it's just like any other big cities in the world but
you have people that say it's not safe to go there so how do we survive as
people as you can see Jo'Burg is the largest city the biggest city in South
Africa everyone wants to see himself or self in the city and nothing is going on
So what would you say to somebody sitting at home thinking Johannesburg isn't safe?
It's a peaceful town like any other towns unless you walking on the street at night
so at night we can't guarantee your safety but during the day
you can look at each and every street has a camera so that they monitors every
movement of the people in the city so you just be yourself and come and visit Jo'Burg
Human being originate in Africa
if you've never been to Johannesburg
you'll never know where you coming from
we all come in from various provinces to
come to Johannesburg to learn about what happened in the past between the
white and the black so if you come to Johannesburg you'll have your facts straight
I'll be really honest with you coming to Johannesburg...
had a few reservations and that's just because I had heard so many bad stories
It has been vastly different to the picture that is painted and the people here are
a huge part of that everyone smiles and waves and just
they say hello and they invite you to be part of their culture to be part of the
community and I personally feel like the people who call this area home they
treat people how they want to be treated and for a long time they weren't treated
very well so when anybody comes here they are immediately welcomed they are
immediately accepted and they are immediately made to feel part of the
place and I do just want to say like any major city of course there are going to be
issues are you gonna be safe 24 hours a day no but you know what you can't walk
around the streets of New York at night you can't walk around the streets of
Paris at night you can't walk around the streets of San Francisco at night this
is just what happens in a major city it's like that anyway of course I would
recommend that you do it with a guide because that way you get that
educational experience and it takes any doubt you might have out of it they'll
take you to all of the great areas they'll tell you so much about the rich
history of South Africa and Johannesburg and you will leave a better person for it
Thank you so much for watching you guys I hope you enjoyed this video if
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have a great weekend and I will see you next week
Love ya!