Black Mambas
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The Black Mambas are South Africa‘s first all-female anti-poaching unit, chosen by the white and male-dominated conservation authorities. Their fight against poaching challenges the role of women (and men) in their communities and South African society at large.
“Reveals colonial structures still in place. An astute, unshowy film” - Screen Daily
“A stunning expose” - Filmmaker Magazine
“Exciting and thought-provoking” - Cineuropa
“Digs deep into complex racial and class dynamics” - The Guardian
Citation
Main credits
Karbe, Lena (film director)
Karbe, Lena (screenwriter)
Karbe, Lena (film producer)
Coloma, Tristan (screenwriter)
Vasek, Jan (film producer)
Other credits
Director of photography, Mateusz Smolka; original music by Rémi Alexandre; editor, Georg Michael Fischer.
Distributor subjects
Africa, Animals and Animal Rights, Cultural Anthropology, Documentary Films, Environment, Gender Issues and Studies, Race and Racism, South AfricaKeywords
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If you have a dog as a pet
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and you don't feed it,
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the moment someone else gives it food,
you'll no longer own it.
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If someone with money shows up
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while you're starving
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and tells you there's money
for poaching over there, you'll go.
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She puts on a ring,
but that ring wasn't bought by her man.
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He says, "I love you, but you're wearing a
ring that I did not buy."
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But he said,
"You cannot just buy yourself a ring."
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I think a ring is a nice thing,
but the man should buy it for you.
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Yes, he has to put it on your finger.
- Who is she trying to impress?
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We sure can talk!
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A seven-kilometer patrol is a lot.
- A seven-kilometer patrol is too much.
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When we chat time flies by quickly.
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There is a hole! An animal did that.
- Yes, it was an animal.
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You can see the fur.
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You see?
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We've fixed it. There you go.
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Elephants!
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But it's a small one.
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I hope it doesn't give us trouble.
- It looks like a little one.
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It could come up here if it sees us.
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But it's still there.
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It's not moving.
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It's just being disrespectful.
- It's a teenager. They behave like this.
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Maybe it has started mating.
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Let's go.
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You and I always have bad luck.
We always come across elephants.
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I learned about the Black Mambas
through the internet.
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I searched for independent women
and what they can do for a living.
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These women looked so strong to me,
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wearing the uniforms, protecting animals
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and doing a job only men normally do.
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Can you please come
and put out the fire, Naledi?
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I need some water.
- Take the water.
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My mom showed me how important it is
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for women to earn their own money.
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My mum works at the mine, like most people
in my hometown of Phalaborwa.
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But I don’t want to be like them.
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I want to go my own way.
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When I told my family
that I got a job as a Black Mamba
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they really were not happy about it.
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They were afraid for my safety.
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We walk seven kilometers
early in the morning.
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We come across elephants
and other animals.
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We go around the entire reserve
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and keep a lookout for any signs
of poachers breaking in.
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When you see light you report it,
a cut in the fence, you report it.
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If we see tracks that don't belong to us,
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we report it.
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So what would you do
if you came across rhino poachers?
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We've been trained to ensure
we see them before they see us.
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That is why we always look out for
any suspicious signs
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and we report them.
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But I've never faced rhino poachers.
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I have not seen you in a while.
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You know I don't have time.
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You're ruining our friendship.
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You're never around.
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But at least we talk, my friend.
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Talking and seeing each other
are two different things.
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I understand.
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Yes, let's grab an ice cream or a sundae.
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And then we can bond.
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Is that Thatho?
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I'm not sure.
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Since when can Kevin play soccer?
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He's just a hijacker.
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I feel sorry for the bushmeat poachers.
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They used to work,
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but they've lost their jobs
and are now into bad things.
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They get into the reserve to kill for food
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so that they can give it
to their children.
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It hurts that they can't take care of
their children.
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They take care of them by stealing
from the reserve and that is wrong.
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There is nothing we can do.
Covid-19 has really disrupted things.
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People have lost everything,
they're suffering
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and they have no food at home.
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This is where they made
their food last night.
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It seems like an elephant was hiding here.
Can you see?
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Let's go over there.
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Should we have a look?
- Yes, let's have a look.
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There are elephant tracks everywhere.
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I've got a snare! Here.
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Look at where they've put the snare.
We usually don't check here.
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Okay, remove that snare
so that we can leave this area.
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Yes, let's go.
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Had the elephant touched this,
its leg would have been caught.
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So, if its leg got caught,
what would have happened?
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If its leg got caught,
it would try to move.
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But the snare's strong. The elephant
wouldn't be able to free itself.
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Or it would try to pull down the tree
that the snare is tied to.
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If the tree fell,
it'd still move around with this thing.
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The elephant would be aggressive
because it'd be in pain.
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It would be very dangerous.
There would be chaos.
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As a Mamba, I've been working in the wild
for almost seven years,
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but I was not trained to be a tour guide.
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That's my dream.
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I cannot afford the guide course.
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With the money I earn
I need to support my family.
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My father passed away
when I was very young.
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So now, because I work as a Black Mamba,
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I took on my father's role
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and became the role model in the family.
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As a child I did not know
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anything at all about animals.
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We were only told that they are dangerous,
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that they kill.
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We received false information,
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but there was nothing we could do.
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So, I grew up being afraid of animals
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because they are deadly.
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I never thought
that one day I would work amongst animals
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that are considered deadly.
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Nkateko!
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Slow down.
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What is this?
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These are wild dogs.
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They make sounds like...
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They move at night.
- Look at this!
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What is this?
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Is it a frog?
- Mm-hmm.
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I wish I could spend
more time with my children,
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but as a Black Mamba
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every month I’m gone for work
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for 21 days at a time.
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What is this?
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It's food.
- No way!
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This is not edible!
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This here?
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It cannot be eaten.
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I don't have a choice.
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I need this job.
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My boyfriend is unemployed,
like most people in our community.
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I'm sorry, I just wanted
to grab something to eat.
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HESC hired Black Mambas
for security reasons,
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to protect animals that are kept here.
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We are going to enter here at Esme's.
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You mean Esme?
- Yes. Esme is over there.
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Where is she?
- She is over there!
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Oh, yes! There she is! She's moving.
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She just might come after us.
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We fight with the white people
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because they use our things.
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Because we can say this:
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everything in Africa
belongs to us black people.
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The people who founded those parks
weren't thinking about black people.
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They protect rhinos and elephants,
but they don't care if we eat or not.
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They are only concerned with
preventing me from killing the animals,
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while I'm not preventing them
from hunting them.
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It is frustrating.
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I've worked here for seven years
and don’t know much about the bush.
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It hurts to be in the wild and not to know
what type of tree you're looking at.
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If I want to be a tour guide,
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I have to know all these things.
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Kruger National Park is very near
our community,
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but the community must benefit more.
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Even if they have vacancies,
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they often give them
to people from outside instead.
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If more people had jobs here
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the number of poaching incidents
would go down.
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Are they visible there?
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Sammy, go away!
Sammy, stop!
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No, Sammy!
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Come on!
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He's messing up the tracks.
I need to take pictures and send them.
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Sammy wasn't supposed to be here.
He has no use here.
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It's nothing. I'm not doing much there.
It is not what I aim for.
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I still want to achieve more.
My life doesn't end there.
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Pity I don't have the funds to send you
back to school. This job doesn't suit you.
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I want you to be something in life.
You shouldn't work as a ranger.
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You have a future. You're still young
and don't even have a child.
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You can still make it in life.
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You know
we don't search white people, right?
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They don't get searched,
we just write them down.
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That dog is troublesome when it's hungry.
That dog.
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Mm-hmm.
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That's why he had the dog's womb removed.
It cost 1,500 rand to get rid of it.
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All for a dog, you guys!
- They think of them as children.
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He sees them as people.
- Yes!
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They're afraid to have children
and keep dogs.
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It will never turn into a person!
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To them they're like children.
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That's the sound of frogs.
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Bull frogs.
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We're working nonstop!
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They really should change the strategy.
- Ever seen a person work this way?
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21 day without a day off?
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We could work a double shift one week
and have the weekend off.
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Still not fair.
- Not fair enough.
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At least working seven days.
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Seven days day shift,
seven days night shift, seven days off.
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Not working 21 days nonstop.
That's three weeks, gone.
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I'm tired of fighting.
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I came here to work, so let's work.
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Face wash and Ponds moisturizer.
That's all I want.
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Do you know what I lack?
- What?
00:56:43.200 --> 00:56:46.560
I lack competency with numbers.
- Yes, numbers.
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As long as you answer confidently
when making your announcement.
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They usually don't assume
you've answered wrong.
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If I say Delta...Delta one...
- They'll see you're lying.
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I'm telling you.
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This grass is so tall.
Would you spot a lion if it were here?
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We should have a gun with us.
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Imagine it, walking here without a gun.
- We are walking around empty-handed.
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Am I looking at an elephant or what?
- Elephants.
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She saw it.
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Precisely.
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Do we wait for them to pass or what?
- Let's give them space and see.
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I don't see them anymore.
- They went over there. Next to the tree.
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It has a calf, damn it!
- Yes, it's not alone.
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She's going to lose it.
Guys, where are we?
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Alpha... Bravo...
- Bravo. Bravo something.
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Let's report them.
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She copies when I call,
but not when I talk. Let me go over there.
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Where are the elephants?
- What?
00:58:18.840 --> 00:58:22.280
Where are the elephants?
- I'm searching for a network.
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I won't get too close.
- There is no network over there.
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Sister Lerato should send her a text.
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We are leaving.
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I was back there.
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Look! It's the one with a calf.
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This job is not what I expected it to be.
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I just walk back and forth
along the fence every day.
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I miss my family and my friends,
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and I can't see the value
in the job I'm doing.
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I want to achieve more.
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Come here. What are you eating?
00:59:50.360 --> 00:59:52.680
I'm eating meat.
- Eating meat?
00:59:53.720 --> 00:59:55.440
Did you miss me?
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Where is the baby?
Where is the nanny?
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Oh, my little one!
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You can't see your mommy?
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You can't see your mommy?
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You don't remember me?
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Here is mommy. Do you see mommy?
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She is changing on me.
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Where is my father?
- Your father?
01:00:43.400 --> 01:00:45.880
Yes.
- He's at home. Where you stay.
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He's at your home.
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Mommy? Where did you go?
01:00:52.440 --> 01:00:55.000
Yes, I went to work, I just got back.
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I want to come with you.
01:00:57.760 --> 01:01:00.520
Yes, I'll take you with me... All right?
01:01:00.680 --> 01:01:02.040
Yes.
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Okay, that won't be a problem.
Let me call him.
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Hello?
01:01:16.240 --> 01:01:18.320
Hey, are you now relaxed?
01:01:20.800 --> 01:01:23.040
It is so hot, so what do you say?
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Will we survive though?
Don't you want to drink today?
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All right then.
Let's have a couple of beers later.
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I didn't plan on getting pregnant
a second time.
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So fast. It created many problems for me.
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Some of the Mambas said,
''She's got another baby
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while the other one is still small.
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How will she manage
with her boyfriend being unemployed?"
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You want to drink with Mbuqa-Mbuqa?
01:02:08.720 --> 01:02:13.600
He does not drink alcohol,
but I will call Valecia and uncle Power.
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How much do you have there?
- 150 rand.
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150?
01:02:24.280 --> 01:02:28.880
That means that I won't have money
to buy cigarettes tomorrow.
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But you will make a plan.
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How many bottles should I buy?
01:02:37.520 --> 01:02:41.920
You actually need
to go and buy those things yourself.
01:02:43.080 --> 01:02:45.000
Okay, that's not a problem.
01:03:25.920 --> 01:03:30.720
I had to accept my situation so
that I could get paid
01:03:30.880 --> 01:03:34.320
and can take care of my children.
01:03:34.560 --> 01:03:38.320
Even if
I sometimes can't do everything for them,
01:03:38.480 --> 01:03:41.680
I by all means try to do what I can
01:03:41.840 --> 01:03:47.120
so that they'll remember me one day.
01:03:47.280 --> 01:03:50.280
As a mother who was able
to take care of them
01:03:50.440 --> 01:03:54.360
when they were still young.
01:04:16.840 --> 01:04:18.440
Hurry up!
01:08:36.960 --> 01:08:40.360
I was fortunate enough
to be chosen to go to school.
01:08:40.520 --> 01:08:42.800
To further my career.
01:08:43.480 --> 01:08:47.520
It is what I've always wanted,
to become a guide.
01:08:48.360 --> 01:08:51.480
It's what I've always spoken about,
day and night.
01:08:51.640 --> 01:08:57.600
I was fortunate enough
to get this opportunity, to go and learn.
01:08:58.240 --> 01:09:02.640
I'm leaving on Wednesday the tenth.
So I'm not here because I'm off work.
01:09:02.800 --> 01:09:05.640
I'm here to tell you I've got this chance.
01:09:05.800 --> 01:09:08.720
I'm going to improve my work situation.
01:09:08.880 --> 01:09:12.520
From the level I am at to the next level.
01:09:12.680 --> 01:09:16.240
Even if my contract ends,
01:09:16.400 --> 01:09:21.800
I'll still be able to apply
for something else and move forward.
01:09:23.400 --> 01:09:27.920
Go, my child, and get educated,
but I have a lot of questions.
01:09:28.080 --> 01:09:30.960
If my child goes to school,
01:09:31.960 --> 01:09:34.560
when the month ends
01:09:34.800 --> 01:09:39.160
who will buy me maize meal?
01:09:41.200 --> 01:09:44.880
Are you still going to earn money or not
when you go to school?
01:09:45.040 --> 01:09:47.280
That's what I asked.
01:09:47.920 --> 01:09:49.920
But I did not get a response.
01:09:50.080 --> 01:09:54.800
They'll cut money because I'll no longer
drive, be a sergeant or do media.
01:09:55.040 --> 01:09:57.480
When you return will
your salary go up or not?
01:09:57.640 --> 01:10:02.840
I don't know, I don't have those details.
01:10:03.000 --> 01:10:07.040
So the only benefit is the qualification?
- And a certificate!
01:10:07.600 --> 01:10:13.000
It'll help because if the contract ends
I can still work as a guide.
01:10:20.320 --> 01:10:23.480
Both of my brothers
have never worked before.
01:10:23.640 --> 01:10:26.960
So when I started working, it was hard.
01:10:27.120 --> 01:10:31.320
Even now I'm not able to enjoy
the salary that I earn.
01:10:31.480 --> 01:10:36.320
I have sacrificed a lot of things
for my mother and siblings.
01:10:37.000 --> 01:10:40.760
It's a huge burden.
Most of my wishes are on hold.
01:10:41.280 --> 01:10:45.520
Right now, I need to give
my brother a registration fee
01:10:45.680 --> 01:10:50.880
and I need to take a loan
so he can continue with his studies.
01:10:51.320 --> 01:10:55.640
If not, I'd fail him because his dream is
to complete his studies.
01:10:55.800 --> 01:11:02.080
I need to look for a loan
so that I'm able to pay his tuition fees.
01:11:02.240 --> 01:11:06.200
So I am the only one who is providing
and it's very hard on me.
01:11:15.880 --> 01:11:18.320
That's it. I'll have to go back to school.
01:11:19.320 --> 01:11:23.920
Like, even if I stay here in Phalaborwa,
01:11:24.440 --> 01:11:30.720
you know here most people are focused
on the mines and shops.
01:11:32.200 --> 01:11:36.320
We work in Kruger. If not, what do we do?
- Or at the clinic.
01:11:36.880 --> 01:11:41.040
There are a lot of things
that we can do otherwise.
01:11:41.200 --> 01:11:46.000
We just don't think we can.
It's influenced by this place, as you see.
01:11:46.160 --> 01:11:51.120
It's just a village
and is still developing.
01:11:51.280 --> 01:11:54.320
Yes, and we all picture ourselves
at the mines.
01:11:54.480 --> 01:11:56.640
Our parents work at the mines,
01:11:56.800 --> 01:12:00.560
and so we tell ourselves
we want to work at the mines too.
01:12:06.600 --> 01:12:08.080
It's boring.
01:16:12.960 --> 01:16:16.280
You white people don't love
animals more than we do.
01:16:16.440 --> 01:16:20.760
God gave them to us
knowing that we can coexist.
01:16:21.200 --> 01:16:25.920
White people claim that they love animals.
They love money!
01:16:28.040 --> 01:16:31.920
That's where things go wrong.
A lot of things get ruined.
01:16:32.080 --> 01:16:36.320
The white people only care
about our things and not us.
01:16:36.560 --> 01:16:40.760
They should understand
that we are part of this world.
01:16:41.120 --> 01:16:45.160
Like the animals that they love,
they should also love us.
01:16:58.240 --> 01:17:02.600
It's a doll.
- It's not a doll. What's his name again?
01:17:02.760 --> 01:17:05.640
Him?
- Yes, I told you it is Paul Kruger.
01:17:05.800 --> 01:17:08.600
Who?
- Tall Kruger.
01:17:08.760 --> 01:17:10.840
It's Paul Kruger.
01:17:11.800 --> 01:17:13.560
Kool Kruger!
01:17:36.440 --> 01:17:39.400
It's whites.
- Yeah, all whites.
01:18:22.520 --> 01:18:25.120
What's this?
- Impalas.
01:18:27.840 --> 01:18:31.000
Look over there. Do you see it?
01:18:32.600 --> 01:18:36.440
It's a donkey!
- It's not a donkey, it's a zebra!