Gogos look back?

Gogos look back?

Season 9 Episode 46 Ladies in their sixties reminisce about the bad old days of apartheid and talk about what has changed since then. ” If you made a video of people’s lives back then you would weep ” ” In 1967 I was pregnant and hiding from...
Free Land!

Free Land!

Season 9 Episode 44 “We are more than 20 people living in one shack and the city of cape town came and gave us only 7 zinc,8 poles and a packet of nails.What can we do with that” Catherine Le-Roux “Enough is enough! We waited for too long hoping that...
Masiphumelele – Let’s Succeed Teaser

Masiphumelele – Let’s Succeed

Street talk films When the first Eastern Cape families arrived at Site 5, between Fish Hoek and Kommetjie, they optimistically named the new township Masiphumelele, which means ‘let’s succeed’ in Xhosa. A generation later, an estimated 40 000 people – many...
“MANHOOD” under fire

“MANHOOD” under fire

Season 9 Episode 19 Hanover moms berate men who stay at home while the women bring home the bacon. Don’t bring up your sons to be like their fathers and to depend on their moms, sisters, girlfriends or wives: Grab that broom and sweep the floors! get in the...
Domestic violence

Domestic violence

Season 9 Episode 7 Domestic violence against women is rife in the community of Hanover Park. These 6 mothers discuss how in some cases women provoke their husbands and in other cases, men say that they have to ‘hit the love in’. They all agree that this abuse has to...