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<v Speaker 1>It's eight minutes after 11 o'clock and welcome to the

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<v Speaker 1>final hour of the show. Thank you so much to

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<v Speaker 1>Stanley Beckett. Talking about our pursuit of happiness.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>And what is definitely emerging in this conversation is that

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps our pursuit of happiness is our pursuit of authenticity.

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<v Speaker 1>And that that pursuit is largely made up of a

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<v Speaker 1>process of understanding and appreciating our inauthenticities and choosing to

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<v Speaker 1>be authentic.

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<v Speaker 2>True.

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<v Speaker 1>Which can be very difficult. Kimiko, I'd love to hear

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<v Speaker 1>your thoughts about how do we find happiness and what

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<v Speaker 1>is the nature of unhappiness? It's becoming clearer as I

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<v Speaker 1>have these conversations that the nature of unhappiness is the

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<v Speaker 1>absence of authenticity in various degrees. The presence of authenticity

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<v Speaker 1>in various degrees speaks of the presence of happiness in

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<v Speaker 1>various degrees.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>So happiness, happiness is connected to authenticity. Give me a call.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd love to hear your thoughts about this. And I

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<v Speaker 1>suppose it's important for me to say this, that we

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<v Speaker 1>We know that we know when we are inauthentic. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>not intellectually. I want to be careful how I say this.

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<v Speaker 1>We might not there are many ways of knowing by

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<v Speaker 1>the way. There's ways of knowing with our intellect. There's

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<v Speaker 1>ways of knowing with our intuition. There's ways of knowing

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<v Speaker 1>with our just our ability to smell something, olfactory knowledge.

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<v Speaker 3>Sure.

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<v Speaker 1>There's ways of knowing with our five senses. There's ways

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<v Speaker 1>of knowing in practical ways and there's ways of knowing

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<v Speaker 1>in abstract ways.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that authenticity is when there is a,

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<v Speaker 1>or the degree of your authenticity is when there are

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<v Speaker 1>more ways of knowing something and it is aligned principally

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<v Speaker 1>than not.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to let this one go. But I think

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<v Speaker 1>that that is the issue, folks. That sometimes one aspect

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<v Speaker 1>of you is calling you out.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>And that aspect of you that's calling you out is

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<v Speaker 1>why you are unhappy. So one part of you can

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<v Speaker 1>be quite happy.

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<v Speaker 4>Sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Driving five or three What do they call those things? Lamborghinis.

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<v Speaker 1>Same car. Same car. Every day you've got a new

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<v Speaker 1>one that you drive. So there's one level of you

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<v Speaker 1>that is very, very happy. But then there's another part

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<v Speaker 1>of the same you that calls that happiness out and says,

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<v Speaker 1>you know how you, got that thing that made you

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<v Speaker 1>it makes you happy yes and so what you do

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<v Speaker 1>is that you get another Lamborghini for Saturday yeah in

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<v Speaker 1>order to shut that part of you down to say

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<v Speaker 1>shut up I'm going to become I'm gonna I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>raise the volume of my happiness in this aspect so

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<v Speaker 1>you get another one yes But that part of you

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<v Speaker 1>that's calling out to that other part of you becomes louder.

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<v Speaker 1>So you think that, in fact, let me get a

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<v Speaker 1>seventh Lamborghini. Yes. Until you get a million Lamborghinis and

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<v Speaker 1>the loudness of your unhappiness drives you to commit suicide. Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>Or the 1-883-0702. It is the alignment, I would argue,

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<v Speaker 1>of the various layers of our ability to know that

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<v Speaker 1>gives us the happiness. True. So it's not just an experience,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is the alignment of the experience with values,

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<v Speaker 1>with ethics, with values. with companionship and shared experiences that

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<v Speaker 1>gives us happiness. In a nutshell, it is authenticity that

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<v Speaker 1>delivers happiness. That's why I was saying earlier on that

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<v Speaker 1>you can like somebody at one level of your consciousness.

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<v Speaker 1>This guy is a brilliant soccer player. So at the

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<v Speaker 1>level of his technical ability to play soccer, he makes

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<v Speaker 1>me very, very happy. But he beats his wife. And

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<v Speaker 1>so there's a part of me that says, if I

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<v Speaker 1>like him so much, this guy, does it make me

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<v Speaker 1>like him? Because part of liking is an admission of

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<v Speaker 1>a desire for emulation. And there are people in this

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<v Speaker 1>world that are brilliant at various things that we admire,

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<v Speaker 1>that we like. Then we discover that they are responsible

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<v Speaker 1>for certain things in the world. And so you either

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<v Speaker 1>decide you're going to buy another Lamborghini by accentuating that

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<v Speaker 1>part of that relationship you have with that person a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more in your mind and ignoring the other

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<v Speaker 1>stuff in which case your own authenticity continues to knock

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<v Speaker 1>at the door of your conscience and says to you, ah,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>You and me, we know. Until you jump off a building.

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<v Speaker 1>Or number 1-883-0702 is the number to dial. And the

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<v Speaker 1>reason why I don't want to mention names is because

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<v Speaker 1>you love these people. You love these people so much

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<v Speaker 1>That you become so invested in them You hand your

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<v Speaker 1>own identity over to them In fact you splice your

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<v Speaker 1>identity with theirs Because of your love for them at

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<v Speaker 1>a particular realm At a particular level To the point

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<v Speaker 1>that if some failed talk show host at night mentions

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<v Speaker 1>his name in the negative, you would be ready to

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<v Speaker 1>kill that talk show host. I mean, ready to kill him.

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<v Speaker 1>In your quest to buy yet another Lamborghini. Good disease, sir. Ah,

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<v Speaker 1>let me stop that one. Hey, the conversation with Hoseo

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<v Speaker 1>go to Ramopo or Ramopo. Hey, somebody by the name

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<v Speaker 1>of Ramopo also apparently sent her a message. She says,

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<v Speaker 1>you must tell that fool to stop butchering our surname.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, man. If I'm butchering the surname, please forgive me.

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<v Speaker 1>It's this Nguni tongue, man. It sometimes gets a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit too overwhelmed by... So I apologize if I'm messing

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<v Speaker 1>it up. Josejo Cotu Ramopo was my guest in the

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<v Speaker 1>previous hour just talking about this beautiful moment called the doula.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes.

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<v Speaker 1>Women that are helping other women in the process of

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<v Speaker 1>bringing life into the... I didn't know about this. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think it is a beautiful, beautiful innovation. An idea...

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<v Speaker 1>that comes from many cultures, by the way, in the world,

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<v Speaker 1>that has been lost by modern living, that is being

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<v Speaker 1>brought back in a very, very powerful way. Excellent stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>And I hope we'll have more conversations around that.

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<v Speaker 2>Dr.

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<v Speaker 1>Frank Magwege in the first hour talking about the midterm

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<v Speaker 1>budget speech by Inoko Donwana, the Minister of Finance. Apparently

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<v Speaker 1>a budget speech that has been generally well received by

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<v Speaker 1>the markets. And the question was, do you entertain, do

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<v Speaker 1>you have Do you have a midterm budget reflection in

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<v Speaker 1>your own family, in your own individual personal finance? Because

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<v Speaker 1>that is perhaps how you take back your power. But

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose on a more general note, what did you

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<v Speaker 1>make of the midterm budget speech by the Minister of Finance?

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<v Speaker 1>Give me a call. I'd love to hear from you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's 19 minutes after 11 o'clock. I'll talk to you

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<v Speaker 1>straight after this. Call us on 011-883-0702. 31 minutes after

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<v Speaker 1>11 o'clock, I'm taking your calls. Brajo is in Gwazulu Natal. Hi, Brajo.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, good evening, Aubrey. Yes, sir.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm well. I'm very well, Brajo. What's on your mind?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, good. And I wanted to speak about the 2027 ODI,

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<v Speaker 5>Cricket World Cup that South Africa will be hosting. But

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<v Speaker 5>if you'll allow me, I just want to make two

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<v Speaker 5>quick comments about the mini-budget, that the minister could have

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<v Speaker 5>done much more to bring more relief, you know, with

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<v Speaker 5>the fuel levies and fuel taxes. And I think he

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<v Speaker 5>didn't go far enough to relieve, you know, the masses. Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>and secondly, about the doula, it's actually a Greek word

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<v Speaker 5>that came into vogue around 1960.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>So, but it means like a woman who serves.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes, yes. I've become aware, yeah. I've heard, I've heard,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, of a death doula. You know, somebody

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<v Speaker 1>that sort of assists people during the time of grief.

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<v Speaker 5>Like a hostess or something, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so I had not been aware of a birth doula.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and I only came aware about maybe a decade

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<v Speaker 5>or two ago. So I didn't know much about that either.

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<v Speaker 5>But just about the placenta, I see you're quite like

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<v Speaker 5>going on with the placenta. I know in the Muslim faith,

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<v Speaker 5>because I've had five children and, you know, we bury

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<v Speaker 5>the placenta. You know, that's the tradition as far as

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<v Speaker 5>the placenta is concerned.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, sure.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, so about this point I wanted to make about

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<v Speaker 5>the 2027 Cricket World Cup that's going to be held

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<v Speaker 5>here in South Africa. I would venture to say or

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<v Speaker 5>put it to you that South Africa will make much more,

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<v Speaker 5>generate much more income because that event lasts like five

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<v Speaker 5>to six weeks at least. And then holding a Formula

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<v Speaker 5>One Grand Prix, that event actually lasts like a couple

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<v Speaker 5>of hours only. and there is a lot of moral issues,

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<v Speaker 5>and you look at the pros and cons. So over

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<v Speaker 5>that five, six weeks of next year's World Cup, by

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<v Speaker 5>the way, I just want to commend Tim Ababuma for

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<v Speaker 5>his match savings and match winning innings that put South

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<v Speaker 5>Africa in a poor position to win the test tomorrow, hopefully. So,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, we've got much more going for us here

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<v Speaker 5>in South Africa than to worry about uh... you know

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<v Speaker 5>sort of not winning the uh... formula one grand prix

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<v Speaker 5>sort of right to the circuit uh... you know then

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<v Speaker 5>like it was awarded to you know uh... rwanda and

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<v Speaker 5>that's quite obvious why it was awarded to them it

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<v Speaker 5>was just a foregone conclusion that would be so but

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<v Speaker 5>south african companies are already operating in rwanda as far

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<v Speaker 5>as you know uh... with their infrastructure and things like

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<v Speaker 5>that uh... And, you know, even in other parts of Africa,

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<v Speaker 5>South African companies are, like, you know, quite involved across,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, the whole of Africa. So, you know, we

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<v Speaker 5>still benefit to get a slice of the cake off that,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, to call on the South African expertise. You know,

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<v Speaker 5>as I told you the other night, We've got so

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<v Speaker 5>many racing circuits, you know, all over the country. We

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<v Speaker 5>have the infrastructure on net, if we would have wanted,

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<v Speaker 5>but due to geopolitics, we didn't. And that's not, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>we shouldn't cry about it in the least bit, because

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<v Speaker 5>we've got much more other events we can make money from.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, we hold annually the Africa mining in Daba

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<v Speaker 5>and tourism in Daba. And so, you know, we're benefiting...

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<v Speaker 5>Many other ways. And we should be thankful for that.

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<v Speaker 5>I didn't listen to this last hour because I was

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<v Speaker 5>busy with something else. But, you know, it boils down

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<v Speaker 5>to a lot of happiness. You know, that you're going

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<v Speaker 5>to be satisfied. Like, you know, you're going to dematerialize yourself.

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<v Speaker 5>Not attach yourself too much to worldly things. And, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>thank the Creator and, you know, be thankful for whatever

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<v Speaker 5>you have. And that will... in a paid atmosphere for happiness.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe, I hear you. Thanks very much for your call.

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<v Speaker 2>Dr.

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<v Speaker 1>Philemon Mahuma. Finally, we get to hear your voice, Dr.

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<v Speaker 2>Phil.

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<v Speaker 1>Good evening to you.

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<v Speaker 4>Good evening, I have to protect this voice.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell me what are your thoughts, doc?

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<v Speaker 4>No, I don't want to comment on the, on the

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<v Speaker 4>doula discussion.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, I might have lost what your last caller was

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<v Speaker 4>saying because I was on the phone with your producer.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, but I wanted to say the concept applies to

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<v Speaker 4>birds and normally it will be a joyful process. But

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<v Speaker 4>there are other processes as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes.

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<v Speaker 4>Because sometimes.

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<v Speaker 4>The outcome of a birth is not a positive. Maybe

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<v Speaker 4>the baby will die or will come as a stillborn.

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<v Speaker 4>So there are people who do the doula process as

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<v Speaker 4>a bereavement doula. And then also going to other aspects

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<v Speaker 4>of life, we have people who die and there are,

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<v Speaker 4>people who are called death doulas, or also bereavement doulas,

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<v Speaker 4>people who are company, people who are transitioning. Relamu Khila

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<v Speaker 4>has covered it in her show in the afternoon.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's something that I'm interested in. I've spoken to

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<v Speaker 4>people at work, and they think it's something that we

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<v Speaker 4>are neglecting, that we should do more about.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah. I think it speaks to the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>as we begin to understand that there are so many

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<v Speaker 1>aspects of who we are, that we are as much

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<v Speaker 1>a clinical, medical being, biological being, as we are also

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<v Speaker 1>a social and spiritual being. And the more that the

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<v Speaker 1>more that realization becomes stronger, we're going to find that

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<v Speaker 1>there are going to be more and more services that

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<v Speaker 1>are going to be required to take care of those

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<v Speaker 1>aspects of us. And I think that the future perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>looks bright in that sense, yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes.

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<v Speaker 4>And sometimes as doctors, as specialists, as super specialists, we...

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<v Speaker 4>we don't talk to people and it causes such a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of trouble. And when you do that talking properly,

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<v Speaker 4>it also saves you such a lot of trouble. So

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<v Speaker 4>I've been speaking to the patients, explaining what's going on,

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<v Speaker 4>explaining what to expect and what to not expect. It

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<v Speaker 4>is very important. So, you know, we really need to

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<v Speaker 4>do more in that sense, you know, to accompany patients,

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<v Speaker 4>a family in a journey of transitioning, especially into the inevitable,

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<v Speaker 4>which is death or demise.

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<v Speaker 1>Dr. Philemon Mahuma, thank you so much. Great to hear

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<v Speaker 1>your voice, my brother. I always read your comments, but

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<v Speaker 1>never have had the pleasure of hearing you speak. I

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<v Speaker 1>really appreciate you giving us a call. Thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a pleasure, brother.

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<v Speaker 1>Indeed. Dr. Philemon, you know, this business is very strange.

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<v Speaker 4>You can.

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<v Speaker 1>Literally, like, develop such a rapport with people. Yeah? True.

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<v Speaker 1>For years.

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<v Speaker 2>Years.

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<v Speaker 1>And never have met them. And that's why I argue,

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<v Speaker 1>that we know in many different ways.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>We know in many different ways. And I think that

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<v Speaker 1>as we become... more aware, as we learn, as we accept,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to find out that we self-limit. too much. True.

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<v Speaker 2>011-883-0702.

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<v Speaker 1>Mkeshana? Yes, Mkeshana. What's happening, my brother?

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<v Speaker 4>How is it, my hope?

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<v Speaker 1>What's on your mind?

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<v Speaker 2>No, on my mind is something that I once talked

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<v Speaker 2>to you about. Yeah. And I told him to bring

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<v Speaker 2>the best sport presenter that you think, maybe this one,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe he knows South African football or world football for

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<v Speaker 2>that matter.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, yeah? And then what did I do?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I was.

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<v Speaker 2>Telling you that day that in Germany, no one owns

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<v Speaker 2>a football team. Football teams belong to the communities.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Or the supporters. Okay. You understand? No individual should own

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<v Speaker 2>a football. Football doesn't belong to individual. Football belongs to

0:20:48.750 --> 0:20:53.980
<v Speaker 2>the people. Just like it is happening. You go to Italy,

0:20:55.619 --> 0:21:02.120
<v Speaker 2>you go to England. You talk about Manchester from Manchester.

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<v Speaker 2>You talk about Chelsea. Chelsea is from Chelsea. It's not Opelika.

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<v Speaker 2>or please Cosmos or please something.

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<v Speaker 1>So in these European countries, the football clubs are not

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<v Speaker 1>owned by entrepreneurs?

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<v Speaker 2>No, not all the countries. Even in Germany, it's worse.

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<v Speaker 2>It's 50 plus one there. You can only fall maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a less percentage from the supporters. You don't have a

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<v Speaker 2>hundred percent say in the team. The communities have a

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<v Speaker 2>say in the team.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, no, no. I thought you were saying that

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<v Speaker 1>in Germany, no team has any entrepreneurial ownership. It's all by.

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<v Speaker 3>Private ownership.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>Private ownership.

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<v Speaker 1>Private ownership. That's what I mean by.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, just like it's happening in South Africa. In South Africa,

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<v Speaker 2>Kezam Tahun can wake up tomorrow and sell Keza chips

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<v Speaker 2>to Cape Town, and that person can relocate Keza chips,

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<v Speaker 2>change colors, and... nobody can say anything about it.

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<v Speaker 1>And rename the team.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody can say anything about it. Something that you cannot

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<v Speaker 2>do in Europe.

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<v Speaker 1>So in Germany, there are no entrepreneurs that own teams?

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<v Speaker 2>When you say that the term entrepreneur, I don't understand.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody who's a businessman.

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<v Speaker 4>No, you cannot.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot own the team and the team becomes yours. No,

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<v Speaker 2>it cannot be. In every decision, the supporters must have

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<v Speaker 2>a contribution.

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<v Speaker 1>But are you saying to me that a contribution can

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<v Speaker 1>only come if you own?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't understand the question. Let me put it.

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<v Speaker 3>This way to you, my ops. Maybe you'll understand it better.

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<v Speaker 2>In South Africa, you can own a team.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>And that team can belong to you and your family.

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<v Speaker 2>And no one else can tell you anything about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, because you own it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, in South Africa, you can have a team, you

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<v Speaker 2>can sell it, you can change colors the way you like.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody can say anything about it. It's your team and

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<v Speaker 2>your family.

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<v Speaker 1>And you say that in Europe, you can't do that?

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<v Speaker 2>No, you can't. You can't. In everything, supporters must have

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<v Speaker 2>a say. It's just that they don't operate exactly the same.

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<v Speaker 2>But in England, for example, it is compulsory for clubs

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<v Speaker 2>to have a trust for supporters. It is compulsory for

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<v Speaker 2>each and every team.

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<v Speaker 1>But in Germany... So just stay with me because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>trying to learn here. So you're saying to me that

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<v Speaker 1>it is part of the legislation in Britain that a

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<v Speaker 1>team may not be owned by a private owner. It

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<v Speaker 1>is always owned by the collective.

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<v Speaker 2>No, you're confusing. I'm saying in Germany. In Germany.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, in Germany. Yes, in Germany.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't own a team there. Teams there are owned 51%

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<v Speaker 2>by supporters and former players. Many own the other percentage.

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<v Speaker 1>But 51%. And the 49%, who owns that 49%?

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<v Speaker 2>You can come as a businessman and own that 49%,

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<v Speaker 2>but 51% is supporters and former players in Germany. Are

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<v Speaker 2>you hearing that for the first time, Mobs, from me?

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<v Speaker 6>No, no, no.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm hearing the clarification for the first time. So you're

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<v Speaker 1>saying to me that you can own 49% of this

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<v Speaker 1>club as a businessman.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, you can. Yeah, 49%. Yeah, not more than that.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, but you realize that you started off by saying

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<v Speaker 1>that no... No businessman can own a club in Germany.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't say that.

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<v Speaker 1>You didn't say that?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 3>I clarified that.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I clarified that to you. I didn't say that.

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<v Speaker 1>No problem.

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<v Speaker 2>Even if, even if that, maybe I didn't mean that. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, okay.

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<v Speaker 3>No, no.

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<v Speaker 2>You must remember the language that you're speaking, Mahouts.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I mean, I don't think it's a language issue.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but now the question is for you. Why is

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<v Speaker 2>it in South Africa, just like now, what triggered me

0:25:50.670 --> 0:25:55.440
<v Speaker 2>to say this to you? It's because it's hard to

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<v Speaker 2>pay for legal fees. Yes. You see? And SAFA, it

0:26:02.750 --> 0:26:05.250
<v Speaker 2>belongs to the people of South Africa. It's not a

0:26:05.670 --> 0:26:10.649
<v Speaker 2>private club like the Kansas City Pirates, Sandals, or Reds. SAFA,

0:26:10.830 --> 0:26:15.370
<v Speaker 2>it belongs to the people. They are just those people there.

0:26:15.970 --> 0:26:20.510
<v Speaker 2>They don't own South African football. It's just that our journalists,

0:26:20.590 --> 0:26:29.580
<v Speaker 2>they are failing us here because they don't teach South Africans,

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<v Speaker 2>you see. For you, in South Africa, in Germany, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what they are called? They are not called supporters.

0:26:39.130 --> 0:26:42.629
<v Speaker 2>They are called owners. In South Africa, you know what

0:26:42.650 --> 0:26:46.949
<v Speaker 2>they are calling football supporters? Customers.

0:26:48.810 --> 0:26:51.300
<v Speaker 3>They are called customers in South Africa.

0:26:51.720 --> 0:26:54.240
<v Speaker 2>In other countries, like in Europe, they don't call it.

0:26:56.410 --> 0:26:59.280
<v Speaker 2>Why are they called customers? Because they are customers. They

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<v Speaker 2>are not part of ownership. They don't own these teams,

0:27:02.040 --> 0:27:05.899
<v Speaker 2>these people. You hear saying, hey, my team is Kedashi,

0:27:05.940 --> 0:27:09.750
<v Speaker 2>my team is Orlando, Paris, Stantown. They don't own those teams,

0:27:09.770 --> 0:27:10.429
<v Speaker 2>these people.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Are you saying to me that in order for

0:27:15.670 --> 0:27:20.139
<v Speaker 1>you to identify a team as your team, you have

0:27:20.160 --> 0:27:20.520
<v Speaker 1>to own it?

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<v Speaker 2>Of course. Of course. You must even have a say

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<v Speaker 2>in the running of the team. Nobody can be a

0:27:34.190 --> 0:27:37.770
<v Speaker 2>sole owner. And then you are a supporter. You must remember,

0:27:37.810 --> 0:27:41.369
<v Speaker 2>my obs, every season, these teams, they buy away and

0:27:41.430 --> 0:27:44.610
<v Speaker 2>home jerseys. As a supporter, you must buy those jerseys.

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<v Speaker 3>But as soon as they sell the team.

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<v Speaker 1>You must?

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<v Speaker 2>Come again?

0:27:50.650 --> 0:27:52.369
<v Speaker 1>You must buy those jerseys.

0:27:54.700 --> 0:27:59.560
<v Speaker 2>I mean, as a supporter, they are selling these things

0:27:59.700 --> 0:28:02.530
<v Speaker 2>away in a home case. Who must buy those things?

0:28:02.690 --> 0:28:05.389
<v Speaker 2>There's no rule that says you must buy it.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, no.

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<v Speaker 2>What I'm saying to you, you must remember, we're just

0:28:08.369 --> 0:28:27.030
<v Speaker 2>speaking here. It's not a language. I speak this language.

0:28:27.890 --> 0:28:29.030
<v Speaker 2>It's also important to.

0:28:29.030 --> 0:28:30.230
<v Speaker 3>Speak this language.

0:28:30.330 --> 0:28:35.300
<v Speaker 2>If I speak my language, I can speak many African

0:28:35.340 --> 0:28:39.100
<v Speaker 2>languages perfectly so. It's just that English, for me, is

0:28:39.140 --> 0:28:41.560
<v Speaker 2>difficult to come out of. I don't know how to

0:28:41.640 --> 0:28:44.440
<v Speaker 2>put it. I'm not fluent in English, my office. You

0:28:44.460 --> 0:28:45.660
<v Speaker 2>should know that by now.

0:28:45.740 --> 0:28:48.440
<v Speaker 1>And that is why I ask for clarity. It's not

0:28:48.460 --> 0:28:51.260
<v Speaker 1>to criticize you. It's just to get clarity because I'm

0:28:51.320 --> 0:28:55.760
<v Speaker 1>aware of that situation. So when you say I must

0:28:55.880 --> 0:28:59.000
<v Speaker 1>buy something, I'm just asking for clarity so that I

0:28:59.040 --> 0:29:00.160
<v Speaker 1>can be able to understand.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me ask you a simple question.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes.

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<v Speaker 2>He has a team called Orlando Paris. They are selling jerseys.

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<v Speaker 2>They are away and home jerseys. Who are they selling to?

0:29:13.250 --> 0:29:14.860
<v Speaker 1>To the people that want to buy them.

0:29:16.280 --> 0:29:17.400
<v Speaker 2>Those who support them.

0:29:23.360 --> 0:29:27.060
<v Speaker 1>Well, is it not possible that somebody might buy a jersey,

0:29:27.920 --> 0:29:30.880
<v Speaker 1>not necessarily because they support that team, but maybe because

0:29:30.920 --> 0:29:32.570
<v Speaker 1>they don't like that team so that they can go

0:29:32.590 --> 0:29:34.930
<v Speaker 1>and burn that t-shirt somewhere?

0:29:36.510 --> 0:29:39.010
<v Speaker 2>A normal person, I don't think a normal person can

0:29:39.030 --> 0:29:42.670
<v Speaker 2>do that. Maybe somebody, maybe something wrong with his head

0:29:42.710 --> 0:29:45.770
<v Speaker 2>can do that. But a normal person cannot do that.

0:29:45.870 --> 0:29:48.530
<v Speaker 1>But what you're saying to me is that anybody that

0:29:48.630 --> 0:29:51.469
<v Speaker 1>wants to buy that t-shirt can buy it, whether they

0:29:51.540 --> 0:29:52.340
<v Speaker 1>are a supporter or not.

0:29:55.060 --> 0:29:58.400
<v Speaker 2>I don't think so. I cannot just go and buy

0:29:58.460 --> 0:30:03.160
<v Speaker 2>Jerry's A football club jersey.

0:30:03.440 --> 0:30:06.600
<v Speaker 1>You might just like a design. I mean, I know

0:30:06.640 --> 0:30:11.320
<v Speaker 1>a lot of people who have t-shirts of European first.

0:30:11.760 --> 0:30:17.320
<v Speaker 2>No, they are branded. If it's Kesar Chiefs, it must

0:30:17.360 --> 0:30:19.860
<v Speaker 2>be branded Kesar Chiefs. If it's Pirates, it must be

0:30:20.280 --> 0:30:22.740
<v Speaker 2>branded Orlando Pirates. They are branded.

0:30:23.080 --> 0:30:23.830
<v Speaker 3>Again, my ox.

0:30:27.370 --> 0:30:39.660
<v Speaker 2>Those jerseys, they come from European countries. You name them.

0:30:40.240 --> 0:30:42.380
<v Speaker 2>They are not from South Africa.

0:30:43.620 --> 0:30:47.140
<v Speaker 1>But maybe some people buy it precisely for that. That, hey,

0:30:47.180 --> 0:30:50.060
<v Speaker 1>this is a t-shirt from Europe, you know, and they

0:30:50.080 --> 0:30:50.700
<v Speaker 1>don't care.

0:30:50.780 --> 0:30:53.180
<v Speaker 2>They are from Europe, but they are made in China.

0:30:55.950 --> 0:30:59.150
<v Speaker 2>They are made in China. Yes, they are from, even

0:30:59.190 --> 0:31:04.800
<v Speaker 2>Louis Vuitton is made in China. Everything is made in China.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no, Mkeshana, let me say this, my brother. I

0:31:07.860 --> 0:31:12.040
<v Speaker 1>always love talking to you. You educate me, my brother.

0:31:12.060 --> 0:31:17.940
<v Speaker 1>I appreciate it. Mkeshana, I am from the West. Organic intellectual. Yes.

0:31:19.840 --> 0:31:25.100
<v Speaker 1>I'm Shaili Shombe, man. Shaili Shombe. Wonderful. Right, Zonda is

0:31:25.280 --> 0:31:27.450
<v Speaker 1>in the UK. Good evening to you, Zonda.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi, Oprey.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes. Where in the UK are you calling from?

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<v Speaker 2>London.

0:31:37.460 --> 0:31:39.760
<v Speaker 1>Oh, from London. Yeah. Okay.

0:31:39.960 --> 0:31:40.920
<v Speaker 2>London. Yes.

0:31:41.290 --> 0:31:41.750
<v Speaker 1>Go ahead, sir.

0:31:41.990 --> 0:31:42.390
<v Speaker 2>London.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I've been in the UK for also five years now,

0:31:45.670 --> 0:31:48.969
<v Speaker 3>but I've decided that in fact maybe it's time to

0:31:49.010 --> 0:31:53.890
<v Speaker 3>come back home. Now, the issue I wanted to converse

0:31:54.070 --> 0:31:57.280
<v Speaker 3>is obviously for local government elections. I think if you

0:31:57.450 --> 0:32:00.100
<v Speaker 3>are abroad, like you cannot vote.

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<v Speaker 1>For local government.

0:32:02.350 --> 0:32:04.960
<v Speaker 3>And local government, yes.

0:32:05.020 --> 0:32:06.940
<v Speaker 1>Right, okay.

0:32:07.540 --> 0:32:11.720
<v Speaker 3>So then, like, my discovery of that was, like, maybe

0:32:11.800 --> 0:32:14.160
<v Speaker 3>I can see where they're coming from, but at the

0:32:14.180 --> 0:32:17.550
<v Speaker 3>same time, like, see, as a person in my shoes,

0:32:17.590 --> 0:32:20.250
<v Speaker 3>for example, as an individual looking to come back in

0:32:20.290 --> 0:32:23.380
<v Speaker 3>the next three to six months, I'm like, so let's

0:32:23.390 --> 0:32:26.390
<v Speaker 3>say if I'm going to live in Dwanupeg, I would

0:32:26.410 --> 0:32:30.050
<v Speaker 3>be living under a mayor or under a councillor that

0:32:30.150 --> 0:32:32.150
<v Speaker 3>I didn't vote for. You know, so it just seems

0:32:32.230 --> 0:32:32.830
<v Speaker 3>a bit odd.

0:32:34.280 --> 0:32:38.380
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. But somebody might say, well, you weren't there to

0:32:39.340 --> 0:32:42.240
<v Speaker 1>vote at the time. How would you respond?

0:32:42.600 --> 0:32:45.370
<v Speaker 3>I agree, but I'll be there for the next four

0:32:45.390 --> 0:32:50.110
<v Speaker 3>years that that particular councillor or mayor will be, you know,

0:32:50.130 --> 0:32:55.240
<v Speaker 3>will be governing. So whilst I may not be physically present, yeah.

0:32:55.900 --> 0:32:56.840
<v Speaker 1>So why are you coming back?

0:33:00.050 --> 0:33:04.330
<v Speaker 3>I think I'm coming back because I've basically done what

0:33:04.370 --> 0:33:07.570
<v Speaker 3>I wanted to do, if that makes sense. So my

0:33:07.590 --> 0:33:10.250
<v Speaker 3>biggest thing was I wanted to travel and I wanted

0:33:10.330 --> 0:33:16.360
<v Speaker 3>to see the world and, you know, all of those things.

0:33:16.460 --> 0:33:18.920
<v Speaker 1>The reason why I asked the question, which might have

0:33:18.960 --> 0:33:22.270
<v Speaker 1>sounded a little bit odd, It's because we hear very

0:33:22.440 --> 0:33:31.710
<v Speaker 1>often when Africans leave for Europe or the Americas that

0:33:31.890 --> 0:33:37.440
<v Speaker 1>people are reticent to come back home. They're not really

0:33:37.600 --> 0:33:40.840
<v Speaker 1>keen to come back home. So it's wonderful to hear

0:33:40.900 --> 0:33:44.560
<v Speaker 1>that a South African has done what they've done in

0:33:45.380 --> 0:33:47.300
<v Speaker 1>Europe and they want to come back home. It's a

0:33:47.340 --> 0:33:50.350
<v Speaker 1>beautiful idea. It's wonderful.

0:33:52.190 --> 0:33:53.090
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it is.

0:33:53.230 --> 0:33:56.640
<v Speaker 3>And like, you know, the biggest struggle sometimes is just

0:33:56.700 --> 0:33:59.080
<v Speaker 3>on a random day, a person will be like, oh,

0:33:59.300 --> 0:34:02.640
<v Speaker 3>I've got my nephew's birthday this weekend. And someone says, oh,

0:34:02.640 --> 0:34:04.500
<v Speaker 3>it's my sister's engagement party.

0:34:04.640 --> 0:34:08.300
<v Speaker 2>Then you are like, all right, you know, because obviously

0:34:08.340 --> 0:34:09.140
<v Speaker 2>you only come.

0:34:09.000 --> 0:34:12.060
<v Speaker 3>Back home maybe once or twice a year. And so,

0:34:12.120 --> 0:34:14.089
<v Speaker 3>you know, there's a bit of a disconnect that you

0:34:14.150 --> 0:34:18.290
<v Speaker 3>feel and at some point it doesn't become very sustainable.

0:34:24.780 --> 0:34:27.440
<v Speaker 1>So you want to know from the IEC why it

0:34:27.540 --> 0:34:31.779
<v Speaker 1>is that they don't allow people that are in other

0:34:31.820 --> 0:34:36.100
<v Speaker 1>parts of the world to vote for local government elections?

0:34:38.630 --> 0:34:41.330
<v Speaker 3>I'd say that's the bigger part of the question, but

0:34:41.410 --> 0:34:44.910
<v Speaker 3>I'd say maybe a subset to that question is, you know,

0:34:44.969 --> 0:34:47.980
<v Speaker 3>what happens to those individuals that, you know, will not

0:34:48.060 --> 0:34:50.940
<v Speaker 3>be there on the date of the election, but they're

0:34:50.960 --> 0:34:51.839
<v Speaker 3>planning to come back?

0:34:52.140 --> 0:34:52.339
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:34:52.620 --> 0:34:56.800
<v Speaker 3>Like, you know, what mechanism could be structured for those individuals?

0:34:56.820 --> 0:34:59.989
<v Speaker 3>Because obviously it's just, yeah, it's just a bit of

0:35:00.030 --> 0:35:06.120
<v Speaker 3>a bummer for me because, yeah. And you do get

0:35:06.160 --> 0:35:15.070
<v Speaker 3>to vote for national and provincial elections? The national were

0:35:15.180 --> 0:35:17.750
<v Speaker 3>in 2024, so yeah, for those ones I did vote.

0:35:17.890 --> 0:35:20.149
<v Speaker 3>I voted, I was decided for those, so I did

0:35:20.190 --> 0:35:20.870
<v Speaker 3>vote for those, yeah.

0:35:21.010 --> 0:35:27.430
<v Speaker 1>Okay, okay. My sense is that somebody might say or

0:35:27.650 --> 0:35:33.040
<v Speaker 1>argue that until such time as as we know where

0:35:33.100 --> 0:35:38.930
<v Speaker 1>Zonda is actually going to live. Because Zonda might decide that, yes,

0:35:39.070 --> 0:35:42.130
<v Speaker 1>he's going to live in Joburg, have the right to

0:35:42.190 --> 0:35:44.390
<v Speaker 1>vote in Joburg, but while he's in the plane coming

0:35:44.430 --> 0:35:47.250
<v Speaker 1>back home decides, no, actually, I'm going to go live

0:35:47.390 --> 0:35:49.509
<v Speaker 1>in Cape Town. And he might have been robbed of

0:35:49.550 --> 0:35:53.890
<v Speaker 1>that opportunity to vote for Cape Town because he's voted

0:35:53.930 --> 0:35:55.610
<v Speaker 1>for Joburg because he thought he was going to go

0:35:55.630 --> 0:35:58.410
<v Speaker 1>and live in Joburg. And so the best way to

0:35:58.469 --> 0:36:00.880
<v Speaker 1>make sure that people vote where they live is when

0:36:00.960 --> 0:36:01.500
<v Speaker 1>they live there.

0:36:04.370 --> 0:36:08.790
<v Speaker 3>Oh, okay. Okay, I think.

0:36:09.610 --> 0:36:12.690
<v Speaker 1>That makes sense. I'm just playing around with some of

0:36:12.750 --> 0:36:17.069
<v Speaker 1>the thoughts to say, okay, so Zonda has the franchise

0:36:17.150 --> 0:36:20.109
<v Speaker 1>in the sense that he is able to vote for

0:36:21.030 --> 0:36:25.360
<v Speaker 1>national elections because South Africa is his country, so he's

0:36:25.380 --> 0:36:29.860
<v Speaker 1>got that right. But to vote for local government elections

0:36:30.940 --> 0:36:36.620
<v Speaker 1>is about that local government locality. And yes, he may

0:36:36.780 --> 0:36:39.700
<v Speaker 1>feel that, you know, when he comes back home, he's

0:36:39.719 --> 0:36:44.239
<v Speaker 1>going to live in Johannesburg. But, you know, six months

0:36:44.260 --> 0:36:48.219
<v Speaker 1>from now, circumstances change and Londa needs to live in

0:36:48.800 --> 0:36:53.120
<v Speaker 1>Cape Town, which is part of his country. So the

0:36:53.200 --> 0:36:56.489
<v Speaker 1>franchise is secured in that he could vote in a

0:36:56.590 --> 0:37:01.200
<v Speaker 1>national election. But until he comes and lives in Cape Town,

0:37:01.800 --> 0:37:04.590
<v Speaker 1>in a particular district in Cape Town or in a

0:37:04.630 --> 0:37:10.109
<v Speaker 1>particular district in Johannesburg, we don't know where exactly he's

0:37:10.150 --> 0:37:15.110
<v Speaker 1>going to live. So let him come, settle down, register

0:37:15.150 --> 0:37:17.810
<v Speaker 1>to vote once he lives in that space, and then

0:37:17.850 --> 0:37:18.330
<v Speaker 1>he can vote.

0:37:18.969 --> 0:37:19.180
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:37:20.510 --> 0:37:20.770
<v Speaker 1>Okay.

0:37:21.150 --> 0:37:23.700
<v Speaker 3>And I'm not saying that that's the policy.

0:37:23.760 --> 0:37:24.440
<v Speaker 4>I'm just thinking out loud.

0:37:24.480 --> 0:37:30.750
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

0:37:31.090 --> 0:37:31.529
<v Speaker 4>No, that's fine.

0:37:31.770 --> 0:37:34.290
<v Speaker 3>So what happens if, like on the day of voting,

0:37:34.410 --> 0:37:36.870
<v Speaker 3>let's say, let's make you as an example, like let's

0:37:36.890 --> 0:37:38.870
<v Speaker 3>say on the day of voting, you've got other commitments

0:37:38.930 --> 0:37:40.870
<v Speaker 3>and you can't be in the country. Does that mean

0:37:40.890 --> 0:37:43.800
<v Speaker 3>then you can't vote? Like they say on 4th November,

0:37:44.320 --> 0:37:47.279
<v Speaker 3>you need to be in Namibia or you need to

0:37:47.320 --> 0:37:49.540
<v Speaker 3>be in Zambia. Does that mean that you wouldn't be

0:37:49.580 --> 0:37:51.520
<v Speaker 3>able to cast your vote then for that reason, that

0:37:51.540 --> 0:37:54.200
<v Speaker 3>you'd be away from the country on that day?

0:37:54.400 --> 0:37:56.339
<v Speaker 1>It's going to be part of the answers that the,

0:37:56.880 --> 0:37:59.680
<v Speaker 1>person from the IEC is going to answer for you

0:37:59.920 --> 0:38:02.540
<v Speaker 1>when they come through. But my sense is that the

0:38:02.700 --> 0:38:08.100
<v Speaker 1>idea is that people, particularly for local government elections, must

0:38:08.239 --> 0:38:14.440
<v Speaker 1>vote where they live. So take me, for example. I

0:38:14.480 --> 0:38:18.560
<v Speaker 1>have residency in Pretoria, in Mamelodi, where I come from.

0:38:20.960 --> 0:38:25.560
<v Speaker 1>I have residency in Siabusa, where I have now established

0:38:25.580 --> 0:38:32.020
<v Speaker 1>a homestead. And I have residency in Johannesburg where I

0:38:32.219 --> 0:38:36.360
<v Speaker 1>live on a day-to-day basis. I can't vote in Mamelodi.

0:38:37.800 --> 0:38:41.140
<v Speaker 1>And I can't vote in Siabuso. I vote in Johannesburg

0:38:41.160 --> 0:38:45.500
<v Speaker 1>because that's where I live day-to-day. But I have residency

0:38:45.680 --> 0:38:50.860
<v Speaker 1>in Pretoria. I'm a taxpayer. I pay rates and taxes

0:38:50.900 --> 0:38:56.020
<v Speaker 1>in Pretoria. in Mamelodi, I mean, or for Pretoria. I

0:38:56.060 --> 0:39:00.440
<v Speaker 1>pay rates and taxes in Cebu. I pay rates and

0:39:00.460 --> 0:39:04.419
<v Speaker 1>taxes here in Johannesburg, but I vote in Johannesburg.

0:39:06.080 --> 0:39:06.340
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:39:07.280 --> 0:39:10.900
<v Speaker 1>So I don't know what the laws or the rules are.

0:39:10.910 --> 0:39:15.110
<v Speaker 1>I'm simply just thinking out loud with you based on

0:39:15.130 --> 0:39:16.210
<v Speaker 1>the questions that you're asking.

0:39:17.930 --> 0:39:18.109
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:39:19.590 --> 0:39:23.480
<v Speaker 1>So take it as done. We will get somebody from

0:39:23.520 --> 0:39:25.980
<v Speaker 1>the IEC to come and talk to us about some

0:39:26.000 --> 0:39:31.080
<v Speaker 1>of these practical sort of logistics that you're asking about.

0:39:32.840 --> 0:39:33.060
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:39:33.600 --> 0:39:37.160
<v Speaker 1>And my brother, and thank you for choosing to come

0:39:37.180 --> 0:39:37.500
<v Speaker 1>back home.

0:39:39.890 --> 0:39:41.370
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, no, okay.

0:39:41.410 --> 0:39:42.850
<v Speaker 2>No problem at all.

0:39:43.330 --> 0:39:44.890
<v Speaker 3>No problem at all.

0:39:45.410 --> 0:39:49.730
<v Speaker 1>In the UK. There's an interesting fight taking place between

0:39:52.230 --> 0:40:00.650
<v Speaker 1>what do they call themselves? Legacy black Americans, no? And

0:40:04.550 --> 0:40:09.390
<v Speaker 1>Africans who have left Africa and have now become resident

0:40:09.650 --> 0:40:13.850
<v Speaker 1>in the United States of America. There's a very, very

0:40:14.030 --> 0:40:17.890
<v Speaker 1>interesting war of words that's taking place between those groupings.

0:40:21.660 --> 0:40:33.330
<v Speaker 1>And the legacy black Americans are irritated at Africans who

0:40:33.390 --> 0:40:41.770
<v Speaker 1>have moved to America because there is a looking down

0:40:41.870 --> 0:40:49.180
<v Speaker 1>upon black Americans by Africans who say that these people

0:40:49.219 --> 0:40:55.239
<v Speaker 1>have no culture, They are lazy. And by the way,

0:40:55.280 --> 0:41:01.020
<v Speaker 1>these are generalizations, right? But that's the big issue. They

0:41:01.060 --> 0:41:09.629
<v Speaker 1>are lazy and they are, so what's the other thing?

0:41:10.210 --> 0:41:15.350
<v Speaker 1>They are entitled. They don't like to wake up and work.

0:41:19.160 --> 0:41:21.799
<v Speaker 1>And I was looking at these debates. I was looking at,

0:41:21.920 --> 0:41:24.080
<v Speaker 1>I think, four or five debates that were taking place.

0:41:26.080 --> 0:41:29.630
<v Speaker 1>And I thought to myself, if I wasn't listening to

0:41:29.650 --> 0:41:39.890
<v Speaker 1>the American accent, I probably think this is a conversation

0:41:39.910 --> 0:41:51.790
<v Speaker 1>that's happening in South Africa. Um, people in America are

0:41:51.850 --> 0:42:04.760
<v Speaker 1>called black Americans who have black American exceptionalism. And I thought, wow,

0:42:05.340 --> 0:42:10.390
<v Speaker 1>that sounds very familiar. And that at some point we

0:42:10.410 --> 0:42:16.030
<v Speaker 1>need to study this situation. What's going on in that dynamic?

0:42:18.410 --> 0:42:22.900
<v Speaker 1>And of course the black Americans call the Africans who

0:42:22.920 --> 0:42:30.230
<v Speaker 1>have settled now in America, they call them EBH. So

0:42:30.250 --> 0:42:32.730
<v Speaker 1>the other ones call, I mean, the other ones are

0:42:32.750 --> 0:42:36.629
<v Speaker 1>called legacy African Americans, right?

0:42:36.950 --> 0:42:37.230
<v Speaker 2>Yes.

0:42:38.750 --> 0:42:44.190
<v Speaker 1>And then the other ones are called, I suppose, rather

0:42:44.770 --> 0:42:55.700
<v Speaker 1>disparagingly and mockingly as EBH. E-B-H. Anywhere, no, A-B-H. Anywhere

0:42:55.860 --> 0:43:07.480
<v Speaker 1>but home. And this is a development that is becoming

0:43:07.560 --> 0:43:19.009
<v Speaker 1>louder and louder. It's becoming louder and louder. True. And

0:43:19.110 --> 0:43:27.450
<v Speaker 1>similar issues are being raised by legacy African-Americans or black Americans, sorry.

0:43:28.010 --> 0:43:30.589
<v Speaker 1>They want to call themselves black Americans because now they

0:43:30.969 --> 0:43:38.960
<v Speaker 1>don't want anything to do with Africa. Some of them

0:43:38.980 --> 0:43:44.760
<v Speaker 1>have decided, no, they're not African-Americans. They are aboriginal black Americans.

0:43:45.460 --> 0:43:45.620
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:43:48.040 --> 0:43:52.049
<v Speaker 1>And I'm watching all of these new histories that are

0:43:52.090 --> 0:43:58.710
<v Speaker 1>being developed in the lexicon, in the conversation. As people

0:43:59.130 --> 0:44:01.370
<v Speaker 1>want to make sure that they are not associated at

0:44:01.550 --> 0:44:06.750
<v Speaker 1>all with Africa. Talking about Americans. Many of them who

0:44:06.790 --> 0:44:10.810
<v Speaker 1>got disappointed when they moved to Ghana, for example, there

0:44:10.830 --> 0:44:14.980
<v Speaker 1>was a whole effort to try and get African Americans

0:44:15.080 --> 0:44:19.219
<v Speaker 1>to move to Ghana and Many of them got a

0:44:19.280 --> 0:44:22.230
<v Speaker 1>rude awakening when they got there after the romanticism of

0:44:22.770 --> 0:44:27.029
<v Speaker 1>going home back to mother Africa. When the realities of

0:44:27.090 --> 0:44:45.649
<v Speaker 1>the missing amenities that they've become come used to in

0:44:45.690 --> 0:44:48.690
<v Speaker 1>New York City. And then they discover that that thing

0:44:48.770 --> 0:44:50.450
<v Speaker 1>is not there. And then all of the romanticism gives

0:44:50.489 --> 0:45:15.870
<v Speaker 1>way to what's going on here. There's one moment where

0:45:17.670 --> 0:45:22.730
<v Speaker 1>our African hospitality sometimes is shown by us giving you

0:45:23.200 --> 0:45:23.879
<v Speaker 1>some livestock.

0:45:23.960 --> 0:45:24.220
<v Speaker 5>Sure.

0:45:24.700 --> 0:45:28.120
<v Speaker 1>So when you come from New York, we will gift

0:45:28.140 --> 0:45:28.800
<v Speaker 1>you a goat.

0:45:28.880 --> 0:45:29.180
<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

0:45:31.540 --> 0:45:32.490
<v Speaker 1>Or some chickens, right?

0:45:32.719 --> 0:45:32.950
<v Speaker 2>Sure.

0:45:33.160 --> 0:45:38.790
<v Speaker 1>Because here... That's a sign of great hospitality. Yeah. Gifting

0:45:38.830 --> 0:45:41.489
<v Speaker 1>you with livestock to start life here.

0:45:41.530 --> 0:45:41.820
<v Speaker 3>Yes.

0:45:41.969 --> 0:45:43.160
<v Speaker 1>In Africa with us.

0:45:43.180 --> 0:45:43.259
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

0:45:43.280 --> 0:45:45.239
<v Speaker 1>Like a true African.

0:45:47.380 --> 0:45:47.620
<v Speaker 2>Hey!

0:45:47.860 --> 0:45:53.739
<v Speaker 1>What is this? So there are some realities. There's some

0:45:53.820 --> 0:46:00.200
<v Speaker 1>sort of culture shock realities beyond the romanticism and the nostalgia.

0:46:04.120 --> 0:46:04.259
<v Speaker 2>So.

0:46:06.130 --> 0:46:11.390
<v Speaker 1>So now this guy goes back to America and says, no, no, no, no, no.

0:46:11.469 --> 0:46:18.399
<v Speaker 1>I can't. I can't do long drops. I can't. His

0:46:18.440 --> 0:46:22.120
<v Speaker 1>friend says, oh, now I thought you were an African.

0:46:22.500 --> 0:46:25.880
<v Speaker 1>That's what happens in Africa. That is the African way.

0:46:26.739 --> 0:46:39.580
<v Speaker 1>He says, no, no. No, I'm American. So I suppose

0:46:39.640 --> 0:46:43.299
<v Speaker 1>these things are going to happen, right? These realizations, these

0:46:43.420 --> 0:46:48.570
<v Speaker 1>rude awakenings. But what it's created now is a big fight.

0:46:50.489 --> 0:46:51.810
<v Speaker 1>And there's a lot of people who say, well, why

0:46:51.830 --> 0:46:54.210
<v Speaker 1>are we fighting? We're supposed to be on the same side.

0:47:00.310 --> 0:47:06.200
<v Speaker 1>Have you got a song for us? Oh, we've got

0:47:06.219 --> 0:47:08.060
<v Speaker 1>a call. Oh, I didn't even see we've got a call.

0:47:08.800 --> 0:47:11.720
<v Speaker 1>So this guy comes to the conclusion. He says, listen,

0:47:14.020 --> 0:47:21.270
<v Speaker 1>skin folk ain't always kin folk. John is in Midland. Hi, John.

0:47:22.690 --> 0:47:23.549
<v Speaker 2>Mr. Hobbs, how are you?

0:47:23.630 --> 0:47:24.110
<v Speaker 4>I'm sharp.

0:47:24.210 --> 0:47:25.770
<v Speaker 1>I'm sharp.

0:47:26.090 --> 0:47:26.509
<v Speaker 3>Sorry, man.

0:47:26.530 --> 0:47:27.589
<v Speaker 1>Hobble is well.

0:47:27.660 --> 0:47:32.060
<v Speaker 6>Hobble is well. I'm not good, probably.

0:47:32.160 --> 0:47:34.040
<v Speaker 1>Tell me why you're not good, Brother John.

0:47:35.500 --> 0:47:46.910
<v Speaker 6>I foresee danger. I foresee the fight in.

0:47:45.950 --> 0:47:48.430
<v Speaker 2>The Middle East.

0:47:49.050 --> 0:47:52.530
<v Speaker 6>I thought it was not going to affect our country.

0:47:54.630 --> 0:47:56.270
<v Speaker 6>But now I can see now.

0:47:56.370 --> 0:48:02.719
<v Speaker 1>Which fight in the Middle East? The American-Israeli-Iran one or.

0:48:02.640 --> 0:48:05.280
<v Speaker 6>The America and Iran.

0:48:05.320 --> 0:48:08.300
<v Speaker 1>Oh, okay, okay. Because there's lots of fights taking place

0:48:08.360 --> 0:48:11.070
<v Speaker 1>in that region at the moment. Yeah, okay, but go ahead.

0:48:12.050 --> 0:48:16.069
<v Speaker 6>The one for the dominance and the control of the

0:48:16.130 --> 0:48:24.220
<v Speaker 6>refinery of the oils. Coming down now to us, affecting

0:48:24.280 --> 0:48:31.380
<v Speaker 6>us with regards to petrol issues. And then now, as

0:48:31.540 --> 0:48:36.770
<v Speaker 6>I'm Apparently, talking to you, we are being affected, the

0:48:36.810 --> 0:48:41.489
<v Speaker 6>residents of Mid-Rent, or I can say City of Johannesburg,

0:48:41.950 --> 0:48:49.420
<v Speaker 6>because now, pick it up. It's no longer collecting refuse

0:48:50.040 --> 0:48:53.540
<v Speaker 6>due to the fact that they are telling us, the

0:48:53.580 --> 0:48:58.930
<v Speaker 6>rich taxpayers, that they are not in a position to

0:48:58.969 --> 0:49:01.350
<v Speaker 6>can refuel their refuse trucks.

0:49:02.010 --> 0:49:02.080
<v Speaker 1>Hmm.

0:49:02.940 --> 0:49:08.569
<v Speaker 6>So for me, it is poor management and it is

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<v Speaker 6>a very, very dangerous situation that we are becoming as

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<v Speaker 6>a city of Johannesburg. I'm also scared to say that

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<v Speaker 6>what if now...