South African Music Video

The World Cup is only a month away, and the fever is starting to rage throughout the city. It's pretty neat to watch. Below is a link to a music video shot here in Cape Town. I don't personally know the band,Hot Water, but they are friends of several students at Jubilee, who are in various shots in the video. It was made in anticipation of the World Cup. It does an excellent job of catching the excitement and emotions that people are feeling here.

There are a few things in the background that I wanted to point out for you to notice and get just a tinny insight into what it's like here:

-At the beginning with the guy at the bar, you can see on the sign how it's sold as "500 ml", not ounces...they use metric measurement here as well.

- The van the boy (Laduma) tries to get in is a minibus, a rather nice, safer-looking minibus than one I've ridden in, but one nonetheless!

--There's a brief shot inside a train. The carriage is first class, where most laborers don't ride, but I would. It cost about R11 for a ticket, about $1.50, so not a stretch for me to get to be a little safer. The third class doesn't have those cushioned seats, just a hard row lined on either side of the carriage.

--There is a shot of a man selling newspapers at a traffic light, or "robot" as they are called here. That's really common; so many times men will be selling fruit, random trinkets, newspapers as you are waiting for the light to change. It is very rare that anyone I've ridden with would buy anything, but sometimes there are just beggars, and several times I've given a few rand when they approach the car.

--When Laduma gets to Cape Town, the sign he sees is just a rectangular circle, symbolizing the stadium. That's really common for road signs to have symbols, sometimes with the names, sometimes without names.

--At the end you see two shots of the stadium at night. Those are taken from Signal Hill, the lower end of Lion's Head...it's even more beautiful than in the video :)

Here is the link, enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4V9s9xQwTw