CULTURE: BAFOKENG TRIBE PLATINUM MINES PHOKENG TOWNSHIP VOX POPS

Record ID: 880517

  • Title: CULTURE: BAFOKENG TRIBE PLATINUM MINES PHOKENG TOWNSHIP VOX POPS
  • Date: 13th August 2003
  • Summary: CULTURE: BAFOKENG TRIBE PLATINUM MINES PHOKENG TOWNSHIP VOX POPS
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  • City: Rustenburg
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 03AUG13R01
  • Story Text:CULTURE: BAFOKENG TRIBE: ENTHRONEMENT / CORONATION: Platinum mines; PHOKENG TOWNSHIP

    02.49.16 EXTREME WIDE VIEW OF IMPALA PLATINUM MINE (ON BAFOKENG LAND) WITH ENDLESS ROAD
    02.49.59 VARIOUS OF MINE
    02.51.20 MCU WHEELS TURNING TOP OF TOWER PULL OUT
    02.52.31 OPEN CAST MINING - GRADERS LOADING TRUCKS
    02.54.14 EXTREME WIDE INSIDE QUARRY WITH MINING IMPLEMENTS IN DISTANCE WORKING GRANITE WALL
    02.55.39 WIDE SCENIC VIEWS OF MINING STACKS IN DISTANCE PULL OUT TO PHOKENG RESIDENTIAL AREA IN FOREGROUND
    2.58.40 EXTERIOR BAFOKENG CIVIC CENTRE BUILDINGS
    02.59.27 WIDE OLD HOUSES & STREETS
    03.01.52 DAM & WINDMILL
    03.02.11 WHITE FLAG AT GATE ENTRANCE TO HOUSE - CLOSE-UP OF WHITE FLAG – SYMBOLISES UNITY AMONG THE BAFOKENG FOR THE ENTHRONMENT OF THE KING.
    03.02.25 VOX POPS (MALE) SAYING, “Yes, of-course it made us very better (question: “in what way has it helped?) Like schools… you can see that they are providing us with … like… bursaries and everything. I think that they did very well. “ (Question: what about health clinics and recreation facilities?) “Clinics, I think, that they are very good. They provide us with a medical aid for free.” (Question: Do you think that Platinum has destroyed your traditional way of life?) “I don’t think so at all. … Because I think that most of us here in Phokeng get everything from the Platinum…. Some are still practicing some of the Tswana things and some are not.” (Question: What do you think of the enthronement?) “I’ve been waiting for this for too long.. I expect to see mainly people from outside the country, enjoying together

    VOX POP (MALE) SAYING, “I expect many things.. Like people from other countries or other places… Ja, they are still waiting for that day… they are cleaning the village of Phokeng”

    03.07.48 OLD WOMAN - It was a very nice day; everybody was happy because we respect him . . .PREPARATIONS
    WIDE OF A MUD BRICK HOUSE INA LESS AFFLUENT PART OF PHOKENG
    VARIOUS WIDE OF PHOKENG VALLEY DOTTED WITH INFORMAL HOUSES
    03.11.48 WIDE OF THE ROYAL BAFOKENG STADIUM FROM AFAR
    VARIOUS OF A BAFOKENG WOMAN DOING HER WAHSING IN HER YARD, BY HER HUMBLE HOUSE.
    03.12.02 COLOURFUL WASHING HANGING NEXT TO SHACK
    03.13.10 SET-UP SHOTS OF ANGELINA - WOMAN CARRYING SINK BATH
    03.14.12 WOMAN WASHING CLOTHES NEXT TO SINK SHACK
    03.17.010 INTERVIEW ANGELINA
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