63 comments on Stayin’ Alive in Jo’Burg [documentary]
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2.Posted by StewBalls on Oct 07 2009 at 14:09
After the way they treated those poor prawns they should be ashamed of themselves in Jo'burg! :p
4.Posted by Oh-Bummer on Oct 07 2009 at 18:09
Very good docu, Quicktime format with great picture and sound. Interesting to see a part of the world I likely won't get to visit. Need some more "Dutch guys" in Jo'burg!
5.Posted by pearldrums on Oct 07 2009 at 18:15
I have been in Jo'burg, nad its not that bad at all...!! p***
6.Posted by krangsquared on Oct 08 2009 at 01:49
Just to avoid any confusion, this is NOT the short film that was created by Neill Blomkamp, director of District 9. His short film is similarly named, "Alive in Joburg", and is only 6 minutes long, and is available here: (url removed)
Don't download this if that's all you're after. Don't make my mistake! I thought there would be prawns here and there were none. Serves me right for not reading the description. 
7.Posted by geoffphuket on Oct 08 2009 at 04:46
Unusual for documentary to be in .mov format, but not a problem 
8.Posted by Vi10x on Oct 08 2009 at 09:34
Lol i live in jhb kinda, and its not such a bad place. hahaha who am i kidding. This place sux ****.
9.Posted by BabaMugabe on Oct 08 2009 at 09:53
Wot a load of c**p this film jus tries to be negative about Africans.I live in Glasgow n its a worse place that Joburg 
11.Posted by Metop on Oct 08 2009 at 14:01
Only one year to go. I can't see a World Cup being held in South Africa. Much like London 2012 it will be a total desaster.
12.Posted by 07Shadow07 on Oct 08 2009 at 18:02
woot South Africans here, :p
13.Posted by PhilemonUmkaka on Oct 08 2009 at 19:12
Weird seeing the place like this. We cannot blame the boer or murungu for the state of the place, its down to us Africans.
14.Posted by rodime on Oct 08 2009 at 20:46
lol@Babamugabe: You really think anyone takes comments seriously from anyone named mugabe?
15.Posted by tidydan on Oct 09 2009 at 00:34
Thanks for keeping this at the top, I would've missed it otherwise. Egoli's an alright place, not the safest maybe, but neither's Rio. I hear downtown's on its way back up again, and the World Cup will help, glad the greatest show on earth will be in my old home town.
16.Posted by ffilou6 on Oct 09 2009 at 01:01
I heard there are more dangerous places (not sure of the names) Skidrow? and Compton? in Los Angeles, Poughkeepsie? in New York, a district near Paris in France, Napoli in Italy...
17.Posted by livepinkpepper on Oct 09 2009 at 04:58
Thank you for the upload! 
18.Posted by Ghanaman on Oct 09 2009 at 09:43
Anywhere is dangerous if you are stupid, you can get mugged in Oslo if you want to!
19.Posted by truthstar on Oct 09 2009 at 15:16
jprheeder, you are a class A nob chana jou dom kaal voet klonkie!
If I had to guess you are probably as useless as your last comment, and have a IQ less than a Baby Prawn.
I feel terrible that I am actually commenting on your post, but thought F it, it will make my day.
Joburg aint that bad if you street smart, smart enough to not go mess around in area's that you should not be in.
Documentaries always paint a bad picture because they are focusing on life in the city, not on the normal people living and working around the city.
Joburg aint no Dubai but I can tell you every city has it slums and dirty under belly.
20.Posted by freepan_sweethot on Oct 09 2009 at 15:46
ever one must c.
21.Posted by skyfalldown on Oct 09 2009 at 20:12
I have just started downloading this and thank the uploader, the director,actor and every other person involved with this project!Should be an eye opener to the masses.People say things are exaggerated when it comes to Joburg-I say ********! I've lived there for a year and was attacked at 5pm by an "individual". Shame really. But thanks again Uploader!
22.Posted by skyfalldown on Oct 09 2009 at 20:16
And I just read what Truthstar said:Brilliant. I live in Dubai and then moved to Jozi for training. You see, one can avoid the areas but then the criminals don't confine themselves to a particular place.
23.Posted by daytaps on Oct 09 2009 at 20:51
i was stripped naked on sunday in jhb. phone,R100,shoes, belt,necklace.
but they were man enough to leave my house keys.
24.Posted by daytaps on Oct 09 2009 at 21:01
the place is infested with street kids who grab every chance to stay alive.
the gov is in denial.
26.Posted by Appleyard on Oct 10 2009 at 03:12
Ghanaman: Mugged in Oslo? Of course you can.. Oslo is the capital of Norway, and also the largest city in the country. But I've been to Oslo many times in my life, and I've never worried about getting mugged or beaten up by some random criminal. Norway in general is a very safe country to live in, if you compare with other countries. I'm not saying that Oslo is completely safe, but no one goes around worrying about crime there.
27.Posted by masturgrater on Oct 10 2009 at 08:43
@Gremke, if you don't have Quicktime (free) installed, then get VLC player for free from videolan.org
It plays virtually EVERY video format.
29.Posted by AxMaN on Oct 10 2009 at 19:33
Never lived in Jo'burg but I have visited, its certainly not a safe place for sure. Having been to several other countries I can say for sure South Africa was by far the most dangerous. Not hard to get dead there at all but almost worth it for the beautiful scenery in other areas of the country, and of course the worlds best beef ****y.
31.Posted by jinx74 on Oct 10 2009 at 21:52
I grow up in Johannesburg, was never like this used to be much better.
it all depends where you stay in Johannesburg some areas are better, but Johannesburg is still very unsafe.
32.Posted by jackta on Oct 10 2009 at 21:58
This video only portrays the (CBD)Central Bussiness Distric,and Bertrams..if you know Joburg,then you will know this video is a lot of cr_p,crime in Joburg and the rest of SA is out fo control(fact of life).
So to all the street wise comments(fact is you dont leave your houses at nite)sh_t scared..
To truthstar.***`s not chana,it`s china.***reet wise punk..
God help the poor football fans(foreign)i`m sure they will never venture back into Africa again,after the World Cup,SA will never see a tourist on it`s shores again..And it`s not Joburg.***`s Johannesburg..my chana :.)
En ja ek is a boer..
34.Posted by defconsuperpower on Oct 11 2009 at 03:06
Very good documentary.
35.Posted by Isobel_NZSouth on Oct 11 2009 at 08:59
Thanks for the documentary, is is possible that this has been dubbed in English?
No worries if it hasn't
36.Posted by Seether13 on Oct 11 2009 at 09:24
jackta, maybe you sit in your house whole night, but that is you. Nobody i know are scared to go out at night. "Streetwise" means you don't go to the CBD at night, it means you go to all the nice places that are much safer than the CBD. You can basically take any main cities worldwide and there is slums and very unsafe areas. It is not unique to Jhb.
Fact is crime is out of control, but not to the point that i am scared at all to live in my beautiful country.
38.Posted by Seblat5ch on Oct 11 2009 at 13:35
i drove through the CBD has to go to close to rand airport and i drove in a convertible with my flatscreen tv.. had to get it repaired it is not that bad and the BRT is not that bad ether
39.Posted by oomskaap on Oct 11 2009 at 16:08
if you guys liked this, i recommend a much better documentary released last month called " BBC***w.and.Disorder.2of4.In.Johannesburg "
just search mininova for " BBC***w.and.Disorder.2of4.In.Johannesburg "
cheers
40.Posted by oomskaap on Oct 11 2009 at 16:09
"BBC Law and Disorder.2of4.In.Johannesburg " is here on Mininova, a much better documentary about Johannesburg's crime
41.Posted by jargon7 on Oct 11 2009 at 21:25
Please man, I work for the police in JHB area, it is quite bad, but like one of the poster said, if you're street smart, then you';; be fine!!!
Not as bad as everyone says it is..... blah
42.Posted by doris1873 on Oct 12 2009 at 09:39
greenocks way mental than jhb , bring it on ya weee scardies
43.Posted by alexin86 on Oct 12 2009 at 10:15
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44.Posted by Ouji-San on Oct 12 2009 at 12:08
I live in Cape Town stuff JHB...
Its bad everywhere. Prob worse in JHB especially the CITY area but yeah.
be street Smart and avoid dodgy places. If you walk around flash ***** your going to get robbed.
45.Posted by rebel-trader on Oct 12 2009 at 12:15
is there an english stream for this torrent?
47.Posted by Thayk on Oct 13 2009 at 07:10
is this the place where they gonna house us come World Cup 2010? no way. im not coming. ill gonna miss that date.
48.Posted by astroajb on Oct 15 2009 at 00:19
name one major city in the world which claims the freedom of its people but struggles with managing the free will of man.
Johannesburg is colorful but real place. It does not hide it's belly yet allows you feel the warmth of a golden city.
49.Posted by StoIIVIIpeD on Oct 17 2009 at 19:45
this movie ****s big time... i thought it would be more extreme, so socialist and boring
50.Posted by leecher on Oct 18 2009 at 19:39
It says it's english audio but it's not! There are just english subtitles
51.Posted by leecher on Oct 19 2009 at 01:46
Sorry, it is mostly in english, just the begining is non english. I bet the downtown of the safest city in South Africa, Pretoria, looks like Jo-burg now as well.
52.Posted by LadaMadness2008 on Nov 02 2009 at 18:14
Good documentairy
about the interlacing, use VLC and rightclick - video - deinterlace - choose Bob
53.Posted by richardzx9 on Nov 26 2009 at 20:47
Goodbye Mininova 
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1.Posted by nooitaf on Oct 02 2009 at 20:14
super actie !!
... maar het is interlaced 