Thursday 25 September 2008

What I'm watching...

Ross Kemp on gangs (the 4th series)
Kenya Special, - meeting the Mungiki

In this 90-minute special, Ross Kemp and his BAFTA winning documentary team travel to Kenya to investigate the Mungiki, an outfit labelled as the most dangerous ‘gang’ in Africa.Gaining access to the Mungiki is notoriously difficult, but Ross manages to meet with its top three members at the home of their imprisoned leader, Jenga. Grilling them about a grisly reputation that includes decapitation and torture, he is thrown by their denial. The men are adamant that the fear surrounding the Mungiki has been propagated by the government in a bid to disable them. They maintain that the government is the real culprit.By gaining the trust of the Mungiki, Ross travels to locations then out of bounds to most ordinary Kenyans, let alone foreign reporters. His time with the Mungiki coincides with a bloody government crackdown on the Mungiki. Ross discovers that Kenya is still far from peace as finds himself in the middle of several riots as the Police round up Mungiki members.

What I'm watching...

Vinnie Jones: Toughest Cops

Episode 3: South Africa

For 43 years, South Africa was a nation divided by the rules of apartheid, but when freedom finally came in 1991, the suffering continued with more than 300 murders and violent attacks taking place every day. Cameras follow cops in Durban as they bust drug dealers, conduct a raid searching for illegal firearms, and chase and confront a group of armed robbers in a busy central Durban shopping centre. Worth watching for the ATM robbers alone - their way of robbing an ATM is by blowing it up, South Africa has the highest rate of ATM robberies in the world.. now I can see why.

Photography blog launched


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