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Saving Soweto - Al Jazeera English

Category: News & Current Affairs
Description:
Saving Soweto Ward 20 deals with all of Soweto's non-surgical medical emergencies. Doctors are overwhelmed by the numbers of patients, most deaths are due to AIDS http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/general/2009/01/200919143440701450.html saving soweto begins after 5min into the video!
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The Soweto Uprising (2008)

Category: Documentary
Description:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soweto_riots Soweto Uprising sdtv xvid Category: Documentaries Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa Topics: War / Violent Conflict, ;;Political Institutions / Systems A definitive account of the Soweto Uprising told through first hand testimonies and compelling archival footage, this documentary shows how a student demonstration against compulsory Afrikaans in the classroom quickly turned to bloodshed when police turned their fire on the children, shooting dead between 20 and 200. The Soweto Uprising has become a metaphor for the fight against apartheid, but few actually know what happened that first day and understand the violence it launched in townships across South Africa. This film presents the details of the uprising from an exciting range of witnesses and participants. Soweto Uprising ;;explores the possibility that violence is a necessary catalyst to political change. To learn more, read the BBC article, "South Africa Marking Soweto Uprising."
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CBC The Fifth Estate - Dead in the Water (Water Privatization)

Category: Documentary
Description:
There's a problem with the world's water supply. One in four people on earth doesn't have access to clean drinking water. Water and sanitation infrastructures are crumbling. We keep using more of it, yet continue to degrade and deplete it. ;; Powerful companies spotted a crisis and saw a business opportunity. From Moncton, New Brunswick to Atlanta, Georgia and Buenos Aires, Argentina to Soweto, South Africa, the fifth estate's Linden MacIntyre investigates the results of the effort to privatize what many consider a public trust. 640 x 352 51:45 min
Seeders: 31
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