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>> anthony: this coming from a potential passenger means soweto. also this and this. johannesburg has an elaborate system of hand signals indicating desired routes of travel. so youre looking at the hand signals, and said, "okay, im not going there, im not going there." >> mdu: yeah, im looking at the hand signal. >> anthony: in 1904, soweto came into being as a less benign version of the housing project. it was designed as workers lodging. a place to put black laborers comfortably removed from ...

There was this time two guys were following me. they lifted me up and i had probably some few coins in my pocket. and just turned me around. just to shake me. >> anthony: shake you upside down? >> mdu: shake me upside down. i will never forget that moment in my life. i felt stupid, you know? get in, get in, ma. >> woman: how are you? >> mdu: hello. >> anthony: now there is a definite cache to living in soweto. a very real pride at having been at the very center of things back when it was hard da...

In my life. i felt stupid, you know? get in, get in, ma. >> woman: how are you? >> mdu: hello. >> anthony: now there is a definite cache to living in soweto. a very real pride at having been at the very center of things back when it was hard and dangerous to have an opinion. nelson mandela lived here. desmond tutu. when youre a certain age and you say you were born and bred in soweto, it means something. now do most of the people own their homes, or do they rent? >> mdu: uh, most of the people o...

Hand signal. >> anthony: in 1904, soweto came into being as a less benign version of the housing project. it was designed as workers lodging. a place to put black laborers comfortably removed from white society. a ghetto. by the 1950s, it had become the center of resistance to white rule, synonymous with the struggle against the whole rotten racist system. >> mdu: i remember when the situation was so bad in such a way that my mother had to put me inside a box where we put shoes and hide me there...

>> anthony: whats in a name? if the name is soweto, you best believe it means plenty. >> mdu: lets go, lets go. >> anthony: this is mdu. for over a decade hes been in what has at times been the very difficult business of driving a taxi. you should probably know that the word taxi in soweto means something a little different then say, new york. >> mdu: 60% of the -- of the population is using a taxi. >> anthony: how many taxis in johannesburg? >> mdu: i would say more than a million. >> anthony: ...

Language ] >> anthony: you know where youre going right? >> mdu: yeah, i know where im going. >> anthony: next exit, smokey, delicious meat over flame. under the overpass, all sorts of mystery meats for sale. the taxi mans lunch. we order some brisket, some sausage, some heart. beautiful thing. meat, a cutting board, a knife. >> mdu: cut out the meat in pieces, thats how you eat it. most of the time they serve it with tomato and raw chili. thats more or less like a salad for you. we have salt ov...

I will never forget that moment in my life. i felt stupid, you know? get in, get in, ma. >> woman: how are you? >> mdu: hello. >> anthony: now there is a definite cache to living in soweto. a very real pride at having been at the very center of things back when it was hard dangerous to have an opinion. nelson mandela lived here. desmond tutu. when youre a certain age and you say you were born and bred in soweto, it means something. now do most of the people own their homes, or do they rent? >> m...

Rule, synonymous with the struggle against the whole rotten racist system. >> mdu: i remember when the situation was so bad in such a way that my mother had to put me inside a box where we put shoes and hide me there, under the bed. this is where i grew up most of the time. sometimes you would get bullied. there was this time two guys were following me. they lifted me up and i had probably some few coins in my pocket. and just turned me around. just to shake me. >> anthony: shake you upside down...

Sausage, some heart. beautiful thing. meat, a cutting board, a knife. >> mdu: cut out the meat in pieces, thats how you eat it. most of the time they serve it with tomato and raw chili. thats more or less like a salad for you. we have salt over here. its nice. >> anthony: you chose well, these guys are good. >> mdu: oh. >> anthony: here, spread over thousands of square feet, the remnants of white colonial rule. whats left from the descendants of bible-thumping dutch settlers who came here to far...

>> mdu: lets go, lets go. >> anthony: this is mdu. for over a decade hes been in what is at times has been in the very difficult business of driving a taxi. you should probably know that the word taxi in soweto means something a little different then say, new york. >> mdu: 60% of the -- of the population is using a taxi. >> anthony: how many taxis in johannesburg? >> mdu: i would say more than a million. >> anthony: this coming from a potential passenger means soweto. also this and this. johanne...