I am meeting a local man named Sabau, a poacher on the lake Chivero. Lake Chivero is not only killed by the raw sewage pumped directly to the lake but also by illegal fishing which takes place in grand scale. Find out what is going on in Zimbabwe.
Check my new series from Africa. i visited Ethiopia, Zambia, South Africa but i stayed the longest in Zimbabwe. Check how i explore Shona and Ndebele culture, food, music, night life, wild life and many other topics in Norton, Katanga, Lake Chivero and Harare. I also talked to white Zimbabweans and find many interesting stories. I was shocked when i came to South Africa and saw an epidemy of white Afrikaners homeless on the streets of Johannesburg and Pretoria. Check the new series.
Hello guys, this is Lolo. Welcome to Zupa vlog. At the moment, Zupa is going to watch those guys. I don't know what exactly they are doing. They must be fishing over there. I don't know if you guys can see them. Got nets and I definitely fishing. We're getting closer. So, let's see see what's happening there. Look how many birds there is on the pier here. Folks, we are here with Tinash SBA who's living with the water in a way. Yeah, it's okay. Right. Are you from this area? Yeah, I live in this area. And you what what kind of fish do you catch? I catch in a root grass. How big is that? Uh about pup size, right? Yeah. Good fish here in the water. Yeah, that's good. Good. And uh how many fishes a day you can catch? Only about 10 kg a day. 10 kg a day. Yeah. Okay. Can you come closer a little bit, my friend? Sure. Because you know we're running on this microphone here. Yeah, sure. And you you you working you know you're doing this with with with the guys that you call it a day today my friends and you've got some fish. Yeah. Zimbabwe is hard to survive. So if you caugh the fish you can going to sell those fish kids at home can eat by me sugar rice can eat that's okay. Definitely definitely the way to to you know to eat. Yeah to survive. This is Lake Chiver, a dam built in colonial times to provide drinking water for Harare. It does this till this very times. But the thing is uh the water level is very low. That's why uh not as many people as it used to come here and chill. It's apparently quite difficult to uh launch a boat here. I see tractors going back and forward. uh and they changed the the peers because the water is is getting lower and lower. I don't know why, but the main problem for Lake Chiver is not low levels of water, but illegal fishing and pollution. The lake was built in 1952 as a reservoir for drinking water for Harare, which was only a small city of 500,000 people, then now it's 2 million people. The system simply cannot cope. The government is blaming the informal settlements that are growing around the shores of the lake. Pisaw the man we've met in the beginning of the vlog lives in a such settlement. They don't have sewage system. So all the waste is being pumped directly to the lake. Government says there's 150,000 informal settlements in Zimbabwe. Bisau says he only catches 10 kg of fish a day to feed his family and to sell some. But in reality, there is not much fish left in the lake. In 2009, Zimbabwe went through a financial crisis. The fish from the lake become a well sought after goods. From two companies that had licensed to fish on the lake, the number grew to 39. There used to be more than 20 different breits of fish. Now there is only four. The lake used to be 28 m deep. Now it's only 18 due to buildup sediment and pollution. Last year the fishing on the lake was completely banned by the government. But that didn't stop the pouches. You can see them a day and night. They are not scared of crocodiles who killed and injured few people in the past. The water is toxic and swimming in the lake is a big no. The days when the lake was a very popular weekend destination are gone. Gary Stafford, a local business owner and a bird lover, sees the lake as the biggest problem of the area. So, why is the lake the biggest problem? Well, like I said, the lake is 300 m lower than Aari. And unfortunately our um administration, the people, the mayor and the the whole of the council have neglected in maintaining the the the treatment plants that feed into the lake. And because all the sewage treatment plants have collapsed and broken down, they're pumping raw sewage into the lake. And about 5 years ago, I warned them. I said, "We're going to hit a disaster soon if you don't rectify what you're doing now." And then a year and a half ago, we I took a whole lot of editors and uh media on the lake and I showed them the extent of the pollution and they were shocked. But of course they did nothing which is uh quite typical actually which is unfortunate. And then what happened was uh in November last year four rhino died from drinking the water out of the water out of the lake. Rhino four white rhino died and then the the national park came and removed the other rhino from here. They took him to a safe place and then that was in October last year, November. And then then we started making a huge noise about the pollution because nobody cared the officials. And then um last year rhino died, zebra died, vibbeus died and and a lot of birds died. And then the officials still did nothing. And we've got methods of repairing it, but they be they they've still done nothing. And then we came right through to this year to about four weeks ago. We went on the lake and we had a big cleanup uh campaign of picking up plastic and and bottles and nets and so on. And we removed quite a lot about five tons of plastic. And while we were out in the bush there, we found zebra dead, giraffe dead, uh, impala dead, baboons dead, and and more than 25 birds dead as well. And the the the the water was green green, like thick thick thick green. Anyway, we came back and because of the urgency and the absolute desperation, we then went and called a number of uh people and we formed the the Cho Revival campaign. As you can see, Gary is not very happy with the current situation on the lake Cho. But let's get back to Bisau, who enters the dangerous and toxic waters of the lake every day. So what's your favorite music? Music I I like Bob Mali. Bob Mal favorite artist. You know that Bob Mal visited in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe 1980 1980 and he's got a song Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe. Yes. Bob Mal. It's okay. He apparently came here and he really enjoyed his stay. He he drove away 100k kilometers from from Harari to get some some something nice. Nice. Yeah, that's good, man. Right. Yeah. Uh and this is the main source of income here. Yeah. I forgot your your first name. Chinasha Sabow. Chinasa Saba. It's a Sha name. Shauna name. Sha. Yeah. I don't I don't belong in Zimbabwe. My father belong in Mozambi but I born in Zimbabwe. My mother my my father Mozambi. Your father Mozambi. Okay. So you have Sha and half. What what tribe is that in Mozambi? Mozambi.
I can't say you forgot the name. Can you speak some of the local language? Yeah. Cuz your father is from Mozambi. Yes. I grew up in Zimbabwe. Okay. Right. Yeah. Where where is better Zimbabwe or or I I've got to Zimbabwe in Mozambique. My name is Deolf. Adolf. Yes. Adolf. Okay. What a name. What a name. Adolf adolf. That's your name in Zimbabwe. In Mozambique. In Mozambique. You've got a different name in here. Right. Cool. Right. So, look at the kettle coming. Plenty of kettles. Plenty of kettle coming to drink. Yeah, I've noticed. Love that. Are you guys going back to the water today? Yeah, I'm coming back again. Today? Yeah. Right. In meantime, Gary, the founder of the Kimbashiri bird sanctuary, has established a Lake Chrov revival campaign. The campaign is going very strongly. Listen to this. Right. So, we've had a lot of media coming out here recently uh to cover the Chava Revival Campaign. And then this last Friday, we had another cleanup of plastic and nets along the lake. And uh we moved we had 350 volunteers from Harrari and we moved um over 27 tons. Oh my god. of plastic and waste. Plastic around. People are unfortunately in Zimbabwe the culture of of uh consumption. I call it consumption and greed has got beyond. So they drink everything and they throw the can on the ground. You know in other countries they take pride in their nation and they clean up. They consume something but put it in a bag, take it away with you. Here they just throw it everywhere. And that's the problem. That's one problem. So we have a having a drought at the moment. The lake is 5 m lower than it should be. Yeah, I've heard about that. And that is why there's such a huge problem with the plastic and everything. So, so we are pushing to clean up the lake, clear it out. And then we also want to treat the lake with um the they call them enzymes and with barley we can treat the lake in areas so the animals can have fresh water and then when the rain does come it'll come in and it'll be able to clean the lake. So we will get this lake back to what it should be. Unfortunately, we're waiting for the authority to say, "Okay, you can clean the lake." Can you imagine? You have to wait for them to say you can clean it. Incredible. And it's taken one company's been trying for 14 years and they haven't been given authority yet to clean the lake. Oh, can you imagine? I mean, it's incred. They would beg you to clean the lake. Here, oh well. Oh, well, let's talk about it. Let's have another conference. So let's we'll see. So we are here with uh Sabow who is a local fisherman. I would say you can handle fish, right? Yes, I can catch fish. You can know you see me. So I've got a fisherman fish alive. Yeah, life fish me all your job. I can cut more than these ones. Yeah. So, you you going to leave your email or something? You know, we can get hold of you if somebody looking for a fisherman out there, a guy who can handle fish. Yes, I can leave. Clean up. Clear the fish. All right. No problem. Catch fish. Yeah. So, you So, and you would like a job maybe somewhere, I don't know, like Poland. It's okay. It's nice. Maybe I can get No. So, I get a job. So, I'm myself. Yeah. Maybe is the if there's somebody watching this. Yeah, we can contact you and then again give you a job. Yes, I can give you my number. I can give you a number. My number. Yeah, we have your number. So we we can we can contact later. Yes, sir. So you as many people left abroad from your from your neighborhood? Yeah, they're not abroad but in where do they go? The UK or ah they don't but they don't got enough money to go to the UK. They don't have enough money to go to the South Africa, Zambia, Malawi. Okay. Was it closer? I see. So they travel around, right? Have you been? Yeah, I've been in Zambia, South Africa. I've been there for quite a long time. All right. Do you like it there? Ah, it's okay. Where is better for you? Zimbabwe, Zambia, or South Africa? My father born in Mozambique. Yeah, I remember you told. Told you. Yeah. So even Mozambique. Yes. My name is in Mozambique. My name is Dea Dwf. Tell you already. Yeah. Yeah. It's okay. All right. So are you going to teach us how to clear the fish? Yes, I can teach you. Like go on. Yes. Firstly, I'm going to take the scales like this.
[Music] Are you not killing them before? No. No. No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Wow. Is that not cruel? Number two. [Music]
What are you doing now? Opening to remove the intestines. Yes, opening to remove the intestines. Right. This is guys how the food is being processed. I'm a city boy myself. So I think we we have enough of that at the moment and come back in a moment. Yeah. Do you want to say what you're doing now? Yeah. I'm losing the intest. Yeah. Cleaning up the fish which we're going to have on the bri. What's called in South Africa bri even in Zimbabwe bry as well. Yes please. So this is going to be cooked by Lola later on. Hey. So guys, yeah, we we we we just just saw this pouchers. Well, these guys on the river and well, I see Sabow came over and had an interview with us. Uh gave us some fish. Well, excellent. This is not the the last time we will see you, right? We're going to see you again. Maybe tomorrow another day, please. You can see you again seeing you again. Well, beautiful. Beautiful. Well, so if I say to you, God bless you. God bless Zimbabwe. God bless everybody. God is judger for us. Everybody for go for judger. Well, most importantly be careful in that in that river because the crocodile is around. Yes, I bless the crocod
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sticking onto the pan. My pan is a sticky pan. I should have gotten a nonstick. But well, I think it's working nicely. I spoiled the first one.
So, after marinating my fish with some spices, I simply heat up my oil and fry the fish until it's crispy brown. As you can see, I've had the fish and I'm not glowing at night. The fish was actually very delicious. Thank you, Lolo. Thank you, Sabow. I hope you will get a good job and you won't have to fish in the lake anymore. Let's keep the lake Cho clean and restore it to the previous glory. So, we can drink the water from the lake and swim in the lake, which in Zimbabwe, a country that is landlocked, is very important. Maybe Kirsty Coventry can do something about it. Thank you. And for all of you who watched this vlog till the end, I say many, many thanks. Thank you for being. Let's keep the lake cho clean. Till next time, vlogger zupa. Hello. Hello. This is your boy Vlogger Zupa. Welcome to the new series from Africa, Zimbabwe. I have three weeks to travel around this country. The size of Zimbabwe is about the size of the UK, but it's only inhabited by 14 million people. 80% of that population is Shauna tribe and we will look closely at them. We will look at their oral traditions, music, food and of course night life. Snaf tobacco is a big part of Sha culture. I had the experience to use it myself. Find out if I've connected with my ancestors. Ancestors totems and spirituality is a big thing in Sha culture. So is the music. A traditional instrument called serves as the telephone to the spirits. Their has been estimated to exist in Shona society for the past thousand years. It is a mystical instrument full of tradition and history. The repatory dates itself back many centuries and it's only passed down orally. I was very fortunate to meet the right people who explained to me complicated history of this region. Zimbabwe and street food is amazing. and watch the episode where I eat chicken and cow feed. At Lake Chiver, I've met Gary who shown me his birds and told me interesting history of his Dutch side of the family. I've also met Ian, Darl, and Alex whose stories were as incredible. Make sure you watch the interviews I've had with them. Also, definitely watch the episode about the Johan Masawa church, which is a phenomena of Zimbabwean church. It is a church without a church. Yes, they pray in nature. 30% of Zimbabwean territory is covered with national parks or protected areas. Animals are protected by the common belief of totems. But it is the people of Zimbabwe that made the biggest impression on me. They were very kind and helpful and I never felt unsafe. Subscribe to the channel and watch the series from Africa.
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