 On the other side, like... There are lions here? No, there are no lions. But this is the reason why there are no lions, right? Yeah! Mama, I made it. You know what? Because I am here at the first and oldest mining site in the entire world. Is it true? Yes ma' friend. Yes ma'am, yeah. My name is Vijay. Vijay? Ya, Pegi, Chabulani, Shabamu. Pegi, Chabulani. Chabulani? Ya, you know, have you been to Kenya? No, but I am from Kenya because Kenya is Africa. Thank you so much man. So which means you are African born in Eswatini. Ya, ya, ya. But when you go to Kenya, you are not a foreigner. I love you so much. So the place where you are right now is called Nguenya. Nguenya? Ya. I think I know the meaning of Nguenya. What is the meaning of Nguenya? Crocodile. Ya, you are in the crocodile place. Crocodile place in Eswatini. And then this area is reaching mineral called iron ore. Iron? Ya, iron ore. So I just wanna show you the samples of iron. Again you can come around. Just look at this one. Ya. So iron, the color of iron is looking black like this one. This doesn't look black. This looks like pink. Oh, this is black. Ya, the reason is looking pinkish is because of rusting oxidation. So that's why it's looking black. Ya, this is money right here. Can I take it away? With you? Ya. Not now. Okay, then the simplest method you identify, good quality and bad quality iron, it is by the color. When it's looking black or more red, black and more red, it's more red because of oxidation. Oxidized and then density. This is another thing we can use. Density when it's more heavy. So we can try man. Okay. Which one do you think is the biggest one? You said the more blacker. The more iron. The more iron. This doesn't look black. This doesn't look black. This doesn't... Eh, kinda. But I feel like this is more black. Ya, so let's try left it up. Left it up? Ya. I've never been to the military training. Let me check it out. More black. Okay, let's start with this one. Let's start with this one. Go, this one is looking like it. This one is speaking. Ya. It seems this one is bigger but... Okay. But one hand. Which means I can even carry the streets. With one finger. One finger. Eh. No. I know. What? Too big. Too big. More iron than it. Okay. Now let's go up there to the lion cabin. Amazing. Thank you. Wow. I was told that this place is the oldest mine in the entire world. And I wanted to come in here and see things for myself, learn something new. And also educate so many people out there. So are you ready to educate us? You're welcome sir. Thank you so much. So now we're just hiking to the lion cabin. It's called the lion cabin. Lion cabin. Oh, that's why I thought there's lions over there. Ya, but there are no lions. So do you know beer? Beer. I know that. Okay, insane. Here in Eswatini we have our own brand called Sibebe. Sibebe. Apart from the mountains. Okay. Then we have Sibebe beer. This is local beer. Local beer. Local beer. I think I'll check that one out. Then South Africa they have what we call lion castle and lot of beers. So what happened is that this area tend to be a tourist attraction area in the early 80s. It was a tourist attraction area. What was here that people have to come and see? Ya, this is now just like taking tourists up there. So this area tend to be a tourist attraction area around the early 80s. Okay. So before that people were just coming, not giving man, not paying. Oh, okay. Nobody is in control. Nobody to tell you what was happening and who was doing what. Okay. So what they find there, they found that there were empty cans written lion laka in that. Then they say it's a lion because of the can. Lion. Okay. Then kevins come from the world cave because it's just a small cave. Small cave. That's why they call it lion cave. Okay, now I understand. Okay, as we going to around Kevin. Okay. Ya. I'm already tired. Ya, so let's wait. I just want to show you something. Okay. You know what, this side. Ya. It's South Africa because you know neighbouring country is South Africa. Oh, you can see South Africa from here. Ya, ya, ya. Is that road? Ya, that gravel road. That gravel road is in South Africa. It's in South Africa. Boundaries just lies that side now. But it's hidden that side now. Okay. If you look at the houses they are looking more white. Ya. That is the porakei to South Africa. It's called Oshook Orungwenya Porakei to South Africa. That is a border between Swaziland and South Africa. Between Swaziland and South Africa. Oh, that's amazing. You can see all of them from here. I just can't wait to see what is ahead of us. Thank you. Ya, let's go. Let's go man. It's a minita way. Oh my God. Ya, this is an adventure. Ya, so the Launkevin the people mining here about 43,000 years ago. Look at here. 43,000 years ago. 43,000 years ago. That is the ancestors of the sand. That is the pushmen. Wow. They were mining hermitite. This is... They were mining hermitite and spekuralite. Wow. So as we know the lab, this is the Launkevin. Who? It's not too big. It's not a small cave. Wow. The reason it's not big is because this is during the stone age period. So these people they didn't have modern tools just for mining. Ya. So this is all iron. If we were having magnet, I was going to show you that this is iron. So you cannot break it. So these people they were using stones. Stones to mine. To mine. Okay. So why they were mining this site? Ya. Here we have a material we call spekuralite. Spekuralite is just a shiny material. Because you know the sand people they were not wearing clothes like this. They were wearing those unmaskins. So when it is hot like today, they wanted something to protect them. Ya. So this works as a sunscreen. Like this one. You take this and then... I try. Put it on your skin. Ya, just put it here. Just look at the difference. Oh. So how it looks like. It's like modern makeup. Ya, this is like modern makeup. This is what these people were doing. Okay. That is not too big. So somebody can ask me why you call it the oldest in the world. We are saying it is the oldest mine known in the world because a professor from Vet University, an archaeologist. That is professor Peter Pumak. Okay. So they arrived here and then they took this for samples. Took some samples. Took it for redocup on dating. And it pektated to 43,000 years ago. 43,000 years ago it's even before the arrival of the Saudi people. So by the time it is ancient time. Ya. By the time where the people were living near the sand. So this mine belongs to the sand people. Wow. Wow. So like this was started by the sand. Yes. The sand people. So after the sand people, which people took over? After the sand people arrived another people. We called them the Bandu speaking settlers. So the Bandu speaking settlers are the Nguni. They are coming from East Africa and Central Africa. By the arrival of the Nguni during the period we called it there. What you called? Ion. Ion AGS. Okay. So when they came in here there were conflicts because these people they keep even they were thinking that there is a holy god of the mountain. So this place was more like to them was like a church. Wow. If I can say like that. Ya. So when these people they arrived they said we want the iron. We want to melt it. And do tools, make some tools because these people do agriculture. So like conflicts. So that is why if you go all around the world like South Africa. Descendence of the sand. We no longer have. We no longer have few hundred percent sand people to be. So they were like fighting some of them they got killed and some of them they intermerled. So then we have these people we call Kwaisen. Kwaisen people. Wow. This is the oldest mine. Like I said Africa is really blessed. The richest continent in the world like no doubt about that. Even in the olden days we are mining in here. I mean what else should I tell you? We want to see after them which people came in. Like you said like the Bantu people. And then after the Bantu people? After the Bantu people then they started what we call commercial mining. Commercial mining. Ya because after the Bantu people that was that is when they can return to be swazi. Because the Bantu people they can return to be swazi. So when they Europe and the Arab it's when they cut like they may fit South Africa in the divisions. Because they are just like one people. Even the language was more like the same. So then 1964 it's the beginning of the commercial mining. 1964. Okay. And ended in 1977. Okay. Ya as I was explaining about commercial mining. Ya. Commercial mining started 1964. Okay. The mining company called Anga American and they stopped 1977. As you can see all year it was like big mountain like that one. Big mountain. Very very big mountain. And they dig down. Even the water is coming from underground. Underground? Ya underground. They've taken all the minerals away. I think they've taken about 28,370 tons of good quality iron. As I was showing you that side paid quality and good quality. Quality ya. So it was being taken from here to Mozambique. Then from Mozambique it was taken to Japan. African resources don't even stay in Africa. That's the saddest part about Africa. We have all these resources but they don't use to develop our continent. I mean I don't want to use the words too. But ya they still to develop their various continent. But where the thing is coming from they don't really care. Ya know it's so bad man because ya know what have happened we didn't produce anything from the iron. They're just taking it as raw material to Japan. So they say in Japan we have mountain called Swaziland. They have a mountain called Swaziland in Japan. In Japan. Iron Mountain Japan now. So now they're coming back to Swaziland maybe it's kwaas. Expensive but to be cheap by the time ya know. These are our own iron to make kwaas and then ship it back to us. Expensive now. Expensive. Expensive. God bless Africa man. Okay thank you man. Yes this is the last phase now. Oh wow. See this one this is the iron. Like Kassaba told you that it's black. So the last phase was done by Salgaoka. Kambani from India. They are from India coming from India. So this one we're crashing. We're crashing this one. Crashing this one to be like this one. So that is why it's looking like this is the same thing. But ya know they were supposed to work for 7 years. 7 years in the country. Okay. But they only work from 2012 and mid 2015. Fly away. Fly by night. That's 3 and a half years. Yes they fly by night. Ya. Why do they fly by night? It's because these guys they started cheating. Because this is the poor quality side. So they're supposed to take only the poor. Now they're starting digging the good quality. So when we discover that now these people they are taking the good quality. Fly by now. So that is why if you look at all this side. It's their machinery. They just left everything. Wow. It's all from money. It's so much money. Too much money. They left everything here. Left everything there. Ya know. And somebody told me that one is waiting a million, more than a million run. Ya. So they roll a thing. They call it springs and the stands. But I don't know. What's coming from South Africa. Working for mining company. They left everything here. They just left. I mean why do we allow foreigners to, I mean still from us. You don't think it's stealing? I think it is because you know what Africans we don't believe on ourselves. We think that if somebody coming from outside it's more intelligent than us. Than us. Ya. That is my own assumption. I mean no one is more intelligent than us. I mean I feel like we have to unite as one. Even within us. Unite as one. Work together as one family. Because you see these people have no good for you. Ya know they came. Oh we're gonna do this and they start stealing. Ya. They're stealing the entire resource of Africa. I even believe that in future we, the next generation will not even have go to mine. Because we have gold everywhere in Africa. We have diamond box site. So. Ya. Maybe Africa must unite. I think. That's the most important thing. Remove borders and restart. And the richest, the richest, the richest continent. Look at that. Everyone comes, take their portion and go away. And you know I was just trying to understand why have they left everything like that. Because this thing is going to be expensive man. It is because one come and said a bank. They said that they taken a loan in the bank. So they use the money from the bank to buy all these stuffs. So when they have made the profit they just left it like that. That is why they just don't care. And how can the bank find them? No you cannot find them. It's just like a 7 year contract. So they pay for the 3 and a half. Then they are remaining. They left the country at night. They left the country at night. We cannot even trust them. So sad brother. Ya this is sad. Apart from we getting to know about the oldest mine. The view in this place is absolutely bread taking. Trust me Africa got everything. I mean I always say that Africa is the most underrated continent in the world. But people don't believe. Just have a look at this view. Oh my goodness. I think the people who discovered this place knew what is here. Because if they never discovered this we will never come here to enjoy this beautiful bread taking view. So boy Mr Ghana baby I need to say sorry please. Please I forgot about you. I see views like that. I am like oh my goodness I need to let people know that Africa is beautiful. I want to say not only Africa not only the land of Africa. Look at us beautiful people. Thank you so much. Beautiful Africa. Thank you so much. You have any message to tell your fellow brothers and sisters from other part of Africa? Ya ya ya. Small message. What is the message? They are listening. I am just telling you ladies and gentlemen come to Africa. Africa is the most beautiful. Beautiful Africa. And the richest in the world is Africa. Each and every mineral you will find it in Africa. Beautiful people. Africa I love you all. I love you all. Thank you so much for watching this episode. I am going to see you inside the oldest man inside in Africa. I am going to mind my own all before I leave here. I need to be rich. Cannot just come here and go home poor. I am Maya. Bye.