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This government of oppression.

This apartheid monster

must be removed from power.

They will never stop the rage.

The arrests, the beatings,

the killings.

Until the day

we end white rule.

Let this be the year of the

most powerful offensive

against the apartheid regime.

Let this be the year

of the great unity action.

Let this be the year

of the great leap forward

to the threshold of victory.

OBADl:
Have you told anyone that

you were coming to Mozambique?

No.

Not even my family.

Once you cross that fence.

Once you decide to fight back,

everything is different.

You cannot contact anyone

on the other side.

That means no phone calls,

no letters.

You may never see

your family again.

Do you still wanna go on?

They have

killed my friend,

tortured my wife

for nothing.

Yes, I want to go on.

Yes. I want to go on.

When's Daddy coming back?

He'll let us know.

You were asleep.

He didn't want to wake you.

Girls, girls, stop asking

so many questions.

Just eat up.

Patrick.

OBADl:
Fall in, man!

I know you.

Each one of you,

I know who you are!

I know why you are here.

Commander.

Murder the Boers.

OBADl:
We don't kill

indiscriminately.

OBADl:
We're fighting

for freedom, comrades.

South Africa belongs

to all who live in it!

We train you, we arm you,

we send you back.

The Boers, they capture you.

Will you be able

to hold steadfast?

Or will you begin to sing?

We're ice-cool, Comrade.

We're from Soweto.

I'm from Soweto, Comrade. But if they

catch me, I will sh*t in my pants.

The Boers, they kill you.

Are you ready to die?

Are you ready to die?

Yes, Commander!

Are you ready to die?

Yes, Commander.

Are you ready to die?

Yes, Commander!

Are you ready to die?

Yes, Commander!

Are you ready to die?

Yes, Commander! Yes,

Commander! Yes, Commander!

There's the office here.

Where's the entrance?

The entrance is here

on Avenida Julius Nyerere.

Where do the people

from the office stay?

There's a house.

Here.

How many?

Two to three cadres.

Comrade J.S.

No, we don't know

where he stays.

Zuma? Tambo?

Sir, these people,

they move around.

They sleep

in different places.

One night there, the

other night... Betsy.

Pete My Baby?

Where do they stay?

In this...

What floor are they on?

Where's the arms cache?

Don't shake your head at me.

When did these come in?

Yesterday.

Bye.

Bye-bye.

Bye, mum.

Bye.

Bye-bye. See you, Mum.

Bye!

Bye-bye!

Bye-bye!

Going back to work?

Give you a lift.

You've lost

your house now.

Living in a one-room shack.

No money coming in.

Maybe I can help you,

Precious.

Use my influence.

Find you somewhere

better to live.

When you hear from

Patrick, you let me know.

You must ask yourself...

"Where is he?"

"Who is he with now?"

"Where does he sleep

at night?"

Yeah.

So many days,

so many weeks pass

sitting around here

thinking about my family.

Why I came here?

Obrigado.

OBADl:

On all the anniversaries,

my marriage, the birthdays,

in my mind, I see my wife and my kids.

And I put myself in that

place, there with them.

And I imagine

what it will be like

when South Africa is free

and I am home again.

And then my heart starts

to beat faster.

Quanto?

Attention, comrades.

Attention!

There's Frelimo outside to

check our papers, so follow me.

Comrade, I don't have papers.

Me, too.

Okay, the two of you,

you stay here.

OBADl:
Come on, all of you.

Could you be loved

And be loved

Go! Go! Go!

Obadi? Obadi.

Hold on.

If you would

have planned it better

you could have blown up

the whole plant.

There's different security

there now.

Look out posts here, here,

Mmm-hmm.

and here,

there's a new water pump.

The water in there

is for chemical fires.

You must go there first.

The alarm. Everybody leaves.

The ground is cleared.

The workers are safe.

There's no water

to put out chemical fires.

The second bomb goes here

at the core reactor.

Boom, boom, boom.

The whole plant is gone.

Hot stuff.

Mr. Hotstuff.

They stole

our brothers in Africa.

Run, oppressor, run

All are freedom fighters.

In South Africa, Mozambique,

Angola and Rhodesia.

Let them be strengthened.

Run out

of black-man's land

This is the fight

for liberation.

There were over forty

thousand of us in Angola,

training to go home

and liberate our country.

We were getting ready

for secret missions,

so we knew each other

by code names.

My friend from Mozambique had

already been given his name.

Pete My Baby.

We shall be housed

with security and comfort.

But me, Patrick Chamusso,

now I became Hotstuff.

Run out of black-man's land

Oh, yeah, now, now

Run out of black-man's land

Sing it one more time

Run, oppressor, run

Run out of black-man land

Sorry, sir. Latest informer's

reports from Swaziland.

Dankie.

And here he is again

and again.

And again.

Limpet mines.

Red splint is inserted here.

The fuse is inserted here.

You pull the safety pin out.

After 15 minutes,

this circle here will be red.

And the bomb will explode.

Yes.

How long to empty the plant

after the first explosion?

Twelve minutes.

Maybe less.

Set the mines for 15 minutes,

just to make sure.

No one must die.

I know.

Okay.

One, two...

From now on your name

is James Mabuso.

James Mabuso.

Remember, when you get to Secunda,

keep away from your family.

Keep away from your wife.

Reason for entering

South Africa?

I'm going to Florida

to buy parts for my business.

Please, sit down.

Go.

Mr. Mabuso.

I'll give you 14 days.

Thanks.

He's heading west.

Probably rendezvous

in Secunda area.

Slowing down.

Slowing down.

Stopped. Go! Go!

Stop! Stop! Stop!

I thought you were a ghost,

man.

Precious, my kids.

How's my family?

They stay on Fifth Street now.

The company took back

the house.

Precious is in Witbank.

She's got a job.

Don't worry.

I'm watching them.

Thank you.

Hmm.

My husband

was the caretaker,

but they've closed

the mine now.

They didn't

give me a pension.

I'm not supposed

to rent out rooms

but I need the money.

Five rand a week. And I'II...

I'll cook for you also.

Out of the way! Out of

the way! Out of the way!

He's a terrorist.

Pete My Baby.

I killed him, Dad.

All right. It's all right.

Daddy's here.

I shot him, Dad.

He just came through.

He had a gun

but I shot him first.

You protected us.

You were brave.

You were strong.

You did what you had to do,

darling. Darling...

Who was he, Dad?

Why was he here?

He was a thief with a gun.

Some skelm from the township.

I'm sorry.

It's okay. It's all right.

It's all right.

It's all right.

Precious.

Somebody left this for you.

I don't want any trouble,

my girl. Okay?

It's done.

Chewing gum?

Can you reach the plant

from that shaft?

The elevators still works.

If you worked underground,

you could.

Go, go, go, go, go, go!

He'll be coming out

at mine shaft number three.

That's correct. Repeat,

mine shaft number three.

Go, go, go, go, go!

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