Young Sowetans gathered in street
Music
14:20
Working horses
Sara: Life in Soweto is tough enough for humans, let alone a humble horse. Here theyre pounded, not pampered. No braids and brushes just hard labour.
14:34
Enos with carrot in mouth
Yet Enos Mafokate, who started life as a groom his white masters in the apartheid era, has developed a lifelong love and affection for these gentle animals.
14:53
Enos tends horse
Super: Enos Marokate
Enos: To me they are not animals they are people because theyve got the same blood Ive got I spend a lot of time with the animals. I spend more time than I spend with the family.
15:10
Lewis at showjumping event
Sara: Enos chance to first compete came courtesy of Tony Lewis. They met as teenagers - later Tony became Enoss boss.
15:25
Tony Lewis He used to run my whole house so were very, very close, really
15:36
Lewis
as close as a good friend could be.
15:40
Lewis at showjumping event
Sara: Against the odds Enos established a reputation as one of South Africas leading equestrians.
15:46
Tony Lewis: The success and the recognition that hes got has never gone to his head.
15:54
Enos with horse
He has an incredible way with animals not many individuals that Ive ever come across has the sort of deep, deep love and feeling for animals.
16:01
Hepplestone and Enos at stables
Sara: But the manicured mounts at the Pretoria Show are one thing. Enoss mission is to improve the lot of underprivileged horses on his home turf, working for Sowetos version of the RSPCA.
Hepplestone: Its wonderful having him on the staff because he really
16:14
Hepplestone
has such a good feel and such good hands with the horses. He just has a very, very good pacifying, easy, trusting way with them.
16:34
Horses working in coal yard
Music
Sara: Many of the horses work in the coal yards of Soweto pounding the streets, just as they did when Nelson Mandela lived here as a young man, and still indispensable to what is now a dying industry.
16:55
Man driving coal cart
Coal cart driver: Without these horses we would have gone down, down, down. We would have been very poor right down to the poverty line.
17:15
Hepplestone: There is a lot of rivalry between the coal yards and the rivalry is also economically based. These guys need the money. Theyre pretty much on the breadline. If they have their business taken over or stolen by someone else, then they go and stab the horses.
Hepplestone
Super: Lynne Hepplestone
Veterinarian
So we do have a lot of trauma to horses from pure rivalry between the coal yards. They know if they injure somebody elses horses they put them out of business.
17:43
Dead horse
Music
Sara: Sadly, this horse is definitely out of business. The post mortem confirms that the strong stomach needed to survive in Soweto isnt always enough.
Enos: I find plastic lots of plastic inside there.
Sara: What does that do to the horse?
18:00
Enos
Enos: Well, this is colic which couldnt come out and its stuck there right in the middle of it. Its a shame because it nearly came out.
18:18
Enos on show horse
Sara: Enoss passion for horses forced him to confront prejudice head on. He was the first black rider to compete in scores of events at home and overcame many a hurdle to become part of a special South African development team at the Barcelona Olympics.
Enos: Its a dream come true.
18:36
Enos
I told my brother when I was still young, I said one day Im going overseas I think I was about 10 or 11 years old -- and my brother said youre mad is what he answered me youll never see overseas.
19:03
Enos on show ring
Sara: Enos was able to prove his brother wrong, just as he was on another memorable occasion an encounter with the head of that well known horsey family -- the Queen of England.
Enos: What a day,
19:21
Enos
what a day. I have a special suit for that day.
19:36
Young people on horse drawn cart
Music
Enos teaches kids to rid
Sara: Its the next generation of black riders at home who are the real beneficiaries of this mans experience.
19:47
Music
Sara: Of the thousands of young hopefuls in Soweto, just a handful get this kind of opportunity.
Enos: My dream is to see
20:03
Enos
a black kid coming to the top, but hes competing like any other whites there. But the sport is for the rich people.
20:19
SOWETO HORSEMAN
Reporter: Sally Sara
Camera: Sipho Maseko
Editor: Stuart Miller
Producer: Ian Altschwager
Music
14:20
Working horses
Sara: Life in Soweto is tough enough for humans, let alone a humble horse. Here theyre pounded, not pampered. No braids and brushes just hard labour.
14:34
Enos with carrot in mouth
Yet Enos Mafokate, who started life as a groom his white masters in the apartheid era, has developed a lifelong love and affection for these gentle animals.
14:53
Enos tends horse
Super: Enos Marokate
Enos: To me they are not animals they are people because theyve got the same blood Ive got I spend a lot of time with the animals. I spend more time than I spend with the family.
15:10
Lewis at showjumping event
Sara: Enos chance to first compete came courtesy of Tony Lewis. They met as teenagers - later Tony became Enoss boss.
15:25
Tony Lewis He used to run my whole house so were very, very close, really
15:36
Lewis
as close as a good friend could be.
15:40
Lewis at showjumping event
Sara: Against the odds Enos established a reputation as one of South Africas leading equestrians.
15:46
Tony Lewis: The success and the recognition that hes got has never gone to his head.
15:54
Enos with horse
He has an incredible way with animals not many individuals that Ive ever come across has the sort of deep, deep love and feeling for animals.
16:01
Hepplestone and Enos at stables
Sara: But the manicured mounts at the Pretoria Show are one thing. Enoss mission is to improve the lot of underprivileged horses on his home turf, working for Sowetos version of the RSPCA.
Hepplestone: Its wonderful having him on the staff because he really
16:14
Hepplestone
has such a good feel and such good hands with the horses. He just has a very, very good pacifying, easy, trusting way with them.
16:34
Horses working in coal yard
Music
Sara: Many of the horses work in the coal yards of Soweto pounding the streets, just as they did when Nelson Mandela lived here as a young man, and still indispensable to what is now a dying industry.
16:55
Man driving coal cart
Coal cart driver: Without these horses we would have gone down, down, down. We would have been very poor right down to the poverty line.
17:15
Hepplestone: There is a lot of rivalry between the coal yards and the rivalry is also economically based. These guys need the money. Theyre pretty much on the breadline. If they have their business taken over or stolen by someone else, then they go and stab the horses.
Hepplestone
Super: Lynne Hepplestone
Veterinarian
So we do have a lot of trauma to horses from pure rivalry between the coal yards. They know if they injure somebody elses horses they put them out of business.
17:43
Dead horse
Music
Sara: Sadly, this horse is definitely out of business. The post mortem confirms that the strong stomach needed to survive in Soweto isnt always enough.
Enos: I find plastic lots of plastic inside there.
Sara: What does that do to the horse?
18:00
Enos
Enos: Well, this is colic which couldnt come out and its stuck there right in the middle of it. Its a shame because it nearly came out.
18:18
Enos on show horse
Sara: Enoss passion for horses forced him to confront prejudice head on. He was the first black rider to compete in scores of events at home and overcame many a hurdle to become part of a special South African development team at the Barcelona Olympics.
Enos: Its a dream come true.
18:36
Enos
I told my brother when I was still young, I said one day Im going overseas I think I was about 10 or 11 years old -- and my brother said youre mad is what he answered me youll never see overseas.
19:03
Enos on show ring
Sara: Enos was able to prove his brother wrong, just as he was on another memorable occasion an encounter with the head of that well known horsey family -- the Queen of England.
Enos: What a day,
19:21
Enos
what a day. I have a special suit for that day.
19:36
Young people on horse drawn cart
Music
Enos teaches kids to rid
Sara: Its the next generation of black riders at home who are the real beneficiaries of this mans experience.
19:47
Music
Sara: Of the thousands of young hopefuls in Soweto, just a handful get this kind of opportunity.
Enos: My dream is to see
20:03
Enos
a black kid coming to the top, but hes competing like any other whites there. But the sport is for the rich people.
20:19
SOWETO HORSEMAN
Reporter: Sally Sara
Camera: Sipho Maseko
Editor: Stuart Miller
Producer: Ian Altschwager