MOZAMBIQUE

THE LONG ROAD HOME
Nov 2000 – 21’ 30’’

INTRO:
[FILE OF RENAMO - VTC 3658 - 01 32 53 13 - 01 33 38 03]
The winds of change that swept across southern Africa in the seventies
brought bitter fighting to Mozambique.
The rebel RENAMO movement targeted rural areas, destroying schools and
clinics and terrorising villagers.
[VTC 3658 - 01 30 52 10 - 01 30 58 09]
[FILE VTC 5703 - 00 24 34 07 - 00 26 02 19]
About a quarter of a million Shangaan people fled from southern Mozambique
to neighbouring South Africa.
Whole villages poured across the border, in the only mass influx of
refugees South Africa has known.
[PAN OF SETTLEMENT - 03 43 52 07 - 03 44 10 10]
[TWO MEN SITTING - 03 46 14 20 - 03 46 20 12]
Although the guns of war have been silent for eight years, about
200-thousand former Mozambican refugees still live in the Northern
Province.
Some say they will never return.
[VTC 1 - 01 01 06 00 - 01 01 31 11 - MATTRESS ON HEAD]
Others are ready to make that journey...




[AERIAL SHOTS - VTC 11 - 11 02 16 12-11 03 36 15]
The Kruger National Park stretches for 350 kilometres, along the border
between South Africa and Mozambique.
It's hostile country, but is still the easiest way to illegally enter South
Africa from Mozambique.
[WALKING SHOT THROUGH FENCE - VTC 1 - 01 06 22 00 - 01 07 16 04]
It was the route chosen by Patricia Ngobeni and a group from the same
village who fled in 1986.
Fearing violent death, the border symbolised some sort of security.
[MIX TO PATRICIA WALKING IN VILLAGE - VTC 3 - 04 00 35 21 - 04 01 12 15]
[03 55 52 08 - 03 55 57 12] MY FATHER, MOTHER AND BROTHERS WERE KILLED.
THERE'S JUST ME LEFT.
[ELEPHANT - MINI DV 1 - 00 01 47 10 - 00 01 57 06]
[03 54 07 02 - 03 54 17 04] WE MET A LOT OF ANIMALS EN ROUTE...ELEPHANTS,
LIONS AND JACKALS...BUT THEY DIDN'T TOUCH US.
[HER WALKING - FACE - 03 53 11 04 - 03 53 35 12]
[03 54 32 02 - 03 54 35 22] WE WERE AFRAID, BUT WE HAD FAITH IN THE
ANCESTORS.
[VILLAGERS - 03 44 13 21 - SOUND UP MUSIC - 03 44 38 12]
She settled with other Mozambicans in the Bushbuckridge area of the
Northern Province.
[MATHEBULA - VTC 5 - 05 05 42 14 - 05 06 00 05]
The headman of the village remembers the day the refugees arrived.
[USE CUTAWAYS OF WOMEN BEHIND HIM - 05 06 02 15 - 05 06 51 19]
[SIMEON MATHEBULA - 04 31 31 09 - 04 32 36 16] THEY WERE HIDING IN THE
BUSH. WHEN THEY GOT HUNGRY THEY SHOWED THEMSELVES. I WENT TO REPORT THE
MATTER TO THE CHIEF WHO TOLD ME TO GIVE THEM LAND TO MAKE THEM FEEL AT
HOME.
[COLLECTING WASHING - VTC 4 - 04 00 28 00 - 04 01 47 20]
And it's been home ever since.
[COCK CROWS - ZOOM OUT TO SETTLEMENT - 03 41 59 15]
[WIDE OF SETTLEMENT FROM OUTSIDE FENCE - 03 46 56 21 - 03 47 15 17]
Integration with the Tsonga people of the Northern Province was easy. They
speak the same language, share the same surnames.
[ALSON NGOME/FORMER MOZAMBICAN - 03 49 15 10 - 03 49 23 15] THIS PLACE IS
GAZANKULU AND WE CAME FROM THE GAZA PROVINCE. IT'S THE PLACE OF THE
SHANGAAN.
[DOG, TILT UP TO WOMAN AND THEN SEQUENCE - 03 45 22 12 - 03 46 03 20]
Although accepted by the homeland governments, the Mozambicans refugees
were never really recognized by central government.
It was after the war, in 1993, that they were given legal status, and only
to allow the United Nations to conduct a voluntary repatriation program.
[GETTING WATER - 05 09 03 05 - 05 09 14 01]
[05 18 28 11 - 05 19 05 04]
Less than 32-thousand of 250-thousand Mozambican refugees took up the UN
offer.
Many of them were simply not prepared to return to a country ravaged by war
and devoid of infrastructure.
[VTC 5 - WOMAN AND GIRL GRINDING CORN - 05 30 45 07 - 05 31 50 00]
So they remained, preferring to live without formal status, than to face
the unknown.
[HAWKERS - 06 00 23 14 - 06 01 01 07]
Most of them survive by doing casual labour or by selling in the streets.
[STREETS OF ACORNHOEK - 04 28 44 04 - 04 28 53 09]
In 1994, Wits University set up a programme to do research into the lives
of refugees in the former northern homelands.
[RRP OFFICE - 04 29 40 10 - 04 29 50 13]
[NICOLA AND ALAN AT COMPUTER - 04 28 34 14 - 04 28 40 15; 04 28 00 07 - 04
28 10 14]
The Refugee Research Program or RRP, is based at Acornhoek. It's been
instrumental in trying to improve refugee and immigration policy. Heading
the program is Nicola Johnston; assisting her, Alan Wright.
[NICOLA JOHNSTON - 04 11 05 09] OUR MAIN FOCUS WAS TO DOCUMENT THE
SITUATION OF LACK OF STATUS OF THE REFUGEES REMAINING IN SOUTH AFRICA AFTER
THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR AND THEN THROUGH DISSEMINATING THAT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF LACK OF STATUS ON ACCESS TO SERVICES, SURVIVAL
STRATEGIES AND THE LIKE, TRY TO INFLUENCE POLICY.
[COLLECTING ID'S - 06 09 55 09 - 06 11 42 09]
[PILE OF APPLICATIONS - 06 06 15 04 - 06 06 46 23]
Four years ago, Cabinet agreed to grant amnesty and give permanent
residency to Mozambicans who came to South Africa to seek refuge during the
war.
The amnesty was only implemented last year and Home Affairs has been flo
oded with applications for identity documents.
Applicants have to prove that they entered South Africa before the war
ended.
[HARRY KHOZA/HOME AFFAIRS - 06 08 35 05 - 06 08 59 14] SOME OF THEM ARE
NEEDING ID'S YOU SEE AND LYING THAT THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR THAT PERIOD,
10-YEARS. MEANWHILE SOME OF THEM HAVE JUST ARRIVED. WE FIND OUT BECAUSE
WE'VE GOT ASSISTANCE FROM THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, THE TLC'S AND EVEN THE
HEADMEN.
[MORE ID SHOTS OR VILLAGE SHOTS NOT USED IN PATRICIA SEQUENCE]
Tribal authorities (perhaps because it increases their power) are happy to
assist the Mozambicans in obtaining legal documents.
[SIMEON MATHEBULA/HEADMAN - 05 01 18 03 - 05 02 16 00] WE TAKE OUR CUE FROM
OUR CHIEF. THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO. THEY FLED BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING
KILLED. A PERSON IS NOT AN ANIMAL. YOU CAN'T CHASE THEM AWAY. WE ACCEPT
THEM AND WE EAT PORRIDGE WITH THEM.
[PACKING UP - DONKEY-CART - 01 02 31 16 - 01 02 37 02]
[GUY SITTING ON CHAIR PACKING HIS BAG - 01 02 51 05 - 01 03 07 08]
Not everyone's desperate to stay in South Africa. Some Mozambicans long to
get back to reclaim the land they left behind. But they have neither the
money nor the means to do so.
[EDDIE WITH NOTEBOOK - 01 01 24 13 - 01 01 42 24]
[GUY PAINTING NAME ON HIS STUFF - 01 00 19 10 - 01 00 31 14]
[WOMAN FOLDING BLANKET - 01 03 15 04 - 01 03 26 11]
In 1997, the RRP began helping those who wanted to return.
[NICOLA JOHNSTON/RRP - 04 08 40 02 - 04 09 21 23] THE ASSISTED RETURN
PROJECT WAS SET UP IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH
WE'RE LIVING AND WORKING, REQUESTING THAT THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO STILL
WANTED TO GO BACK TO MOZAMBIQUE, WHO HAD BEEN HERE AND WHO DIDN'T TAKE UP
THE OPPORTUNITY OFFERED THEM BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSION FOR
REFUGEES IN 94/95 BECAUSE THEY WERE UNSURE ABOUT THE WAR, IF THE FIGHTING
WAS GOING TO BREAK OUT AGAIN AND NOW WERE SURE THAT THE PEACE WAS LASTING
AND WANTED TO GO BACK TO RECLAIM THEIR LAND AND RETURN TO THE PLACE WHERE
THEIR ANCESTORS WERE BURIED AND THAT TO PEOPLE WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
[ROMEO CLIMBING ONTO SHACK - 01 06 35 18 - 01 06 59 13 - PASSES BED DOWN]
[WIFE TAKES BED DOWN - 01 07 05 11 - 01 07 33 23 AND SHOT GOES BACK TO HIM]
One of those eager to return is Romeo Mathebula. He lives near Giyani in a
settlement called Hluphekani, which means "suffering". Here, unlike
Bushbuckridge, there's been little integration because Mozambicans were
settled apart from the community. As a result, their basic needs are
ignored.
Despite being here since 1986, Romeo Mathebula has never really felt at
home.
[PACKING UP SHOTS - 01 10 39 11 - 01 10 54 04]
Tribal authorities recently told the 14-thousand Mozambicans living here to
move because they're occupying potential grazing land.
Apart from the perceived hostility, Mathebula says there's far too much
emphasis on money in South Africa.
[01 22 17 02 - 01 22 38 19] LIFE IS DIFFICULT HERE. WE CAN'T FARM OR PLANT.
WE HAVE TO FIND WORK ALL THE TIME. EVEN A FUNERAL HERE IS A LOT OF MONEY.
WE NEVER HAVE ANYTHING IN OUR POCKETS.
[HANDS AND PLIERS - 01 09 00 01 - 01 11 29 29 - KIDS PACKING UP]
[YELLING AT HIS KIDS - 01 12 43 19 - 01 12 50 06]
Nonetheless he's been able to eke out a living. He now wishes to take his
family and his possessions back to his village in the Gaza Province.
[01 24 38 08 - 01 24 43 08] THE PLACE I COME FROM IS BETTER THAN HERE. IT
HAS LAND TO PLOUGH.
[SOUND UP CAETANO AND EDDIE - 01 04 00 11 - 01 04 25 09]
[CAETANO TALKING TO GROUP - 01 00 34 11 - 01 00 52 01]
Assisting the return is Caetano Simbine, a Mozambican employed by the RRP.
It's a painstaking process. Once those wishing to return have been
identified, contact is made with their relatives in Mozambique to find out
whether they're ready to accommodate them.
[GUY IN PINK ANORAK TIEING UP CORRUGATED IRON - 01 01 54 00 - 01 02 16 00]
And funds have to be raised. The UN is no longer prepared to assist. Its
priorities lie in active war zones.
[CAETANO SIMBINE/RRP - 03 16 27 19 - 03 17 11 01] I WOULD SAY IT'S LACK OF
PROPER PLANNING AND LACK OF PROPER CONSULTATION. MONEY WAS SPENT ON
REPATRIATION, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPENT TO PUT INFRASTRUCTURE IN A PLACE,
CLEAR THE LANDMINES.
[PACKING UP - USE TO COVER HIM - 01 11 35 12 - 01 11 50 03]
[PUTTING TAG ONTO BAG - 01 28 48 19 - 01 29 13 19]
[BAG GETTING CARTED OFF - 01 29 24 18 - 01 29 58 13]
The RRP has raised enough money to successfully assist several thousand
people to return to their villages in Mozambique.
[TRUCKS ARRIVE - 01 40 41 03 - 01 41 14 06]
[MUSIC AND PICS - USE FOR SOUND UP - 01 32 12 00 - 01 34 06 18]
[USE PACKING SHOTS OVER MUSIC AFTER VOICER]
The day before a return, hired trucks arrive and begin packing for an early
start to a long journey. This assisted return will involve travelling from
the very north of the Kruger Park, down to Massingir in the Gaza Province.
The first returns were often fraught with difficulties. The RRP is hoping
this one will be problem free.
[NICOLA JOHNSTON - 04 15 30 23] THINGS HAVE GOT SMOOTHER AS WE'VE GONE
ALONG. THE FIRST TYPES OF MISHAPS HAVE BEEN LOGISTICAL, LORRIES NOT TURNING
UP, HAVING TO LOAD AT NIGHT, THEN PEOPLE HAVING TO CAMP OVER AT NIGHT AND
NOT MAKE IT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY, SO WE'VE HAD TO FIND SPACE FOR 200
PEOPLE TO TRY AND SHELTER. THEN AS WE'VE GONE ON, THINGS HAVE BECOME MORE
EFFICIENT. OBVIOUSLY THE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH HOME AFFAIRS TO TRY TO
GET BORDER CONCESSIONS WHEN WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH INFORMAL BORDERS.
GOING THROUGH THE KRUGER PARK WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE TAKING WITH THEM
ANIMALS FROM AREAS WHICH WERE FOOT AND MOUTH AREAS AND THEY HAD TO BE
CONFISCATED, QUARANTINED BEFORE GOING INTO MOZAMBIQUE
[LITTLE GOAT BEING LOADED ON - 01 34 27 14 - 01 34 31 22]
[RADIOS - 01 34 40 12 - 01 34 48 01]
[BOY PRETENDING TO TALK ON PHONE - 01 36 19 04 - 01 36 32 01]
[COUPLE DRESSED UP IN HATS WITH CASES - 01 38 31 22 - 01 38 44 23]



13'00 - AD BREAK



[SUPER: 0400]
[GUYS STANDING AROUND FIRE IN THE DARK; ROMEO ON TOP OF TRUCK DOING LAST
MINUTE PACKING; DRIVER SECURING LOAD - 01 41 47 12 - 01 43 21 03]
[CAETANO AND ALAN DIRECTING TRUCKS - 01 44 23 13 - 01 44 53 11]
[SOUND UP: CAETANO SIMBINE - 01 44 02 02 - 01 44 19 18] WE HAVE ABOUT 150
PEOPLE HERE WITH US COMING. WE LOADED TEN LORRIES. WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR
THE BUS. WE ARRANGED WITH THE BUS TO COME HERE AT HALF PAST 4. HE'S
LATE...WE JUST CONTACTED HIM AND HE'S ON HIS WAY, SHOULD BE HERE IN
15-MINUTES TIME.



[SUPER: 0600]

[BUS ARRIVES - 01 46 55 00 - 01 47 20 04]
[ALAN TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO - 01 49 09 06 - 01 49 17 21]
[ROMEO PICKS UP CASE AND WALKS TO BUS - 01 47 32 18 - 01 47 45 15]
[SOUND UP: ALAN WRIGHT - 01 49 23 22 - 01 49 56 14] CAETANO, THESE TWO GUYS
NEED TO PUT THEIR SHIT ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK, THEY CAN'T TAKE IT IN THE
BUS!
[BABY ASLEEP ON MUM'S BACK - 01 50 28 06 - 01 50 40 12]
[MRS ROMEO WAITING IN QUEUE AT BUS - 01 51 12 01 - 01 51 16 19]
[HORATIO: 01 52 55 01 - 01 53 00 21] SARA MATHEBULA!
[SHE GETS IN - 01 52 01 22 - 01 52 23 09]

[CONVOY - 06 27 38 19 - 06 28 07 22]
[TRACKING - 06 16 00 15 - 06 16 37 16]
And finally, the start of 1 300-kilometre journey that would take three
days.
[06 16 41 12 - 06 17 01 24 - TRUCKS GOING DOWN HILL]
[ARRIVING KRUGER - 06 14 44 06 - 06 15 38 05]
[PASSING GUARD AT GATE - 01 54 24 20 - 01 54 49 09]
[TRACKING SHOT OF VEHICLES CROSSING BRIDGE - 06 24 25 10 - 06 24 48 12]
[BABOONS - 06 26 30 15 - 06 26 41 16]
[REACTION OF PASSENGERS - 06 26 52 01 - 06 27 10 06]
[ANOTHER GUY FAST ASLEEP AND DROOLING - 06 27 11 17 - 06 27 24 19]
[SHOT OF VELD, TRUCKS COMING UP HILL - 06 28 31 00 - 06 29 06 08]

[SUPER: 0900]
[BREAKFAST - HANDING OUT BREAD AND PEANUT BUTTER - MINI DV - 00 06 53 12 -
00 06 56 24; 00 07 16 12 - 00 07 20 24; 00 07 27 04 - 00 07 30 04; 00 07 51
02 - 00 07 54 17; 00 07 58 07 - 00 08 13 10; 00 08 31 01 - 00 08 53 15;
ROMEO GETS HIS - 00 09 10 03 - 00 09 19 00]

[SUPER: 1100]
[PEOPLE SITTING AROUND - 01 56 39 18 - 01 57 16 23]
[SOUND UP: CAETANO SIMBINE/RRP - 01 55 04 17 - 01 56 01 10] WE ARE WAITING
FOR HOME AFFAIRS TO CALL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS TO COME AND TAKE RECORDS OF
THE PEOPLE WE ARE REPATRIATING...THE MAJORITY OF THOSE RETURNING DON'T HAVE
FORMAL DOCUMENTATION AND THEY DON'T HAVE A DOCUMENT FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE
BORDER - MOZAMBIQUE OR SOUTH AFRICA

[SUPER: 1500]
[STAMPING BEGINS - QUEUE - MINI DV - 00 11 34 05 - 00 11 39 02]
[MINI DV - CU'S OF FINGERPRINTING - 00 13 15 17 - 00 13 24 07; 00 14 14 22
- 00 14 29 22; 00 16 32 14 - 00 16 42 23]
[THEN GO TO NICER SHOTS FROM SECOND TRIP - 06 30 30 14 - 06 30 42 22 -
TAKING FINGERPRINTS ETC; VTC 7 - 07 01 28 21 - 07 02 06 15]
[SOUND UP: ALAN WRIGHT - 04 23 30 01 - 04 24 16 12] HOME AFFAIRS HAVE THEIR
OWN AGENDA IN TERMS OF ALIEN CONTROLS MOVEMENT AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE STAYED
IN SA. THERE'S A PERCEPTION THAT MOZAMBICANS COMMIT CRIME. THE
FINGERPRINTING OF PEOPLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAY THAT THEY ARE CRIMINALS,
BUT IF PEOPLE COME BACK INTO THE COUNTRY, THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF
PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO TRACE THEM.
[SOUND UP: CAETANO SIMBINE/RRP - 03 17 56 19 - 03 18 20 03] WE TRY TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE BRING FAMILIES WHICH WANT TO COME BACK AND STAY. NOT TRADERS
OR FUNNY PEOPLE WHO JUST GO THERE TO WORK - ECONOMIC REFUGEES OR MIGRANT
WORKERS OR WHATEVER. WE DON'T CATER FOR THEM. WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO
REALLY WANT TO TRANSFER THEIR FAMILIES...

[RESUMPTION OF JOURNEY - 06 16 41 12 - 06 17 01 24; PEOPLE IN BUS - 06 17
13 22 - 06 17 32 11; 06 17 43 22 - 06 18 46 13]
[TRAVELLING SHOT FROM BEHIND DRIVER - 06 19 25 13 - 06 19 38 06; 06 20 38
02 - 06 20 53 10]
[SLEEPERS - 06 20 38 02 - 06 20 44 09]

[MIX TO START OF RAIN - 06 29 32 00 - 06 29 32 00 - 06 29 51 13]
[VEHICLES GETTING STUCK - 06 31 58 16 - 06 32 08 21; 06 32 44 19 - 06 33 25
08; 06 34 09 19 - 06 34 31 08]
[SOUND UP: CAETANO SIMBINE - 03 23 32 13 - 03 23 53 15] THE HIGHEST
EXPENSES WE HAVE IS TRANSPORT, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE RURAL AREAS OF
MOZAMBIQUE, THE ROADS ARE REALLY BAD AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT TO BE
SEASONAL. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO TARGET THE DRY SEASON, WHEN THERE'S NO RAIN AND
WHEN WE CAN RIDE THROUGH, UP AND DOWN. THE ROADS ARE REALLY BAD...WE CAN'T
DO ANYTHING...
[MINI DV 2 - 00 00 19 21 - 00 01 37 22 - TRACTOR ARRIVES; 00 02 41 08 - 00
03 27 06; 00 03 52 23 - 00 04 17 19]
[PEOPLE BEGINNING TO WALK - ONTO TRUCKS - 00 04 17 18 - 00 05 35 01]
[TRACKING SHOT OF THEM ON BACK OF TRUCK - MINI DV - 00 37 28 19 - 00 37 44
19; 00 38 13 21 - 00 38 50 19; 00 40 53 16 - 00 41 16 06]

[SUPER: 2300]
[USE MUSIC]
[NIGHT - OSMAN CLEANING WINDSCREEN; GUYS ON TOP OF TRUCK - 07 16 33 08 - 07
17 04 01]
[TINY BABY - 07 18 20 13 - 07 18 36 19]
[LITTLE BOY HANGING OVER TRUCK - 07 19 26 11 - 07 19 42 02]
[VTC 2 - PEOPLE SITTING ROUND FIRE BRAAI-ING CHICKENS - 02 01 13 22 - 02 01
25 10; YOUNG GIRL - 02 02 32 00 - 02 02 43 11; CHICKEN - 02 01 53 09 - 02
02 12 16; CAETANO CHECKING PAP - 02 03 58 17 - 02 04 06 23; CAETANO AND
EDDIE - 02 00 32 01 - 02 00 39 08]


[COCK CROWS - 02 06 15 24 - 02 06 19 04]
[SUN RISING - PEOPLE STANDING AROUND WITH FURNITURE - 02 05 21 07 - 02 05
49 07]
[ROMEO GOES FORWARD TO GET HIS MEALIES - 02 06 46 00 - 02 07 19 14]
[SOUND UP: CAETANO SIMBINE/RRP - 02 09 08 06 - 02 09 39 19] WE ARE
DISTRIBUTING SEED AND TOOLS AND THE BREAKFAST TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DEPARTING
THIS MORNING TO MASSINGIR. WHAT ARE THE SEEDS FOR? IT'S FOR A START, THEY
HAVE TO PLOUGH AND HAVE TO CLEAN THE LAND WITH THE PANGAS AND PLANT THOSE
SEEDS

[MORE PEOPLE GETTING THEIR SEED AND HOES - 02 07 29 02 - 02 07 37 10; WIFE
- 02 07 40 04 - 02 07 46 05; BOTH OF THEM - 02 08 09 16 - 02 08 33 01;
FRONT OF THEM - 02 08 34 09 - 02 08 49 09]
[CUTAWAYS OF HOES AND SEED ON GROUND - 02 10 00 07 - 02 10 31 11]
[ALAN WRIGHT/RRP - 04 25 15 11 - 04 26 06 08] WE ASSIST THEM IN TERMS OF
TOOLS AND SEEDS SO THEY CAN PLANT THEIR GARDENS AND ONCE THEY HAVE THAT
ESTABLISHED, THEY'VE REPLANTED THEIR ROOTS IN MOZAMBIQUE LITERALLY. IT'S
ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT KEEPS THEM THERE BECAUSE THEY CAN SEE THE FUTURE AS
THEIR GARDENS GROW.

[SUPER: LIMPOPO RIVER]
[PEOPLE HEADING OFF TO RIVER - 02 12 14 15 - 02 12 31 09; 02 12 35 15 - 02
12 53 18]
[TWO WOMEN WITH C-IRON ON HEADS - 02 13 41 06 - 02 13 54 03]
[LOVELY SHOT OF PEOPLE - 02 14 41 06 - 02 14 51 15; 02 15 49 09 - 02 16 12
12]
[OX WAGONS DRAGGING STUFF OVER RIVER - 02 21 14 17 - 02 22 55 09]
[TREE STUMP SHOT - 02 16 55 02 - 02 17 04 11]
[KIDS AT RIVER WATCHING BOAT COME IN - 02 20 19 19 - 02 20 31 24]
[BOAT ARRIVES - 02 20 35 20 - 02 20 49 01]
[CHAIRS GOING INTO BOAT - 02 26 09 19 - 02 26 25 05]
[SOUND UP: EDDIE MALULEKE/RRP - 02 23 34 18 - 02 23 41 08] WE HAVE ABOUT
SIX TRUCKS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THESE
PEOPLE TO THE OTHER SIDE.
[EDDIE SETTING OFF WITH FERRYMAN - 02 27 42 15 - 02 27 52 13; 02 28 17 10 -
02 28 56 11]
[CAETANO - 03 24 45 21 - 03 25 11 23] I HAVE A TEAM OF FACILITATORS, A VERY
GOOD TEAM. I LIKE MY TEAM. THEY ARE HARD WORKERS AND THEY KNOW THEIR WORK.
THEY DO A LOT OF SACRIFICE. MOST OF THEM WORKING IN A VOLUNTEER BASIS AND
NOT FULL-TIME EMPLOYED.
[END WITH SHOT OF BOAT GOING OFF - ENDS ON 02 28 56 11]

[MAP SHOWING ROUTE DOWN TO MASSINGIR - GRAPHICS]
[MIX FROM IT TO GUY CHOPPING DOWN TREE EN ROUTE - MINI DV - 00 21 58 17 -
00 22 10 10]
[SOUND UP: ALAN WRIGHT/RRP - 04 27 14 19 - 04 27 21 06 ] LOGISTICALLY IT
WAS THE SHORTEST ROUTE, BUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROADS WERE QUITE
HARSH....HA HA..
[TRUCK MANOEUVRING NARROW WINDEY PATH - MINI-DV - 00 23 03 13 - 00 23 18
18; 00 23 37 17 - 00 23 44 07]
[GUY FIXING BROKEN DOWN TRUCK - 00 26 26 18 - 00 28 09 22]
[SOUND UP: CAETANO - UNDER VISUALS: 03 24 20 01 - 03 24 30 06] THIS WAS THE
MOST DIFFICULT CROSSING I'VE EVER HAD BEFORE...VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. WE'RE
LOOKING AT SPENDING SOMETHING LIKE R100-THOUSAND...
[TRUCK GETS STUCK IN RIVER - 00 32 13 00 - 00 32 26 18; 00 32 51 16 - 00
33 12 06]
[PUSHING - 00 35 04 07 - 00 35 13 16]
[TRUCK MAKING IT FROM FRONT - 00 35 44 06 - 00 35 51 22 - MINI DV]


[SUPER: 24-HOURS LATER]
[ARRIVAL IN VILLAGE - 02 29 10 10 - 02 31 03 14]
[SOUND UP OVER VISUALS OF ROMEO MEETING FAMILY - 02 31 49 03 - 02 31 58 02]
I'M HAPPY THAT I GOT FREE TRANSPORT ALL THE WAY HOME. THERE'S PEACE HERE
NOW. WE CAN PLANT, PLOUGH AND EAT OUR OWN MAIZE. THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY
TO BE HERE.
[CAN COVER HIM WITH DARKER NIGHT SHOTS AFTER SHORT SOUND UP - 02 34 51 02 -
02 35 25 04]
[SOUND UP: ALAN WRIGHT/RRP - 04 22 01 08 - 04 22 28 11]
IT'S VERY REWARDING IN THE SENSE THAT YOU CAN SEE FAMILIES BEING UNITED,
YOU CAN SEE THE APPRECIATION ON PEOPLE'S FACES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE
HORROR AND THE PROBLEMS THAT COME ALONG WITH WAR.

[OFF-LOADING - BIG HULLABALOO - 02 36 24 20 - 02 36 40 10]
[ROMEO SHOUTING THE ODDS - 02 35 26 14 - 02 35 38 13]
[DRIVER - 02 37 09 17 - 02 38 04 01]
[C-IRON COMING OFF - 02 39 20 06 - 02 39 37 13]


[SOLOMON IN STORAGE BIN - 03 05 37 17 - 03 05 48 13; 03 06 07 03 - 03 06 16
04; 03 06 32 12 - 03 06 37 17]
Solomon Mongwe is among those who welcomes the new arrivals. He himself
returned a year ago - to nothing much except the goodwill of his family and
friends.
[BULLET HOLES - 03 00 18 09 - 03 00 38 22; 03 00 49 05 - 03 00 51 09; 03 01
92 11 - 03 01 04 08]
The bullet holes in the walls of his old home are the only reminders of the
war that forced him to flee in the late eighties.
[NEW HOME - 03 02 25 11 - 03 02 34 15]
[ON 26 CHILDREN USE SHOT OF MOTHER DUCK AND ALL THE DUCKLINGS - 02 42 33 09
- 02 42 50 10]
[CUTE BOY WATCHING AND OTHER KIDS - 02 42 58 19 - 02 43 13 14]
[TWO WIVES WATCHING - 02 43 14 02 - 02 43 19 22]
Now he's building a new home and is producing enough to feed his four wives
and 26 children.
[SOLOMON MONGWE/RETURNEE - 02 56 22 24 - 02 57 27 03] WE ARE COPING OKAY,
DESPITE THE FLOODS WE HAD TO DEAL WITH. WE'VE MANAGED TO REBUILD OUR HOUSES
AND OUR LIVES.

[SOUND UP: WOMAN AND CHILD POUNDING MAIZE -02 40 14 02 - 02 42 00 02 - USE
OVER LAST OF HIS S/U AND OVER NEXT SOUND UP - UNTIL JUMP]

[WIDE SHOT OF CAETANO WITH THEM - 03 29 37 19 - 03 29 46 00]
[03 29 04 01 - 03 29 16 13] IF GOVT WAS HAPPY IT SHOULD WELCOME THE PEOPLE
AND HELP THEM TO SETTLE. BUT IF WE'RE ASSISTING PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND WE
HAVE TO COME AND RESETTLE THEM?? I MEAN, IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AND GOVT
IS DOING
NOTHING.
[MASSINGIR DAM - 07 12 53 12 - 07 13 10 21 - PEOPLE FISHING; 07 13 54 16 -
07 14 04 19; LITTLE BOAT LADEN WITH FISH - 07 14 53 20 - 07 15 10 13]
[PACKING FISH FOR SALE - MINI-DV - 00 50 57 14 - 00 51 26 12; 00 51 48 08 -
00 51 52 02]
The Mozambican Government says it has plans to develop the area,
particularly around the Massingir Dam. In years to come, it will be part of
the Kruger/Gaza Transfrontier Park.
It's hoped that the employment generated by related projects will encourage
the returnees to stay.
[ANTONIO NHALUNGO/ADMINISTRATOR: MASSINGIR DISTRICT - 03 31 14 11 - 03 32
02 04] THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR THEM TO COME HOME AND THEY ARE WELCOME. THE
GOVERNMENT IS HAPPY. I PERSONALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. THEY ARE HUMAN
BEINGS AND OUR CITIZENS. IT IS RIGHT THAT WE PREPARE TO RECEIVE THEM
BECAUSE THEY WILL ALSO HELP TO DEVELOP THE AREA. OUR ARMS ARE OPEN.
[07 02 26 08 - RRP PEOPLE WALK INTO SHOT AND GREET MRS ROMEO - 07 02 38 06;
HER FACE - HORATIO CHECKS SICK CHILD - 07 02 40 07 - 07 02 48 04]
Future plans may also involve relocating villagers to make way for the
trans-national park.
But for now, returnees like Romeo and Sara Mathebula are making a home.
Two weeks after they'd put down their roots, the Refugee Research Programme
returned to Massingir.
[NICOLA - 07 02 54 06 - 07 03 11 11; 07 03 20 22 - 07 03 29 00; 07 03 52 24
- 07 03 51 04]
[SOUND UP: NICOLA JOHNSTON - 04 16 27 05 - 04 16 55 24] THE PROCESS IN
TERMS OF THE RESEARCH SIDE OF THINGS HAS BEEN SEEING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
PEOPLE ARRIVE IN MOZAMBIQUE, MONITORING WHO SUPPORTS THEM WHEN THEY ARRIVE,
WHAT SORT OF NETWORKS ARE THERE TO ASSIST THEM WHEN THEY COME BACK.
[HOUSE - 07 05 44 06 - 07 05 56 00; 07 05 58 10 - 07 06 16 11]
Romeo was away shopping for supplies, but his wife showed off the house
they've started building.
[SOUND UP: SARA MATHEBULA/RETURNEE - 07 08 26 21 - 07 08 40 19] TEMPORARILY
WE ARE STAYING WITH SOMEONE. NEXT YEAR WE WILL GET OUR OWN PLACE. IN THE
MEANTIME THEY'VE LOANED US SOME LAND TO PLOUGH.
[FUNNY LITTLE TENT SCHOOL - 07 09 21 15 - 07 09 50 17]
Romeo junior attends the local school.
[SARA - 07 06 47 20 - 07 07 00 17] THERE IS LIFE HERE. THERE IS A CLINIC
AND SHOPS. IT'S BETTER THAN WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.
[WATER PUMP - MINI DV - 00 53 05 23 - 00 55 34 17]
Ultimately it is up to the Mozambican Government to see to the needs of its
people.
Especially now that they've had the confidence to return to the land from
which they once fled.
And the hope is that peace will prevail in Mozambique so that they may
never again be forced to leave.