Eye Investigations S04E29 · A City Held Hostage: Johannesburg

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Before November's upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg, Africa Eye reporter Ayanda Charlie investigates the city's abandoned and hijacked buildings.

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1. 1 1. Our Land, Our Life · 49mThe daughter of Kenya’s anti-colonial insurgency leader, Dedan Kimathi, searches for her father’s remains while fighting for land rights for forgotten veterans.
2. 2 2. Targeted: Lebanon's Deadliest Attack2025-01-25 · 28mOn a quiet Sunday, an Israeli airstrike destroyed a residential building in Lebanon, killing 73 people. Nawal Al-Maghafi investigates who they were and why the building was hit.
3. 3 3. Child Soldiers: The Untold Story of Iran-Iraq’s Frontline Children2025-02-12 · 52mChild Soldiers: The Untold Story of Iran-Iraq’s Frontline Children
4. 4 4. Saudi and Trans: Eden's Final Message2025-02-15 · 31mAfter a Saudi trans woman's death went viral, BBC Eye investigates the final months of her life and the claim that she was misled into returning to Saudi Arabia from the US.
5. 5 5. India's Opioid Kings2025-02-21 · 49mFor more than a decade, West Africa has been in the grip of an opioid crisis. But who’s making these illegal, addictive pills? BBC World Service goes undercover to find out.
6. 6 6. Liked, Lured, Livestreamed2025-04-03 · 23mOn TikTok live streams, girls as young as 15 are selling sexual content. BBC Africa Eye investigates to find out who is profiting.
7. 7 7. Trouble Makers: Drugged, Framed and Detained2025-03-29 · 50mInvestigation into Chinese police use of psychiatric hospitals to silence critics, hearing from people who dared protest only to be drugged and labelled mentally ill.
8. 8 8. Stranded: Exposing the UK’s immigration scammers2025-03-31 · 48mBBC Africa Eye goes undercover to track down rogue relocation agents who squeeze thousands of pounds from aspiring migrants with the false promise of a job in the UK.
9. 9 9. Inside Darfur: Siege & Massacres2025-04-15 · 50mWith unprecedented access inside Darfur, BBC World Service investigates allegations of genocide carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s civil war.
10. 10 10. Make Me Perfect: Manufacturing Beauty in China2025-04-23 · 59mChina’s cosmetic surgery industry is booming - but the surge in demand has led to a shortage of qualified practitioners and licensed clinics.
11. 11 11. Turkey's Hidden War: The Forbidden Zone2025-04-30 · 51mThis film reveals Turkey’s military expansion in northern Iraq. Its campaign against the militant PKK group has killed Iraqi Kurdish civilians and forced farmers off their land.
12. 12 12. Rise of the Patriots2025-05-09 · 29mIn Hong Kong’s new “patriots-only” era, anonymous informing is now the norm. BBC Eye investigates how the security law reshaped the city after mass calls for democracy.
13. 13 13. Blood Parliament2025-05-17 · 37mIn 2024, a protest at Kenya’s legislature was ended by the gunfire of security forces. To this day, those shooters’ faces have remained hidden. BBC World Service exposes the men re
14. 14 14. The Land That Bleeds2025-05-26 · 28mCameroonian journalist Blaise Eyong exposes the violent realities of the Anglophone Crisis —a conflict that has gripped the country's two English-speaking regions for nearly a deca
15. 15 15. Iran: Murder for Hire2025-05-31 · 31mEye Investigations examines evidence of targeted abductions and assassinations by the Iranian regime abroad, and the links to one man – Iranian organised crime boss Naji Sharfi Zin
16. 16 16. Informers: Hunting the Enemy Within2025-06-02 · 22mRussia’s citizen informers target critics of the war in Ukraine. They work in secret or in public. Their victims face prosecution, creating an atmosphere of fear.
17. 17 17. The Killing Call2025-06-29 · 1h 28mThree years after Sidhu Moose Wala was killed, BBC Eye investigates the murder that shocked India - and asks how he ended up on the wrong side of the country’s most feared gang.
18. 18 18. The Battle for Bangladesh2025-07-12 · 36mBBC Eye investigates the popular uprising that led to the downfall of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5 2024, when 36 days of protest ended in bloodshed.
19. 19 19. Inside Cape Town’s Gang Wars2025-08-02 · 28mIn just three months last year, 79 children died through gunshot wounds or stabbings on SA's Western Cape. Police reported 263 gang murders. Africa Eye investigates Cape Town gang
20. 20 20. Madams: Exposing Kenya's Child Sex Trade2025-08-17 · 27mAfrica Eye uncovers child sex trafficking in Kenya’s transit town Maai Mahiu and follows one woman, 'Baby Girl', who rescues girls from abuse and exploitation.
21. 21 21. The Mystery of Musa al-Sadr2025-09-02 · 53mIn August 1978, Musa al-Sadr, the Lebanese Shia leader, vanished during a visit to Libya. BBC Eye presents significant new evidence that may hold the clue to the cleric's fate.
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23. 23 23. Syria’s Stolen Children2025-09-11 · 51mHow hundreds of children were held in global donation-supported orphanages by the sanctioned Assad regime in order to extort their relatives and why many have never been found.
24. 24 24. Kharkiv War Diaries2025-09-13 · 29mOver the past year, BBC Eye Investigations has collected video diaries documenting the lives of some of the people who chose to stay in the city, capturing the deeply personal mome
25. 25 25. Death in Dubai2025-09-15 · 1h 5mWhen the mysterious death of a 23-year-old Ugandan in Dubai goes viral, she becomes the face of the disturbing #DubaiPortaPotty. Behind the rumours lies an even darker reality.
26. 26 26. Rigged: Undercover in a Fake News Network2025-09-22 · 30mBBC Eye goes undercover in a fake news network spreading propaganda in Moldova.
27. 27 27. Shadow Healers: South Africa's Psychedelic Journey2025-10-13 · 27mAfrica Eye investigates South Africa’s underground psychedelic therapy industry, where the pursuit of healing can have devastating consequences.
28. 28 28. Blood in the Earth2025-10-27 · 52mIn the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a miner digs for his dreams hoping the “grey gold” of coltan, used in much of today’s electronics, can bring his family back together.
29. 29 29. A City Held Hostage: Johannesburg2025-11-10 · 27mBefore November's upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg, Africa Eye reporter Ayanda Charlie investigates the city's abandoned and hijacked buildings.
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