Inside the Hijacked Building | Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Johannesburg| BBC Studios

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  • Louis is curious to enter a hijacked building with no electricity but there is a serious concern for the danger inside.
    Taken from Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder In Johannesburg
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  • @theunsalted9195
    @theunsalted9195 Před 6 lety +1114

    He may look like a geek, but he has balls of steel.

    • @carnagedogg4294
      @carnagedogg4294 Před 5 lety +48

      He might be a bit sociopathic,often they are self centred and lack emotion,including fear.

    • @bayarea4153
      @bayarea4153 Před 4 lety +18

      And a nose of steel

    • @TheAlphaMale2271
      @TheAlphaMale2271 Před 4 lety +7

      @@carnagedogg4294precisely correct.

    • @HiThere-ji8gr
      @HiThere-ji8gr Před 4 lety +52

      @@carnagedogg4294 I mean... no. Louis is far from lacking in empathy.

    • @alphabetsoup342
      @alphabetsoup342 Před 4 lety +30

      He said in an interview that more than anything he's afraid of coming back to the studio with nothing.

  • @tomsmith4252
    @tomsmith4252 Před 8 lety +526

    man he's got some balls

    • @DefThrone
      @DefThrone Před 6 lety +18

      Geral F, Louis has done so many documentaries in dangerous places, I'm sure he's well aware of the danger. He just does what he needs to do. He's a great filmmaker.

    • @beyond_hjaemmetraening
      @beyond_hjaemmetraening Před 6 lety +5

      Not to mentioned the camera crew behind him

    • @AtHomeFitness14
      @AtHomeFitness14 Před 3 lety +2

      balls he had too guys strapped who were protecting him if some shit went down he would have ran

  • @ThatEsepe
    @ThatEsepe Před 7 lety +536

    "Were not going inside" *goes inside*

    • @tonestarx9876
      @tonestarx9876 Před 5 lety

      ExTeeSee tOaD I was waiting for Lewis to get kidnapped

    • @cheruzaleming
      @cheruzaleming Před 5 lety +1

      this man has the "je ne sais quoi" level of confidence. even i don't know

  • @streetsociology814
    @streetsociology814 Před 3 lety +60

    I suspect there are occasions where Louis perhaps does not quite grasp the level of danger he is in, either that or he has gigantic balls and doesn't give a damn

  • @dandan8787
    @dandan8787 Před 5 lety +236

    I love how fearless Louis is. He truly is a master of what he does.

    • @jayslungsbloodclot2733
      @jayslungsbloodclot2733 Před 2 lety

      A psychopath

    • @gregscrabshack2307
      @gregscrabshack2307 Před 2 lety +7

      Thin line between brave & stupid

    • @bluesturdevant9690
      @bluesturdevant9690 Před rokem

      He was deep inside isis occupied Syria when they were beheading journalists. A bunch of thugs is nothing to him.

    • @alexaecho4273
      @alexaecho4273 Před rokem

      fearless ? There’s a guy with a gun infront of him and one behind him. Seems to me he’s out of touch with reality that he doesn’t see the dangers that could be ahead. Maybe he has brain trauma

  • @4exgold
    @4exgold Před 7 lety +332

    i dont blame the bodyguard for not wanting to go in. If Theroux got stabbed or shot it'd look really bad for Lionel and his company.

    • @cheruzaleming
      @cheruzaleming Před 5 lety +2

      some people just know how to move my man, anywhere in the world

    • @stefannils2032
      @stefannils2032 Před 2 lety +4

      Great guy Louis, but maybe an adrenalin junkie if I had been Lionel I would have told Louis where to go in very expressive language

    • @nickparker5200
      @nickparker5200 Před rokem

      ​@@Notyourmotherskind really?

    • @rustyshackleford3868
      @rustyshackleford3868 Před 6 měsíci

      @@Notyourmotherskind Yo your pops still got that jacket? I kinda needs

  • @stellarjuju8788
    @stellarjuju8788 Před 2 lety +58

    I felt so bad for people living there. They seemed like cool people just victims of circumstance. I hope they are all in a better situation now.🙏

    • @harpsitardo
      @harpsitardo Před rokem +7

      They are in a better place now. Louis was casing the joint for a later return as the Midnight Strangler, to a gun-free candlyand of marginalized victims who would not be missed. Sad but true.

  • @miklas-dj9kd
    @miklas-dj9kd Před 6 lety +225

    "There are guys with guns here. They do have firearms here. All the robbers might be staying here. Come..."

  • @yunghentai4646
    @yunghentai4646 Před 5 lety +123

    Guy with gun: it stinks. Continuously covers his mouth.
    -Luis hands in his pockets the whole clip

  • @Feldschlacht1
    @Feldschlacht1 Před 8 lety +362

    Louis Theroux is the man.

    • @thabonotbesterthough
      @thabonotbesterthough Před 3 lety +1

      For what ekse did he help these people or he was just enriching himself 🙏🏾

    • @alexaecho4273
      @alexaecho4273 Před rokem

      Yikes

    • @alexaecho4273
      @alexaecho4273 Před rokem

      @@thabonotbesterthough he is obviously continuing the for profit exploitation that whytes males tend to do when they “shed light” on issues like these

  • @mikebowman4416
    @mikebowman4416 Před 6 lety +276

    Guy holding the gun "you go, you go then I go" lol

    • @Misterz3r0
      @Misterz3r0 Před 6 lety +95

      Actually, he was covering the rear. There was a guy with a gun in the front. Standard and intelligent strategy.

    • @thembinkosiluwalala5518
      @thembinkosiluwalala5518 Před 2 lety

      Instead of going front gun man was dead scared to my taste

  • @Ashley-zp5ec
    @Ashley-zp5ec Před 4 lety +25

    Enters a really dangerous building while saying "so these were the lifts once upon a time"

  • @dougwhiley4028
    @dougwhiley4028 Před rokem +21

    I think Louis doesn't appreciate the danger. He means no harm to anyone. Therefore he thinks that if he explains that, no one will harm him. But some people will kill for amusement.

  • @peterwaugh2626
    @peterwaugh2626 Před 3 lety +19

    Heartbreaking when u really think about it

  • @victorymansions
    @victorymansions Před 4 lety +6

    A decade living there. Just let that sink in.

  • @denissdennis
    @denissdennis Před 7 lety +24

    1.30 with a walk like that, you know this guy got some balls

  • @WhyMe432532
    @WhyMe432532 Před 3 lety +5

    "I'll go behind you" smart guy.

  • @MissSarcasticBunny
    @MissSarcasticBunny Před 2 lety +30

    Ignorance is bliss. Louis saying he didn't see anyone with guns, just people without jobs as if to convey sympathy for their situation. Yes, these people live there because they have nowhere else to go but it's still extremely dangerous. Just because he didn't see the danger, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Those security guys are scared for good reason, it's no joke. The people living there have nothing left to lose so there's no telling what they are willing to do to you to get what they need.

  • @andreassemousu1293
    @andreassemousu1293 Před 5 lety +6

    I don't understand what is the difference between squatting in the UK and Building hijacking in South Africa

  • @joewest1674
    @joewest1674 Před rokem +3

    Walks up the stairs with gun drawn, ready for all hell to break loose.
    - "Hello. How are you 🙂"

  • @thdgcfx
    @thdgcfx Před 6 lety +14

    Louis: “Wheres the danger? Lets go there”

  • @joshpickles9022
    @joshpickles9022 Před 4 lety +38

    Could've gone in the daytime.... Just saying

  • @cliveramsbotty6077
    @cliveramsbotty6077 Před 2 lety +4

    a 'hijacked building' is just something straight out of brass eye

  • @Thetb93
    @Thetb93 Před 8 lety +9

    really nice videos. very intresting

  • @StalwartShinobi
    @StalwartShinobi Před 4 lety +7

    The thumbnail makes louis look like he is heading a raid or something 😂

  • @StalwartShinobi
    @StalwartShinobi Před 4 lety +21

    So dodgy when the guide with the gun tells you to go first up the stairs of an abandoned crackhouse 😂

    • @LordCao90
      @LordCao90 Před 2 lety +2

      I was thinking the same ! I'd be like " you got to be joking, is ain't going first " ahah

    • @jabirbashir7436
      @jabirbashir7436 Před 2 lety +5

      There was a guy In front with a gun he was covering the rear

  • @darrentinonzii340
    @darrentinonzii340 Před 10 měsíci +1

    The new netflix film about these buildings is great! Made me start searching youtube for stories

  • @fahjterjejyr
    @fahjterjejyr Před 3 lety +30

    I’m from joburg and if the man with glasses knew a lot about the area like the other guys he would be shitting himself

  • @swampyalienz2995
    @swampyalienz2995 Před 5 lety +31

  • @andreassemousu1293
    @andreassemousu1293 Před 5 lety +66

    One interesting comments from Louis because he was told there are guys with guns in there but it was just harmless unemployed homeless people

    • @dazza2151
      @dazza2151 Před 5 lety +24

      I mean sure, but they could've just been 'harmless' because Louis had an armed police entourage to take him through the building. I still wouldn't feel safe there after watching this clip.

    • @dylanmorgan2752
      @dylanmorgan2752 Před 2 lety +2

      I mean, large amounts of criminals in a lot of countries are unemployed and homeless, as desperation can be the biggest motivator. Given the sheer amount of violent crime happening in SA specifically, you’re probably never too far away from a shady character and a couple of hand cannons. Especially if you’re like Louis and often recording in the more impoverished areas.

    • @edmerc92
      @edmerc92 Před měsícem

      They probably didn't inspect the whole building, just a floor or two.

  • @chowder8802
    @chowder8802 Před 8 lety +73

    Louis has balls of steal

  • @nEiKKah
    @nEiKKah Před rokem +2

    He looks like a man whose money don't jiggle jiggle, but fold!

  • @daveywillie8.6
    @daveywillie8.6 Před 3 lety +46

    He's confident when he has the camera with him because most crooks won't commit a crime while on camera + they love the notoriety! They don't see him as a threat either. He has met a lot of dangerous people I'm sure he's used to it by know 😆.
    But yea Legend .
    Love his shows.

    • @killerfc909
      @killerfc909 Před 2 lety

      Nah this is South Africa, committing crime on camera doesn't matter. News Reporters have been robbed live on TV before.

    • @MrMongoose221
      @MrMongoose221 Před 2 lety +5

      Hmm in a dark building at night they may not care/notice the camera at first or just killed the camera man and take the footage lol

    • @swiftythepig9546
      @swiftythepig9546 Před rokem +1

      @@MrMongoose221 lmao reminds me of a gore vid I watched awhile back 🤣 dude snatched the camera and recorded himself executing the people

    • @heydaddy2471
      @heydaddy2471 Před rokem

      ​@@swiftythepig9546 share more detail

    • @Zzyzzyzzs
      @Zzyzzyzzs Před rokem

      Muggers in South Africa can be pretty brazen man. There's footage of some robbing a news reporter and his crew while they were trying to film a live report.

  • @sloppypoppie
    @sloppypoppie Před 6 lety +6

    I'm gonna hug my mom and dad right now

    • @immortalone169
      @immortalone169 Před 4 lety +4

      I really hope you did what you say you were going to do... I can hug my mother but not my father who has passed away... Don't take having them for granted, please... Keep them close and cherish them both... Tomorrow is never promised

  • @ytgadfly
    @ytgadfly Před rokem +1

    gotta love louie, willing to put himself in danger to satisfy his curiosity (and ours too)

  • @numanbricklane48
    @numanbricklane48 Před rokem +1

    My money don't jiggle jiggle, it folds

  • @goomba7495
    @goomba7495 Před 4 lety

    Cool episode

  • @mrsoshadabaadman
    @mrsoshadabaadman Před 3 lety +2

    If you can survive a night in Joburg downtown. You can survive most places.

  • @Caesar_Himself
    @Caesar_Himself Před 8 lety +111

    What a glittering success the old ANC turned out to be.

    • @jayburcher6956
      @jayburcher6956 Před 6 lety +24

      Yeah, it might be one of the most impoverished, dangerous, backward and third world countries in the world now but at least its not racist anymore so the rest of the world can be happy 😊

    • @dd.4910
      @dd.4910 Před 6 lety +2

      Yes all the white countries more than make up for all the racists.....just look at drumpf's ameriKKKa

    • @MozzieMutant
      @MozzieMutant Před 6 lety +5

      Yeah all the white countries are void of any crime 🙄

    • @karlmarx809
      @karlmarx809 Před 6 lety +1

      YVNG STUNNA All of this is nonsense. You don't know a damn thing.

    • @Misterz3r0
      @Misterz3r0 Před 6 lety +5

      This really is white people's fault. If the ruling white elites of South Africa had the wisdom to realize that Apartheid was unsustainable, they could have gradually integrated society. You can't deprive a people, especially a majority, of a political voice and expect them to govern like Seneca from day one. Read about what happens to lottery winners, most end up worse off than before they won the lottery. Without tradition, education, or training, what the fuck do you expect? But instead of doing the wise thing, they stayed selfish pretending that the status quo would continue indefinitely. White people are fucking morons.

  • @PrimeGlaz
    @PrimeGlaz Před rokem

    One of the reasons i love Louis. Balls of steel and he looks like a geek

  • @oliverholmes-gunning5372

    "You go first, I'll go behind you"
    Smart man

  • @soulmedicationsessions6930

    British guy has no fear

  • @arveyilleszender5809
    @arveyilleszender5809 Před 2 lety +5

    It's a terrible sequence of circumstances that results in someone living in a place like that. No electricity, no sanitation, no anything. That is a horrific way to live. It's at that point where you'd think nothing of mugging someone for cash or whatever.

  • @1337flite
    @1337flite Před 2 lety +1

    The first rule of security - "you go first".

  • @kelvintiger
    @kelvintiger Před rokem +2

    Guess his money really jiggle jiggles

  • @alext1296
    @alext1296 Před 3 lety +3

    1:24 he got his gun out!🤣🤣🤣

  • @iraklinadirashvili722
    @iraklinadirashvili722 Před 4 lety +4

    What a great country was ,once...

  • @jimbob1427
    @jimbob1427 Před 6 lety +36

    Louie is the English version of Australia's crocodile hunter

  • @kl8650
    @kl8650 Před 4 lety +1

    Louis got massive balls of steel

  • @Neo_Rain146
    @Neo_Rain146 Před 2 lety +2

    Louis never ceases to amaze me at how naïve he is

    • @braindeadbogan9272
      @braindeadbogan9272 Před rokem +1

      It's his shtick.. I like to think he knows exactly when he can and cannot get away with.. He'd be dead by now for sure if he didn't.

  • @LosianOne
    @LosianOne Před 4 lety +8

    "Just people without jobs and people without money.." how do you think criminals are made lmao

  • @MrJamesdryable
    @MrJamesdryable Před 2 lety +2

    That's one high jacked building.

  • @europeanpizza7444
    @europeanpizza7444 Před 8 lety +44

    I feel bad for those people...

    • @jaundupreez8152
      @jaundupreez8152 Před 4 lety +4

      You can thank the current goverment for that. 25 years and still screwing up..... But things are much better now....

    • @AlexMoreno-zj7po
      @AlexMoreno-zj7po Před 2 lety +1

      they should get jobs

    • @firstlast2414
      @firstlast2414 Před 2 lety

      @@jaundupreez8152 how are things much better?

    • @firstlast2414
      @firstlast2414 Před 2 lety +1

      I don't. They have no business hijacking a building. I don't care how desperate they are.

  • @j.miguel6193
    @j.miguel6193 Před 6 lety

    fearless louis :)

  • @sebastianp9370
    @sebastianp9370 Před 4 lety

    The legend
    The Man
    Louie

  • @wwd7562
    @wwd7562 Před 4 lety +2

    Louis: What exactly are we afraid of?.....lol

  • @beewalk34
    @beewalk34 Před 3 lety +5

    Geez Louie....No Fs ever given as he casually strolls in some of the most dangerous places in the world and just starts asking a million questions

  • @johnobrien8398
    @johnobrien8398 Před 4 lety +1

    This is such a nice country MANDELA HAS CREATED WHAT A GREAT LEADER. MANDEEEELA WAS. HE SAVED THIS NATION. AND WNNIE MADE A FEW MILLION.

  • @ebl1880
    @ebl1880 Před 7 lety +114

    Terrible conditions to live under. I feel so bad for those people, stuck in a evil ring of unemployment and bad surroundings. It is not like america where you can "pull yourself together" and get a low income job. There simply are no jobs to be filled.

    • @ZS6JMP
      @ZS6JMP Před 7 lety +23

      Dont feel sorry for them. They voted themselves into the predicament they are in.

    • @ebl1880
      @ebl1880 Před 7 lety +47

      No, "they" did not. They are a product of bad decision making from their ancestors ...

    • @dro258
      @dro258 Před 6 lety +7

      welcome to Africa

    • @nathank2750
      @nathank2750 Před 6 lety

      Charles Luciano jobs are everywhere in every city if someone doesn't have a job it bc of themselves

    • @nathank2750
      @nathank2750 Před 6 lety

      D D are you talking 2 me

  • @aaaaaaaaz76
    @aaaaaaaaz76 Před 5 lety +2

    perfect for judge dredd

  • @user-sf9gs2pg1b
    @user-sf9gs2pg1b Před rokem

    Tbh I would be scared going into that building in several decades. Not maintained for a while, it could collapse.

  • @IRVDawg
    @IRVDawg Před 3 lety +1

    Louis: Pressing to enter the surface of the sun
    Them: It's very dark here ;P

  • @moseeb1992
    @moseeb1992 Před 2 lety

    The guy who didn't want to go in putting himself at the back of the line 😂

  • @el6178
    @el6178 Před 3 lety

    Louis has huge balls.

  • @Manofthehour2050
    @Manofthehour2050 Před rokem +1

    People without job's and money are dangerous sometimes

  • @nunosantos1745
    @nunosantos1745 Před rokem

    The guy with the gun
    "I'll go behind you" 😅😅😅😅

  • @gerryd7027
    @gerryd7027 Před 3 lety +2

    Guy with gun, you go first I'll go last. Louis has the balls of a lion. 😎🤘👍

  • @ciarancummins303
    @ciarancummins303 Před 4 lety

    Louis has balls.

  • @aldofitla6657
    @aldofitla6657 Před 6 lety

    Looks like "I am a legend" the movie with Will Smith where you must avoid Obscurity at all cost.

  • @minerva6
    @minerva6 Před 5 lety +1

    It’s like Resident Evil in there

  • @rajgill7576
    @rajgill7576 Před 3 lety +4

    I don't work, but my brother washes cars in town.
    Ok. Noted lol

  • @SuperMerchus
    @SuperMerchus Před 5 lety +1

    Haha Louis. More balls than a lot of people.

  • @mrmojorisingful
    @mrmojorisingful Před 4 lety +1

    Louis’ jacket is nice

  • @varrickace465
    @varrickace465 Před 3 lety +1

    Louis Theroux and Ross Kemp should do a collab

  • @jaimep456
    @jaimep456 Před 3 lety +8

    "What exactly are we afraid of?"
    Dude these people hijacked a skyscraper that was meant to house millionaires and now the government completely gave up on it and police won't even go in there. Was that a serious question or was he just trying to look like he's not scared

    • @thesatisfiedcustomer4869
      @thesatisfiedcustomer4869 Před 3 lety +2

      Louis is from the mean streets of the Home Counties he is tough

    • @jaimep456
      @jaimep456 Před 3 lety

      @@thesatisfiedcustomer4869 I'm from the U.S. so I don't know where that is or if it's dangerous. Also it really doesn't matter where he's from. There's killers, gangsters, thugs, and weenies from everywhere. Doesn't matter where they grew up.

    • @MrMongoose221
      @MrMongoose221 Před 2 lety +4

      I think Louis plays niave and it's what makes his docs so good as he goes in completely like he doesn't know what's going on to get people to open up

    • @youreatoilet
      @youreatoilet Před rokem +1

      @@jaimep456 He's joking haha the home counties are near London and mostly wealthy and very safe. Most of the UK considers the home counties a posh area

    • @stephenhumphrey7935
      @stephenhumphrey7935 Před rokem

      You talking about the Vodacom building? I imagine that building is 10x worse than this.

  • @thisuseristired365
    @thisuseristired365 Před rokem

    Them:“ We can't go in”
    Louis: “I want to go in”
    then proceeds to go in
    Louis is the G.O.A.T🤞😂

  • @clydet.3057
    @clydet.3057 Před 4 lety +2

    Let’s go up but you go first lol. But I did see he’s carrying gun.

  • @zetamale
    @zetamale Před 2 lety

    Louis Theroux must be the real life Clark Kent

  • @GVAjaxNow
    @GVAjaxNow Před 5 lety +1

    Louis Theroux was indecently "excited"

  • @goatcheezius2399
    @goatcheezius2399 Před 3 lety +4

    "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" -Alexander Pope

  • @tommyk4242
    @tommyk4242 Před 5 lety +2

    Louis scares me 😂😂

  • @maryjdeike7095
    @maryjdeike7095 Před 6 lety +1

    We used to have these on State St. in Chicago. They tore them down. Leveled them.

  • @bigbowlowrong4694
    @bigbowlowrong4694 Před 2 lety +1

    Still better than my first apartment

    • @MimicoBungalow
      @MimicoBungalow Před 10 měsíci +1

      really? I'll bet your first apartment at electricity and water...

  • @MimicoBungalow
    @MimicoBungalow Před 10 měsíci

    I love how everybody is coughing and choking on the smell and the BBC geek is just walking around talking about let's go further!

  • @blcklstd6156
    @blcklstd6156 Před 5 lety

    Trying to enter a big building in fallout 4 on survival difficulty.

  • @cyberBIGGT
    @cyberBIGGT Před rokem +1

    LOL they send Louis up the stairs first!

  • @skaopo
    @skaopo Před 3 lety

    So this is what James Hoffman did before coffee videos.

  • @thecryptoguy8381
    @thecryptoguy8381 Před 2 lety +1

    Unemployment rate is the result of this

  • @danielpotter8957
    @danielpotter8957 Před rokem

    I want to go inside. That's a bad idea, we shouldn't go inside. Ok, let's go inside.

  • @wonderboy5603
    @wonderboy5603 Před 3 lety

    This is basic living conditions of jozi bro, no cap
    But now its full of foreigners particularly nigerians and ethopians

  • @sergiustang
    @sergiustang Před rokem

    Louis is the mannnb

  • @joflynn999
    @joflynn999 Před rokem +1

    London the way things are going

  • @bankenesbank7597
    @bankenesbank7597 Před 6 lety +11

    this is like World War Z

  • @Hendrid9376
    @Hendrid9376 Před 10 měsíci

    Today its the Norm........God Help Us

  • @jq206
    @jq206 Před 3 lety +1

    There couldve been 50 guys running Down pn them.... those two guns they had with them arent shit. Balls

  • @s55558
    @s55558 Před 5 lety

    Louis is a G

  • @veronicalake4140
    @veronicalake4140 Před 3 lety

    Where is the owner.

  • @matendere-ip7pd
    @matendere-ip7pd Před 4 lety +5

    Those people staying inside that so called "Hijacked building" sounds to be South Africans judging by the accent. But we are always given the impression that mostly undocumented foreign national stay in those buildings.

  • @renegademedia8332
    @renegademedia8332 Před 3 lety

    "What do you think ?"

  • @whitemakesright2177
    @whitemakesright2177 Před 5 lety +4

    This is what "black rule" looks like.