[dramatic music playing]
[Numoor chanting]
-[gun cocks] -[Karabo whimpering]
[Tee-Kay] Come on, medicine boy, you can do it.
-[gun fires] -[Tee-Kay grunts]
[Karabo gasps]
[coughs]
[Uhuru] Go down the corridor.
The north stairs.
There's a secure docket room. Wait this out there.
[Karabo grunts]
[in Zulu] Thank you.
-[Uhuru gasps] -[gun fires]
-[shouting] -[guns firing]
[Uhuru grunts]
-[ominous music plays] -[whimpering]
[groans]
-You need to go hide in that safe room. -Are you okay?
[Uhuru] Go now.
Go!
[Numoor chanting]
-[lock squeaking] -[Karabo grunts]
[panting]
[chanting stops]
-[man] Have you seen General Hassen? -[Wendell] I'm waiting for him as well.
It's back on.
[Maqoma on TV] Well, it's been a long day of voting.
Lots of questions about who we are,
who you are.
Guys, it's on.
But the power's back, so let's get this show back on the road.
It's time for closing statements because 5:00 p.m. is 15 minutes away.
The prosecution rests.
[clock ticking]
[muffled] Let me speak.
Judge Bengu, of course. Of course.
Help her.
[Bengu on TV] Maqoma says
choose between a flawed system
and a perfect one.
But there is no perfect system.
Murdering a man on TV,
the anarchy this will cause
will destroy who we are.
[laughs]
Only the rule of law keeps us safe.
[Harvey] Shut up!
Shut up.
Something you want to add, Allan?
Help him. Help him.
Allan Harvey.
Stand and address the court.
Talk to the people.
How do you plead?
[suspenseful music playing]
[Harvey sniffling]
[exhales deeply]
Guilty.
[hostages gasping]
[crowd cheering] Viva Azania!
Of course he's guilty.
-Yes. -[crowd chanting] Viva!
I thought you were against all of this.
Not all of it.
[crowd chanting] Viva Azania!
[Maqoma] Well…
Now we know how Harvey would plead.
Guilty.
[Uhuru panting]
Keep voting.
[hostages gasp]
We'll be back in a few minutes for the final results.
That's it. I'm voting.
[woman] You've never voted in your life.
Yeah, well, I'm voting now.
[woman] Max, this isn't a joke. You can't vote to kill somebody.
[laughing] It's just… It's so easy for you.
You can just pack up and go live with your aunt in Australia,
but the rest of us have to stay here and live with this shit.
[woman] I'm taking a shower. Lock up when you leave.
[door closes]
[gasps]
[breathlessly] Okay. Please work.
-[panting] -[dial tone]
[telephone dialing]
[phone ringing]
-[Julie] Julie. Hello? -It's me.
-Karabo, are you okay? -[Karabo] They're not heroes.
I need you to get me on the news.
I need to tell everyone what's really going on in here.
Okay. Okay, stay on the line.
You will not believe this.
We've hit a million votes to kill Harvey.
Let's go to an ad break.
Keep voting.
[Julie] Baby, I've got Karabo on the line.
They've killed at least two people.
-They're sociopaths. -They're freedom fighters.
[Karabo] He ordered my death.
He ordered them to put a bullet in my skull--
I don't believe you.
[sighs] Julie.
Baby's in on this. He's working with them. He told them stuff about me.
-Whoa! -[Karabo] You are working with them!
You sent us in here knowing what would happen.
Baby, tell me that's not true.
What proof does she have?
-Baby! -It's not true, Julie. Jesus!
If you're not working with them, you can put me on air.
This is my studio, and I make the decisions here.
Baby, listen to me.
If they're willing to kill journalists for telling the truth--
[Baby] This is the first step to cleansing the mess that our world is in.
You-- You live in a fucking penthouse in Sandton.
You know nothing about the mess.
Oh, and you do?
[in Zulu] Whitey?
-[in English] Baby! -[Baby] And Julie.
For the record, you work for me,
not that underage white bitch.
[phone beeps off]
[clicks tongue]
Julie.
I'm still here.
He's manipulating all of us. Please, do the right thing.
Okay.
Okay. Listen up, everyone.
Who wants to talk to my girl on the inside?
[tense music playing]
[Mashaba] Get out.
Someone has been running this from the top.
I wanna know all about the man behind this shitshow.
This will get you killed, Mampho.
[Mashaba] Move.
How is this connected to my husband?
[Hassen] It's not connected to your husband.
Azania said it is.
-And he knows all about me. -I'm telling you the truth.
[sighs]
[Mashaba] I know that you report directly to Abel Kunene.
You are part of this.
You're making a mistake, Mashaba. [grunts]
[Hassen grunts]
-[cuffs zip] -[Hassen grunts]
[Hassen exhales roughly]
You killed my daughter,
and there will be justice.
You will talk.
We have just learned that Karabo Friedman,
the Truth Media journalist who was earlier wounded by the police,
is able to talk to us from within the court.
Controversially, it would seem that Truth Media are refusing to take her call.
-[sound distorts] -[muffled roaring]
[Pinky, muffled] Hey.
I'm sorry about Itu.
[muffled roaring stops]
Did you know Busi's husband is the security guard that died?
Who's Busi?
Our maid.
Oh.
[reporter on TV] Karabo, what's the situation like on the inside?
[Pinky] Don't you want to see what happens with the vote?
This is Karabo Friedman, reporting from the main criminal courthouse.
Please listen to me.
Azania Maqoma is a murderer.
Find out where she's making that call from.
I've just been informed of something very distressing.
A journalist we've just fired
is making up stories on our rival channels.
[Karabo] He has sanctioned the death of two security guards,
ordered my death for discovering the truth…
[Baby] We refused to broadcast her
because she had no proof of anything she was saying.
Truth is she's a bloody agent.
Next thing, she'll be starting to make personal accusations
claiming I'm somehow in bed with Bab'Maqoma
just because I support him.
[Karabo] Before you vote,
the question you have to ask yourself is,
could you pull that trigger?
Could you kill a man in cold blood?
-[banging on door] -[man] Open the door!
[banging on door]
Voting yes is pulling that trigger.
She's just trying to save an old white racist.
And we all know why.
[Karabo] This isn't even about Allan Harvey.
This is about who we are as a nation.
[Baby] Azania Maqoma is a hero,
a man who's willing to do what we cannot.
Could you kill that man?
And if you could,
how are you different to Allan Harvey?
[pastor in Tswana] In our country's dark hour,
grant the people wisdom to do the right thing.
Let's bow our heads and thank God for his grace.
May your grace be upon us, all of our days.
[Maqoma in English] One minute to 5:00,
and the people are speaking.
Death to the system.
Death to Allan Harvey.
Viva Azania. Viva.
[chanting] Viva Azania! Viva Azania!
[chanting continues]
[cheers and applause]
This morning, you didn't know who I was.
But now you are led.
You are led.
Your voice matters.
You matter!
Sacrifice Harvey for our birth to begin.
Commander.
[clock ticking]
Vote's closed.
Let's find out, shall we?
[suspenseful music playing]
[dramatic music plays]
[people clamoring]
-[sighs] Thank God. -What?
[people shouting]
-[in Zulu] He's crazy! -[people booing]
[menacing music playing]
[in English] Okay, let's hope the bloody circus is over.
Tomorrow back to normal, people.
-Are you coming for a drink at Katzy's? -Of course I am. I need to.
[screams]
[dramatic music playing]
[hostages screaming]
[gun fires]
[gun clicking]
-[Harvey shouts] -[gun fires]
[Shaka and Harvey grunting]
[Maqoma] Come here.
-[grunts] -[hostages screaming]
[shouts]
[Maqoma shouting]
[gun fires]
-[Maqoma shouts] -[Harvey grunts]
[Maqoma and Harvey grunting]
-[Harvey grunting] -[gun cocks]
[Uhuru] Enough!
[Harvey crying]
The people have chosen.
It's time we stop this madness.
You challenged me, and you lost.
In fact, you were sent to finish the journalist,
and you come back wounded.
And no Tee-Kay.
The conclusion is simple. You betrayed us.
No.
You betrayed us.
You did. When you ordered me to kill innocent people.
-[gun fires] -[hostages scream]
Get this Judas away from me.
Get this thing out of my sight!
No one is innocent!
No one!
-Don't you look at me. -[hostages scream]
[Maqoma] Don't you look at me.
Don't you look at me. I did this for you!
I did this for the people!
[voice breaking] And they betrayed me!
[quietly] They betrayed me. They betrayed me.
We never needed to win this one.
Allan Harvey was always just a smoke mirror.
Allan Harvey had to die. [panting]
I gave them a choice.
I gave them true democracy.
This is democracy.
[menacing music playing]
[laughs]
Abel was right.
They don't deserve it. They don't.
I have a plan to get us out of here.
But we'll need him
and the boy.
[gun fires]
[sentimental music playing]
-[metal rattling] -[Hassen grunting]
Somebody must have seen General Hassen.
No, sir.
[groans] Today really is a shining example of order and excellence.
-What about his car? -Still in the lot, sir.
Oh, for God's sake.
And General Hassen?
Uh, Minister Kunene.
General Hassen seems to have disappeared about 35 minutes ago.
I'm taking over the operation
until the general is found.
Well, perhaps… perhaps I should call the Minister of Police.
You don't think he knows I'm here?
Because this situation is no longer about policing.
-[Numoor chanting] -[Abel] Now, get me up to speed.
-Of course, sir. Uh… -[chanting continues]
This is the court building over here.
I'm gonna need you to think with your mind,
not your heart.
Harvey…
Welcome.
[tense music playing]
I…
I didn't have to kill your brother.
I could have just let him go.
-I want to go back and make it right. -[cries]
You can be redeemed, Harvey.
For Zoli,
for what you did to me,
for your wife.
Harvey, you can be a hero
and make everything right.
[gun cocks]
[Mashaba] Let's not do anything stupid.
[Mashaba grunts]
[Hassen grunts, pants]
I'm giving you five seconds to tell me what the fuck is going on.
They'll kill me.
-They'll kill my family. -Five…
-Four… -Mampho. Mampho.
-Three… -Wait. Just--
-Two… -Your husband.
Your husband was onto them.
Who's them?
[Hassen] The Numoor.
What?
-I'm talking about Minister Kunene. -The minister is Numoor.
-Why are they trying to kill each other? -The minister wanted to end the Numoor.
These are the survivors. He thinks they're doing this because of him.
That makes no sense.
You heard what they said.
Part one, phase two, all that crap.
[Numoor chanting]
You know they're planning something crazy.
-Crazier than taking over the court? -Yes.
You… You have to let me go.
Please, Mampho.
I can help you.
And you're right.
This is completely out of control. But it's not too late.
You're no criminal.
You're a good person.
You're a great officer.
-What would Jacob say? -[sentimental music plays]
-[Hassen] What would your daughter say? -[chanting continues]
We need to figure this out.
Okay?
Let's do that.
[sighs]
[Mashaba grunts]
[menacing music playing]
[Mashaba grunting]
-[gun fires] -[Hassen gasps]
You bitch.
[Mashaba panting]
[dramatic music playing]
-[music intensifies] -[muffled screaming]
[Wendell] That's when Hassen dismissed Brigadier Mashaba.
Damn it. They're online again.
Unmute that.
I apologize for losing my temper. It is not the Numoor way.
But the people have spoken.
Allan Harvey lives.
And now it's time for us to leave.
We wish
for an armored vehicle,
large enough to carry my Numoor away.
You let them leave,
I'll hand myself over
and free the hostages.
Refuse, and we will fight our way to freedom.
That is your choice.
Not ours.
[Baby] How could you, South Africa?
Our chance to take on the ways of the Numoor,
to cleanse our society.
Don't you see what we've lost?
[receptionist] Sorry. Excuse me, Officer.
-[in Zulu] You're under arrest. -Is this the South Africa you voted for?
[in Zulu] Don't fight me.
[Baby in English] What happened to freedom of speech?
This is what happens when fascists are in power.
[inhales]
You were like a son to me.
I treated you like my brother.
You were gonna sit at my right-hand side in the new world order.
The creed was not meant to rule.
We live in the shadows, Maqoma.
That's why we always lose.
That's why all the people we love die.
Life… [sighs]
Life is change, Uhuru.
[sighs]
[inhales] Just tell me the truth.
Am I wrong?
Was this really Suku's command?
[laughs]
[spits]
-You are no Numoor. -I'm beyond Numoor.
I will burn this earth to the ground and rebuild it in my image.
I will force you to show me how to prepare the powders.
Then,
my son,
I will eat your treacherous heart.
[Vanessa on radio] The truck is here.
Get ready.
Make sure he's ready to leave with us.
[dramatic music playing]
[sirens sounding in distance]
[Numoor chanting]
[chanting intensifying]
[hostages clamoring]
-[policeman] Judge Bengu, are you okay? -[Bengu] I'm fine.
Go! Go! Go!
I've got a suspicious taxi.
Focus on the Casspir.
Oh, for fuck's sake!
[Numoor chanting]
You figured out my plan yet?
We're going to take Azania to be questioned at the Union Buildings.
Uh, sir, protocol says that--
We are seconds away from a national state of emergency,
where intelligence will run this country.
So shut up and do as I say.
[Wendell] We didn't kill him, Mrs. Ndou.
You were there. You heard. Those weren't cops.
And Brigadier Mashaba's daughter was also killed today.
[tuts] For what it's worth,
I'm sorry.
[crying] Everybody's always sorry.
Thanks.
You can travel with him to the morgue if you'd like.
-I want to see him. -Busi.
If you see him like this,
you'll always see him like this.
Remember him like he was.
[Busi crying]
Thank you.
[Karabo sighs]
Hey. She's doing fine.
[Julie] You were so brave in there.
-[sighs] -[Julie] You okay?
Well, looks like we're both out of a job. [laughs]
-Yeah, a pretty hectic first day. -[Julie] Mm-hmm.
[sighs] Thank you.
Oh. Anytime.
[somber music playing]
Stop!
[gas hissing]
[police officer] Get out of the vehicle.
Get out!
[people coughing]
Stop right there.
What is Allan Harvey doing here?
-[gun fires] -[people gasping]
[police officer] Don't shoot!
-Please, everybody, hold your fire. -[Numoor chanting]
[Maqoma] Would you like to be Numoor?
[chanting continues]
[police officer] Drop the gun! Do it now!
-[dramatic music playing] -[chanting continues]
[solemn song playing]
[fire whooshing]
[thunder rumbling]
[access pad beeping]
[guard shouts]
[knocking on door]
[water stops running]
[knocking on door]
[Uhuru grunting]
No hospital.
W-what?
[Maqoma grunts]
-[door buzzes, opens] -[Maqoma spits]
[Abel] Out.
[door closes]
[Maqoma] Finally, come to do your own dirty work.
[Maqoma laughs]
[laughs]
The Numoor…
are pathetic.
We are about to trigger a state of emergency.
The Paladin are everywhere,
ready to start chaos on the ground,
so we can cancel the elections and take control.
You don't have to tell me your evil plans. [laughing] I already know them.
[Abel exhales]
Sit, please.
[sighs]
There'll still be a state of emergency,
but it won't be the leaderless chaos that you need.
You see, for the past six months,
my Numoor
have infiltrated all your cells.
So it'll be my people on the ground,
rallying the poor and the hungry
to my banner,
my cause.
But… but you're right.
[sighs] You're right.
The people can't think beyond 280 characters.
They don't deserve democracy.
It doesn't suit them.
They want to be led.
But it won't be you leading them, Abel.
I will.
-Never! -[Maqoma blows]
-[Abel gasps] -[muffled roaring]
[disembodied whispering]
This morning…
no one knew me.
But they know me now.
They follow me.
[door buzzes, opens]
They believe in me.
[man in Zulu] Hey, you!
[Maqoma grunting]
Boss, are you okay? Let's go.
-[Maqoma shouting] -[bones crack]
[gun fires]
[in English] Abel.
You still with me?
Greet Thandi for me.
[gun cocks]
[shouts]
[gun fires]
[dramatic song playing]
[earpiece beeps]
Initiate protocol ten.
[guns firing]
[knocking on door]
-[gun fires] -[Karabo gasps]
[man] You'll never escape us.
[shouts]
Today, you were given the opportunity to choose for yourselves.
But you chose wrong.
Now there's a new choice.
Rise up.
Rise up
and join my army.
[exploding]
[dramatic song playing]
Become Numoor.
[exploding]
Or become our enemies.
[exploding]
Welcome to the new world.
[exploding]
-[dramatic song continues] -[Numoor chanting]