Thousands of people arrive in Cape Town every day. Most arrive through the airport. Some arrive by risking their lives at sea. During filming of acapetownstory, Sam and I spent time with the SAPS Marine Unit, patrolling the harbour and container port that sits at the heart of the city. It’s a side of policing that few visitors ever see. As we moved through the port, officers pointed out areas where people have hidden aboard cargo vessels in desperate attempts to enter the country. Some spend days exposed to the elements. Some don’t survive the journey. It was a sobering reminder that behind every statistic is a human being willing to take extraordinary risks in search of something better. The scale of the port itself was remarkable. Towering container ships. Kilometres of dockside infrastructure. An entire city within a city. And all of it requiring constant patrols, day and night. Watching the Marine Unit work was another lesson in how complex Cape Town really is. A city ...