Don’t Miss Carte Blanche This Week – Listeriosis, Rising EFF, Day Zero & Leaky Legacy
This Sunday’s episode of Carte Blanche is packed with all the latest hot topics in South Africa – Listeriosis, the rising EFF party, Cape Town’s Day Zero and Minister Nomvula Mokonyana’s ‘Leaky Legacy’. South Africans abroad can watch the show (and many more) by subscribing to Showmax International, where this episode will be available to stream from Tuesday 13 […]
This Sunday’s episode of Carte Blanche is packed with all the latest hot topics in South Africa – Listeriosis, the rising EFF party, Cape Town’s Day Zero and Minister Nomvula Mokonyana’s ‘Leaky Legacy’. South Africans abroad can watch the show (and many more) by subscribing to Showmax International, where this episode will be available to stream from Tuesday 13 March 2018.
Listeriosis
The Listeriosis outbreak has wreaked havoc across South Africa. Now with over 900 confirmed cases and 180 people dead including infants and children, the Health Department has finally made a breakthrough in finding the source of the deadly disease. As families come to terms with their devastating losses, could a major class action lawsuit be on the cards for those affected? (Producer: Kate Barry;Presenter: Devi Sankaree Govender;Researcher: Sinethemba Nogude)
Following the Department of Health’s announcement on the source of the deadly #listeriosis outbreak, @Devi_HQ asks: could Tiger Brands be facing a major class action lawsuit from those who lost loved ones as a result? #CarteBlanche Sun 7pm pic.twitter.com/1lYt2etLF0
— Carte Blanche (@carteblanchetv) March 8, 2018
Day Zero
The fear of the whole of Cape Town queuing for water galvanised residents into action – they brought down their water consumption to just over 500 million litres a day and pushed back Day Zero yet again through their concerted efforts. Some have developed innovative ways to use their swimming pools as reservoirs, while others are spreading their water saving solutions online. Pioneering water treatment is on the cards combining desalination and waste water, and boreholes are being sunk, but have all their efforts been enough to prevent the taps from running dry? (Producer: Liz Fish;Presenter: Derek Watts)
Capetonians have managed to drop their water consumption to just over 500 million litres, but is this enough? And what else is the City doing to keep the taps running? #CarteBlanche Sun 7pm @DerekWatts pic.twitter.com/kM3r3hoPnW
— Carte Blanche (@carteblanchetv) March 8, 2018
Leaky Legacy
Since 2014 Minister Nomvula Mokonyana has been the custodian of the country’s water resources. But just before the recent cabinet reshuffle, in which she was appointed to head up communications, her spokesman said the department had made great progress in supplying water to the unserved. But not everyone is impressed with the way she has managed her department. The Auditor General has questioned whether DWS is even a going concern, with billions recorded in irregular expenditure. Last week SCOPA chairperson Themba Godi had had enough, and when officials fumbled their answers, he closed the meeting and announced there would be a parliamentary inquiry and a criminal case opened against the department. (Producer: Joy Summers;Presenter: Derek Watts)
The Economic Freedom Fighters
They’re loud and abrasive and they’ve been disrupting South African politics since their inception. From pushing Jacob Zuma to pay back the money, free higher education and a constitutional amendment to allow for land expropriation without compensation – the Economic Freedom Fighters, are credited with changing the country’s political landscape. Carte Blanche analyses a political party on the rise.(Producer: Graham Coetzer;Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli)