Limpopo’s Great Thirst: Watch Carte Blanche, this Sunday 24 October 2021 at 19:00, only on M-Net
R E P O R T A G E
Elections Roadshow – Limpopo’s Great Thirst
Limpopo – named after one of South Africa’s great rivers – is largely a rural province with vast arable lands. It’s a haven for the farming of lucrative avocado trees and sits right on the doorstep of the Kruger National Park. It’s an area full of potential and municipalities here should be hard at work ensuring that service delivery is a priority. But after years of municipal mismanagement, basic services like clean running water, have become a scarce commodity in these parts. Most communities feel that they’ve been let down by their local government and even now, as the battle for their votes in the next elections rages on, there seems little hope that anything will change.
Producer: Sasha Schwendenwein | Presenter: Derek Watts
Spotted – White Tigers Next Door
In the wild, White Tigers are the ultimate predators, fearlessly stalking their prey for hours before ambushing them and going in for the kill. With their unusual white fur coats these ferocious hunters are in high demand from people wanting exotic pets, but they remain dangerous, wild animals. So, when a pre-school teacher in Boksburg, Gauteng noticed in horror a white tiger peeking through the fence into her creche, she raised the alarm. But, when certain conditions are met, there are no public health bylaws in the City of Ekurhuleni preventing anyone from keeping a wild animal in their own backyard. That’s no comfort to the fearful people who now count two tigers as next-door neighbours.
Producer: Busisiwe Gumede-Chizhanje | Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
I N V E S T I G A T E
A Place of Safety?
For almost a decade, 29-year old Shane Jordaan lived in a home for physically and mentally disabled people in Cullinan near Pretoria, but in June this year he disappeared without a trace. It was only five days later that his family received the devastating news, setting off a month-long search which ended in tragedy. Shane’s decomposing body was found just five kilometres from the care facility. The autopsy report revealed devastating injuries, but no-one knows what really happened to him. Now, more families are coming forward claiming that they too have lost their loved ones under suspicious conditions while in the care of this home.
Producer: Stenette Grosskopf | Research: Laura Byrne | Presenter: Derek Watts
A G R I C U L T U R E
Macfarlane Moleli: “High in protein and taste, snails have become a firm favourite across the world. Formerly a tiny industry locally, now snails are being bred right here in South Africa for global export – straight from our own backyard to the hors d’oeuvre table.”
Snail Power
On the menu in the fanciest restaurants in town, escargot is a delicious, mouth-watering delicacy but on a farm in the Western Cape, these humble snails are helping one family build an empire. With eggs that have become an indulgence, selling for up to R30,000 a kilo; shells used for compost; slime for cosmetics and meat that packs a protein punch, there seems almost no end to the value of snails.
So could these creature be the next farming frontier in South Africa?
Producer: Sasha Schwendenwein | Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
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