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I ran past Devi Sankaree Govender from Carte Blanche and the anchor of the new Carte Blanche Consumer Thursdays at 19:00 on M-Net, who quickly stopped for a chat. Devi tells me that it's amazing to work on Carte Blanche Consumer and a TV show giving a real voice to viewers. I asked her how the past few months since January has been for her.
''It's been fantastic because we've grown a huge lot since January. What's been amazing for me is that we've really, really tapped into our market of viewers. We've always had people calling us and people begging us to do this story, or that story – and now we've been completely inundated by viewers. The quality of stories have absolutely been fantastic coming from our viewers. We've always thought we could research our own stories better ourselves. But a lot of our viewers who send us stories to Carte Blanche Consumer have all the records, they've kept everything, and they make it easy for us to tell and air their grievances with companies and service providers.''
Devi Sankaree Govender tells me although Carte Blanche Consumer is still finding its feet, its firing on all cylinders trying to get resolution for consumers who approach the show with a myriad of complaints. ''Carte Blanche Consumer is really only a few months old at this stage and the show is still finding its place,'' she says, ''but for Carte Blanche Consumer one thing has been very clear right from the beginning and that's ''go-go-go!'' for the crooks.''
ALSO READ: My January interview with Devi Sankaree Govender.
