Sunday's episode will also include a look at the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) political party.
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
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
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
