In 1987, a
young Canadian couple was brutally murdered in the USA. For 31 years,
the case remained unsolved while the murderer walked free. That was
until a chance DNA connection to his cousins, led a team
of investigators using a new crime solving technique called genetic
genealogy, right to the killers’ door. Carte Blanche uncovers how
international detectives are now solving cold case crimes.
Producer: Eugene Botha
Presenter: Derek Watts
Fake Gluten-Free Labels – Innocent Mistake or Food Fraud?
Does eating
bread made from wheat, rye and barley give you cramps, bloating,
diarrhoea and even headaches? While there’s little scientific consensus
on the prevalence of gluten sensitivity, South Africa has
joined the global trend to go gluten-free, with consumers willing to
pay a premium for gluten-free goods. But for someone with coeliac
disease, less than half a teaspoon of wheat could potentially be enough
to cause serious illness. Carte Blanche takes to
the laboratory to investigate the consequences when bakers commit
gluten fraud, falsely labelling bread as gluten-free, when it isn’t.
Producer: Lightning Tree Stories
Presenter: Claire Mawisa
Duzi River Disaster
In a river
long plagued by pollution that threatens the largest canoe marathon in
Africa, a toxic spill of 1,6 million litres of corrosive sludge into the
iconic Msunduzi is the worst disaster in three decades.
We travel to the Willowton Plant in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
where edible oils are manufactured and a storage tank filled with
cooking oil crumbled, taking down with it a second container filled with
caustic soda. Despite the efforts of hundreds of
clean-up volunteers, the milky sludge has flowed nearly 70 km into the
Inanda dam outside Durban, suffocating fish and rendering the water
unusable for the communities who depend on it. eThekwini Municipality
has issued a health warning.
Carte Blanche asks what it will take for the river to recover.
Producer: Stenette Grosskopf
Presenter: Derek Watts
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