The Claws come out!

Justice can be difficult to come by for the adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. But one woman's quest to reckon with the past has revealed more victims and, together, they are facing off against the 80-year-old man they say molested them. In 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled these crimes can be prosecuted, no matter how long ago the abuse took place. Now, some remarkable adults are demanding a price for a childhood tainted by suffering. In collaboration with Primedia’s 567 Cape Talk, Carte Blanche meets three courageous women out for justice decades after suffering the abuse.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮. For centuries, humankind has been on an endless hunt for the Fountain of Youth. But perhaps it wasn’t a fountain we should have been looking for. A chance encounter with a remarkable plant with an ability to revitalise itself within a few hours of light rain brings hope. UCT Professor Jill Farrant is working to isolate the gene sequence of these plants to find out what secrets they could unlock. They’re called the Resurrection Pants, a very rare species seemingly able to come back from the dead. These plants are known to lose up to 95 percent of their water capacity, only to bloom back to life in as little as 12 hours after rain. So, could these plants be the real Fountain of Youth or perhaps reveal how we might survive the impacts of climate change?

They were diagnosed with rare diseases that medical aids should cover. But to their horror, their medical aid schemes declined their claims. Now, parents are fighting to save their children’s lives.

It’s a mega tailings dam on the gold fields to help clean up a century of polluting residue from mine workings. Now, a whistleblower breaks ranks about the risk perched above the Vaal River and the people who live and farm there. We investigate the unfulfilled promises and neglect by a leading mining company...