Yahto Kraft – ‘Somewhere’

Based on the 1957 stage musical, West Side story follows the forbidden love between the young Tony and Maria who are from rival street gangs and different ethnic backgrounds.

In debt and in disarray; that’s the story of almost every municipality in the North West. As political parties battle it out for your votes, it’s a province on the brink of collapse. #CarteBlanche

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟵 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯. Khutsong near Carletonville on Gauteng’s West Rand is built on dolomite. It’s a soluble rock which means, over time, its structure is weakened by moisture in the ground, affecting its integrity and causing fractures and fault lines. Houses in the area are quite literally built on shaky ground. But, in Khutsong, there’s another problem: the cavities created by collapsing dolomite are being filled with sewage; a malodorous and disturbing clue about the danger underfoot. Apart from the giant sinkholes threatening to swallow the area, their contents point to the near-total collapse of the entire sewage system in the Merafong municipality. Carte Blanche visits a communi.ty living on the edge. Your favourite episodes are now available on Carte Blanche: The Podcast: https://bit.ly/PodcastCB

This story originally aired on 11 September 2022. It’s an early Cape Town morning and, as Advocate Jakes van der Merwe passes his hand over the base of his neck, he’s reminded by a small dent below his right ear of how close he came to losing his life. He was shot outside his home two years ago, a bullet hitting him in the neck. But he is not alone. In recent years, attacks like this have become an occupational hazard for members of Cape Town’s legal fraternity – some of them, deadly. In 2018, Advocate Pete Mihalik – who represented the alleged leader of the 28s gang – was killed outside his children’s school. His murder trial is now underway. Carte Blanche reports on lawyers under siege by Cape Town’s criminal underground. Your favourite episodes are now available on Carte Blanche: The Podcast: https://linktr.ee/carteblanchetv