Change? It’s up to us!

Change? It’s up to us!

Season 13, Episode 7 Are we brainwashed into a political structure where we are dependent on grants for everything and have lost self-sufficiency? Can South Africa be described as being ‘fragments of the past forging into the future’, or can it define...
Meth addiction in the Karoo

Meth addiction in the Karoo

Season 13 Episode 6   Addiction to crystal meth (tik) is usually linked to cities, poor townships, and gangsterism ─ and not with South Africa’s expansive rural areas such as the Great Karoo. This heartland of South Africa is associated with quiet dorpies, wide...
The disabled ride the waves

The disabled ride the waves

Season 13 Episode 5 Watch volunteers from the Roxy Davis Foundation assist people with disabilities get into the water and on a surfboard! With a greater risk of drowning and vulnerability against shark attacks, the para surfers talk about their daunting but...
Farmers battle power cuts

Farmers battle power cuts

Season 13, Episode 4 When electricians showed up to repair the municipal power lines, farmer Marius Theron and farm workers had to supply tractors and materials and assist the electricians with repairs. Farmers around Pearston in the Karoo describe the detrimental...
Loadshedding is killing us

Loadshedding is killing us

Season 13, Episode 3 ‘There’s no way a human being can sit without water for 7 days’, says Xoliswa Pisani from Pearston in the Eastern Cape. Water pumps do not work without electricity, and in this area it is not only Eskom who creates an...