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...
‘My addiction to tik’

‘My addiction to tik’

Season 13, Episode 2 ‘There’s no gate going back out of smoking tik’ – but Nathan, who lives in the small Karoo town called Pearston, is fighting his way out of his dependence on tik (crystal methamphetamine). He tells of how personal struggles such as sexual...
Tales of Crime and Redemption

Tales of Crime and Redemption

Season 13, Episode 1 ‘A bullet hasn’t got a name and an address’ – Allan Rhebok, Cape Flats, South Africa Police corruption, gangsterism, prison, and the drug and gun trade weave a terrifying web of crime across the Cape Flats in South Africa....