Coming Up on Carte Blanche this week is the future of Durban’s iconic beachfront amidst escalating crime, bio farming, hijacked buildings and South Africa’s genius children.

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Goodbye Durban?

Holidays are approaching with an estimated 2-million holidaymakers descending on Durban’s beaches. But the once beautiful sandy beaches are now littered with heroin needles and shards of broken glass from bottles smashed to make crack pipes. In the midst of this, the City is planning an R39-billion facelift along the coastal promenade. Carte Blanche investigates how Durban’s beachfront precinct could put the health and safety of visitors at risk. (Producer: Jacqui Jayamaha, Presenter: Claire Mawisa)

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Bio Pharming

Vaccines and antibodies growing in plants? That’s the revolutionary disruptive development that a hydroponic farm in the Cape is pioneering. The traditional method of producing vaccines and antibodies has always been in living systems – bacteria, yeast and eggs – now tobacco plants have become the conduit for creating life-saving vaccines. It’s a development so remarkable, that it could help wipe out African Horse Sickness, a disease so deadly it’s a scourge for horses in Sub Saharan Africa – and it’s only the beginning. (Producer: Diana Lucas, Presenter: Derek Watts)

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#Biopharming is a faster, safer and cheaper way of producing pharmaceuticals like antibodies and vaccines in plants – a truly disruptive and home-grown technology. @DerekWatts finds out more this Sunday at 7pm on #CarteBlanche @MNet channel 101. #biopharms pic.twitter.com/ibQbNAltpz

— Carte Blanche (@carteblanchetv) November 14, 2018

Eviction Nightmares

Homeowners and landlords across the country are struggling to evict illegal tenants – but has the law failed them? Carte Blanche investigates why four court-ordered evictions have not been enough to get illegal, non-paying tenants out of marathon runner Thulani Sibisi’s dream home. Now a Gauteng-based attorney is fighting to change the law that currently appears to favour tenants rather than property owners. (Producer: Graham Coetzer, Presenter: Derek Watts)

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#CarteBlanche this Sunday: @clairemawisa’s in #Durban to look at the growing crime rate. @DerekWatts looks at #biopharming for vaccines in Cape Town. Property owners are left powerless when faced with illegal, non-paying tenants. And we meet some of SA’s child #geniuses. @MNet pic.twitter.com/aVTkdmSWQm

— Carte Blanche (@carteblanchetv) November 16, 2018

Child Geniuses

They’re rare, highly intelligent and often years ahead of their age. Child geniuses are not only an overseas phenomenon – South Africa has a number of exceptional young minds. From an extraordinary 10-year-old mathematician to a 14-year-old scientist on the cusp of technological development – these children are competing with adults at the highest levels. Carte Blanche meets these brilliant prodigies. (Producer: Eugene Botha, Presenter: Derek Watts)

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