Carte Blanche coming up: Mossville’s survival

The Sunday, 22 February episode of Carte Blanche travells across the Atlantic Ocean to uncover a troubling story of poisoned land, lost heritage and corporate legacy in a small but historically proud community in the southern United States.

The town, home to descendants of freed slaves, now fights for survival as it confronts the expansion of a South African petrochemical giant that promotes transformation and empowerment in its home country.

Residents say chemical pollution has harmed their health and eroded their quality of life, while the company steadily buys up properties, swallowing the community street by street.

As families demand fair compensation for their homes and accountability for the environmental impact, they struggle to preserve their heritage against what they describe as an existential threat to their town’s future.

Credibility among South African viewers

Carte Blanche is a South African investigative journalism television series that airs on M-Net every Sunday at 19:00.

Its first episode aired on 21 August 1988 and over the last 34-plus years has earned credibility among South African viewers for its investigation into corruption, consumer issues, and current events.

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