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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2023
- 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟯 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯.
It’s a story that spans continents - from Europe to the USA, and to Kuruman in the Northern Cape. In 2004, Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg arrived in South Africa looking for manganese mining opportunities and a BEE partner to win the mining rights. Several politically connected entities jostled for the privilege, but one consortium stood out. It included the ANC's investment holding company, Chancellor House and the little-known Kuruman Community Trust. The consortium won the mining rights and Vekselberg invested $350 million to build the mine. Today, the mine is the third-largest manganese producer in the world and the shareholders should all be reaping the benefits. But that hasn’t been the case for the poor local villagers who are beneficiaries of the Kuruman Community Trust. While the politically connected earn millions from the mine, they’ve been reduced to little more than R1000 a year and an annual Christmas hamper. Believing they were simply used to acquire the mining rights, they survive on pensions and government grants in villages with no running water, no inside toilets, and no jobs. In this two-part investigation, Carte Blanche examines how the poor and disenfranchised were used to line the pockets of the rich.
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This is extremely heart breaking. I'm disgusted by the damage the ANC has done to our people and yet they continue to vote for them. ANC must fall and be jailed for their crimes against their citizens
No one goes to jail
They don't vote, that's the problem.
When people become disillusioned, they mostly don't vote for opposition.
They don't vote at all.
ANC is governing with 27% of the eligible adult population.
Hierdie land is besmett met Dom varke
Didn't Jan van Riebeeck predicted this?
they should all be arrested and charged with crimes against humanity........to say the least.
Yet people will still vote for the ANC!!!!!! WE NEED CHANGE!!!!
Biggest problem is that they are all the same. Every political party that is well known is riddled with holes
Their always do,just get some food hampers here and there
That's the problem with what I term, "open democracies". Any person has the vote simply because of their age and not their intellectual capabilities.
@xolaniwanda7592 Change is needed. DA needs to take control even if you think they have "holes".
All the complainants will again vote cANCer. They only get one thousand rand? Still better than us tax-payers who pays for the roads that these trucks destroys.
I worked at the FET College in Kuruman and we did outreach programmes in all those villages. The young people in those communities have so much potential and they are extremely eager to work and make something of themselves - we tried our best at our small campus to get them into the college with NSFAS and guess what when I left in 2016 we were one of the top FET campuses in the country because of those young people from the villages around Kuruman. The people of Kuruman are more valuable than all the minerals beneath the ground they only need opportunities and they will show you.
To ask the ANC government to do anything right, is like expecting an Elephant to fly like a bird.
The ANC are absolutely disgusting!
I desperately hope that people vote accordingly in 2024. 😣😣😔
😂😂
@@TheWfurst Let me spoil it for you. The very same people of areas like in Kuruman are the ones who are going to make sure the ANC remains at the helm. Provinces like NC, NW, Limpopo, EC have repeatedly gave the ANC their votes no matter how much the abuse they get from them.
Lol
ANC has failed its people period
It's worse than the previous regime
Masa always gets the difficult assignments. A great presenter and always straight forward and honest
And she excels in her work fantastically.
Yes she is the best presenter on CB by far.
Journalism at its best!
Please do not stop here with the investigation and exposure of all this corruption, you guys are doing such a great job and these criminals must answer to the law and pay the people what is due to them. Thank you Carte Blanche.
You vote dirt in... You get dust out. Well done to everyone who still votes ANC.
😢
Even if you voted DA, VP, NA…it’s irrelevant…they’re ALL like this. Carrying on apartheids legacy of dehumanisation.
You want us to vote for apartheid?
@@Jay-rd3hn did I say that? I don’t want apartheid either. Don’t assume that I’m some racist white guy.
But ya let’s all carry voting for the guys who steal all the money.
@@Jay-rd3hn No but perhaps Vote for a better Country :(
The president needs to answer for this.
That big nose wont answer to anything
Which president, do we even have a president, o wait, he will be very suprised by this because he know nothing happening in this country
Does he ever answer for anything?
Our president is in Russia discussing what else is on sale in South Africa
This program must have a open time slot people need to see how evil ANC is to there own people 😢
I wish it was on Sabc
If it was on sabc the corruption in state owned entities will degrade this great show
IT IS JUST SUCH A PITY THAT WITH THEIR EVIL LIES THEY STILL MANAGE TO GET TO THE UNEDUCATED AND UNENLIGHTENED - THEY TREAT PEOPLE LIKE DIRT AND COME THE NEXT ELECTION MANAGE TO WIN THOSE SAME PEOPLE OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN
Craig Hodgson’s performance piece 2011 said it all -
‘Let them eat Pap’
A crime against our people.
The ANC is apparently broke, so where did all the money go. I think it is time that the citizens of SA learn what is happening with the money!
They live like billionaires! Look at the way they dress! The cars they drive! Where they holdiday and eat! They have no idea how to make money or grow money! Nothing but thieves! As soon as the dosh from schemes come in, its spent!
Utterly hateful creatures without a conscience or any empathy! The worst of humanity!
The ANC and it's supporters are Conspicuous Consumers. As a result, no amount of money will satisfy the need to show other people they have access to money.
This is a shame. Thank you carte blanche for showing us this. Now I know who not to vote.
Only now😮🤔
You did not go to school if you can be swayed by only one unfortunate news, there's no political party on earth without criminals so just forget about voting because that's how you verify whom to vote.
You also know who's not going to vote.
this is why I stand with people of Xholobeni,Bizana Eastern Cape. Gwede Mantashe tried so many times to convince them to give the land to the American company promising them jobs !!!!! iminqundu . I stand with my people!!
What's stopping them from developing their own land?
@@TempleBikes the land is developed they want to move them from that land
@@world-widenewtrendingsongs8247 sorry, the Eastern Cape is developed, please quantify that statement.
@@TempleBikesthe people are farming on the land the eastern cape are made up of villages so these villages are being used for farming
The people in the eastern cape have money the just choose to live the way they live its simpler for them
It's the people in the towns that are really struggling
Great upload🎉 citizens need to go out and vote for governance 🙏 there is no need for all this poverty in SA whils the ministerial are getting super rich and supposed to be public servants😢how do government assets land up in the hands of cadres🤔the corruption destroyed SA and the citizens.
People are loyal to colour of skin more than competence
This is very true, voting in SA is mostly race dependent. A significant reflection of the lack of reconciliation. That's why after ANC it's going to be the EFF unfortunately.
@@fxwic5072 don't think so! The New World Order is coming for us and politicians are puppets for 💰💰💰 and all citizens will be slaves of dictatorship as Mandela and then Ramaphosa signed the New World Order 😭
@fxwic5072 But do you blame them? You guys love acting like Apartheid was a million years ago & it really wasn't. Worse, most white people are still racist. I won't even go into the institutionalized racism that still exists.
So obviously the majority(black poor people) still don't trust white people because when has "white competence" genuinely & equally served the black population in history of our country or anywhere in the world generally?
We should not be voting for political parties, and let them choose who should represent our communities. We should be voting for competent, trustworthy individuals that we know in our communities and send them to parliament.
The ANC doesn't care about anyone either than themselves, so disgusted!
The African mindset is a dangerous and selfcentered one . From Cape town to Cairo no African country is doing well after the Aluta
Also, can we play this segment on a loop at every bus stop, garage and sign board across this country?
If you see the two key words ANC and Zuma you must know that the third word linked is CORRUPTION
Anc voters favourite president ironicly. Hand off zuma he did nothing wrong. Hee hee hee
The all fckn politicians are corrupted its easy to bribe the negros to do your duties as a western world or Asian force
Go ANC...keep voting for these guys ANC voters. Stupidity has no limits!
Leave Zuma out of this 🤬 he has been fighting for black people by starving old people
Strange coincidence that all South Africa's presidents have been accused of corruption, but non of the National Party presidents were, yet De Klerk and his cadre were the most corrupt politicians in South African history.
so glad this is on youtube for everyone to see
And the community will still vote the ANC into power again and again and again... suffering is a choice!
Unfortunately they don’t realise that even if they are members of the ANC they can vote for anyone else.
I dnt think people vote for ANC, they by the votes.
TRUE BUT I WONT VOTE ANC OR MAYBE NO PARTY LESSER VOTES THEN
@@theamuller7696 if you like living in the Western Cape, or if you've ever been here and think it's a decent place, it's because it's DA run, give the country a chance and vote DA.
I dont know i asked help from DA Wereby i was in a car accident while on duty and therefore the state put me on pensioen no compensation i cant been on pension when declared 100% medical unfit DA not intrested to help also FV therefore i will see party that will help and then vote for them that really concerene about people
I'm shocked and disgusted by what I've just viewed. The world is growing more and more evil by the day. Mankind thinks it can save itself but yet fail to take care of its own. I believe in the hereafter. The people involved in exploiting others and enriching themselves will face the consequences. If not in this life, then the next. This is beyond sad and shame. 😡😡😡
The community was entitled to R300 million+ stolen by the local individual who claims ownership of the Trust. The Russians paid out the money to the trust according to the financials. So, the local guy is the one at fault here. And who's he linked to? Yep, the same ANC that promised a "Better Life for All" in 1994. Well, is it? Your vote next year can change this, just saying...
They will all still vote ANC.
@@TempleBikeswere you a fly on the wall when they cast their vote?
@@penekedirero4636 I didn't need to be, I just Googled what party governs their part of the country, it's overwhelmingly ANC, which is why they're been robbed the way they are: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_West_Provincial_Legislature
Masa is a true professional. I’m sure she’ll be on a bigger stage before long.
Please do a follow up on this sad storie. Thank you Carte Blanche.
This should be shown on all tv Channels, so all the ppl who voted can see it, not all ppl have DSTV please consider before the next vote! Everyone has a right to know!
Thats why they tried to invade Botswana mining industry in 2019 but Batswana stopped them at the ballot box. 😢
This is truly sad. Taking care of the basics is what they have failed to do.
Building a few roads, proper housing for the beneficiaries. Those are small things comparing to how much this individuals take home every month. This is just Greed.
Ask all those people who they voted for in the last election. Go ahead. I'll wait.
LOL. We get the leadership we ask for.
The ANC needs to be punished come 2024, pls guys.🙏
Plz! But you know south africans will still vote for anc even though this party is the cause of their suffering
@@manero7634 We are voting them OUT, but we are not voting for DA
Big time ...nd we have the power
Appalling exploitation of poor and marginalised people. This is even worse when you think how the ANC constantly says it is on the high moral ground and there to help these very same people who are the victims of their greed.
Problem is NOT the ANC, we have a problem with the majority of the voting electorate. I wonder when we will take responsibility for our own actions!
Almost all humans take responsibility for their actions after it is too late. Look at history, it is full of examples. 😉
No surprise at all, hopefully they will go out and vote for someone other than the ANC.
They'll vote for the EFF and that's even worse!
we cannot get worse than this.....
@@pieterduplessis6906 Actually it can, which is truly scary.
And the ANC and Russia get richer and richer. If you vote for ANC or the EFF you will end up where these preople are. This is so very very sad
And I suppose we must vote for the DA? 😂
ANC again.. Come 2024!
This reminds me how my community was promised a new clinic. Our elderly were gathered and shown plans for the new clinic. Work was begun foundations dug. A few weeks later the foundations closed up and instead they removed the old fence which was okay and a new fence erected. In place of a new clinic as shown in the plan they installed containers
And once again, Anc silence on the matter is deafening...Come on Fikile, we need answers!
Lets remove these criminals forever, they must become just a bad reminder in our history books.
Excellent insert; top calibre journalism. I recall how in the 1990s everyone talked about the weekly Carte Blanche inserts uncovering corruption etc. Today noone bothers anymore. It's as if we've become desensitised to the rampant corruption and plundering perpetrated by the cANCerous regime that took over from Mandela after 1999.
Greed is permanent slavery
Very interesting stories as usual. It’s very sad when a community is taken advantage off, especially by its own government 😢. People should rise up ⬆️
People should perhaps stop voting in this government.....
All animals are equal, but the pigs are more equal.
Precisely
Animal farm
I was about to say the same thing
The Northern Cape situation is really bad especially job opportunities I'm from Postmasburg originally where Anglo-America is located but opportunities to become part of such a big company is very slim
You need multiple companies to drive employment, not one per town. Unfortunately only bee tendaprenuers get awarded tenders than can drive large companies and they, as we all know, just steal the money, sambonani Africa style. Enjoy the joblessness wena, enjoy the life you and your parents and grandparents keep on voting for :)
... When the poor run out of pap to eat they will eat the rich ...
Very soon that's going to happen.
There is not enough rich to eat. Some have emigrated and many are to follow.
This is a microcosm which narrates the entire story of the modern day ANC.
So true!
They should stop making children until they are on they feet. Then only can you make children. Now the government must look after people. It will never work. With all respect
Not relevant here.
@@mercymsezeni838 Unfortunately it is, no children means less stress and suffering but it doesn’t work like that in Africa
It is not relevant.
Let me make an example, i come to your house, rent out your garage promising you a cut. When you agree and its making money. I give you R12 a year.
The rest of the money is for me and my friends.
You dont even get to see how much rent im charging the tenants.
So whether or not you have kids… im still taking you for a ride with your own garage.
Cry the beloved country 💔
Woza 2024...there will be vote ringing on a scale never seen before. These guy's are master's of the dark art's.
Eish, ANC is no joke: its leaders will become very upset about this new finding.
It's crooked leaders
Would like a follow up on this case
Ok Carte Blanche, Russians played the card they were delt. As South Africans our issue is with the ANC and the leaders. Everyone from the outside plays the card delt by the dealer (ANC people)
I am a clairvoyant I knew who the Culprits would be.
Tell me more please
Lol
Man this is heartbreaking. 😞
How are we surprised at this point?!? You know what continue voting for the ANC, you deserved what you get!
Those people have absolutely nothing to complain about, THEY voted ANC, THEY deserve the results of that vote.
A true success story indeed. Looting success.
Viktor is Russian mos, yanong BEE and South Africa how does he enter or become a major benefactor (49%)?! The corruption in this country will give you hypertension tjo! Batho ba Kuruman bone nix (8%)💔 | Haven't we had enough of the rampant corruption?? 💔😢
The ANC has to be stopped. All these opposition parties must sort their differences and do it for the country. We can't continue like this.
Lol just keep voting anc.
😂😂😂😂😂😂Haai nee
Ja this is what happens if u take a free T-shirt!!!!!! All they do something is keep the big money for themselves and u get nothing. Nothing. Open your eyes man!!!!!!!!
Our rulers are simply evil😢
Come next election they will vote for more poverty and the cycle will carry on and on and on
Please share this at sabc. The people neeeeed to see this. This is hectic
Well now my question is who did these people vote for?
We'll ask them to vote for the DA...
For sure ANC they voted
LOL SO WE SHOULD VOTE DA??? COME ON BE REALISTIC
Oh, this is great breaking. Politicians are selfish. I hope the community fights for what belongs to them & vote differently come 2024
The issue is the community’ education level, at the beginning they had leverage and should have negotiated better. It’s more like regardless of mining or not they will still be poor as they’ve no skills and means to mine manganese.
With all your education you cannot vote for any other party but da and vf
@@penekedirero4636 African politics, unfortunately the social side of things tend to decide who the winner is; the voters don’t care about education. All that matters is how much they feel connected to their representative. In this instant though they had leverage and if they were educated, that is, understand what mining needs to operate like resources etc, they should have forced the consortium to say buy them trucks and the community runs them and they get paid. Instead they expected these crooks to do everything for them and all they do is sit at home and expect money to come through.
So basically you're saying "Let them eat pap" because they aren't educated!
That's a rather ignorant perspective.
@@Dude-1689 well what’s wrong with pap? They don’t want to eat prawns, bluefin tuna and crayfish either. All I said was they got taken advantage of(even though they could have negotiated better at the beginning). Btw they will still vote for ANC once again next year.
Why should they get anything? What am I missing?
Everyone who still vote anc should also be blamed.
AND YET THEY STILL KEEP VOTING FOR THAT GOVT!!! ...30 YEARS ON, how flippen sad!
Yoh this is very hurtful to witness
this is the reality of ANC governance
Is anyone surprised
#ANCMUSTFALL
This is sad, the community is not benefiting anything
Very sad!!! Still people are going to vote ANC. When are you going to learn??? How long still?
The people from Kuruman got played, and played well. No surprise here, the russians and the shareholders are the only ones gaining. It is amazing that a sanctioned russian is welcomed on our shores. WITH OPEN ARMS, I might add.
ANC comrat corruption.
They got what they voted for.... what more do they want........ vote ANC out and things will change, but I guarantee they will keep voting ANC so I really don't care
U vote for anc ..u must eat pap 😂
My goodness, the criminals who lead this country have no hearts or shame. They simply don’t care whether other people live or die, as long as they are rich
It was not Russia that supported our struggle. It was the USSR.
money maketh the evil... this program is brilliant in exposing, i just Pray that theres punishment in each case.
Corruption = poverty, crime, pain and no education
I'm kicking myself for being shocked. but I"m shocked - The ANC!
Great Story to be told the truth.
This is exactly what Gwede Mantashe is trying to do at Xolobeni, Bizana in the Eastern Cape...Please my people dont give us ,we musnt give them that land please!!!! msoon weANC
Keen to see which way the community votes come the next election.
And the trucks transporting this manganese to the ports damage and tear up our roads and cause many accidents in the process. Who has to pay for this via RAF and other taxes is the South African taxpayers
aaah BEE another great idea invented by the anc
ANC voters are like a super fan of a specific football club. Even if their team is losing year on year, they will stay and hope for a brighter future that won't come. Sad and true.
This CZcams channel is underrated
THIS IS REALLY HEARTBREAKING.
Its giving Zimbabwe
Sad indeed,but I guarantee you,ext election they will vote for the same party
@6:05 The camerawo/man made a statement that cannot be disputed regarding life of the villagers out there. For those with limited Setswana please ask your Batswana friends or relatives. Ga go bonolo out there 🤕
Let's all register to vote
This is ridiculous 😡, this is a injustice to the people of the northern cape
WHOMEVER GOING TO VOTE THE ANC THIS YEAR WILL BE A FOOOL FOR LIFE
This story reminds me of the new movie Oppenheimer. Bright ideas that squeezed out of community into the hands of government wants it all and take it for themselves for greed and power. Absoulte power corrupts all.
Eye-opening indeed.
This is so sad to watch. The people on the ground still getting the shorter end if the stick. 2.4Bilion a year..........
ANC just never stops shocking us