Carte Blanche: Refinery for R1 – WATCH

The 28 September episode of Carte Blanche delves into the controversial sale of a broken-down oil refinery in South Durban, which the South African government purchased for just one rand, effectively absolving two global oil companies of responsibility for decades of environmental damage.

The deal has left residents outraged, with one man’s lifelong fight for compensation now embodying the community’s broader struggle for justice. As suspicions mount, the one-rand transaction has sparked a pressing question: what’s really behind this refinery sale?

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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