Dying to eat | Carte Blanche | M-Net

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟲 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯. In a quiet, isolated village in the Eastern Cape, nurses prepare for the day shift at a local clinic. Tholeni near Gcuwa in the Eastern Cape is one of the most impoverished villages in the area - unemployment is high and most families rely on grants for survival. But last year, even the government-sponsored social relief and food parcels couldn’t save seven children from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). The children died within three months of each other. Theirs are the tragic faces of an under-reported and existential crisis in the country’s poorest regions: kwashiorkor, a painful condition often affecting children starved of proper nutrition. In South Africa, among the two wealthiest countries on the continent, around 15 000 children required hospitalisation because of the condition. It’s a crisis of hunger that’s spread throughout the country and government seems powerless to respond. Carte Blanche investigates. Your favourite episodes are now available on Carte Blanche: The Podcast: https://linktr.ee/carteblanchetv --- Visit the Carte Blanche official site: https://mnet.dstv.com/show/carte-blanche Find us on Catch Up: https://bit.ly/32VvbU5 Stream the show live on DStv Now: https://bit.ly/3l92LhH Watch more series and movies on Showmax, start your 14-day free trial here: https://bit.ly/36PFSr0 Get DStv: https://bit.ly/3edx58V Like Carte Blanche on Facebook:   / carteblanchetv   Follow Carte Blanche on Twitter:   / carteblanchetv   Be a fan on Instagram:   / carteblanchetv   #carteblanche #southafrica #news #humanrights #hunger #malnutrition #child #childwelfare #childcare #easterncape #healthcare #socialdevelopment #investigation