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11:17 thank you! Thank you Carte Blanche for the AMAZING journalism and letting South Africans know what’s going on in our country. Not even the dead is at peace, thank you anc!
The whole program was summed up in the last 10 seconds. When a resident casually urinates in front of the cameras on some loved ones grave. If there was ever a bigger insult, i have not heard of it.
I think we should have a parliament sitting with Carte Blache & several investigative journalists asking questions directly to the ministers; that would be interesting
@@corteztt518 Apartheid really took place and thousands were slaughter have the decency to let those who were affected by it speak about it whenever and however they want.
@@SpotonwithTP-qz6wq so these people are mismanaging the graveyards of people who died during apartheid and some disrespectfully sleeping on top of them; yet some idiot is using apartheid as an excuse to not clean them up?
We're overtaxed but still we must pay for private security, private Healthcare, private cemeteries. It is so disheartening what South Africa has become.
not just anc. The DA also never maintained the Howick, kzn cemetry. I had to bury my mother in the middle of an unkept cemetry, had to pay the funeral parlor extra to cut the grass a bit so they could bring the casket in. And to this day not even an apology even after bring this to their attention. All these parties are the same.
You'll be more shocked if you visit any province and see what the ANC has done to the people; the ANC is heartless, merciless and evil to say the least.
I’m very grateful for what you all do, it’s important to expose truth and bring issues to the attention of the people of our country. As saddening as it is, I think it’s important for us to all be aware of what’s going on around us. Well done!
This is sad people in the comments attacking and blaming government rightfully so, but at the same time making excuses for people building shacks in graveyards, when we have plenty of unoccupied land its embarrassing to say the least. Two wrongs don't make it right those people should be ashamed of themselves sies maan.
100% if we dnt respect our dead, who must respect them. We are the problem, we allow lawlessness and then point to another person. How do you build a shack on top of someone's grave and think that is okay.
Just to put things into perspective... If they paid a certain company R1million to maintain all 33 cemeteries and 1 crematorium... And that company does this cycle every 4 months, the municipality would have spent R30million in that decade. There is a whole R20million in excess that is not accounted for here and these people are lucky to maybe have the grass cut every 3 years.
It is deeply troubling to witness the construction of shacks on graves, as it reflects a profound disregard for the sacredness of the deceased and the legacy they leave behind. “When the dead are not honored, the living have lost their way,” as Lao Tzu reminds us. The desecration of burial grounds not only dishonors the memory of those laid to rest but also reveals a collapse of respect for life and heritage. “A society that does not respect its dead has no respect for life.” The graves, which should serve as places of reverence and reflection, are being treated as mere land, severing the sacred thread that binds generations. Such actions demonstrate a dangerous erosion of humanity and cultural values. “Those who desecrate the dead show contempt not only for the past but for humanity itself.” We must restore dignity to these spaces, for “the way we treat the dead reflects how we value the living.”
You simply cannot keep making the same mistake and expect a different outcome each time. These people vote the same each time and here we are again/still..
The whole country looks like this, shameful, and we want investors coming to SA. They can't even maintain cemeteries, let alone urban areas and supply clean water. Service delivery is a no show "No man to be trusted, everything's corupted once man touch it"
I was Speechless whilst watching this. Goosebumps, Disgust, Anger, Shocked, Perplexed and..and..and..😮 Useless incompetent hopeless Mayor incl predecessors. Urinating on sacred land!? AND they continue voting the same, Yohhh 😮
Watched this one with tears streaming down my face, my mom is burried in Haven Hills cemetery, Trees are growing in the cemetery. A few families going an cleaning the graves doesn't really help of the rest of the cemetery is not taken care of. At one point cemeteries would get burnt as means to cut grass. This is the case in most cemetries in and around East London. Sad sad one indeed.
More like survived, these people are so poor they just want to leave this prov. EL has been ignored since apartheid, only construction here is road maintenance, even then only the highways.
In essence i dont think they vote mate, anyway you would think da is smart enough to use this but nah in 10y only saw 3 da chaps who waved their flag from highway bridge and one mean look and they got into their posh car and drove off.
This is the South Africa of the Anc, with no barriers, no boundaries, no borders,no accountability, no measurements,no dignity, no Ubuntu, it's a state of disgrace
The mayor is a disgrace. She says she gets her information from the Daily Dispatch newspaper. She must go. Then, bcm increased the electricity surcharges on paying customers. Added around R430 per month on pre paying customers, and added 700 to 67, thus post paid customers now pay 767 per month, just to enrich the bcm crooks.
This is so painful. But I’m also side eying the locals. Growing up we would go to the graves of our relatives and clean it up ourselves. Even now we do the same and I’m talking about going to a gravesite also in the cities. Government needs to do better there’s no denying it but the dead are ours we also need to play a part in up keeping their final resting place.
The ANC is sending a strong message, they're saying "This is the respect we have for South Africans". When they say these kinds of things we must listen, it'll help us to make better decisions in future.
That mayor is cadre deployment at its finest. Must be the only mayor in the entire world who relies on the local newspaper to tell her what's going on in the area. Unbelievable. Big question - where is the money that has supposedly, according to her, been spent on upkeep of the graveyards? Such disrespect for the dead.
Thats another arrogance we experience daily from ANC leaders. Im not even surprised that she does not see anything wrong to get info from Daily Dispatch about Buffalo City wellbeing. South Africa will only move forward when citizens eventually vote out ANC without allowing them back in any form of help like GNU nonsense.
I dont think I could be more traumatized, after watching this. And big shoutout to the journalist for being the eye that lets us see that things like this are happening, an absolute failure of state.
How do people start an informal settlement? Where di they meet to discuss starting a new "area" Where did they live before. Im so angry, disgusted, and hurt. Couldn't finish the video 😢😢😢 STOP HAVING KIDS YOU CANT AFFORD!
I totally agree. I'm not a nasty or heartless person but stop dragging children through a life you yourself are suffering through! If I couldn't feed myself or put a roof over my head why on earth would I bring another person into this life to suffer the same fate?
Interviewer: Do you know the true state of the cemeteries Mam? Mayor: Yes I know them, I’m a mayor I go around and see them Govan: But you didn’t know the burners were off at the crematorium Mayor: no I did not know because it was not even in the daily dispatch . All in all, she is out of touch with reality and she doesn’t know the state that the cemeteries are in unless the daily dispatch says it. I doubt she even reads the newspaper!
Flippen bad if u ask Me, East London is my place of birth but I'll never move back the whole city is a mess Ppl in power are only their for a paycheck the mayor has no clue what is going on in her own city
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11:17 thank you! Thank you Carte Blanche for the AMAZING journalism and letting South Africans know what’s going on in our country. Not even the dead is at peace, thank you anc!
Back in the day when people were civilised, cemeteries were sacred and respected places
So true, today they rob you and leave you for dead when you visit the grave yard.
The whole program was summed up in the last 10 seconds. When a resident casually urinates in front of the cameras on some loved ones grave. If there was ever a bigger insult, i have not heard of it.
You're easily offended aren't you Rob. Don't take life so seriously son, one day you'll be pushing up daisies so take a chill pill and relax.
Can you imagine if that was the grave Chris Hani or Nelson Mandela what would happen, what the reaction would be?
You are spot on. That act of urinating on a grave on national television says it all!
@@Smart.Ventures Diabolical
They are always "hearing it for the first time"
Sickening
Exactly!!! She's obviously playing ignorant. It's all about not being bothered whatsoever as long as they get their salary at the end of the month.
I think we should have a parliament sitting with Carte Blache & several investigative journalists asking questions directly to the ministers; that would be interesting
This Mayor should be fired, period. Mismanagement, dereliction of duty....
They keep voting for the ANC!
You've beat me to it.
I was about to type the same thing
He dropped the apartheid into the conversation so that it dilutes the incompetence
@@corteztt518 Apartheid really took place and thousands were slaughter have the decency to let those who were affected by it speak about it whenever and however they want.
@@SpotonwithTP-qz6wq so these people are mismanaging the graveyards of people who died during apartheid and some disrespectfully sleeping on top of them; yet some idiot is using apartheid as an excuse to not clean them up?
And yet the same ANC can't even respect their former head of the Eastern Cape grave.
Carte Blanche !!! Thank you for the brilliant active journalism 👏
This mayor has no idea because she is truly not on the ground working.
She has a matric certificate?
I mean when the people reward you with landslide victories for not doing your job what do you expect?
@@Mantaray911makes no difference. Frankly they don’t care. Perhaps we should try a little cultural appropriation and also stop giving a f¥
This is how they spend coloured people's money. Shameless beings.
Sy lieg
One person once said "the leadership of a country is a reflection of its citizens".....
Or is not the other way around
@@senselessza1...is there any difference?🤔
@@vusimaseko7716 a fish rots from the head
@@senselessza1...it "rots from the head down"...☺️
We're overtaxed but still we must pay for private security, private Healthcare, private cemeteries. It is so disheartening what South Africa has become.
If people don’t respect the living, how can anyone expect them to respect the dead?
This was just heart breaking man
I cannot believe this? The disrespect, the lack of care for the living and the dead.
Key words: ".... we deploy these comrades to these positions...."! Therein is the problem!
South Africa....you have fallen way way down.....this poor country changed !!!!
Where have you been the past 20 years 😂
So sad ewuu 😢
I couldn't finish watching😢. This is heart breaking😢
It's the Mayor's response that infuriates me even more😤
Well done ANC!
not just anc. The DA also never maintained the Howick, kzn cemetry. I had to bury my mother in the middle of an unkept cemetry, had to pay the funeral parlor extra to cut the grass a bit so they could bring the casket in. And to this day not even an apology even after bring this to their attention. All these parties are the same.
Everytime I think We reached a new low. Nie man!
Videos about Eastern Cape shock me man
You'll be more shocked if you visit any province and see what the ANC has done to the people; the ANC is heartless, merciless and evil to say the least.
You often wonder what the PREMIER OF EASTERN CAPE DOING and his COUNSELORS are doing.
This is beyond despicable and embarrassing. The corruption knows no bounds ...... completely disgusting!!!
I’m very grateful for what you all do, it’s important to expose truth and bring issues to the attention of the people of our country. As saddening as it is, I think it’s important for us to all be aware of what’s going on around us. Well done!
She is so ignorant. I cannot believe she is oblivious. I have friends buried there and my dad was cremated there. I’d never chance a visit there 😢😢
She doesn't care.
She's thick
A clear sign of the state of leadership in the nation.
This is sad people in the comments attacking and blaming government rightfully so, but at the same time making excuses for people building shacks in graveyards, when we have plenty of unoccupied land its embarrassing to say the least. Two wrongs don't make it right those people should be ashamed of themselves sies maan.
100% if we dnt respect our dead, who must respect them. We are the problem, we allow lawlessness and then point to another person. How do you build a shack on top of someone's grave and think that is okay.
Just to put things into perspective... If they paid a certain company R1million to maintain all 33 cemeteries and 1 crematorium... And that company does this cycle every 4 months, the municipality would have spent R30million in that decade. There is a whole R20million in excess that is not accounted for here and these people are lucky to maybe have the grass cut every 3 years.
Why does no official check that the work is actually done !!!
It's all about having fingers in the pie!
Once again, corruption and greed.
For goodness sake build homeless shelters and then this won't happen
So disrespectful & dishonoring, V sad. How can municipality not care for the community?
It is deeply troubling to witness the construction of shacks on graves, as it reflects a profound disregard for the sacredness of the deceased and the legacy they leave behind. “When the dead are not honored, the living have lost their way,” as Lao Tzu reminds us. The desecration of burial grounds not only dishonors the memory of those laid to rest but also reveals a collapse of respect for life and heritage. “A society that does not respect its dead has no respect for life.” The graves, which should serve as places of reverence and reflection, are being treated as mere land, severing the sacred thread that binds generations. Such actions demonstrate a dangerous erosion of humanity and cultural values. “Those who desecrate the dead show contempt not only for the past but for humanity itself.” We must restore dignity to these spaces, for “the way we treat the dead reflects how we value the living.”
She is enjoying the KFC too much to be bothered what is going on around her. Viva ANC Viva! Amandla!
@@ferdinandrobbertse4103 I can Evan hear her breathing ☠
😂@@Ricardo-y7n
😂😂😂
😂😅
Well done ANC you even managed to F the dead .....Viva ANC
Our leaders have failed us. I honestly have no more faith in our government. I feel like crying.
Do not allow poor leadership to upset you. Be strong, or you will be crying for the rest of your life. Be strong!!!
The leadership of running municipalities is too big if a project for these people..ayi I give up...this mayor ruined this place
@@antonvrb1510 or vote smart😢
Why apartheid have to be brought up 30 years later for the clear failure of the true culprits the ANC is to blame for SA decay
Thank you for this, Carte Blanche. It's just the tip of the iceberg in BCM. If you dig deeper......and I'll leave it just there.
Where do all these people come from ? All these informal settlements….no government in the world can keep up with that ! Vicious circle.
Please visit Komga township cemetery where sewer is all over the place, terrable.....
You simply cannot keep making the same mistake and expect a different outcome each time. These people vote the same each time and here we are again/still..
Whatever Govan and fellow Carte Blanche team get paid, they deserve more.
She knows about it.The ANC has amnesia when it gets to their own.Keep voting for them 👏 👏 👏
"M not aware of that... This is the first time hearing it here" oh we're cooked 😢
Haybo a whole mayor, we are doomed in Buffalo city especially East London. Beaches are the same mess
The whole country looks like this, shameful, and we want investors coming to SA. They can't even maintain cemeteries, let alone urban areas and supply clean water. Service delivery is a no show
"No man to be trusted, everything's corupted once man touch it"
So heartbreaking
Her don’t care attitude says it all
I was Speechless whilst watching this. Goosebumps, Disgust, Anger, Shocked, Perplexed and..and..and..😮
Useless incompetent hopeless Mayor incl predecessors. Urinating on sacred land!?
AND they continue voting the same, Yohhh 😮
Not respecting the remains of their fallen heroes is beyond embarrassing.
So sad to see the state of our world we live in...😢
Sadly yet another official member who’s clearly not fit for the position.
🤦🏾♀️... And once again I remember why I'm critical of my own Municipality. They truly failing the people of Duncan Village. 🚶🏾♀️
Amandla!
They are all disgusting
Watched this one with tears streaming down my face, my mom is burried in Haven Hills cemetery, Trees are growing in the cemetery. A few families going an cleaning the graves doesn't really help of the rest of the cemetery is not taken care of. At one point cemeteries would get burnt as means to cut grass. This is the case in most cemetries in and around East London. Sad sad one indeed.
The mayor most probably lives a lavish lifestyle while the poor starve that’s the story of SA
bufalo city voted and you get what you vote for
More like survived, these people are so poor they just want to leave this prov. EL has been ignored since apartheid, only construction here is road maintenance, even then only the highways.
In essence i dont think they vote mate, anyway you would think da is smart enough to use this but nah in 10y only saw 3 da chaps who waved their flag from highway bridge and one mean look and they got into their posh car and drove off.
So so sad! 😞
In a democracy you get a government you deserve.
Most Top ANC politicians are from Eastern Cape - But they allow this to Happen . However the Eastern Cape people in Buffalo City still VOTE FOR ANC.
ANC doesn't respect the living, why would they now respect the dead 🤷🏾♂️
This is the South Africa of the Anc, with no barriers, no boundaries, no borders,no accountability, no measurements,no dignity, no Ubuntu, it's a state of disgrace
Mayor of "take the money and dont worry" town.
The mayor is a disgrace. She says she gets her information from the Daily Dispatch newspaper. She must go.
Then, bcm increased the electricity surcharges on paying customers. Added around R430 per month on pre paying customers, and added 700 to 67, thus post paid customers now pay 767 per month, just to enrich the bcm crooks.
And locals keep stealing in these informal areas, went you report it and it gets cut they toy toy on the rare occasion.
This is so painful. But I’m also side eying the locals. Growing up we would go to the graves of our relatives and clean it up ourselves. Even now we do the same and I’m talking about going to a gravesite also in the cities. Government needs to do better there’s no denying it but the dead are ours we also need to play a part in up keeping their final resting place.
This mayor seems to not be aware of everything
How can that woman be in charge of anything, let alone one of South Africas Metros??
Disgusting, deplorable, desecration of the departed dead.
That was painful to watch.
May their families members rest in peace 🙏❤️🩹🕯️
The ANC is sending a strong message, they're saying "This is the respect we have for South Africans". When they say these kinds of things we must listen, it'll help us to make better decisions in future.
When you make someone with grade 3 mayor this is what happens. Ai my beloved Emonti. 😢
Funny she got a llb
She got a LLB degree😂😂😂useless mayor
Politicians don’t respect citizens, with these deployments
@@andiledlamini6135 she and Oscar went shopping together for their "qualifications".
When I heard "buffalo city" I knew already
That mayor is cadre deployment at its finest. Must be the only mayor in the entire world who relies on the local newspaper to tell her what's going on in the area. Unbelievable. Big question - where is the money that has supposedly, according to her, been spent on upkeep of the graveyards? Such disrespect for the dead.
Wow!!!
That mayor seems like a perfect candidate for the job she holds...and further down the drain SA goes...
Viva Comrades, VIVA!!!
Complaining about living in a cemetary but they literally put their own shacks there! The eastern cape is a mess
This is heart breaking.
ANC is showing them flames🔥🔥🔥🔥✅
I always just wait for that point where, the narrator disclose how many millions went missing 😂😂😂
Can carte Blanche please come to emfuleni n question the major here please vaal is in shambles
Best investigation Chanel
Kanti wena what are you aware of??? Yhoooo this is embarrassing and hurtful to see our country in such hands of people who seem to not even care😢😢
Such an embarrassment I would resign ndinguye but all they wana do is loot, no services yhooo I hate corruption
ANC has failed this country
The most fertile soil in the Dorp . And... Their we go blame it on apartheid .
Something must be done ✅👍 and would be fruitful to see follow up
Thats another arrogance we experience daily from ANC leaders. Im not even surprised that she does not see anything wrong to get info from Daily Dispatch about Buffalo City wellbeing. South Africa will only move forward when citizens eventually vote out ANC without allowing them back in any form of help like GNU nonsense.
This woman shouldn't be a Mayor..The cemetery is used for housing.May their Souls rest in peace under these ciiecumstances😢
I dont think I could be more traumatized, after watching this. And big shoutout to the journalist for being the eye that lets us see that things like this are happening, an absolute failure of state.
Shocking!! 😭
Is there anything being done correctly in the EC?
Eastern cape again?😢🤦♀️🤦♂️
How do people start an informal settlement? Where di they meet to discuss starting a new "area"
Where did they live before.
Im so angry, disgusted, and hurt. Couldn't finish the video 😢😢😢
STOP HAVING KIDS YOU CANT AFFORD!
I totally agree. I'm not a nasty or heartless person but stop dragging children through a life you yourself are suffering through! If I couldn't feed myself or put a roof over my head why on earth would I bring another person into this life to suffer the same fate?
Interviewer: Do you know the true state of the cemeteries Mam?
Mayor: Yes I know them, I’m a mayor I go around and see them
Govan: But you didn’t know the burners were off at the crematorium
Mayor: no I did not know because it was not even in the daily dispatch .
All in all, she is out of touch with reality and she doesn’t know the state that the cemeteries are in unless the daily dispatch says it. I doubt she even reads the newspaper!
😮how are you so oblivious 😅
Thnk you Carte Blanche
Jhooo 👏
This is beyond shocking😢
Flippen bad if u ask Me, East London is my place of birth but I'll never move back the whole city is a mess Ppl in power are only their for a paycheck the mayor has no clue what is going on in her own city
“It came to my attention last week”😂yhoo ziyakhala hee iminyaka emingaka
The rotten state of these cemetaries is indicative of the state of the ANC.
My heart is broken for our country.
John, the quality really has dipped. The crocodile tears are a bit much.
@@Signor65 🤣🤣🤣 right
It's such a pleasure stay in Port Elizabeth I will nver move back to EL
Thank you Carter Blanche for exposing these liars ❤
The mayor is something else💔
She is a storyteller nothing else.
Dai is regtig varke
So waar!
This is shockingly disgusting. It is not ANC,it is people who have no respect, not even for the dead.
Imagine the size of the pumpkins when they start planting vegetable gardens there.
your insult shows your intelligence, lack of it
Vegetables in a cemetery.. if they living there they probably already have.