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[@manusb6441]

This just proves it, actual bugs work harder than the ANC

[@trevorjones4299]

All thanks to the ANC. Well done.

[@witsend008]

Wherever you look you see the handwriting of the ANC destroyers.

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

de Klerk and evil mandela

[@chrisbadenhorst5304]

After finishing watching this video, before coming down to the comment section to express my opinion, i had the exact same thought in mind. Wherever the anc moves, in some form or another there is a result of destruction in some way or another. Very little to nothing is done for taxpayers, and anc is like a parasite just taking however suits them.

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

@@chrisbadenhorst5304 and the black people are to blind to see this and keep on voting ANC

[@mrsrichter8586]

@@Palmstreet-u7x The municipalities sewage infrastructures is the cause of all this. The ANC run municipalities must be held accountable.

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

Your problem is no one holds them accountable 👿👿👿👿👿👿, everyone complaint about the State of the country but nothing gets done ✅✅, black 🖤 people still vote evil ANC in and never will stop 🛑 voting ANC cadres

[@gruesomeloki]

Another day, another reason not to vote ANC. This must be the Carte Balanche SA collapse tour.

[@pulepebane5679]

South Africa has never been a functioning state. Not ever.

[@gruesomeloki]

@@pulepebane5679 Sure bud.

[@garyschei]

It's really sad that everyone under 40 has no recollection of how beautiful and functional RSA used to be.

[@jacooosthuizen3593]

@@pulepebane5679 It was a first world country.was..

[@luyandazulu7395]

Proudly brought to you by MYANC.

[@bartpotgieter6813]

The vaal River is also being over run. Driving over the river you can see it fulling waterway from side to side. Also the vaal never had this plant until very recently

[@tbone6354]

Best advice is to put Ammonia nitrate fertilizer so it can grow. Then it will smother itself

[@mmb811]

He is correct, treat the CAUSE, NOT the SYMPTOMS

[@joemassepoes7842]

Same thing pharmaceuticals do for us.

[@dushimeangeleoclevis4436]

This is one of fascinating information about water hycinth that I haven't ever heard from any source else. We hope you will upload next part of sustainable solution to this crosscutting issu of whater hycinth.

[@badass262]

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[@Boss-gk8kc]

Julie and Team have done an amazing job. I occasionally pass through the dam. Amazing You can actually see the difference

[@monicakieck7501]

Sad to watch the deterioration of SA right in front of our eyes😢

[@akoamoseetave3091]

The are darker days ahead. The black man is not fit to manage the continent. From Cape town to Cairo no African country is doing well. We are just destroyer

[@luciatheron1621]

Stop watching and act.

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

blame it on de Klerk and evil mandela,

[@monicakieck7501]

@@Palmstreet-u7x sadly Anc organisation hijacked SA; police and justice system

[@janedawson335]

Years of this. Sad that the dam was all but cleared until the ANC led council stopped the clearing a few years back

[@danielogana3972]

Nonsense: hyacinth seeds can lie dormant for 25 years. This physical removal is a way of managing the issue but short term. What is needed is a totally lateral approach to the challenge. Such as killing the plants with harmonic frequency vibrations.

[@rrekomane9631]

Mxm

[@pontshomosiea6187]

The municipalities sewage infrastructures is the cause of all this. The ANC run municipalities must be held accountable.

[@PhakimpiDubois-rf8bz]

The DA runs Tshwane

[@pontshomosiea6187]

@@PhakimpiDubois-rf8bz Which river from Tshwane spills it sewage into Harties dam then??

[@YoloMoloPolo300]

The need to start tackling the problem upstream. The water systems in Benoni which feed into Hartbeespoort dam and the Vaal system need to be cleared first.

[@jb3704]

Please bring them to Benoni and Springs. We used to spend Sunday afternoons at Murray Park (Presidents Dam) but that has been impossible the last few years

[@jeannemeyer3089]

Another ANC success.

[@Amogelang22]

The Jukskei river also contributes to the water Hyacinth in the dam

[@petercowan6361]

This problem came into being when the ANC came into power. They have the power to destruct.

[@Sterfillah]

No the problem started with your people who brought the plant here from South America. They are to be blamed not the ANC

[@Dewald-jg5os]

​@@Sterfillahyour people can't do anything right, the whole country is messed up because of your people. Tsek

[@Amogelang22]

also pollution contributes to the water hyacinth

[@lourieholl]

@@Sterfillah Eish, you always blame the past. You don't see that the current people in power now have the power to control the situation, but they don't use it. You will always be a victim in your mind. You can't see what is happening now. You only think about who is to blame in the past. And there you will remain my brother. Your mind makes you a victim. The past keeps everything out of your control. But you dpn't think that you can be an activist to control what you can to make a change NOW.

[@Sterfillah]

You are the same white people who left South Africa the. Talked bad about it. Now the same people are emigrating back to the very bad South Africa that you hated and spread lies about it because now in your new countries things are bad and you realise you cant cope. Tsek!

[@liatpittaway4372]

unless you address the sewerage inflow theres no point in introducing the little bug. The water will still be polluted and will ultimately be dead.

[@53ns3i]

It put the issue on the map, people know about it now, and this reveals more of the rotting state as whole. So its not all for nothing.

[@williejohnson5172]

But the hyacinth purifies the water

[@shodnneayhardaway8344]

"Oh my gosh I can't see "😂😂😂

[@princejamin8748]

Same thing happening in lakeside mall, Benoni

[@francois-e7q]

I like the way Govan presents this video

[@nelsonchinasamy9857]

Just wondering, has the ANC got anything right in the last 30 years?

[@chrisbadenhorst5304]

Early yesterday morning I watched a Carte Blanche video showing how the anc collapsed the Knysna municipality. This morning I learned that the anc is a MAJOR contributor to the destruction of the Haarties dam. Seems like, wherever the anc goes, in some shape or form destruction follows down its path. And that, to me, sounds like a big problem. A problem that must be resolved on 29 May 2024, in the elections!

[@moosesnWoop]

yeah and Tswhane is DA? This is from Tswhane. People DIED in Tswhane from Cholera. But yeah, "ANC" -

[@husainalli]

Only the bestest candidates are chosen to manage key infrastructure. The future. She's very bright

[@annaconcalves4677]

The dam is not the only problem in Harties. The state of the roads in Schoemansville, Meerhof, Melody, Ifafi is shocking. Rates are charged, but the roads remain potholed.

[@danieliebenberg3348]

We need these hoppers in Secunda we have the same hyacinth issue

[@krishnareddyrenabothu1409]

Please make a video on how we can utilize this and any kind of product can we make

[@iainkerr3111]

Another problem with hyacinth is that it increases evaporation 3-fold by means of evapotranspiration through the leaves. We need to conserve our water resources. The hopper is not the only insect that feeds on hyacinth. I have tried a weevil and a moth as biocontrol agents. Both unsuccessful. Maybe with the breeding programme in place, the hopper will be more successful.

[@KING_BORDER_]

Thank you 😊 so much we need this let's clean up

[@ragnarkin]

Carte blanche please send a journalist to visit sandf in drc

[@clivegreen7142]

In 1985 I read statistics that said Hartbeespoort dam was the most polluted dam in the world

[@dbarnard2759]

This is a very easy issue to fix... The problem is who they going to tender the solution to...and how much public funds they gonna use. There is a undeniably easy engineering solution to get these plants out before they spread.

[@thatguy5245]

Coming from JHB…. Where they use the rivers as toilets, distbins and washing. This is seen as normal behaviour and that needs to change. Remove people squatting next to rivers amd you will not only help fix this issue but several others as well

[@thabangmnguni6539]

Hyacinth can also be used as animal feed

[@KingBullet93]

That bugs are not helping at all the whole dam looks like a grass field when driving past

[@charlesdarwin6521]

Big surprise that it is the ANC's fault!

[@manieoosthuizen6789]

@Carteblance, can this solution also be viable for the Vaal River system as this is also now becoming an issue in the Vaal River system.

[@Amogelang22]

Pollution also contributes to the cause of the water hyacinth in the Hartbeespoort and Tshwane Apies river around Hammanskraal

[@dalesmit7869]

@10:19 Please explain your statistics on cancer causing?

[@hyperiondig]

What happens when all the plants die and sink to the bottom ?

[@AlternativPerspectiv]

double its size every 2 weeks? exponential? Hmm... DOUBT. You likely mean every two weeks it grows back to the same levels it was before they removed half of it. Exponential doubling every two weeks would have long had that hyacinth reach the moon and back! Another question, what happens when there is no more hyacinth? The insects will just die off?

[@metalcake2288]

Yeah, thats why they need to breed them in 7 satellite stations. They do not self sustain.

[@AlternativPerspectiv]

Mutations has entered the chat.@@metalcake2288

[@AlternativPerspectiv]

I hope they studied the rabbit, the emu, the toad and the rat problems in australia!

[@stefanf11]

How can we introduce some of these bugs into the lake in Centurion?

[@JohnTerblanche-l1r]

You buy them online, and introduce them lol. Throw one on and there you go, it will have food, water and oxygen.

[@stefanf11]

@@JohnTerblanche-l1r Great! Where can I buy them?

[@adeptiotsolutions3644]

What about the plant under water?

[@JohnTerblanche-l1r]

Rots and some underwater stuff probably nibbles on it, fishes, etc.

[@dianeandrews6764]

Interesting to think the hopper is destroying the very environment it needs to survive!

[@shakabarkertours6532]

All fine, but the dead plants sink into the water and rot underwater, and the sewerage problem will be just as bad! The plant should be mechanically extracted for fertilizer. The plants have a cleansing effect, extracting polluting nutrients.

[@TheMarketBias]

Hi. Just a question. Having studied biology, won't these creature evolve to become a threat?

[@lourieholl]

Indeed that is a major concern. The short lifespan and the inablity to reproduce (which sadly wasn't covered in this expose), makes this an effective solution without harmful long term effects to the local bio system.

[@JohnTerblanche-l1r]

​@@louriehollwhy cant they reproduce poor things lol

[@clairerichter2863]

Amazing! Part of the Solution but we do need curbing the sewage

[@kobuserasmus3995]

The problem starts with the law. The law should state that no house should be built less than 100 m from rivers. I believe there was a rule like that many years back. Now they built houses and estates on islands in rivers below flood levels etc. although environmental impact studies had been done obviously with money under the table. Things done wrong will never get right. The pollution of the Rhine river was such an example. Maybe we should learn what they have done.

[@spykerhond7008]

fertaliser the best possible use. several ways to take care o metals.

[@leoncoetzee7054]

Can you please bring it to Bronkhorstspruit dam. Hycinths is taking over our dam as well

[@francismnyele]

When the job is done what shall we do with the insects

[@johnsmith-ht3sy]

Eat bugs and be happy.

[@benjaminmiller9463]

They die or move off to find other water hyacinth to feed on.

[@moosesnWoop]

City of Tswhane (DA since 2017) and in 2022 it was DA in the City of Johannesburg. In Springs, a DA ward, the residents put their OWN water pipes in last year. In Tswhane, people died from Cholera. In False Bay, sewerage flows into the ocean (with NO distaster cause). Nelson Mandela Bay? Knysna? The DA is TERRIBLE at water management - historically! I mean, as far back as I recall, people had to throw their sewerage in Cape Town International Airport to get services..

[@stefansmith2]

The problem is hyacinth can be purchased from almost any outlet like Woolworths!

[@sophie7571]

The plant that is the focus of this video is the common water hyacinth (pontederia crassipes), native to South America. The hyacinth that you can buy in shops and nurseries is hyacinthus orientalis, which is native to the eastern Mediterranean, and is a different plant altogether. It does not grow on top of water and is not invasive

[@smanga-t4c]

Anc the ruling party has led us into this awful mess and no one is coming forward to give us a clear thinking.We are doomed as a country.

[@legodilaonelegodi5450]

Before pointing fingers, we must first start at the root of the problem and first address the real cause of this is because someone liked an exotic plant, they’re to blame for this

[@deanmartyn5789]

The sad reality and results of a failing leadership party that provided minimal to no budgets to control the invasive species with in the borders of our amazing country. The water hyacinth is only one of to many invasives being ignored and forcing proud private citizens and establishments to stand together to rectify the failures of the same entities we trust to govern our laws and protect our basic human rights, not only for us residing currently but for the future generations to come.

[@adiossoulboy]

Hyacinth is used as a composting base in South America - why can’t this be done in SA ?

[@jacooosthuizen3593]

They did adress this in this video.

[@6ftS]

"enforcement lies with the office of the minister..."... say no more.

[@nilsmolzen6654]

Is this plant not a Purifier .

[@53ns3i]

You can have purified water, or a dead ecosystem, but you cant have both, not in Harties case anyway.

[@shakabarkertours6532]

The best thing about a politician is they are biodegradable, and sadly, politics is like social media, makes politicians spineless and unable to act, for fear of upsetting someone, something or whatever!

[@Blaffies]

Why is mechanical removal controversial? Physical removal is the only way of removing the nitrogen. The bugs don't remove the nitrogen. Huge scale compost plants could be feasible? They can mix the compost with other sources to lower the heavy metal content.

[@hamstarr100]

why not address the problem and control nitrates from Diepsloot and Alexandra getting into water supply, this is not a solution

[@lilygovender9195]

We need those insects in Secunda !!!

[@fredaheunes8659]

The hyacinths are an excellent animal and ostrich food. Animals in drought areas are dying of hunger and thirst. Carotenoids in flowers. Herbicides killed the plants...then the toxic mix sank to the bottom...fish died by the millions, the clear water was no longer filtered by the roots... WE LIVED AT HARTEBEESPOORT DAM AT THAT TIME..changed from fishing paradise to a large developement around a sewerage system. NB..what will the hoppers eat when the hyacinths are gone? Pelindaba Uranium plant also contributed to massive multiplication of algae..witnesses reports...plus Jukskei river pollution from surrounding settlements.

[@hope4animals263]

In a healthy land, birds, especially ducks, could have assisted in controlling the hycintas, but our wildlife has gone unprotected and exterminated for human expansion purposes, leaving more harmful components to run rampant without any natural control.

[@lentongrovetrust5201]

Why not treat the cause rather than the symptoms.

[@BravoFox27]

Exactly!!

[@Angedangel]

Turn the hyacinth into a crop. I hope that those bugs don't eat other plants when hyacinth is gone.

[@53ns3i]

Pay attention to the video and you'll find out

[@tiaan8551]

they say the insect only lives 90 days, they have to manually reintroduce the insect after said period

[@theshadypilot]

Hope they know what they're doing. Often, the solution is worse than the problem... Beware of the unforseen consequences...

[@benjaminmiller9463]

South Africa has used biological control for well over 100 years. the same insect is being used in the USA and elsewhere as well. It's not just Harties.

[@TheVideoBin]

I cannot name my boeties because they keep my pockets plenty full, ne boss....

[@hcbnett]

They introduced that insect in the 70's ... just another replay ........NOT NEW .....check your records...IF they still exist ......

[@benjaminmiller9463]

Megamelus was introduced to South Africa in 2013. Other insects have been around since the 70s and they contribute to the reduction of the water hyacinth as well. Because of how heavily the plants were sprayed historically the insects could not survive in high enough numbers to damage the plants. Now, between mass rearing and the cessation of spraying the insects are having an impact. The records do exist.

[@SusScrofaVulgaris]

Dredging that soil like the Aztecs, maya and inca did wil give you thee best fertilised soil for growing. Build a little island in the middle with that to farm food for all the houses. Do that and you help the environment.

[@KrispyKrunchee]

This is yet another example of why one should always do their own research because CB is once again here to do PR for a particular group…🙄

[@BlackFamify]

Sad to see that people with money brought this plant to sa cause they love the flowers

[@Frank_inSA]

Oh, it's not the pollution of the rivers? These plants could never grow like that without the pollution

[@Scorpion-se4ef]

Brilliant, little insects doing there thing, Water board just scared they going to loose there money given by Gov,

[@JamesRichardWiley]

The hyacinth is feeding off the pollution.

[@Chimmbeez]

May 29th - make your vote count - get this ruling party of the majority so change can actually occur!

[@roxstrm1247]

Please can Carte Blanche start a politically party!!! Imagine what SA coukd become with these heroes in Government 😅

[@karinjacka7422]

How to deal with the cause….thats the real problem

[@TjakaErasmus]

I did research with hyacinth and Pekin ducks. The ducks refuse to eat anything else. I had to protect the hyacinth from the ducks, but I couldn't. The ducks find a way around, through, under, over, every barrier. They completely finished the hyacinth. Here's the solution: floating Pekin duck farms.

[@MrSharkySA]

How many weevils and how long do they take finish a KFC bucket full of Hyacinth?

[@TheVideoBin]

lol show me 1 thing the ANC has turned around in 20+ years?

[@dippenaar888]

Isn’t there a commercial benefit by harvesting hyacinth……..

[@lazarusramaube8291]

We can make Natural Gas,Biofuel,Charcoal but all of the above will definitely annoy the Oil Barons.We can also use it as Animal feed and Fertilizer if it's not contaminated but again that could be competing with established markets.

[@SusScrofaVulgaris]

Bio development. Bio warfare on Hyacinth

[@lancecurtis6926]

the plants sink every winter.

[@Mr.unkoun]

once the bugs are done they going to have a bug problem

[@JohnTerblanche-l1r]

Huh? They only survive on hyshit so they die obviously

[@alanmorrison1058]

They used a hippo in the 80's.

[@JohnTerblanche-l1r]

Algae follow those things I doubt a hippo will want a mouthful of algae aswell

[@ianmiles2505]

I guess poor people upstream laugh at the rich people downstream who are flooded by sewage.

[@paulodendaal9670]

Dams in East Rsnd cleared by using oxygen generators

[@abdi7149]

Harties dead

[@MrTrevorrolfe]

Im sorry but this prof from the Water board has no clue what he is saying and needs to be briefed on the facts at hand. He has a very small understanding or is ignorant to the issue of the heavy metals being left in the fertiliser. THese are toxic to humans and contaminate food sources if used. It all sounds like the same story we get spun on all state issues. very very sad!

[@supplies4reptiles228]

well clearly those bugs are useless....

[@PhakimpiDubois-rf8bz]

Interesting how the interviewer has a very different tone when speaking to the university lady vs the water board officials. Reeks of bias.

[@technomad9071]

typical, don't stop the swage get another invasive to patch it up

[@unclenubby]

Feed it to the cows

[@Chachirino]

Bravo ANC you clowns

[@supplies4reptiles228]

obviously they wont do a 100% how else are they going to get paid and money for their livestyle....just like everything in sa.

[@obsessive_doka_disorder]

Money equals power, sadly an apartheid fault, oh how will we ever escape this power pollution.

[@patrickkoen5470]

How and what has this got to do with “apartheid”… the old fall back… ANC my friend is the cause of collapse … 30yrs in power…

[@RhythmAndRibs]

Stop smoking dagga

[@leonfourie8852]

Typical polition retoric, always blameless