Coming up on Carte Blanche
On M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday October 4 at 19:00.
Unite Against Corruption
After several delays, this week the nationwide Unite Against Corruption marches finally took place. Angry citizens rallied round the call for an end to the deceit. Key driver of the campaign, former Cosatu General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, joined by over 250 civil society organisations, said that South Africa is marching towards a failed state if we don’t stop corruption. Carte Blanche asks – are we at a tipping point?
Producer: Joy Summers
Presenter: Bongani Bingwa
Researcher: Sinethemba Nogude
Savings Lost
He was a top investment broker, earning massive commissions. Clients and friends trusted him. Alwyn Smit led the high-life, but seemingly at the expense of others. After sequestration in 2014, tragic tales of how he allegedly took advantage of vulnerable clients emerged. Court records show that R25-million of their money disappeared. One client who lost R3-million now survives on handouts. Another had to be admitted to a psychiatric hospital after losing her entire savings of R4-million. Carte Blanche investigates.
Producer: Michael Duffett
Presenter: John Webb
Cash Crimes
Aggravated robbery is up by a whopping 8.5% according to the 2015 crime stats released this week. Business robberies are up by 3.2%. But perhaps it’s not all that surprising. In a new trend, criminals are using commercial explosives to blow open cash safes and cash-in-transit vans. This modus operandi has already netted them over R150-million in just one year. But why is it so easy for criminals to lay their hands on deadly commercial explosives? Carte Blanche blows this investigation wide open.
Producer: Nicky Troll
Presenter: Devi Sankaree Govender
Riel Dance Revival
They’re back from the World Championships of Performing Arts in California and they’ve brought home gold. How have the Nuwe Graskoue Trappers managed their remarkable revival of the Riel – one of the oldest forms of dance in South Africa? Carte Blanche meets the humble shepherds from the Cederberg who dance ‘laat die stof so staan’ and set the world of arts and culture alight.
Producer: Carol Albertyn Christie
Presenter: John WebbLine-ups are subject to change. Find updates on www.facebook.com/carteblanchetv, www.twitter.com/carteblanchetv or follow Carte Blanche on WeChat. Stories can be viewed at www.carteblanche.co.za.
