Coming up on Carte Blanche
On M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday 13 November 2016 at 19:00 & again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00
Microchipped Humans
Could implanting an intelligent microchip the size of a grain of rice into your body change the way you start a car, send information to a computer or phone, or even help in a medical emergency? Carte Blanche meets the young South African engineers who implanted these devices beneath their skin ‘for fun’ and to test the potential for this technology to change everyday life.
Producer: Tarryn Crossman
Presenter: Bongani Bingwa
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Johannesburg Property Rates
How were several multi-million rand Johannesburg properties inexplicably devalued in order to lower rates and taxes? Carte Blanche unravels an internal report alleging fraud totalling almost half a billion rand in the City of Johannesburg’s property valuation department.
Producer: Sasha Schwendenwein
Presenter: Devi Sankaree Govender
Free the Nipple
An improbable body part has become a global symbol of the bare-breasted fight for equality between men and women: the nipple. Carte Blanche meets Lina Esco, the charismatic founder of the controversial Free the Nipple Campaign and finds out how her drive to do something disruptive and change the way people think about gender equality caused chaos on New York streets.
Presenter: Eugene Botha
Presenter: Devi Sankaree Govender
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