On M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday, 22 September 2019 at 19:00 & again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00
Identity Thief Busted
As commonplace as identity fraud has become in South Africa, it’s rare to catch the perpetrators in the act. Operating in Johannesburg, a syndicate that has hijacked the identities of several victims country-wide and caused havoc for the companies they tried to defraud, gets the special Carte Blanche treatment as we track down the culprits and join the police in catching the ring-leader red-handed.
Producer: Sasha Schwendenwein
Presenter: Masa Kekana
Waiting to Exhale – the Historic Silicosis Settlement
Since July news of the largest ever class-action settlement in the history of the gold-mining industry has begun permeating the furthest corners of South Africa, where thousands of former mine workers have waited for decades to hear how much their suffering is worth. Around 500,000 breadwinners and their families, hard-hit by silicosis and tuberculosis from working on the mines, were awarded R5 billion collectively in a lawsuit against six of the gold mining giants who operated around 35 of the largest mines. Meeting some of the families who have been waiting, Carte Blanche asks whether the victory can change lives.
Producer: Julian Sun
Presenter: Claire Mawisa
Diesel Skimming
Have you heard of diesel skimming? It’s a little-known, illegal operation where hundreds of truck drivers make unscheduled pit stops to allow criminals to siphon off several litres of fuel from their trucks in exchange for hard cash. The transaction is quick. The money is easy. And it’s unsuspecting consumers who could be forking out extra in transport fees. Carte Blanche goes undercover to expose one major syndicate on Johannesburg’s East Rand.
Producer: Nicky Troll
Presenter: Derek Watts
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Chernobyl’s Babushkas
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is contaminated, with radiation levels fluctuating from one area to another. A few minutes of unprotected exposure to areas near the core of the infamous Reactor Four that exploded at Chernobyl in 1986 would cause near-instant death. Less toxic but still hazardous, some places around the power plant remain radiation hot-spots even 30 years after the disaster. While experts warn against spending too much time there – almost 200 people, mainly women, still call this home. In a South African television first, Carte Blanche heads into the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, and meets one of its grittiest survivors, right on her doorstep.
Producer and Presenter: John Webb
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