Lords of the Flies: Watch Carte Blanche, this Sunday 28 November 2021 at 19:00, only on M-Net
I N V E S T I G A T I O N S
Eggs and Flies
Why would a business that prides itself on producing its popular brand of eggs, at affordable prices and to the highest standards, face calls to close down its facility? Matters are coming to a head between the listed JSE company that supplies eggs to some of our largest retailers and their neighbours in Hekpoort outside Johannesburg. Residents accuse the company of being a bad corporate citizen and creating a plague of flies that is destroying the surrounding businesses. Carte Blanche investigates.
Producer: Joy Summers | Researcher: Laura Byrne | Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
Stealing from SASSA
Is it a perceived culture of impunity or growing lawlessness that made one dodgy broker think she could get away with skimming SASSA money? The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) sustains over 3,7 million qualifying pensioners – a critical lifeline for those who need it. Carte Blanche investigates the implications when one woman sets up an illegal SASSA agency, pushing through government old-age grants for a fee. The beneficiaries? Financially stable elderly people who cheat the system to line their pockets with taxpayer resources.
Producer: Nicky Troll | Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
VIP Funerals Under Fire
Some of South Africa’s best-known citizens have found a final resting place in Johannesburg’s Westpark Cemetery, and their funerals can draw massive crowds. Often, ceremonial gun salutes are fired in their honour – especially in the case of military veterans and ANC VIPs. Increasingly, residents in surrounding suburbs are forced to run for cover as stray bullets, allegedly from these funerals, rain down on their neighbourhood and homes. Carte Blanche takes up the inquiry as an elderly resident, who lives more than a kilometre away, ended up getting seriously injured by a random bullet during one of these burials.
Producer: Sophia Phirippides | Researcher: Tony Beamish | Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
C E L E B R A T I O N
Conquering the Mighty Pacific
Capetonian Chris Bertish is the ultimate waterman. From surfing death-defying waves to paddling solo 4500 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, he has set several world-first paddle records. His next groundbreaking goal is to wing foil from California to Hawaii in the United States, harnessing the wind to power his adventure across the Pacific – all in aid of conservation awareness and to raise money for Operation Smile.
Producer: Annalise Lubbe | Presenter: Derek Watts
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