{"id":13348,"date":"2021-10-28T15:32:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=13348"},"modified":"2021-10-28T15:32:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:32:58","slug":"coming-up-on-carte-blanche-31-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/10\/28\/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-31-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Up On Carte Blanche &#8211; 31 October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Off the Rails: Watch Carte Blanche, this Sunday\u202f31 October 2021 at 19:00, only on M-Net<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CarteBlancheLogo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CarteBlancheLogo.jpg?resize=400%2C328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CarteBlancheLogo.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CarteBlancheLogo.jpg?resize=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I N V E S T I G A T&nbsp;I O N S<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Red-Carded Rassie<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SA&nbsp;Director of Rugby,&nbsp;Rassie Erasmus,&nbsp;does not&nbsp;mince&nbsp;his words, a&nbsp;trait that could earn him the wrath of the sport\u2019s governing body, World Rugby.&nbsp;Did he overstep the mark in his now infamous&nbsp;video, leaked online after&nbsp;the Boks\u2019&nbsp;defeat in&nbsp;the first test against the British and Irish Lions&nbsp;earlier this year? Or did he shine a light on an organisation&nbsp;lacking&nbsp;accountability&nbsp;and in need of reform? Questions Carte Blanche attempts to answer&nbsp;as Erasmus&nbsp;finally&nbsp;faces up&nbsp;to allegations of misconduct and violating the sport\u2019s code of conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Producer: Graham Coetzer | Presenter: Bongani&nbsp;Bingwa<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m-net.dstv.com\/show\/carte-blanche\/season\/33\/videos\/coming-up-on-31-october-rassie\/video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Watch the trailer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Masa Kekana: \u201c<\/strong><em>How do 11 elderly people get murdered in a small village where everyone knows each other and yet not a single arrest?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cacadu&nbsp;Serial Killer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fear is stalking the residents of a tiny village in the Eastern Cape where 11 elderly members of the Zingqolweni community in Cacadu have, in the space of a year,&nbsp;been found dead in their homes.&nbsp;Believed to be the work of&nbsp;the same&nbsp;murderer&nbsp;using the same modus operandi,&nbsp;Carte Blanche confronts the South African Police Service on why its investigation seems to have stalled. Meanwhile,&nbsp;vulnerable residents&nbsp;are left to&nbsp;protect one another as a&nbsp;violent killer stalks&nbsp;them&nbsp;under the cover of darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Producer: Sinethemba&nbsp;Nogude&nbsp;| Presenter: Masa Kekana<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m-net.dstv.com\/show\/carte-blanche\/season\/33\/videos\/coming-up-on-31-october-cacadu\/video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Watch the trailer<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u202f<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Free State Municipal Mayhem<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Billions of rands in debt and with dismal audit outcomes,&nbsp;there are warnings&nbsp;municipalities in the Free State province are facing&nbsp;imminent&nbsp;collapse. The&nbsp;Matjhabeng&nbsp;Local Municipality,&nbsp;tasked with serving&nbsp;towns like Welkom and Virginia,&nbsp;owes millions of rands to Eskom. In turn, Eskom&nbsp;has resorted to taking over farmland from the council to secure its debt.&nbsp;Meanwhile,&nbsp;as Sedibeng Water struggles to get the council to repay the billions it is owed,&nbsp;residents&nbsp;bear the brunt of&nbsp;the dysfunction&nbsp;and&nbsp;businesses&nbsp;contend with irregular water supply, no electricity and raw sewage&nbsp;on&nbsp;their&nbsp;doorstep.&nbsp;Communities are desperate for jobs and investment, but crumbling roads and failing infrastructure are turning small towns like Welkom into ghost towns as businesses close shop and relocate. What will be left behind if municipalities&nbsp;fail to&nbsp;turn things around?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Producer:&nbsp;Siniketiwe&nbsp;Hlanze&nbsp;| Presenter:&nbsp;Macfarlane&nbsp;Moleli<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m-net.dstv.com\/show\/carte-blanche\/season\/33\/videos\/coming-up-on-31-october-free-state\/video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Watch the trailer<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eskom\u2019s Battle of Majuba<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As South Africans weather&nbsp;yet another week&nbsp;of&nbsp;loadshedding, Carte Blanche asks why the&nbsp;critical&nbsp;Majuba railway&nbsp;system is still not&nbsp;operational.&nbsp;Having taken&nbsp;Eskom over a decade to build and setting&nbsp;back the utility by&nbsp;R8 billion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;railway was intended to&nbsp;ensure&nbsp;the transport of coal&nbsp;in a more cost-effective manner&nbsp;to the third-largest power station&nbsp;Eskom\u2019s&nbsp;ageing fleet. Meanwhile,&nbsp;small&nbsp;and large-scale&nbsp;coal suppliers,&nbsp;transport,&nbsp;and trucking companies have formed what is described as an ecosystem feeding off the embattled power provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Producer: Anina Peens | Presenter: Masa Kekana<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m-net.dstv.com\/show\/carte-blanche\/season\/33\/videos\/coming-up-on-31-october-eskom\/video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Watch the trailer<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note: Carte Blanche line-ups are subject to change. Stories can be viewed at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carteblanche.co.za%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cportia.hlongwane%40mnet.co.za%7C7aab68a270b94fbde19d08d8e4687f5b%7C01ea1ee80c1541609922f383f39a19be%7C0%7C1%7C637510484755979021%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=3HeMkeGGkbcYCd73M2a4c00c%2B77zu80QUwxymMgum0s%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">www.carteblanche.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carteblanchetv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carte Blanche<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/latest\/?q=%23carteblanche\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;#CarteBlanche<\/a><br \/>Twitter:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carteblanchetv\" target=\"_blank\">@carteblanchetv<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23CarteBlanche\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;#CarteBlanche<\/a><br \/>Instagram:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carteblanchetv\" target=\"_blank\">@carteblanchetv<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/carteblanche\/\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;#CarteBlanche<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off the Rails: Watch Carte Blanche, this Sunday\u202f31 October 2021 at 19:00, only on M-Net I N V E S T I G A T&nbsp;I O N S Red-Carded Rassie&nbsp; SA&nbsp;Director of Rugby,&nbsp;Rassie Erasmus,&nbsp;does not&nbsp;mince&nbsp;his words, a&nbsp;trait that could earn him the wrath of the sport\u2019s governing body, World Rugby.&nbsp;Did he overstep the mark in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/10\/28\/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-31-october-2021\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coming Up On Carte Blanche &#8211; 31 October 2021<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[65,21],"class_list":["post-13348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-carte-blanche","tag-mnet","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}