{"id":18377,"date":"2023-04-14T07:13:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T05:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=18377"},"modified":"2023-04-14T14:15:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T12:15:06","slug":"coming-up-on-carte-blanche-16-april-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2023\/04\/14\/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-16-april-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 16 April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cEach new instalment of the Thabo Bester story appears more shocking than the last, a sordid tale of moral depravity exposing the rot in our prisons. That a dead body appears to have been smuggled into a high security prison is now the least remarkable twist in this sorry saga is a sad but appropriate commentary on our present predicament.\u201d –<\/em> John Webb, Executive Producer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red Notice<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Zolile Sekeleni shuffled into the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on Tuesday. Old and weathered, he looked a little bewildered by all the media attention. Just days before, Sekeleni would have passed for the concerned parent of a daughter accused of being an accomplice in one of the country\u2019s most daring prison escapes. Now, he and a former prison warden face serious charges relating to the escape, including murder. It\u2019s a story that began more than a year ago. At its centre, a convicted murderer and serial rapist and the lover accused of assisting his audacious escape from prison, Sekeleni\u2019s daughter, Nandipha Magudumana. Now, Sekeleni\u2019s fate appears intricately tied to that of his daughter, a once successful doctor turned alleged accomplice to Thabo Bester, the now-infamous Facebook Rapist. Their dash for freedom has lifted the lid on a violent, almost unbelievable tale of murder and arson which ended this week in their arrest in Tanzania. Carte Blanche goes behind the headlines of a story that\u2019s shocked a nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producer: Busisiwe Gumede-Chizhanje | Presenter: Claire Mawisa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pilot Project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An alleged scamster with a tenuous relationship with reality; a bogus pilot, bogus Iraq war veteran, and bogus immigration expert. Yes, there\u2019s no end to the roles on Jonathan Constable\u2019s CV for which he is suitably unqualified. In fact, the only thing at which this Jack of all trades truly excels is taking people for a financial ride. It\u2019s alleged he\u2019s hijacked buildings, weaponised the police to settle scores, and posed as a Home Affairs official to dupe desperate refugees out of tens of thousands of rands. This is a story Mr Contestable appears desperate to conceal but, despite his efforts to duck accountability, Carte Blanche will do what Carte Blanche does.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producer: Harri Vithi | Presenter: Derek Watts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mesh Action<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

High-powered lawyers are gearing up for a class action lawsuit that will pit a billion-dollar pharmaceutical company against a group of angry South African women. They say the multinational firm has knowingly manufactured and distributed defective mesh devices, inserted trans-vaginally to alleviate various conditions. The devices, it\u2019s argued, disintegrate over time, causing debilitating pain. And they\u2019re not alone… Women around the world are taking similar steps against the company, claiming it was aware of the defects and simply did nothing. It\u2019s a classic David versus Goliath story, but this time David is armed with more than a slingshot.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producer: Tebadi Mmotla | Presenter: Masa Kekana<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CARTE BLANCHE: THE PODCAST<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A National State of Meh\u2026  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Did the National State of Disaster achieve much in finding solutions to our ongoing energy crisis? And what’s up with that <\/em>Eskom exemption that had South Africans concerned? Carte Blanche’s Masa Kekana and Business Maverick’s Ray Mahlaka try and answer these questions and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Black Beach Hell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A knock on a hotel door in the middle of the night\u2026 Why were two South African engineers targeted for arrest in Equatorial Guinea? After a month in some of the continent\u2019s most notorious prisons, who can get them out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PICKS OF THE WEEK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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