{"id":21994,"date":"2024-05-03T15:47:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T13:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=21994"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T13:47:55","slug":"coming-up-on-carte-blanche-5-may-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2024\/05\/03\/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-5-may-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 5 May 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never really understood the notion that hunting benefits conservation.\u00a0I appreciate that more hunting requires more animals, but is that truly a benefit? How much of the foreign currency generated by trophy hunting finds its way back into grassroots conservation?\u00a0 Into research? Into community projects? Not much, is my guess. Then again, I\u2019ve never really understood the appeal of shooting something that can\u2019t shoot back and which \u2013 perversely \u2013 the shooter secretly admires. But, hey, that\u2019s just me.\u201d – John Webb, Executive Producer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Broken Promises: Eastern Cape<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the Eastern Cape, thousands of talented young athletes with the potential to be tomorrow\u2019s sports heroes don\u2019t have access to proper facilities. In villages across the province, netball courts, rugby fields and athletics tracks are a rare sight. So, when the provincial government promised the rural community of Sakhisizwe that it would build a new multi-million rand stadium, it was a welcome development. Fast forward several years and the much-anticipated high-performance centre is little more than an abandoned field. But Sakhisizwe is not the only community that\u2019s been promised new or refurbished facilities costing millions, only for developers to pocket the money and fail to deliver. In this election campaign, Carte Blanche crisscrosses the province, tracking several costly infrastructure projects in one of the poorest parts of the country, and finds a trail of broken promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producer: Sipha Kema | Presenter: Claire Mawisa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trafficked – The Raid<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In South Africa, the smuggling of undocumented foreign nationals into the country has reached a crisis point. In March, our months-long investigation into human trafficking revealed how thousands of people without legitimate identity documents and passports are transported on long-haul buses across our porous borders before they\u2019re trafficked by criminal syndicates. Following our investigation, police are cracking down on the criminals responsible for producing and distributing fake travel documents. With exclusive access, Carte Blanche joined an early morning police raid conducted in cooperation with the Department of Home Affairs. Their target: the suspected hideout of a syndicate allegedly responsible for forging passports, asylum seeker permits and visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producer: Graham Coetzer | Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The Waiting Game<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The NPA is tired of waiting and urges ministers, accused and others to get a move-on. Then, carnage in the Cape as gangs take hold. Later, the Forgotten War \u2013 we turn our focus to Sudan\u2019s worsening civil war. And the Supreme Court of Appeal comes to rape victims\u2019 defence. But first, with the elections only a month away, we look back at the difficult road travelled, the importance of hope, and the future of a nation on the cusp of change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n