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Universities on a Knife-Edge<\/strong><\/p>\n Almost a year after the #feesmustfall campaign brought campuses to their knees, universities have again braced against student backlash, violent protests and nationwide campus chaos. After a 2016 fee hike freeze, this week Minister Blade Nzimande announced universities should individually determine their fee increases\u2014capped at eight percent for 2017. Carte Blanche investigates the future of South African universities and meets brave students determined to complete degrees while living hand-to-mouth.<\/p>\n Producer: Liz Fish Phosphate Mining and the Famous Flowers<\/strong><\/p>\n Mining rights have been granted to the Elandsfontein mine, located on a private reserve bordering the West Coast National Park. Carte Blanche asks: Was a proper Environmental Impact Assessment done and could the looming shadow of phosphate mining spell disaster for the Langebaan lagoon and its fragile biosphere\u2014including South Africa\u2019s world famous West Coast flowers?<\/p>\n Producer: Kate Barry Watch the\u00a0trailer<\/a><\/p>\n Paralympic Heroes<\/strong><\/p>\n They\u2019ve returned home from the Rio Games with a total of 17 medals, having excelled in events as varied as swimming, shot-put, running, long jump, javelin and more. Carte Blanche meets the heroic Paralympic athletes who have overcome seemingly insurmountable personal and professional odds to do the nation proud.<\/p>\n Producer: Carol Albertyn and Nicky Troll Watch the\u00a0trailer<\/a><\/p>\n The Internet of Things<\/strong><\/p>\n Our physical world is fast becoming a single, great interconnected information system. From smart phones to smart cars and smart cities, the possibilities seem limitless. Carte Blanche asks: what sort of risks are we facing in a world controlled by devices that increasingly monitor and connect our every move?<\/p>\n Producer: Sasha Schwendenwein Line-ups are subject to change. Follow Carte Blanche and join the discussions:<\/p>\n Facebook:\u00a0Carte Blanche<\/a> #CarteBlanche<\/a> On M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday 25 September 2016 at 19:00 & again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00 Universities on a Knife-Edge Almost a year after the #feesmustfall campaign brought campuses to their knees, universities have again braced against student backlash, violent protests and nationwide campus chaos. After a 2016 fee hike… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche 25 September 2016<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-2363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363","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=2363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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