{"id":24200,"date":"2025-10-03T14:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=24200"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:13:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:13:29","slug":"coming-up-on-carte-blanche-5-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2025\/10\/03\/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-5-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 5 October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cSocial media is not a space I particularly enjoy anymore. It used to be an ideal way to catch up on what people were having for dinner or how their pets had grown. But now, as Sunday’s story on Facebook Marketplace demonstrates, it’s evolved into a place that’s not only frequently toxic, but at its worst, criminal.\u201d – John Webb, Executive Producer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grand Undertaking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a profession literally shrouded in secrecy, but we’re pulling back the veil. Undertakers accompany our loved ones on their final journeys, collecting them from home or hospital or a forensic laboratory after they’ve passed on. They gently prepare the body for a family’s goodbyes, whether at a burial or a cremation. From small family parlours to major corporate enterprises, designer coffins to Hummer hearses \u2013 it\u2019s everything you’ve been dying to know about the serious business of funerals. Carte Blanche<\/strong><\/em> meets the people who make death their occupation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producer: Kate Barry | Presenter: Lourensa Eckard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marketplace Murder<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

He was ready to be married; instead, he was buried. This week, a 29-year-old man was executed in an armed robbery in Ottery, Western Cape. It\u2019s not an isolated tragedy: it\u2019s part of a new criminal economy built on Facebook Marketplace. A man hijacked and locked in the boot of his own car. A fake sale ending in a police gun battle. The blueprint is the same: lure, misdirect, test the goods, then ambush. Carte Blanche <\/strong><\/em>exposes the anatomy of a trap, asks why police often arrive after the body bags, and demands answers from the digital platform that\u2019s become South Africa\u2019s deadliest street corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producer: Latashia Naidoo | Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

K9 Bond<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

They call him Bond, K9 Bond. He\u2019s a 25-kilo missile of fur, muscle and determination. That\u2019s right: Bond is a dog. And he\u2019s half of a dedicated duo changing lives, one rescue at a time. Bond is attached to the Eastern Cape SAPS K9 search and rescue unit \u2013 and to his handler, Seargent Buyisile Makhosone, or Mak for short. They’re young, dynamic and dogged, ready to take on whatever the job throws at them \u2013 and they’re already making a name for themselves. Carte Blanche<\/strong><\/em> meets a four-legged hero and his partner, and explores the extraordinary relationship between hound and handler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

COMING SOON<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Saving the Sandfish<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Every year, an ancient journey begins. It\u2019s a phenomenon rooted in cultural memory \u2013 now threatened with extinction. We meet the team undertaking Africa\u2019s largest freshwater fish rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patricia the Train<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This locomotive carries more than history. Bringing Patricia back meant years of dedication and a small fortune. Once left to rust, this old steam train now runs in all her glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOW STREAMING<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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