{"id":25023,"date":"2026-09-25T08:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=25023"},"modified":"2026-09-25T08:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:29:56","slug":"coming-up-on-carte-blanche-27-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2026\/09\/25\/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-27-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Up On Carte Blanche &#8211; 27 September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI can guess at the instinctive response of our viewers to our story on the devastation in parts of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. \u00a0And, in truth, their outrage will be entirely appropriate. However, it\u2019s the intention of the piece to enlighten everyone to the myriad and deep-rooted issues that give rise to local resentment and lead to inevitable lawlessness.\u201d<\/em> <strong>&#8211; John Webb, Executive Producer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coming up on 27 September - Fever Trees Falling | Carte Blanche | M-Net\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8JZs8oB0ADo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fever Trees Falling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside the country\u2019s first World Heritage Site, one of our most beautiful landscapes is being deliberately destroyed. Fever trees felled, game fences cut, and land cleared for agriculture. This isn&#8217;t random vandalism, it\u2019s allegedly part of a well-organised campaign against the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority. iSimangaliso was meant to demonstrate that conservation can go hand-in-hand with community development, but some say the promises of opportunity never materialised. Now, is a decades-old political battle over land, money and power coming to a head?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Producer: Catherine Rice | Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coming up on 27 September - Illicit Trade: Poison | Carte Blanche | M-Net\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fnrg9TjB5_4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Illicit Trade: Poison<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A popular pesticide is sold cheaply on the streets, with devastating consequences. Terbufos is an agricultural pesticide, but it\u2019s readily available alongside ordinary household supplies at street markets. Yet a fraction of a gram will kill an adult, and it\u2019s been linked to the tragic deaths of numerous children. We go undercover to trace the supply chain from source to outlet and ask: why is an agricultural chemical making its way so easily into homes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Producer: Ogilvy | Presenter: Govan Whittles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coming up on 27 September - Killing in Kempton | Carte Blanche | M-Net\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xln2xiUwPD0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trail of Death<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kempton Park is a place people pass through every day to work, to shop, to run&#8230; But something has changed. Nine women, brutally murdered; nine grieving families desperate for answers. As police search for clues to identify a perpetrator or perpetrators unknown, and a community tries to make sense of what\u2019s happening in their midst, a chilling question dominates: could a serial killer be at work on Joburg\u2019s East Rand?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Producers: Sinethemba Nogude &amp; Latashia Naidoo | Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">MISSED THESE MOMENTS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Illicit Fuel: At Least Half Are Spiking | Carte Blanche | M-Net #news #yourchoicehaspower\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tmCICLQ0ATE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At Least Half are Spiking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This fuel seller alleges they make around R200,000 profit per tanker when they mix paraffin with diesel. They fill multiple tankers per day&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Illicit Fuel: Join the Criminal Club | Carte Blanche | M-Net  #documentary #yourchoicehaspower #news\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YoixiVVb_cM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Join the Criminal Club<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While criminals are making bigger profits, South Africans are losing R4.6 billion in tax to illicit fuel every year. And the best way sellers are beating the system is by mixing or spiking diesel with cheap paraffin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COJ Whistleblower: Do The Right Thing | Carte Blanche | M-Net  #documentary #news\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X3Zjk_LUgHQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Whistleblower: Do the Right Thing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After blowing the whistle on multibillion-rand COJ contracts, Sarika Lakraj-Naidoo was fired, dragged to court, and suffered in her personal life. But she would do it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roelf Meyer: Quite Qualified|  Carte Blanche | M-Net  #documentary #news #trump #usa\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BfNz5o3SOBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Roelf Meyer: Quite Qualified<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another hot potato for Roelf Meyer? There are over 120,000 South Africans living in America. Around 10% of them have been granted refugee status by the Trump administration in the last two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NSFAS Students Pushed to Extremes | Carte Blanche | M-Net  #documentary #news\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NlBpouYTplE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NSFAS: Students Pushed to Extremes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This student, fearing he&#8217;d be targeted for speaking out against NSFAS, says many students resort to extreme measures to make ends meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DStv Repackaged: Expect More | Carte Blanche | M-Net\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1gUJ8VbQWQo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dstv.com\/en-za\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dstv.com\/en-za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DStv<\/a><\/strong> has rolled out simpler packages, revamped channels, and launched more targeted options &#8211; including brand-new dedicated <strong>Sports,<\/strong> and <strong>Movies &amp; Series<\/strong> tiers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here\u2019s a quick breakdown of the new tiers:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#x1f7e9; <strong>NEW!<\/strong> Sports (115+ channels): From R399\/mo (Stream) | R479\/mo (Decoder)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new dedicated sports hub! 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Stories can be viewed at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/m-net.dstv.com\/show\/carte-blanche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.carteblanche.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carteblanchetv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carte Blanche<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/latest\/?q=%23carteblanche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;#CarteBlanche<\/a><br \/>Bluesky:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/carteblanche.co.za\">@carteblanche.co.za<\/a><br \/>TikTok:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@carteblanchetv101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@carteblanchetv101<\/a><br \/>Youtube:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/carteblanchetv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carteblancheTV #CarteBlanche<\/a><br \/>Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carteblanchetv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@carteblanchetv<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/carteblanche\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;#CarteBlanche<\/a><br \/>Twitter \/ X:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carteblanchetv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@carteblanchetv<\/a><br \/>Threads:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@carteblanchetv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carteblanchetv<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI can guess at the instinctive response of our viewers to our story on the devastation in parts of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park. \u00a0And, in truth, their outrage will be entirely appropriate. 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