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On M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday 29 October 2017 at 19:00 & again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00<\/p>\nOn M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday 29 October 2017 at 19:00 & again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00<\/p>\n
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With over 100 psychiatric patients confirmed dead at the hands of the Gauteng Health Department, former Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu still hasn\u2019t testified at the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings.\u00a0 As devastated families continue to search for answers, will the hearings finally bring closure?<\/p>\n
Producer: Anna-Maria van Niekerk and Marzanne van den Berg
\nPresenter: Devi Sankaree Govender
\nResearcher: Sinethemba Nogude and Laura Byrne<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a rising tide of violent sex crimes in South Africa and often it takes exceptional legal expertise and a special way with people to put serial rapists and murderers behind bars.\u00a0 With a long list of convictions between them, Carte Blanche meets four extraordinary advocates \u2013 all women \u2013 who take on some of the country\u2019s most dangerous sex offenders in the courtroom.<\/p>\n
Producer: Anna-Maria van Niekerk and Marzanne van den Berg
\nPresenter: Claire Mawisa<\/p>\n
Corporal punishment has been outlawed for over 20 years in South African schools, but it seems it is still the most prominent form of discipline. In recent weeks, horrific images of teachers violently caning and abusing pupils have gone viral. The Department of Basic Education has condemned this, but have they done enough to remedy the situation? Carte Blanche asks: what happens when the educator becomes the abuser?<\/p>\n
Producer: Sophia Phirippides An Unlikely Friendship<\/p>\n For six years citizen scientist Craig Foster has been diving into the underwater kelp forests of Simonstown until he developed an unlikely relationship with an octopus he named Superstar.\u00a0 It was this extraordinary bond which led Foster to the halls of South Africa\u2019s Parliament to plead for the preservation of animal and plant life in our oceans. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Carte Blanche explores this unlikely friendship.<\/p>\n Producer: Michael Duffet Report Card: Midstream Air<\/p>\n Months after the Green Scorpions clamped down on a landfill, there seems to be little change for Midrand residents who still complain of respiratory problems and headaches. After years of trying to get authorities to take action, a new report now validates residents\u2019 claims that the air they breathe could be making them sick. Carte Blanche scores the Department of Environmental Affairs and the minister.<\/p>\n Producer: Anna-Maria van Niekerk and Marzanne van den Berg Line-ups are subject to change. Stories can be viewed at www.carteblanche.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n Facebook:\u00a0Carte Blanche<\/a> #CarteBlanche<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday 29 October 2017 at 19:00 & again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00 Life Esidimeni Hearings With over 100 psychiatric patients confirmed dead at the hands of the Gauteng Health Department, former Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu still hasn\u2019t testified at the Life Esidimeni arbitration hearings.\u00a0… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 29 October 2017<\/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":[65,21],"class_list":["post-5395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-carte-blanche","tag-mnet","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5395","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=5395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPresenter: Macfarlane Moleli
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\nPresenter: Claire Mawisa<\/p>\n
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