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On M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday 14 January 2018 at 19:00 & again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00<\/p>\nOn M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday 14 January 2018 at 19:00 & again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00<\/p>\n
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State Capture: it\u2019s the story of one shocking revelation after another, from the Guptas\u2019 private use of Waterkloof Military base for their 200 wedding guests to their infamous R600-million attempt to bribe Mcebisi Jonas to take the job of Finance Minister.\u00a0 Over a year ago, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released her damning State of Capture Report, implicating the Gupta brothers, as well as their close friends President Jacob Zuma, his son Duduzane and other senior State officials, in the gross misappropriation of public funds. Now, the President has finally appointed Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to head up the inquiry Madonsela recommended. As civil society organisations and political parties welcome Zuma\u2019s decision, Carte Blanche analyses the impact of the State Capture Commission Inquiry.<\/p>\n
Producer: Nicky Troll
\nPresenter: Macfarlane Moleli
\nResearcher: Sinethemba Nogude<\/p>\n
Farmers are facing a tough battle against the drought in the Western Cape. Factories are closed, trucks are parked and seasonal workers are sitting at home. If farmers don’t get help soon, the recovery could take years. \u00a0Carte Blanche asks: What will the impact on the economy really be if the rains don’t come, and alternative plans don’t succeed?<\/p>\n
Producers: Anna-Maria van Niekerk and Marzanne van den Berg South Africa is in the grips of a deadly Listeriosis outbreak and with 61 confirmed deaths and over 700 recorded cases of infection, it\u2019s one of the worst outbreaks the country has ever experienced.\u00a0 From fresh fruit and vegetables to meat produce, the listeria bacterium can contaminate almost any food items, infecting pregnant women, vulnerable newborns and the elderly.\u00a0 As the number of infections continues to increase, can the Department of Health contain this dangerous bacterium?<\/p>\n Producer: Kate Barry By 2008 a series of droughts had sent Israel spiralling to the brink of catastrophe. As one of the driest countries on earth, alternative solutions had to be found fast. By putting up large-scale desalination plants along its coastline, Israel has managed to secure enough water for its own foreseeable future, thereby drought-proofing the country even through extended periods of low rainfall. \u00a0Carte Blanche asks: could serious lessons be learnt from the ingenuity of this arid country?<\/p>\n Producer: Eugene Botha Nick Goldman\u2019s DNA Storage Idea<\/p>\n Sometimes great ideas are born in odd places. Dr Nick Goldman is a mathematician at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI). This is a repository of cutting edge science and genomic data from around the world. But a few years ago, the EBI had a problem, their budgets for data storage were being outstripped by the torrents of data they had to store. One evening Goldman and his colleague kicked around their data storage problem in a bar, and came up with an idea. Is it possible to store any kind of data in DNA, they asked? Carte Blanche tells the story of their remarkable experiment that began as just a few random scribblings on a table napkin.<\/p>\n Producer: Joy Summers Line-ups are subject to change. Stories can be viewed at\u00a0www.carteblanche.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n Facebook:\u00a0Carte Blanche<\/a>\u00a0#CarteBlanche<\/a> On M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday 14 January 2018 at 19:00 & again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00 The State Capture Inquiry State Capture: it\u2019s the story of one shocking revelation after another, from the Guptas\u2019 private use of Waterkloof Military base for their 200 wedding guests to their infamous… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 14 January 2018<\/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-5865","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\/5865","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=5865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPresenter: John Webb
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\nPresenter: Devi Sankaree Govender
\nResearcher: Siniketiwe Hlanze<\/p>\nIsrael Desalination<\/h3>\n
\nPresenter: Devi Sankaree Govender
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\nPresenter: Derek Watts<\/p>\n
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