{"id":7126,"date":"2018-07-05T14:15:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T12:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=7126"},"modified":"2018-07-05T14:15:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T12:15:14","slug":"coming-up-on-carte-blanche-8-july-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/07\/05\/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-8-july-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Up On Carte Blanche &#8211; 8 July 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2681\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CarteBlanche.jpg?resize=118%2C116\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"116\" \/>M-Net &amp; M-Net HD [101], Sunday 8 July 2018 at 19:00 &amp; again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>State Hospital Crisis<\/h3>\n<p>The Health Ombudsman says the Public Healthcare System is \u201cin crisis\u201d, the Minister of Health says it\u2019s only \u201cdistressed\u201d but doctors on the ground say the situation is so dire that State hospitals are becoming death traps. As healthcare workers at provincial hospitals in Mpumalanga struggle to fulfil their daily duties, patients referred for specialist care at Gauteng\u2019s hospitals suffer distress, neglect and treatment delays due to a lack of equipment. Amid dilapidated infrastructure, a lack of management, rampant corruption and administrative overspending, Carte Blanche investigates the real state of public healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Mart-Marie Faure<br \/>\nPresenter: Macfarlane Moleli<br \/>\nResearchers: Siniketiwe Hlanze and Sinethemba Nogude<\/p>\n<h3>Tik Horror<\/h3>\n<p>From violent bursts of anger, attacks on family members and serious destruction to property, living with a \u201cTik\u201d or crystal methamphetamine addict can be a nightmare, but for any parent, killing your own child is an unthinkable act. For Sedick Abrahams however it became a reality when he stabbed his Tik addicted son to death during an altercation. His son Clinton had been using the drug for over a decade \u2013 which often triggered dangerous spikes of aggression towards his family. As one of the most addictive drugs in the world, it is tearing families apart and Abrahams isn\u2019t the only parent who\u2019s resorted to killing their child.\u00a0Carte Blanche explores how this drug continues to destroy communities.<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Michael Duffet<br \/>\nPresenter: Claire Mawisa<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/carteblanche.dstv.com\/coming-up-tik-horror\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the trailer<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Luxury Vehicle Ponzi Scam<\/h3>\n<p>How did a car dealer sell luxury vehicles to people who could never afford them? Carte Blanche investigates how one high-end car dealer had hundreds of people fooled with a bogus cash-back dealer-assist investment scheme linked to a non-existent oil company in Dubai. Now his clients have been left stranded, and in debt, to pay off these expensive vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Kate Barry<br \/>\nPresenter: Devi Sankaree Govender<br \/>\nResearcher: Laura Byrne<\/p>\n<h3>SA Drone Technology<\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s fierce competition in the ever-expanding world of high-tech drones, but two South African inventions have grabbed international attention.\u00a0From cleaning our waterways to clever solutions for farming, these drones are no longer just big, expensive toys for digital enthusiasts.\u00a0 Carte Blanche explores how locally developed technology is helping to improve lives.<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Liz Fish<br \/>\nPresenter: Claire Mawisa<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/carteblanche.dstv.com\/coming-up-sa-drone-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the trailer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Line-ups are subject to change. Stories can be viewed at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carteblanche.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.carteblanche.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carteblanchetv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carte Blanche<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/latest\/?q=%23carteblanche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CarteBlanche<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carteblanchetv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@carteblanchetv<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23CarteBlanche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CarteBlanche<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carteblanchetv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@carteblanchetv<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/carteblanche\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CarteBlanche<\/a><br \/>\nWeChat:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/carteblanche.dstv.com\/WeChat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ID: carteblanchetv<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M-Net &amp; M-Net HD [101], Sunday 8 July 2018 at 19:00 &amp; again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00 &nbsp; &nbsp; State Hospital Crisis The Health Ombudsman says the Public Healthcare System is \u201cin crisis\u201d, the Minister of Health says it\u2019s only \u201cdistressed\u201d but doctors on the ground say the situation is so dire&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/07\/05\/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-8-july-2018\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coming Up On Carte Blanche &#8211; 8 July 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-7126","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\/7126","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=7126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}