{"id":7423,"date":"2018-09-02T17:19:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=7423"},"modified":"2018-09-02T17:19:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T15:19:20","slug":"coming-up-on-carte-blanche-2-september-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/09\/02\/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-2-september-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Up On Carte Blanche &#8211; 2 September 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 2 September 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<h2>Coalition Politics: How to Steal a Metro<\/h2>\n<p>After numerous failed attempts, this week coalition partners in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality finally succeeded in a no-confidence vote, to push out Democratic Alliance mayor Athol Trollip. Now as one coalition falls apart in a major metro, analysts believe that the DA led political partnerships in the Johannesburg and Tshwane municipalities in Gauteng, are also under threat.\u00a0 Carte Blanche asks: Is this the beginning of the end for coalition governments in South Africa?<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Nicky Troll<br \/>\nPresenter: Derek Watts<br \/>\nResearcher: Sasha Schwendenwein<\/p>\n<h2>Baboon Killings in the Vineyards<\/h2>\n<p>Raiding baboons are terrorising farmers on the hills above the peri-urban Constantia wine farms in the Western Cape. Addicted to sugar and used to getting easy access to farmsteads with fruit trees and vegetable patches, over 200 baboons pose a threat to residents and domestic animals. To the public\u2019s outrage, two wine farms obtained permits to kill two baboons a day for a year. Carte Blanche investigates what it takes to manage the baboon-human conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Liz Fish<br \/>\nPresenter: Claire Mawisa<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/m-net.dstv.com\/show\/carte-blanche\/videos\/coming-up-on-2-september-baboon-killings\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the trailer<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Henri van Breda: Axe Murderer<\/h2>\n<p>It was a crime that shook South Africa.\u00a0 In 2015, then, 20-year-old Henri van Breda took an axe and brutally killed his parents and brother, and seriously injured his younger sister in a luxury golf estate in Stellenbosch. After a lengthy trial Van Breda was found guilty of three counts of murder and attempted murder and was denied leave to appeal.\u00a0 Now the convicted murderer is looking to the Supreme Court of Appeal to overturn this decision.\u00a0 Carte Blanche speaks to Van Breda\u2019s uncle about the devastating tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Michael Duffett<br \/>\nPresenter: Devi Sankaree Govender<br \/>\nResearcher: Tony Beamish<\/p>\n<h2>Lewis Pugh<\/h2>\n<p>Lewis Pugh is known as one of the top extreme swimmers in the world and he\u2019s conquered almost every endurance swim one can imagine. Now Pugh has taken on a new challenge \u2013 to swim the entire length of the English Channel.\u00a0 It\u2019s a punishing 560 km swim from the United Kingdom\u2019s Land\u2019s End, all the way to Dover.\u00a0Battling harsh weather conditions and icy waters, Pugh hopes this swim will bring attention to his campaign to fully protect a third of the world\u2019s oceans by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Producer: Diana Lucas and John Webb<br \/>\nPresenter: John Webb<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/m-net.dstv.com\/show\/carte-blanche\/videos\/coming-up-on-2-september-lewis-pugh\/videos\" 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 2 September 2018 at 19:00 &amp; again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00 &nbsp; &nbsp; Coalition Politics: How to Steal a Metro After numerous failed attempts, this week coalition partners in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality finally succeeded in a no-confidence vote, to push out Democratic Alliance mayor&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/09\/02\/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-2-september-2018\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coming Up On Carte Blanche &#8211; 2 September 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-7423","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\/7423","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=7423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}