This Sunday night (1 September) current affairs show Carte Blanche celebrates 31 years on air with an hour and a half long special episode.
This is the line-up:
Studio Roundtable
Carte Blanche celebrates 31st birthday with a special 90-minute show that digs into solutions for South Africa’s embattled economy.
With some hard hitters in the hot-seat, the show's anchors grill the experts on how we can pull the country back from the precipice of collapse amid record unemployment, sky-rocketing sovereign debt and a brisk exodus of human and financial capital from our shores.
Among several revitalising suggestions for the future, construction entrepreneur Bart Dorrestein - who has built what will be the tallest high-end construction in Africa - contends for a new relationship between business and labour.
Nedbank economist Busisiwe Radebe insists that all we need is implementation of the excellent plans we have already devised.
And senior economics lecturer Lumkile Mondi cautions that we should not allow failures of governance to detract us from the overriding need to create a just and equal society.
SA Inc. in ICU
Prior to the 2008 financial crisis, the South African economy was registering good growth, manageable debt and an impressive investment track record. But now economists have diagnosed the economy as critical - in ICU - with decline that is rarely seen in countries not facing a civil war.
After an ambitious stimulus package followed by investment and jobs summits, the economy hasn’t budged. We analyse how we got here, and what the most pressing priorities are for the patient to turn the corner.
Producer: Siniketiwe Hlanze
Presenter: Masa Kekana
Pensions Capture Sequel
Three months after the national election, and assurances from the ANC that it wouldn’t look to hard-earned retirement savings to fund State-owned companies, we track the progress of the debate, as the country grapples for solutions to the sovereign debt crisis.
Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa was asked a direct question in parliament about prescribed assets, but his response left more questions than answers about whether or not the ANC will turn its manifesto into policy and force fund managers to invest in the State’s loss-making assets.
Producer: Joy Summer
Presenter: Claire Mawisa
The NHI Bill – Universal Health Care a Step Closer
Until now a National Health Insurance has been little understood and much feared. But South Africans agree that medical care is expensive. Private schemes are beyond the reach of most and about 85% of people depend on a crumbling public healthcare system.
We sit down with Dr Nicholas Crisp – the man brought in to set up the NHI's administrative and operational capacity for the Department of Health – for a glimpse inside the real hope that the NHI could herald for the future.
Producer: Sophia Phirippides
Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
Millions Lost in Property Developments
From Jeffreys Bay to Bloemfontein and most recently Pretoria, Carte Blanche investigates how one property developer has managed to dupe several clients out of millions of Rands.
Clients were promised modern residential developments, but months and in some cases years later, victims have been left out of pocket, some even without houses, and apparently with little recourse.
We follow a trail of unhappy customer experiences and ask the regulatory National Home Builders Registration Council where the buck stops.
Producer: Nicky Troll
Presenter: Devi Sankaree Govender