Coming up on
Carte Blanche this Sunday 13 April 2025:
Private Security Alarm
Psychological evaluations, extreme red tape, unrealistic weapons controls… these are some of the new regulations private security companies face.
That’s if proposed amendments to legislation governing the multi-billion rand industry are passed.
Across South Africa, thousands of private security companies fill the holes left by a shrinking police force battling inefficiencies, corruption and lack of trust.
Will the new regulations force them to downsize, pushing smaller companies out of business? And what does it mean for the safety of the South African public?
Producer: Nicky Troll
Presenter: Claire Mawisa
Coining It
Gold: in a tough economy, is it a safe investment or a tool for scammers?
Clients of one well-known dealer say they’re learning the hard way that their assets are anything but secure.
Customers allegedly wait months to receive the coins they’ve paid for, while a whistleblower claims the business is selling coins it doesn’t own, and charging for safe storage that doesn’t exist.
Carte Blanche investigates.
Producer: Kate Barry
Presenter: Govan Whittles
World’s Fastest Teen
When he was eight years old, Bayanda Walaza wrote a letter to his hero Caster Semenya. But it wasn’t just fan mail: it was a message to his future self, the athlete that he had dreamed of becoming.
And a decade later, Bayanda rocketed to stardom.
The first South African to win an Olympic medal while still in high school, he’s stacking up international medals and national records and, at just 19 years old, he's nowhere near his limit.
We meet the sprinting prodigy with the world at his feet.
Producer: Julian Sun
Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
Premiere episodes of Carte Blanche air on M-Net on Sundays at 19h00 and are on Catch Up afterwards.