Coming up on
Carte Blanche this Sunday 25 May 2025:
Koppies Kill Zone
It looks like a perfectly ordinary stretch of the N1 between Johannesburg and Kroonstad. But when it rains, this piece of highway turns into a death trap on which dozens of lives have been lost. The reason?
Questionable drainage, a complete lack of warning signs - and official silence.
As families endure unimaginable tragedy, what will it take to stop the disaster unfolding in plain sight?
Producer & Presenter: Anina Peens
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The Great Chain Robbery
It comes as no surprise when valuable assets go missing from municipalities across South Africa. But there is a certain amount of irony in the disappearance of the mayoral chains.
Ornate, shiny and worth a lot of money, they’re the ceremonial uniform of the executive mayor.
So, who is nicking them? From a professional heist to an inside job, Carte Blanche investigates who could be helping themselves to the mayoral trappings of office.
Producer: Harri Vithi
Presenter: Masa Kekana
Living Memory
A Western Cape resident on a mission to discover his family’s origins. A veteran from Gauteng seeking out the graves of his Border War comrades.
Two very different people with very different pasts. But they share a common drive: to keep the memories of the dead alive.
Faced with overgrown cemeteries, vandalised headstones and fading memories, they recognise and celebrate those lying neglected in our graveyards.
For one man, a way of finding closure on a war he didn’t choose; for the other, a window into a long-forgotten past.
We meet two men preserving crumbling pieces of our history for generations to come.
Producer: Annalise Lubbe
Presenter: Govan Whittles
Premiere episodes of Carte Blanche air on M-Net on Sundays at 19h00 and are on Catch Up afterwards.