Coming up on
Carte Blanche this Sunday 22 June 2025:
Death in the Chicken House
Starving chickens eat each other in horrific conditions. Unpaid workers protest. A board member forces through a massive payment before fleeing the coop.
All this as a huge integrated chicken business implodes under the care of government’s own asset manager.
Years of looting, bloated management and millions paid in questionable fees have forced the once-profitable company into business rescue.
It’s a story of greed, corruption and mismanagement, and the suffering that follows.
Producer: Joy Summers
Presenter: Lourensa Eckard
Choke No More
What does it take to break a curse? It was the final test, the biggest stage.
South Africa hovered once again on the cusp of greatness - or another grand collapse.
For decades, the Proteas have found heartbreak in the most imaginative ways possible.
Now, in the World Test Championship final against Australia, has the national team finally exorcised the ghosts of cricketing trauma past?
It’s a story of hope and heartbreak, of loyalty against the odds, and of long-suffering, devoted fans rewarded at long last. Carte Blanche celebrates with our national team.
Producer & Presenter: Nickolaus Bauer
On the Run
The waters of the KwaZulu-Natal coastline erupt as billions of sardines arrive – and the feeding frenzy begins.
Birds dive, sharks circle and the netting crews compete for the ultimate catch.
They brave shark-infested waters, navigate dangerous surf and haul in heavy nets – all as tempers flare and tragedy hovers.
This is a story of survival, tradition and timing, set against the backdrop of a fragile coastal economy that lives and dies with the catch.
Producer: Beth Neale
Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
Premiere episodes of Carte Blanche air on M-Net on Sundays at 19h00 and are on Catch Up afterwards.