Coming up on
Carte Blanche this Sunday 22 March 2026:
Zuma Recruits Return
They were persuaded by people they trusted to join a war on the other side of the world.
Now, following presidential negotiations, a group of men have returned after months on the front line, wounded and traumatised by their experience of the bitter war between Russia and Ukraine.
As they slip back into the country, the focus is shifting to the politically connected recruiters who hold the secrets to their misadventure.
But not all the families are celebrating: one mother, persuaded to send her son to Russia for training, hasn’t heard from him in months.
What has become of him?
And behind the headlines, what will emerge as a criminal investigation grinds slowly on?
Producer: Marion Edmunds
Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
Cunning Conman
Locked up but not shut down: almost a decade after we last exposed him, a master conman is still robbing farmers of their hard-earned cash and livestock.
Times are tough for farmers: the economy and the climate have taken their toll, and farmers are putting livestock and land up for sale.
A conman is exploiting their desperation, using stolen details and fake proof of payments. And it’s all orchestrated from inside prison…
Carte Blanche speaks to his latest victims, traces his evolving modus operandi, and demands answers from the Minister of Correctional Services.
Producer: Nicky Troll
Presenter: Govan Whittles
Book Hotel
Check into a hotel and wake up inside a story! In the quiet Free State town of Bethulie stands the Royal Hotel, better known as The House of Stories.
A refuge and gathering place for more than a century, it served as headquarters for the British Army during the Boer War.
Today, it’s been reborn as one of only five “book hotels” in the world.
Hundreds of thousands of books line the walls in every room, vinyl records hum softly in the background, and history lingers in the creak of wooden floors.
Step into a labyrinth of memory, where the past is lovingly preserved and stories refuse to die.
Producer: Jabulile Mbatha
Presenter: Claire Mawisa
Premiere episodes of Carte Blanche air on M-Net on Sundays at 19h00 and are on Catch Up afterwards.