A routine flight to Cape Town comes within minutes of disaster. Another aircraft runs into trouble on approach.
And these are just two of four serious incidents in just a few years. Coincidence? Or a pattern of safety failures?
Experts are asking serious questions about airline decision-making and incident reporting.
Becoming Duma
For 40 years, he lived behind zoo walls. Now, the elephant once known as Charlie has been transformed by freedom.
Today, he is Duma.
Carte Blanche captured his release as tensions ran high at Pretoria Zoo a year ago.
Now, he will end his days as a wild elephant. But Duma’s story is only a part of the picture.
Even as he settles into his new home, another court battle has come to a head: the campaign to give the same freedom to three more elephants living in captivity at Johannesburg Zoo.
Producer: Joy Summers
Presenter: Claire Mawisa
Care Capital
At first glance, there’s nothing to separate Worcester from any of the Western Cape’s other historic towns.
But walk the streets and you might notice that this is a town shaped around people with disabilities.
It’s a theme that extends past the crossings built for the blind, and into a thriving small business.
Here, one woman’s dream has become a lifeline for many.
We visit the coffee shop that’s quietly changing lives to tell a story of dignity, inclusion, and possibility.
Producer: Floris Kotze
Presenter: Erin Bates
Premiere episodes of Carte Blanche air on M-Net on Sundays at 19h00 and are on Catch Up afterwards.