This week's Carte Blanche episode on M-Net has a fascinating look at the playboy sons of the Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe, and further explores the Eskom state capture saga involving the controversial Gupta family.
Carte Blanche also profiles the young train rescue heroes from Kroonstad, looks at the apparent disarray within South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) political party, investigates the shocking highway rock throwing crime, and why telemarketing in South Africa has become out of control.
First
Strike From The AFU
This week
the Asset Forfeiture Unit launched their first strike against international
consulting company McKinsey and the Gupta-linked company, Trillian. Their
preservation order freezes R1.6 billion, but that is just the beginning, says
the NPA. They hope to recover another R50- billion. In an exclusive
interview, Carte Blanche sits down with Suzanne Daniels, the Eskom executive,
who was the first to recommend these companies pay back the money, but was
suspended shortly afterwards.
Producer: Joy Summers
Presenter: Devi Sankaree Govender
Researcher: Tony Beamish
Young Heroes
At just 12 years old, their selfless efforts to assist
victims of the Kroonstad train crash have earned them the admiration of the
entire nation. After witnessing the incident, the two boys fearlessly rushed to
the scene to help the injured, pulling babies and the elderly from the train.
Carte Blanche meets young South African heroes Evert du Preez and Mokoni Chaka.
Producer: Mart-Marie Faure
Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
DA Future
As the governing party, the ANC is experiencing resurgence
under the new leadership of Cyril Ramaphosa, trouble is brewing in the
opposition camps of the Democratic Alliance. From Cape Town, to Port Elizabeth,
to Johannesburg, major internal power struggles plague the DA. Can the
official opposition survive the political fallout in the Western Cape and its
key metropoles throughout the country? Carte Blanche analyses a party,
seemingly in disarray.
Producer: Liz Fish
Presenter: John Webb
Highway Rock Throwing
It’s a deadly practice, often with fatal consequences.
Gauteng and KZN have seen a renewed spate of rock throwing from highway
bridges, causing serious damage to vehicles, claiming lives and injuring
several motorists. But are these just reckless pranks or part of a devious plan
to rob injured motorists of their valuables?
Producer: Nicky Troll
Presenter: Claire Mawisa
Telemarketing: Your Rights
We all loath those persistent telemarketing calls offering
anything form insurance policies to cellphone contracts. Locally, it’s big
business and when it comes to marketing phone calls, South Africa now ranks
among the top 5 most spammed countries in the world. But is it legal to offer
unsolicited credit or to keep your private contact details on a database
after you’ve asked for it to be removed? Carte Blanche finds out what your
rights are as a consumer.
Producer: Sophia Phirippides
Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
Mugabe Boys
Pouring expensive champagne over a luxury watch to prove
it's real is the kind of excessive behaviour that enraged Zimbabweans, but it’s
also how Robert Mugabe’s sons, earned themselves an international reputation
for party excess and big spending. After years of splurging on lavish
hotel rooms and designer clothes in South Africa, will Mugabe's fall from power
put an end to his sons' jet-setting lifestyles?
Producer: Journeyman Pictures
