M-Net's Carte Blanche Sundays at 19:00 absolutely remains the definitive weekly news magazine show on South African television to watch with a simply stellar acquity for incorporating current events into this award-winning investigative magazine show.
From the popular uprising and revolt in Egypt, to the earthquakes in New Zealand and now the effects of the turmoil in Libya this coming Sunday night, Carte Blanche is brilliant in the way that the show is becoming a transnational storyteller of global events and how it's impacting South Africans.
This Sunday night Carte Blanche - although not itself in Libya like it went to Egypt (the producers justifiably cite security concerns) - will be covering the effects of that country's political turmoil with what already seems like another mesmerizing insert.
''Libya is in chaos as thousands flee the violence and uncertainty,'' says Carte Blanche about Sunday's upcoming episode. ''One of the major flashpoints has been the eastern city of Benghazi, where protesters are consolidating their hard-won gains and instating an interim government. Among those who've fled Libya’s second largest city is a group of South Africans who were working at the Benghazi Medical Centre. Carte Blanche hears their war stories.'' The insert is produced by Susan Puren and journalist Bronwyn Nesbitt and Bongani Bingwa presents.
