Its from Arianespace's Space Center from which the new Intelsat 20 satellite was successfully launched on 2 August and on which MultiChoice hired more capacity for its direct-to-home (DTH) pay-TV service.
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Bongani Bingwa is the presenter of this Sunday night's insert produced by Joy Summers looking at the Arianespace's Space Center, located in an almost impenetrable rainforest. "This sparsely populated country seems the unlikely send-off place for some of the most advanced satellites ever built," says Carte Blanche. "And if you want better television, you need better technology."
Other stories on Sunday's line-up for the weekly investigative magazine show include a new look at Julius Malema with producer Este de Klerk and journalist Amalia Christoforou and Bongani Bingwa as the presenter. "Carte Blanche reports on another political battle being played out in the open and asks if it's finally the end for the once youthful kingmaker Julius Malema."
Carte Blanche plans to have two further inserts on Sunday, one on the Western Cape's plan to convert millions of maggots, the larva of fly, into protein rich powder that can be used in farming and feeding the hungry. Neo Motaung is the presenter with Nikki Otto as producer and Amalia Christoforou as the journalist.
"Damien's Rhino" is a story about an Aussie trying to save the rhino from extinction and doing so ... Rambo-style. Chantal Rutter Dros is the presenter, with Angus Begg as producer and Amalia Christoforou as the journalist.
