Coming up on Carte Blanche on M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday 19 March 2023 at 19:00.
A Hard-Knock Life
It’s a registered NPO with the Limpopo Department of Social Development, and for years, the volunteers have been serving the vulnerable children of Alldays. They provide food and a safe place for the youngsters to go after school. For many of them, this is their only meal for that day. Then came a wealthy Swedish national who promised to build an orphanage, on municipal land, to accommodate the children. Donations poured in from around the world, and a building was erected. Ten years later, the NPO is still feeding children in Alldays, from a corrugated iron shack, in the dust, and next to the building that was intended for them. Their cries for help to the local Municipality have gone unanswered. Carte Blanche investigates.
Producer: Stenette Grosskopf
Research: Tebadi Mmotla
Presenter: Masa Kekana
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Childhood Arthritis
It started as a rash, a persistent fever and some joint pain for nine-year-old Skylar Stewart. After multiple visits to the doctor, the diagnosis was shocking – Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). Arthritis is an autoimmune disease often only associated with the elderly. It’s painful and so debilitating that some patients struggle to walk without assistance. This is the harsh reality for children suffering with JIA. Expensive though it may be, JIA is treatable. So much so that it’s considered a Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) – a disease that medical aids are obliged to cover. So why are so many of them refusing to pay for treatment for these children? Carte Blanche investigates.
Producer: Tarryn Crossman
Presenter: Bongani Bingwa
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Steytlerville Follies
It’s a beautifully restored hotel overlooking the sleepy Karoo town of Steytlerville. The Karroo Theatrical Hotel is an oasis in the desert with a naughty attraction – a one-of-a-kind-drag show – that has all the locals talking. By day, Mark Hinds and his partner Jacques Rabie run their hotel. By night, they transform into Dame Leyla Lamborghini and Freddie Ferrari, with spectacular costumes designed and made by Jacques himself. Together they take their audiences on an emotional rollercoaster ride with an eclectic mix of classical piano and outlandish drag numbers. Carte Blanche peaks behind the curtain.
Producer: Stenette Grosskopf
Presenter: Derek Watts
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