Coming up on Carte Blanche‎ on M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday 02 November 2025 at 19:00

Death in China
Jarred Clegg was just 26 years old when he moved to China to fulfil his dream of teaching English. Just months later, his mother received a devastating call: Jarred had died overseas. But even as she struggled to process her loss, she was baffled by conflicting accounts of his death. Was it natural, suspicious, or tragic accident? Meanwhile, authorities turned a cold shoulder to pleas for assistance in repatriating Jarred’s body. What happens when a South African citizen dies working abroad? It’s the story of a mysterious death, bureaucratic blunders, an unconventional solution and, most of all, a mother desperate for closure.

Producer: Sebe Buthelezi
Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
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Concrete Promises, Empty Ground
Last May, we met Nellie Frans in Roodepan just outside Kimberley. At 65 years old, she’s spent her life waiting for a proper home. Standing beside her shack, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a R1-billion housing project, while Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul assured us that construction would begin by the end of April 2024. Eighteen months on, as the Human Rights Commission probes provincial leadership, we return to ask: has the Premier kept his promise? Carte Blanche investigates a system on the brink of collapse.

Producer: Anina Peens
Presenter: Govan Whittles
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Saving Sandfish
Every September, an ancient journey begins: the spawning migration of the sandfish. It’s a phenomenon rooted in cultural memory, immortalised in rock paintings… But it’s teetering on the brink of extinction. So, a diverse team of scientists, landowners and residents is working to give the sandfish a fighting chance. It’s a story about ordinary people fighting to preserve vanishing biodiversity; a meeting of science and myth, conservation and culture. Carte Blanche meets the team undertaking Africa’s largest freshwater fish rescue.

Producer: Catherine Rice
Presenter: Govan Whittles
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