Coming up on Carte Blanche on M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday 04 May 2025 at 19:00
Childcare Captured
It’s a well-respected organisation tasked with protecting society’s most vulnerable. So, why is this child protection service allegedly targeting vulnerable families and systematically stripping them of their children? As parents – often unaware of their rights – struggle to fight back, their children disappear into an unsafe and overburdened foster system. Carte Blanche investigates a disturbing pattern of alleged unchecked authority, fabricated allegations, legal shortcuts and a devastating disregard for law – all under the guise of protection.
Producer: Tarryn Crossman
Presenter: Govan Whittles
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LifePod: Harvesting Hope
Around 5000 people in South Africa are waiting for life-saving organ transplants – often for years. But a group of University of Stellenbosch medical students is hoping to change that with LifePod, the country’s first dedicated transplant ICU at Tygerberg Hospital in the Western Cape. This new unit will ensure deceased organ donors can be moved out of busy trauma wards, helping to free up beds and speed up the donor process. LifePod has the potential of saving up to 100 lives a year, while giving back hope to those caught in South Africa’s organ donor crisis.
Producer: Catherine Rice
Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
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Aviation Crisis
If you’re one of the roughly 2.5 million people who fly domestically in our country each year, you’ll be alarmed by this story. It’s about the management and staffing crisis at ATNS, the state-owned company that manages our air traffic. But this isn’t a controversy limited to the boardroom – according to some industry insiders, it impacts passenger safety.
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