Shock Reveal, “Bird Island” Withdrawn – that’s Carte Blanche this Sunday only on M-Net & M-Net HD [101], 8 March 2020 at 19:00 & again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00
This is an extended 90-minute broadcast.
I N V E S T I G A T I V E > E X P O S É
The Corrupt Billionaire: Isabel dos Santos
With a fortune estimated at around US$2.2 billion, Africa’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos is under criminal investigation in her homeland. The BBC’s Panorama chronicles how the daughter of former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos has been exposed through the “Luanda Leaks” project, which saw around 715,000 documents like emails, contracts and accounts from 1980 to 2018 detail the billionaire’s business operations. While 30% of Angolans live on less than US$2 a day, this film investigates how Dos Santos exploited her country at the expense of ordinary Angolans.
Producer: BBC Panorama
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Renal Roulette
They say it’s like playing Russian roulette with patients’ lives. With limited resources in the public sector for relatively pricey, but life-saving treatments like dialysis, state hospitals are forced to ration these services, resulting in thousands of patients not getting the urgent care they need. Carte Blanche investigates what the future holds for South Africans with chronic kidney disease if they don’t qualify for kidney transplants.
Producer: Sophia Phirippides
Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli
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“The Lost Boys of Bird Island” Withdrawn
Billed as an exposé of former National Party cabinet ministers taking coloured boys for illicit rendezvous to Bird Island off Port Elizabeth in the 1980s, the controversial “Lost Boys of Bird Island” book has now been withdrawn by its publishers. Unsold copies have been removed from bookstores. We reveal new evidence that suggests key events depicted in the book could not possibly have happened and speak to Barend du Plessis, one of the minsters named in media reports on the book, who has been given a formal apology for being linked to the allegations.
Producer: Liz Fish
Presenter: Derek Watts
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Residents Fight Back
It was a landmark ruling – the Makhanda High Court ordering the Makana Municipality to be dissolved and placed under administration for violating its constitutional mandate by failing to provide basic services to the community. Now as mismanagement and corruption continue to plague most municipalities around the country, this new court judgment is helping fed-up residents finally fight back.
Producer: Ntokozo Miya and Mduduzi Miya
Presenter: Claire Mawisa
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