M-Net & M-Net Plus 1: What To Watch On Carte Blanche On Sunday 28 July 2019
Coming up on Carte Blanche
On M-Net & M-Net HD [101], Sunday 28 July 2019 at 19:00 & again on M-Net Plus 1 [901] at 20:00
Soweto’s Multi-Billion Rand Electricity Bill
Eskom is facing a financial crisis with a debt of over R450 billion. Government keeps stepping in to bail out the struggling power utility, but it must find ways to recoup some of its losses and Soweto – owing R18 billion – is its biggest liability. Residents claim they simply don’t have the money to pay off the escalating bill and would rather negotiate a monthly flat rate. But can Eskom afford to write off billions from their books?
Producer: Siniketiwe Hlanze
Presenter: Masa Kekana
Sophia The Robot
From the right angle and dressed in fine couture, she looks fully human and strikingly beautiful. With her high cheekbones and petite frame, it’s only on closer inspection that the gleaming wires in her half-exposed brain reveal Sophia’s true nature as a humanoid robot. She was developed by Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics and activated in 2016, from where she’s been touring the world on the arm of her creator. Carte Blanche gets up close and personal with Sophia as an ambassador of a future where highly advanced artificial intelligence could partner with humanity to solve many of the world’s most intractable problems.
Producer: Eugene Botha
Presenter: Derek Watts
The People’s Protector
Before taking Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s adverse report against him on urgent judicial review, President Cyril Ramaphosa lambasted it, calling it “fundamentally and irretrievably flawed”. Then the Constitutional Court upheld a scathing High Court judgment against her – admonishing the Public Protector for dishonesty and acting in bad faith. With her battle against Minister Pravin Gordhan still playing out in court, in recent days, Mkhwebane has taken a very public lashing. Now her credibility and integrity are at stake, but can she claw her way back from the edge?
Producer: Siniketiwe Hlanze
Presenter: Derek Watts
Miracle Cure or Cancer Quackery?
Moved by the plight of a 19-year-old man with a rare cancerous tumour on his leg, radio listeners crowdfund for an expensive alternative treatment. The injectable drug is administered and marketed through a private Johannesburg clinic that makes bold promises that it is his last hope of achieving remission or extension of life. But the young man’s condition shows no improvement, and it seems they can’t save his leg. In agony, he struggles to access the remainder of the donations to pay for his prosthesis. Carte Blanche tracks down the origins of the purported miracle treatment to Latvia, where it has since been banned - and asks how the money was spent.
Producer: Mart-Marie Faure
Presenter: Devi Sankaree Govender
Do note: Carte Blanche line-ups are subject to change. Stories can be viewed at www.carteblanche.co.za.
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