Marikana
This week president Jacob Zuma has let slip his controversial take on the 2012 killing of 34 mineworkers, saying that the police were ‘stopping violence’. Did the police act in self-defence against muti-crazed miners or could the massacre have been avoided? Carte Blanche speaks to former SAPS commanders who were on the scene and widows of the miners who were killed.
Clive Rice In India
He was one of the best all-round cricketers of his time. But today Clive Rice is a fragile man who has battled a cancer that has spread deep into his brain. Doctors had little hope for his recovery. For Rice however, defeat was not an option. In a race against time, he travelled to India for pioneering robotic CyberKnife laser treatment which concentrates radiation directly into the tumour. Was it successful? Carte Blanche joins Clive Rice as he returns to India for the final verdict.
Bully-proof
A recent video depicting serious assault at a Vereeniging school went viral on social media, sending shockwaves across the nation. But this was by no means an isolated incident. According to statistics, incidents of bullying at schools have tripled over the past year alone. What are the dynamics behind bullying on the playground and at the office? Carte Blanche looks into the psychology of bullying, long term effects and ways of bully-proofing young children.
Dakota’s African Epic
Thirteen thousand Dakota DC3 aircraft were produced in 1933, exactly 33 years after the Wright brothers made history by taking the first powered flight. In recent years one of these vintage Dakotas has taken well-heeled clientele on luxury safaris across Africa from the Great Rift Valley to the Serengeti. Now, this spectacular airplane has been sold to a wealthy German. Carte Blanche joins her owner and pilot Captain Flippie Vermeulen in an 11-day excursion across West Africa and the Mediterranean and on to her new home in Europe.
This episode of Carte Blanche airs on Sunday, 28 June at 19:00 on M-Net, channel 101 on DStv.
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