Carte Blanche Carte Blanche: The Podcast

Carte Blanche: The Podcast

Unique stories. Unique perspectives. Carte Blanche: The Podcast delves beneath the headlines on South African and global issues, bringing you the stories that matter. Like what you hear? Drop us a rating or review.
Weekly English South Africa News · News Commentary Narrated by Masa Kekana, Erin Bates
367 Episodes
200 – 220

The WholeWeek Wrap with Daily Maverick (27 March 2023)

As Human Rights Month comes to a close, Carte Blanche's Siniketiwe Hlanze and Maverick Citizen editor Mark Heywood look at everything from basic services, to our Constitution, to protests. We end things off with a wholesome discussion on the South African people's resilience and ability to transcend even the most…
27 Mar 2023 16 min

Fumigation Felony

A Durban couple goes to bed, never to wake up again. Investigations reveal the cause of death: an agricultural poison used to fumigate the neighbour’s flat and prohibited in urban areas. We investigate how this happened. 
24 Mar 2023 13 min

A Winning Formula E

Cape Town was the perfect host, power cuts were mitigated, and the Formula E race was electric... We take you inside the paddock for a unique racing experience. 
23 Mar 2023 9 min

Taxi Torment

It was a standoff enforced by some of Cape Town’s most powerful taxi bosses. Holding children's education to ransom, they say they want a piece of the action in the Western Cape’s transport tenders. 
22 Mar 2023 11 min

Feeling Chatty

ChatGPT – an AI chatbot you can have conversations with, placing the sum total of human knowledge and creativity right at your fingertips. If this is the beginning… how will it end? 
21 Mar 2023 11 min

The WholeWeek Wrap with Daily Maverick (20 March 2023)

A surprise contender puts up her hand to lead the DA, the Public Protector states her case, and another child dies in a pit toilet. There's lots to unpack in this week's WholeWeek Wrap with Daily Maverick and Carte Blanche as we sit down with Ferial Haffajee and look at…
20 Mar 2023 17 min

Fleeing the Damned

Without ample warning, several sluice gates at the Vaal Dam were opened, releasing millions of litres of water downstream. Now, with some homes destroyed by the inevitable flooding, residents want answers. 
17 Mar 2023 9 min

The Elephant's Revenge

At least six elephants – dead. But the culprits aren’t necessarily poachers. We investigate these horrific killings in Northern KZN. 
16 Mar 2023 13 min

Mortuaries in the Dark

Generators, spiking fuel prices, systems offline… How loadshedding is strangling the funeral industry and making it harder to give loved ones a dignified send-off. 
15 Mar 2023 12 min

Gearing up for Greatness

Tough to break into and even tougher to succeed, motorcycle racing is one of the most competitive sports in the world. But could 15 -year-old rookie KJ Mononyane be SA’s next elite motorcyclist? 
14 Mar 2023 11 min

The WholeWeek Wrap with Daily Maverick (13 March 2023)

As the NEHAWU strike intensifies, Masa Kekana and Daily Maverick's Managing Editor, Janet Heard, look at the union's demands and the impact this ongoing strike has had on South Africans. We also get a quick take on suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's Section 194 inquiry. And how Spain takes a…
13 Mar 2023 16 min

AKA: Murder in Morningside

Shot at close range, popular rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes didn’t stand a chance. But why was one of SA’s biggest music icons gunned down? 
9 Mar 2023 11 min

Into the Octagon

A champion-in-waiting, and a rising star in the Ultimate Fighting Championships. Could Dricus du Plessis and Cameron Saaiman be the future of UFC in SA? 
8 Mar 2023 11 min

That Sinking Feeling

It’s become a danger zone, and it stinks! Welcome to the West Rand’s gaping, shifting sinkholes. How did the streets of Merafong Municipality come to resemble scenes from a post-apocalyptic thriller?
7 Mar 2023 14 min

Ella's Triumph

From the Warsaw Ghetto to three concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II, to present-day Cape Town. The extraordinary story of one woman’s will to survive.
6 Mar 2023 9 min

The WholeWeek Wrap with Daily Maverick (6 March 2023)

Coalitions: it's a word that's become synonymous with failure. As yet another coalition crumbles - this time in Tshwane - Masa Kekana and Daily Maverick political journalist Queenin Masuabi look at why these shaky partnerships just won't work. And we look at the disturbing case of alleged child sex trafficker…
5 Mar 2023 16 min

Prison Love

What happens when the man of your dreams is a convicted criminal serving time behind bars? For one woman in Gauteng, nothing could get in the way of her newly found love connection with a prisoner. 
3 Mar 2023 9 min

Crime Line Critical

In an emergency, you expect them to pick up the phone as quickly as possible. But with seven million dropped calls by 10111 operators, emergency service call centres are seemingly in a crisis - and South Africans are paying the price.
2 Mar 2023 12 min

State of Stagnation

Power cuts, an economy in decline, a high crime rate, fuel increases and a president against the ropes. What is the true state of the nation? 
1 Mar 2023 9 min

War Dogs

A man, his four dogs, and a very long road trip. As missiles strike the city he’s called home for years, we follow a former SA club cricketer’s journey from war-torn Ukraine to a place of safety. 
28 Feb 2023 10 min
200 – 220