Carte Blanche: The Podcast

Sami Hall Says

Sami Hall grew up wanting to be a star. But she soon realised the road to fame isn't always as straightforward as it seems. As adulting pushed her dreams of being on stage aside, she turned to TikTok to give her inner actress and comedian a voice. Little did she…

19 Aug 2022 22 min

Be a Good Sport

It’s the game of the season! But the prize is something a little more special… Find out how young athletes are becoming activists for the greater good.

18 Aug 2022 10 min

Students Beware

We investigate claims that a private school is jeopardising the education of its children with its hit-and-miss approach to the law. 

17 Aug 2022 13 min

Ailing and Abetting

Managers who forget to pay suppliers on time, medicine stockouts, a clinic in a dire state. We expose the true state of state healthcare for the residents of Taung in the North West.

16 Aug 2022 13 min

Injustice Served

He’s become the poster boy for many of the ways in which law enforcement fails the country’s victims of gender-based violence. Why was Jaco Swart set free with a suspended sentence and a R20 000 fine?

15 Aug 2022 13 min

Soaring Everest

He is known globally as the man who flew off Mount Everest. Now, Springbok paraglider Pierre Carter has his sights set on his next flying adventure. 

11 Aug 2022 10 min

The Night Shift

Even for the most highly trained emergency specialists in Mitchells Plain’s trauma centre, the caseload is becoming nearly unbearable. We’re given an all-access pass to see what happens behind the frontline on a Saturday evening. 

10 Aug 2022 13 min

Nice to Meat You

How would you like your beloved, juicy burger grown in a lab? The farmers, the paddock, and the product of the future… Could lab-grown meat change the way we choose to eat?

9 Aug 2022 9 min

Chicken Dump

It’s an accredited chicken abattoir which supplies major retailers. But disturbing undercover footage shows how this well-known business in Potchefstroom is seemingly cutting corners to maximise profits. 

8 Aug 2022 15 min

Travel Disillusion

They were promised the world – or at least the opportunity to travel it. But dozens of would-be travellers claim they’ve been taken for a financial ride by an unscrupulous travel company. 

4 Aug 2022 12 min

A Dam Mess

A whistleblower breaks ranks about the risk perched above the Vaal River and the people who live and farm there. We investigate the unfulfilled promises and neglect by a leading mining company…

3 Aug 2022 28 min

Tavern of Terror

A devastated family in the Eastern Cape is still reeling from shock. Now, as investigators unravel why 21 children died inside the Enyobeni tavern, we ask: is underage drinking becoming a national crisis?

2 Aug 2022 12 min

Mayhem in Mozambique

The Mozambique insurgency linked to ISIS is far from over. Every month, right on South Africa's doorstep, villages are destroyed, and civilians killed. But could there be sinister links in our backyard?

1 Aug 2022 12 min

Motoring On

In April, a cut-off low-pressure system dumped a third of KZN's annual rainfall in 24 hours. Lives were lost, and homes were swept away. But efforts by a major car manufacturer's dedicated staff provide a glimmer of hope…

28 Jul 2022 10 min

Fall Through the Cracks

Baby CJ was allegedly abused for months and then murdered by his caregiver near Cape Town. But despite desperate pleas to investigate, the province's Department of Social Development did very little. Why are social workers failing to investigate reports of child abuse? 

27 Jul 2022 14 min

Monkeypox: The Facts

We’re learning to live with one virus, and now another is causing global anxiety. How worried should we be about the Monkeypox outbreak?

26 Jul 2022 10 min

Food for Thought

Are you paying more for basically everything? From fuel to groceries, it’s going to be a long year as experts warn consumers will be coughing up even more for the basics.

25 Jul 2022 13 min

What the Truck?

The railway bridge crossing Atlantic Road in Muizenberg in the Western Cape has claimed many victims. Meet Biddy the Truck-Eating Bridge…

21 Jul 2022 9 min

The Business of Bunkering

Algoa Bay off the coast of Gqeberha is a disaster quietly waiting to happen. But why do some experts feel it’s already too late?

19 Jul 2022 13 min

SAA: What's the Big Deal?

The numbers simply don’t add up… why was a multi-billion-rand airline, South African Airways, sold off for just R51? 

18 Jul 2022 12 min