MUST WATCH! An extended 90-minute episode of Carte Blanche will air Sunday 30 June on M-Net with horrific stories on animals butchered while still alive, and the war on truck drivers!

VIEWER WARNING! Livestock Butchers

Cattle, sheep and goat farmers lose billions every year to marauding stock thieves. Long accustomed to defending their farms against stock theft, farmers now have to implement even more extraordinary measures to protect their livestock from having prime cuts of meat butchered on the farms, while the animals are still alive. Carte Blanche investigates this shifting, growing crime trend and the levels of animal cruelty that leaves behind grotesque carcasses, causing trauma for farmers and their employees.

Producer: Annalise Lubbe 

Presenter: Macfarlane Moleli

Truck Wars

“Avoid being on the N3 at night” – that’s the alarming warning from authorities as violent attacks on freight trucks continue to escalate country-wide and especially on the N3 trade route linking Durban and Johannesburg.  But with 88% of goods in South Africa being transported by road, and almost 50% on this route alone, this national stretch of highway is the lifeblood of the logistics system and the backbone of the economy.  As government scrambles to deal with the armed assailants targeting truck drivers, Carte Blanche investigates the real reasons behind the violence that’s crippling the industry.

Producer: Jacqui Jayamaha

Presenter: Devi Sankaree Govender

Turning SA’s Poor Health Around 

Drawing on reports from the World Health Organisation, World Happiness Report and public health data, the 2019 global Indigo Wellness Index ranked South Africa as the unhealthiest country in the world. From life expectancy to  blood pressure, obesity, happiness, and government spending on healthcare, several wellness indicators applied to 191 countries showed us performing the worst. What will it take for South Africans to turn this picture on its head in years to come? Carte Blanche explores the options for our unhealthy society.

Producer: Este de Klerk

Presenter: Claire Mawisa

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 – Five Years On

It was a routine scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport, carrying 239 passengers and crew – but five years ago Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared from the radar while flying over the Indian Ocean. An intensive search and investigation followed with some of the world’s top investigators, but with little progress over the years, it remains unclear why the plane went down. Now for the first time investigators have opened up the vault which contains the only recovered parts of the wreckage from the doomed flight. 

Producer: ABC Australia