Animania 2018

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟯 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯. It was once a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the care of children with disabilities and a beacon of hope in the Eastern Cape. For decades, Ikwezi Lokusa was operated by missionary sisters. But in 2001, government took over and soon afterwards its troubles began. In 2018, Carte Blanche investigated the boarding school and uncovered how the infrastructure had deteriorated, leaving children to sleep on brick beds with only a thin mattress for comfort. A critical shortage of caregivers often left vulnerable special needs children with no one to feed them or change their nappies for hours on end. Back then, the Department of Education made big promises to help the children; but as we return to the school five years later, very little has changed. More caregivers have been employed, but they frequently abandon the children, who continue to suffer hardship and neglect. Carte Blanche investigates. Your favourite episodes are now available on Carte Blanche: The Podcast: https://linktr.ee/carteblanchetv

Pet-mania, Mario-mania, monster-mania, minion-mania, and much more. We’ve got it all in the Animania festival. Join the fun from 1 December – 18 January. Also available on Catch Up on DStv Stream.

This story originally aired on 11 September 2022. It’s an early Cape Town morning and, as Advocate Jakes van der Merwe passes his hand over the base of his neck, he’s reminded by a small dent below his right ear of how close he came to losing his life. He was shot outside his home two years ago, a bullet hitting him in the neck. But he is not alone. In recent years, attacks like this have become an occupational hazard for members of Cape Town’s legal fraternity – some of them, deadly. In 2018, Advocate Pete Mihalik – who represented the alleged leader of the 28s gang – was killed outside his children’s school. His murder trial is now underway. Carte Blanche reports on lawyers under siege by Cape Town’s criminal underground. Your favourite episodes are now available on Carte Blanche: The Podcast: https://linktr.ee/carteblanchetv

Justice can be difficult to come by for the adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. But one woman's quest to reckon with the past has revealed more victims and, together, they are facing off against the 80-year-old man they say molested them. In 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled these crimes can be prosecuted, no matter how long ago the abuse took place. Now, some remarkable adults are demanding a price for a childhood tainted by suffering. In collaboration with Primedia’s 567 Cape Talk, Carte Blanche meets three courageous women out for justice decades after suffering the abuse.