The baby quiz

We investigate how nine-month-old baby CJ may have been mistreated by his foster mother. Despite his family’s desperate pleas, why did the social worker fail to investigate the allegations of child abuse?

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟳 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮. It reads like a Hollywood blockbuster – pets go missing, and a well-intentioned stranger ostensibly picks them up. But the plot unravels as he turns nasty and demands a ransom for their safe return.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟴 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮. For some expectant parents, the opportunity to enjoy a more intimate, natural birth experience at home – supported by a trusted midwife – is sought after. And that was true of a Cape Town couple who secured the services of a “midwife” recommended to them by a local businesswoman.  But within hours of labour, and as their unborn baby went into distress, they realised the person in whom they’d placed all their trust was not what they believed her to be. And they’re not alone. Carte Blanche investigates how this self-styled “birth keeper” has so far escaped accountability.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮. A story of ground-breaking innovation in medicine that’s meeting a deep human desire: to have children. And doing it for young people diagnosed with life-threatening cancers. Around the world, a collective of scientists is helping families preserve the future fertility of their children from the ravages of chemotherapy. Carte Blanche meets one-year-old Mackenzie “Mighty Mack” Friedman, diagnosed with aggressive leukaemia at just four months old. She recently underwent surgery to remove and preserve one of her tiny ovaries before undergoing a bone marrow transplant. The growing field of oncofertility is addressing two of the most time-sensitive aspects of this little girl’s life – getting urgent cancer treatment and preserving her chance to have a baby of her own one day.