Carte Blanche coming up: Politics of the past

The Sunday, 11 January episode of Carte Blanche delves into growing nostalgia surrounding the former apartheid homeland of Bophuthatswana, three decades into South Africa’s democracy, as the crumbling remains of the territory litter parts of the North West province.

While Bophuthatswana was created to enforce segregation and was ruled by an oppressive regime marked by censorship, torture and collaboration with apartheid, some residents now express disillusionment with present-day failures, recalling a past they associate with order, employment and functioning infrastructure.

The investigation questions whether frustration with the current state of affairs is rehabilitating a brutal chapter of history, or whether life was genuinely perceived as better under Bophuthatswana’s rule.

Credibility among South African viewers

Carte Blanche is a South African investigative journalism television series that airs on M-Net every Sunday at 19:00.

Its first episode aired on 21 August 1988 and over the last 34-plus years has earned credibility among South African viewers for its investigation into corruption, consumer issues, and current events.

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