Carte Blanche: Metro Centre update – WATCH

The 9 November episode of Carte Blanche investigates the disorder lurking within government archives, where chaos and mismanagement have led to poor service delivery and growing public frustration.

Yet, amid the dysfunction, some individuals have turned the system’s failures into a business opportunity.

The programme follows one such hustler—only to uncover a surprising twist when they realise they’ve encountered him before, revealing the cyclical nature of corruption and opportunism within failing institutions.

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.