Out Of Sight

In November 2009, 50-year old Liz Warren, a popular chef in the seaside town of Hermanus, was arrested in Senegal for drug smuggling. In June 2013, Gauteng businessman Gerhard Hattingh was imprisoned in Thailand for drug smuggling. Desperate or greedy, naïve or deceived, there are…

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Youth Day 2015

June 16, 1976 is a day etched in South African history. A day that turned the tide in South Africa’s liberation struggle. Thousands of Sowetan students marched peacefully to protest the introduction of Afrikaans as a compulsory medium of instruction in schools. The march was…

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After Burn

Each winter in South Africa, thousands of people are affected by shack fires that spread seemingly unchecked from one shack to another, engulfing dozens in a matter of minutes. Burns are one of the major causes of death and injury to South African children. This…

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Atomic Africa

Special Assignment brings you Atomic Africa, an internationally produced documentary by Java Films, which investigates whether nuclear energy is an appropriate response to the continent’s energy crisis, looking at Uganda, Tanzania, the DRC and Niger, as case studies. Companies like French nuclear giant, Areva, lobby…

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Beast or Bait

This week Special Assignment investigates the link between drug smuggling and human trafficking. The recent execution of eight of the ‘Bali Nine’ drug smugglers in Indonesia has once again turned the world’s spotlight on the transnational drug trade and the punishment for this crime. In…

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