The Inkatha Freedom Party utterly opposes the public broadcaster’s decision to remove news broadcasts in South Africa’s Indigenous languages. SABC News stated that as of April 1st, they will no longer have Afrikaans news or news in any of the Nguni languages. They will replace…
In this weeks’ episode of Special Assignment we bring you an exclusive interview with Rosita Mabuingo, Mozambique’s youngest celebrity. Our producer Frank Ferro goes in search of Rosita - born fifteen years ago this month on top of a tree, above the flood waters of…
“ROAR, YOUNG LIONS ROAR!” tells a story of the young comrades from the dusty, windswept townships of the Cape Flats, who laid down their lives in the 1980s in the struggle for liberation. Some of these youth who survived are unable to live normal lives…
Special Assignment continues its analysis of apartheid assassin and Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock’s release on parole after 20 years behind bars. We speak to the Minister of Justice about why some of the victims’ families were not consulted prior to de Kock’s release. We…
The South African social grant system is said to be one of the best on the African continent. However, it is not without its problems. Tonight we expose illegal and fraudulent deductions from hundreds of unsuspecting pensioners, whose poverty is further perpetuated by this practice,…
“BEWARE THE AVALANCHE (PART 2)” A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT INVESTIGATION Hills and mountains of granite, their contours echoing Mozambique’s endangered wildlife… This is Niassa, the largest province in Mozambique. It is from the Niassa Reserve - an area twice the size of the Kruger National Park…
“Beware the Avalanche (Part 1)” A Special Assignment investigation. There are many myths about ‘indlovu’, the elephant, whose size and majesty make it invincible except to man’s cruelty and greed. In African fables it is the wise ancestral chief; in life, deserving respect; in death,…
“LOLLY TOWN” A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT INVESTIGATION It’s called a Lolly lounge, or Suiker-huis. It’s a name commonly known in predominantly coloured communities like Eldorado Park and Westbury in Johannesburg - a standard house or flat, usually rented, where young girls are lured in with free…
This week’s episode of Special Assignment exposes the rampant abuse and killing of the already endangered vulture population in South Africa and parts of the continent, as well as Asian countries, in a quest for wealth and success by school children, businessmen, gamblers and other…
“DODGY DOCTORS” A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT INVESTIGATION In this week’s episode on Special Assignment we investigate and expose an alleged organized crime syndicate of medical doctors, operating from the Lister Medical Centre in Johannesburg. Our four- month long investigation has uncovered disturbing practices by some qualified…