Carte Blanche coming up: Sugar-coated collapse

Carte Blanche has examined the deepening crisis facing South Africa’s sugar industry, once a powerful economic force along the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal.

Mar 7, 2026 - 09:00
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Carte Blanche coming up: Sugar-coated collapse

The Sunday, 08 March episode of Carte Blanche turns its focus to South Africa’s struggling sugar sector, revealing how an industry that once built an empire along the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal now faces an uncertain future.

For more than a century, sugar production shaped local communities and controlled vast tracts of valuable land, but global competition and the collapse of a major corporate player have pushed the sector to the brink.

As cheaper imported sugar increasingly replaces locally produced supplies, many farmers risk losing a way of life that has been passed down through generations.

With liquidation fears mounting, the programme reports that more than a million livelihoods tied to the industry could be affected, placing decades of history and economic stability in jeopardy.

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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