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• On Special Assignment: Dismantling Verwoerd's Apartheid (2 November 2016)
  2 Nov 2016 14:23 (0 replies)

  

  Special Assignment asks: how we do undo the brutal psychological and socio-economic damage inflicted by Verwoerd's regime?
  

• Special Assignment exposé: Is your doctor a real doctor?
  15 Jan 2015 19:32 (0 replies)

  

  Doctors selling their practice numbers for cash. Fake doctors treating patients. On Sunday (18th) Special Assignment airs an exposé of undercover footage.
  

• On Special Assignment: Homes of Horrors (17 August 2014)
  13 Aug 2014 17:07 (0 replies)

  

  On Sunday Special Assignment exposes another case of horrific child abuse in the wake of the House of Horrors captivity case.
  

• Special Assignment moves to Sundays
  3 Oct 2013 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  Time change! ... Special Assignment moves to Sundays on SABC3 as from 6 October. Two and a Half Men 8 takes over it's previous time slot.
  

• Special Assignment: Who owns your debt? (II)
  20 Aug 2013 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  Banks selling off loans and debt to third parties, missing paperwork and contracts. On Thursday (22nd) Special Assignment speaks to a Reserve Bank whistle-blower.
  

• Special Assignment: The value of human life?
  15 Apr 2013 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  What rights do South Africans have when it comes to health care? On Thursday (18th) Special Assignment exposes two cases of hospital horror treatment.
  

• Special Assignment: Cash-For-Land Scams
  21 Nov 2012 00:00 (51 replies)

  

  On Thursday (22nd) Special Assignment investigates who's involved in the cash-for-land scams that have hit the people in Lenasia who've had their homes demolished.
  

• Special Assignment: Survival Sex
  29 Aug 2012 00:00 (20 replies)

  

  On Thursday night Special Assignment reveals the stories of young girls who've resorted to prositition to survive to ask: why is society turning a blind eye?
  

• Special Assignment: Over Her Head
  20 Jun 2012 00:00 (11 replies)

  

  On Thursday Special Assignment investigates the plight of unemployed mothers by following homeless and pregnant Haadia Williams as she tries to find a home.
  

• On Special Assignment: Short Changed
  11 Jun 2012 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  This Thursday Special Assignment exposes the corrupt activities involved in the selling and purchasing of illegal panel vans that are being sold as taxi's.
  

• On Special Assignment: Scraping the bottom of the barrel (7 June)
  6 Jun 2012 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  On Thursday Special Assignment exposes the plight of unemployed people who don't qualify for social grants and the things they're doing to survive.
  

• On Special Assignment: Our Bodies ... Their Battleground (17 May)
  14 May 2012 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  This Thursday Special Assignment explores the crisis of rape during conflict and exposes the struggle to find lasting solutions to deal with the crime.
  

• On Special Assignment: the Return of the Farang (3 May)
  2 May 2012 00:00 (2 replies)

  

  On Thursday (3 May) Special Assignment features an interview with Shani Krebs who spent 18 years in a Bangkok jail after being arrested for carrying heroin.
  

• Pollsmoor's got no more talent (23 February 2012)
  23 Feb 2012 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Pollsmoor prison had a successful rehab programme called Pollsmoor's Got Talent. It's been shut down with no explanation. Special Assignment investigates why.
  

• Trapped in the Chambers (16 February)
  15 Feb 2012 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  On Thursday Special Assignment exposes the tragic story of an innocent man who got sick in prison and died before he could enjoy justice and freedom.
  

• To toll or not? (10 November)
  7 Nov 2011 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  This Thursday (10th) Special Assignment looks at the Gauteng Freewy Improvement Project to innvestigate the cost implications and the flaws surrounding it.
  

• Behind Her Smile (21 September 2011)
  18 Sep 2011 00:00 (7 replies)

  

  On Wednesday Special Assignment looks at the battle against breast cancer through the story of 38-year-old Nosipho Mgoma who's fighting for her life.
  

• Sex Sells (24 August 2011)
  22 Aug 2011 00:00 (2 replies)

  

  This Wednesday Special Assignment debates the police sex pictures published in the Sowetan and asks: should the paper have published them? Was it newsworthy?
  

• Medical Greed! (21 March 2011)
  21 Mar 2011 00:00 (2 replies)

  

  Tonight Special Assignment investigates South Africa’s biggest private hospital, Netcare’s controversial role in the cash-for-kidneys scam.
  

• for the men ... (30 November 2010)
  30 Nov 2010 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  What can men do to ensure that other men don't abuse their partners? ... part 2 of the Special Assignment series about women who kill their partners.
  

• till death ... (23 November 2010)
  21 Nov 2010 00:00 (4 replies)

  

  What should happen to women who kill their abusive partners? Special Assignment investigates how such women are double-victims: of their partners, then prison.
  

• Positive Ladies Soccer Club (9 November 2010)
  8 Nov 2010 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  There are 2 000 HIV-related deaths in Zimbabwe every week. Special Assignment shows how a group of HIV+ women took control of their health - by playing soccer.
  

• From The Mule's Mouth (2 November)
  25 Oct 2010 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  This Tuesday Special Assignment interviews Tessa Beetge: the convicted drug mule; jailed in Brazil; involved in the drug-smuggling case against Sheryl Cwele.
  

• Hard To Swallow (7 September 2010)
  7 Sep 2010 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Tonight: Special Assignment's cameras go inside hectic Brazilian prisons to find a South African who's been arrested on drug charges. Will she come home?
  

• 'Don't Look' (At The Porn) (31 August)
  31 Aug 2010 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  After weeks of being blah-boring-yawn Special Assignment delivers something interesting tonight. Should the government ban internet porn to protect kids? ...
  

• Darfur Peacekeepers: Before and After (24 August 2010)
  22 Aug 2010 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  On Tuesday Special Assignment screens a documentary about an 800-soldier South African unit and their peacekeeping duties in Darfur.
  

• Media Freedom Dinner Debate (17 August)
  17 Aug 2010 00:00 (4 replies)

  

  On Special Assigment: City Press editor Ferial Haffajee, media ethics scholar Franz Kruger and ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu debate media freedom.
  

• Fallen Off The Map (3 August 2010)
  3 Aug 2010 00:00 (2 replies)

  

  Sweeping the North West province: a revolt against poor service delivery. Special Assignment looks at the protests; and rate payers' refusal to pay.
  

• Pollsmoor's Got Talent (17 November 2009)
  16 Nov 2009 00:00 (2 replies)

  

  Pollsmoor prison has turned into TV studio's: complete with television studio, sound booth, video editing suite and a talent show called Jail Star (no kidding).
  

• Fighting For Breath (20 October 2009)
  20 Oct 2009 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  The residents of a town called Danielskuil are fighting for breath and say that a lime mine's making them sick. The mine denies it. Special Assignment investigates.
  

• Gender Agenda (8 September 2009)
  8 Sep 2009 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  Special Assignment asks: is the Commission for Gender Equality actually doing anything and worth the millions in tax money it gets annually?
  

• Forced Love (25 August 2009)
  25 Aug 2009 00:00 (36 replies)

  

  Teenage girls are being abducted in the Eastern Cape. Are they being forced into marraige? Who's taking them and why? Special Assignment investigates.
  

• The Forest Pygmies (18 August 2009)
  17 Aug 2009 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  Special Assignment spotlights the Baka - the very first people to inhabit the Congo, whose lifestyle is under dangerous threat.
  

• Smile, You're On Camera! (11 August)
  11 Aug 2009 00:00 (5 replies)

  

  Tonight Special Assignment broadcasts a month-long investigation into the millions of rands being raked in by the Jo'burg Metro Police.
  

• Brothers In Arms (4 August 2009)
  4 Aug 2009 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Special Assignment investigates the battle of injured South Africans who can't get medical care when they get home from Iraq.
  

• Vuk'uzenzele (7 July 2009)
  6 Jul 2009 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  One lone woman has taken on the world in Du Noon where she's opened a haven for children with disabilties. Special Assignment pays her a visit.
  

• Doctors Crisis (30 June 2009)
  30 Jun 2009 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Tonight's Special Assignment visits hospitals to look at the working conditions of underpaid doctors and the impact on patients, who have to fight to be seen.
  

• Street Of Dreams (23 June 2009) - Rescheduled
  22 Jun 2009 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Homeless and destitute they took occupation of houses and refused to move out. Tuesday's Special Assignment covers the biggest home invasion in SA.
  

• Surgeon and Gardener (2 June 2009)
  2 Jun 2009 00:00 (16 replies)

  

  In 1967, Professor Chris Barnard performed the worlds first heart transplant. But did he really? ... Or did someone else? ... Special Assignment investigates.
  

• Eish-kom! (19 May 2009)
  19 May 2009 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  Who are the people ripping off electricty metres with illegal connections? Could it be Eskom? Special Assignment speaks to a former employee who says it is.
  

• Child Brutes (5 May 2009)
  5 May 2009 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Tonight Special Assignment tells the story of a young boy who was kidnapped and tortured by two 11-year olds.
  

• Vendawood (28 April 2009)
  28 Apr 2009 00:00 (35 replies)

  

  Tonight Special Assignment visits Venda to uncover the secret of popular indie movies that are being filmed behind boababs.
  

• The Kei Rippers (21 April 2009)
  21 Apr 2009 00:00 (2 replies)

  

  Tonight Special Assignment investigates smuggling, satanism, muti and serial killings in Butterworth, where people are being murdered for body parts.
  

• Political Satire (14 April 2009)
  13 Apr 2009 00:00 (11 replies)

  

  On Tuesday Special Assignment looks at censorship and satire in SA, with a focus on the lawsuit against Zapiro and the canning of a TV series called Z-News.
  

• Back! Due To Public Demand: Hell Hole (7 April 2009)
  6 Apr 2009 00:00 (11 replies)

  

  This week's Special Assignment about the murder happening in Zimbabwean prisons will be rebroadcast next Tuesday due to the response the show has received.
  

• Stripped (24 March 2009)
  24 Mar 2009 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Stripping is a multi-million rand legal industry in SA yet there are no laws protecting those who work the trade. Special Assignment investigates.
  

• Thai Prisons (17 March 2009)
  16 Mar 2009 00:00 (53 replies)

  

  Tonight Special Assignment goes behind the walls of Thai prisons to tell the story of South Africans incarcarated in them for drug smuggling.
  

• Ha Ri Vayi (We Are Not Going) (10 March 2009)
  10 Mar 2009 00:00 (26 replies)

  

  Tonight Special Assignment looks at the controversy surrounding the bus transit system incl. the taxi industry protests against it and commuters who need wheels
  

• Dik Getik (3 March 2009)
  3 Mar 2009 00:00 (11 replies)

  

  Special Assignment relaunches with a new look, feel and format tonight. Coming up in the episode: a camera gets attacked while investigating the horrors of tik.
  

• Gift To Timbuktu (17 February 2009)
  17 Feb 2009 00:00 (8 replies)

  

  Tonight Special Assignment follows ancient manuscripts that have been restored over six years and housed in their 13th century home in Timbuktu.
  

• Baby Michael (13 January 2009)
  11 Jan 2009 00:00 (16 replies)

  

  On Tuesday Special Assignment tells the story of baby Michael Connor, who was abused by his parents and rendered quadraplegic before he turned six months old.
  

• Battle of the T-Shirts (11 November onwards)
  10 Nov 2008 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  On Tuesday Special Assignment changes the shows regular format to host a series of debates between the T-shirts aka SA's political parties.
  

• Black Men Can't Scrum? (30 September 2008)
  30 Sep 2008 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Tonight Special Assignment looks at Rugby in SA and investigates the allegations that there's a deeply-entrenched bias against black players in the sport.
  

• Court In The Act (16 September 2008)
  16 Sep 2008 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Despite new laws to protect child victims, only 7 out of every 100 cases of sexual crimes against children result in jail time. Special Assignment investigates.
  

• Cellphone Sleaze (9 September 2008)
  8 Sep 2008 00:00 (8 replies)

  

  Special Assignment also looks at technology, it's impact on the sexual behaviour of the youth and the trend of porn predators targeting kids.
  

• Thembi's Story (12 August)
  12 Aug 2008 00:00 (27 replies)

  

  Special Assignment investigates the case of Thembi, who's boyfriend lied to her about his HIV status. The show asks: "What should the law do?"
  

• 10th Anniversary Special (22 July)
  22 Jul 2008 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Special Assignment celebrates the show's 10th anniversary with a look back at the first episode ever broadcast.
  

• Finale For A Paedophile (15 July)
  15 Jul 2008 00:00 (3 replies)

  

  After the threat of legal action, Special Assignment follows up on the shows' expose of an alledged paedophile that was broadcast at the beginning of June.
  

• Ashes To Ashes (1 July 2008)
  1 Jul 2008 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Special Assignment looks at the aftermath of the xenophobic violence and travels to Mozambique to see what impact it's had on the rest of Africa.
  

• The Ballot Of Thorns (24 June)
  24 Jun 2008 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Special Assignment investigates the violent situation in Zimbabwe in the build-up to the polls.
  

• Mineral Curse (10 June)
  10 Jun 2008 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Special Assignment investigates the tensions between mines and communities who are being forced off their land because it's rich in minerals.
  

• Prelude For A Paedophile (3 June)
  3 Jun 2008 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Special Assignment investigates the story of an alledged paedophile who's preying on young streetchildren in Cape Town. The children speak out.
  

• Killing Waters (27 May 2008)
  27 May 2008 00:00 (4 replies)

  

  Nearly 123 children have died in an Eastern Cape district since the beginning of the year. Special Assignment investigates the water that's killing them.
  

• Hambani Makwere - Kwere (20 May 2008)
  20 May 2008 00:00 (198 replies)

  

  Tonight Special Assignment investigates the Alexandra violence in a special report on xenophobia, the reasons for it and the people caught in the crossfire.
  

• A Matter Of Honour (13 May 2008)
  13 May 2008 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  Special Assignment goes undercover with a hidden camera to expose that women are being mistreated when they report rape cases to the police.
  

• Journey To The End Of The Earth (29 April, 2008)
  29 Apr 2008 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Special Assignment joins a group of ex-combatants on a trip from Pretoria to Southern Angola to investigate the aftermath of the Angolan border war.
  

• Rights Of Passage (22 April, 2008)
  22 Apr 2008 00:00 (57 replies)

  

  Tonight Special Assignment investigates the high number of deaths that continue to happen in adulthood initiation ceremonies.
  

• Aluta Continua (1 April, 2008)
  31 Mar 2008 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  A Special Assignment investigation into freedom of speech and how it's being censored in the public and private sector when employees speak out about problems.
  

• Episode 31: Thembisa's Bones (22 August)
  21 Aug 2006 00:00 (1 replies)

  

  An investigation into the injustices happening in the rural areas of SA where people are at the mercy of criminals who are getting away with horrific crimes.
  

• Episode 30: End Of The Line (15 August)
  15 Aug 2006 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  A special investigation into how the government refuses to take responsibility for the safety of Metrorail passengers. What's going to happen in 2010?
  

• Episode 29: Bunny Town (8 August)
  8 Aug 2006 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Young boys are being taken off the streets of Cape Town to be sexually abused by paedophiles. The police and shelters know about it and nobody's doing a thing.
  

• Episode 28: Heavy Weight! (1 August)
  31 Jul 2006 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  In South Africa, almost a third of adult males and more than half of all women are overweight. This statistic keeps increasing - Special Assignment asks why.
  

• Episode 27: Imali Yeqolo - Rent A Womb (25 July)
  25 Jul 2006 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  An investigation into how South Africa is following the UK trend of teenage girls falling pregnant to get a government grant which they spend on themselves.
  

• Episode 26: The Jacob Zuma Story (11 July)
  10 Jul 2006 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  On the eve of Jacob Zuma's corruption trial Special Assignment biographies Zuma's life and visits his ancestral village to see how his family feel about him.
  

• Episode 25: For The Boys (4 July)
  1 Jul 2006 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Special Assignment investigates the brutal consequences of male rape in prison and the ways sexual violence has become ritualised into prison gang culture.
  

• Episode 24: Sncedeni - Help Us (27June)
  26 Jun 2006 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  This week's Special Assignment investigates why many divorced South African women aren't receiving their maintenance money when their ex-husbands have paid it.
  

• Episode 23: Housed In Controversy (20June)
  18 Jun 2006 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Episode preview for Special Assignment, 20 June 2006, episode 23: Housed In Controversy.
  

• Episode 22: Destination Unknown (13 June)
  12 Jun 2006 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Episode preview for Special Assignment, 13 June 2006, episode 22: Destination Unknown.
  

• Episode 21 (6 June)
  5 Jun 2006 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Episode preview for Special Assignment, 6 June 2006, episode 21
  

• Episode 20 (30 May)
  29 May 2006 00:00 (0 replies)

  

  Episode summary for Special Assignment, 31 May 2006, episode 20.
  

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