“I was struck by tragedy…but Special Assignment ensured that I got my money back…without them I wouldn’t have managed.” Praise from pensioner Albert Motswagae, who was abducted after leaving a bank in Zeerust. He featured on Special Assignment in August telling of how he woke up in hospital with a broken back and his life-savings, R75-thousand, missing from his bank account.
In response to requests from viewers, Special Assignment will re-look at some recent stories to see what happened after they were broadcast, to see if and how the programmes made a difference.
The team will check in at the Traffic Department to see if corruption is still the order of the day in a follow-up to the story “Driving Me Crazy”, aired at the end of March. It showed how easy it was to buy learners and drivers licences at testing stations countrywide.
The program will also revisit Somalian refugees, who told us last year that they often feel more persecuted here, than in war-torn Mogadishu.
There will be an update on Port Elizabeth’s battle to get property owners to take part in urban renewal, and good news from Limpopo, after a story broadcast in June told of the tough choices doctors have to make when they work in ill-equipped hospitals in remote areas.
Find out “what happened next”, this Tuesday on Special Assignment.
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