Tag: carte blanche

“I reported on Cape Town’s red zones as a presenter for Carte Blanche in 2016. We emerged unscathed from what turned out to be a relatively quiet night for the paramedics we were following. And yet, I recall the anxiety of our crew as we drove through the dimly lit streets of the Cape Flats,… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 21 January 2024

“The dancers in Sunday’s show are unlike any others yet featured on Carte Blanche. Their stage is a busy Rosebank intersection, their payment a means to feed themselves. But they’re dedicated and talented and courageous. If only I believed their dreams of dancing on a world stage would one day be realised. If only the world were that… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 14 January 2024

“Our understanding of how kidnappings play out have likely been shaped by the threats of retribution growled down a phone line by Liam Neesom; the knife-throwing, gun-toting climax ending in inevitable death for the bad guys. In what is fast becoming a global kidnapping hotspot, they tend to come to a far less dramatic conclusion.… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 7 January 2024

It’s been a challenging year. The loss of our dear colleague, Derek, dealt our team a hammer blow for which we were emotionally unprepared and from which we’ve yet to properly recover. But it’s also been a year in which South Africans have continued to surprise and inspire us with their courage and creativity. So,… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 31 December 2023

Frank Sinatra could not have imagined the world in 2023 when he suggested that “from now on, our troubles will be miles away”. Nor could he possibly have grasped the challenges – most of them self-inflicted – South Africa would be wrestling with. But with a less literal interpretation of arguably the greatest ever Christmas… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 24 December 2023

“I’m old enough to remember when Marthinus van Schalkwyk was our environment minister.  He once held a press conference on top of Table Mountain (for reasons never entirely understood) in which he declared a clampdown on breeding lions in captivity.  Years later, the industry is as controversial and shambolic as it’s ever been, and our… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 17 December 2023