Tag: carte blanche

“Our story on Amber-Rose’s Channel crossing is remarkable for several reasons: first, she’s a magnetic personality and an inspiration to the ‘selfie’ generation lulled into near-psychosis by social media. Second, it’s a non-stop, eleven-hour swim for goodness’ sake. And third, it’s a story filmed largely on cell phones and pieced together by a producer 10,000… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 13 September 2026

“A politician recently lamented the heavy-handedness of the City of Cape Town in enforcing certain by-laws. A man whose outspokenness is indirectly proportional to support for his party, he found it reprehensible that a city unable to provide affordable housing to the poorest of its residents should act against someone ‘feeding birds on the ground’.… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 30 August 2026

“If there’s one thing our nation is better at than sport, it’s producing sports administrators who don’t know their A%$ from their elbow. But, c’mon… Even karate? The martial art of the diminutive Mr Miyagi and his fly-catching chopsticks? The inspiration behind a film that encouraged a generation of teenagers to wrap their father’s work… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 23 August 2026

“Nickolaus Bauer has many attributes, but the one for which I am generally most grateful is his eye for a decent Rioja and his willingness to hand-deliver the occasional bottle to his Executive Producer. Hats off to him, too, for finding a South African making a name for himself as a winemaker in the region… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 16 August 2026

“The Con Court judgement on the Tafelberg School site in Sea Point is, at its surface, a seminal ruling. Its unequivocal statement that all spheres of government across the country are obliged to provide affordable homes for people close to their places of work leaves no room for debate. Now, hands up those of you… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 9 August 2026

“Meiringspoort is breathtaking, and its closure is a blow to people who consider it their preferred passage into the Garden Route: nothing like a winding mountain pass through sheer sandstone cliffs to break the monotony of an otherwise flat Klein Karoo. But the communities surrounding it surely have little time to ponder the impact of… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 2 August 2026