Tag: carte blanche

“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

“Riebeek Kasteel is a microcosm of how the country at large is dealing with the fallout from the anti-immigration marches. It’s complex, too. The toxic rhetoric and incidents of violence that accompanied the protests were easy – and rightly – criticised as xenophobic, but undocumented migration, its consequences, and the complicity of some employers in… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 26 July 2026

“As far as I’m concerned, a good flight is one with an equal number of planned take offs and landings. Despite catching dozens of planes a year, I remain a nervous passenger. Not terrified, but irrationally distrustful of the structural integrity of what is essentially a composite tube hurtling through the air at close to… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 12 July 2026

“Ahead of our story on the latest TikTok fad, I asked our team what an appropriate age is for girls to start wearing make-up. As a dad to two daughters, it’s a question that has vexed me for some time. I settled on ‘around about the time they start dating’ as a reasonable answer, and… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 5 July 2026

“We’re aware that we’ve called the people behind the June 30th protests ‘anti-illegal immigration’ and that some might consider this an inaccurate description.  Make no mistake, we’re aware that their position is generally fuelled by xenophobia and that their planned demonstrations may well end in chaos and violence. We’re alive to the fact, too, that… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 28 June 2026

“There’ve been more commissions of enquiry in our country than you could shake a stick at. And so, it was hardly surprising that the Madlanga Commission’s unveiling was greeted with a collective ‘here we go again’. But, months down the line, we’ve seen witnesses drawn from every level of the SAPS, from the rank and… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 14 June 2026