Tag: carte blanche

“I read this week that Jan Wilkens had died.  To those not born in the 1900s, the name will mean very little. But to some of us he was the inspiration for afternoons spent round-housing plywood tomato boxes and grappling with the family labrador. A barrel-chested man, he was probably no more than a touch… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 26 April 2026

“In television, we often talk about “water-cooler moments”.  Back when work colleagues shared office space and sometimes communicated with each other, they’d gather around the water dispenser to chat. It’s one of our goals to have them talking about something they’d seen on Carte Blanche the night before. The moment two young men are called… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 19 April 2026

“There’s an interesting moment in our Rivers for Sale insert where a man accused of illegally selling water disputes the notion of government having ownership of our natural resources. In his words, ‘Water belongs to the Almighty’.  I suspect it’s a view that might resonate with some people, one that goes some way to explaining… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 12 April 2026

“There’s something discomforting about watching a poacher arrested and handcuffed for selling crayfish on a KZN roadside. On the one hand, a threatened species in need of protection; on the other, a young man living each day from hand to mouth. Isn’t that the South African predicament? But the law remains the law, and a… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 5 April 2026

“Who would have thought providing services to informal settlements would deliver another opportunity for tenderpreneurs and compromised bureaucrats to illegally enrich themselves? I know, silly question. There doesn’t appear to be a single sphere of society immune from the clutches of those enthralled by money and prepared to do just about anything to accumulate more… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 29 March 2026

“Our story on the South Africans lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine points to a can of worms our government may wish was never opened. By law, the volunteers should be prosecuted for offering foreign military assistance, but doing so risks a political fallout for which the ANC surely has no appetite. Not when… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 22 March 2026