WORLD WIDE WEBB “The first I read of the tragedy in Boksburg was via an online news report. ‘Nine people dead at the scene of a gas tanker explosion’. Shocked, I scrolled through social media for updates, some so graphic they made my stomach turn. A particular thread caught my eye; it suggested the death… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 15 January 2023
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Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 8 January 2023
WORLD WIDE WEBB “Who among us doesn’t have a frightening road rage story to tell? I know I do. Driving in our country is one of life’s more frustrating – and dangerous – experiences. Keeping a cool head while all around you, chaos and a frightening lack of courtesy are unleashed is challenging. But while… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 8 January 2023
Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 1 January 2023
WORLD WIDE WEBB “This Sunday, we doff our caps to our hard-working producers and presenters and acknowledge the lengths they go to in capturing the drama of life in South Africa. Be it confronting dodgy traffic officials, chasing crooks on foot, or jumping into choppers in carefully orchestrated sting operations – there’s little our team… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 1 January 2023
The Christmas Special – Carte Blanche 25 December 2022
WORLD WIDE WEBB “To borrow from the great John Lennon: ‘And so this is Christmas, and what have you done?’. Well, quite a lot, as it turns out. Yes, Carte Blanche’s 35th year has been as busy as the preceding 34, and we’re dedicating our Christmas Special to stories of inspiration in an otherwise maddening… Continue reading The Christmas Special – Carte Blanche 25 December 2022
Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 18 December 2022
WORLD WIDE WEBB “In the mid 90s, interest rates were going berserk. The banks were charging me close to 20 percent for the privilege of driving an Opel Kadett. The idea of paying double that just to cover the basics makes my eyes water and yet that is precisely what some unscrupulous Matshonisas are charging… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 18 December 2022
Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 11 December 2022
WORLD WIDE WEBB “It’s an unusual story, that much I’ll admit. It’s not like us to turn the camera on ourselves. But, in deciding to commission a piece on Macfarlane’s Iron Man journey we were guided by two things: the transformation of a man who, by his own admission, was not in – shall we… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 11 December 2022