Tag: carte blanche

WORLD WIDE WEBB “Many years ago, I worked on a story about a plan to remove pine trees from parts of the Table Mountain National Park. I remember being surprised by the vitriol the debate generated, and the anger we encountered among the people we interviewed. I don’t recall an immediate mass felling of trees… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 30 October 2022

WORLD WIDE WEBB “These are challenging times, so who’d deny us the distraction of an occasional bout of nostalgia, a reflection on a moment in time in which the new South Africa was alive with possibility (with due acknowledgment to Brand SA) and awash with creativity? This Sunday we launch an “investigative” series in which… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 23 October 2022

WORLD WIDE WEBB “In the 90s, while covering the armed rebellion in eastern DRC, I stood at the edge of Lake Kivu in Goma waiting to board a ferry. It would take me and several hundred other people to Bukavu further along the water. The night was sweaty, the mosquitoes excitable, and the port crumbling… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 16 October 2022

WORLD WIDE WEBB “I was the presenter assigned to the Phumeza Tisile story in 2015. Back then, I had no idea what cochlear implants were or just how life-changing they could be. What I knew of young Phumeza and the impact of her treatment for XDR-TB had come from the research notes provided by the… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 9 October 2022

WORLD WIDE WEBB “What is there left to say on the climate emergency? Extreme weather events across the globe must by now have removed any doubt that global warming is real and that it’s caused by humans. If we can at least agree on that, perhaps there’s still hope for slowing the rate of warming… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 2 October 2022

WORLD WIDE WEBB “I’m not an F1 fan – if there’s no ball then it’s not a sport, is my mantra – but I can see the extraordinary value in the Grand Prix circus returning to Kyalami. The shot in the arm for the local economy would be significant, and how do you put a… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 25 September 2022