Tag: carte blanche

“For five years, I lived in a cottage on the Morgenster Wine Estate overlooking vineyards and olive groves. It was a glorious existence, hedonistic even, punctuated only occasionally by work and life’s other onerous distractions. And just a few kilometres away, sandwiched between Somerset West and the False Bay coast, was Macassar; even then, poor,… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 30 July 2023

“Our government’s obvious alignment with Moscow despite its sworn non-alignment on the Ukraine conflict must get tongues wagging at embassy parties. You can almost hear the chuckles as diplomats share tweets from one of our more industrious departmental spokespeople. ‘Urging restrain from both sides!’, they’d exclaim, brushing spluttered champagne and cocktail sausages from their lapels… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 23 July 2023

“For a time, my parents lived near Richards Bay. They were heading into their twilight years, and it seemed as good a place as any to unwind after a life of work and child-related stress (though only from my brother and sister, you understand). Theirs was a calm existence, interrupted only by the occasional raid… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 16 July 2023

“I’ve watched quite a lot of elite netball and, I confess, I find it a little daft. Whoever concocted a sport that confines players to specific parts of the court, unable to move once they’ve caught the ball, was either drunk or a sadist. And, you know what? Hats off to them, because it’s utterly… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 9 July 2023

“The heaviest rainfall in living memory. That’s how Citrusdal locals are describing this week’s deluge. A few hundred kilometres away, a tornado wreaks havoc in Durban. On Sunday, we’ll reference the impacts of climate change at the two extremes of global weather and suffer the inevitable vitriol of the denialist lobby. In response, we’ll say… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 2 July 2023

“One of my fondest sporting memories is watching Bafana Bafana play Algeria in the Africa Cup of Nations at the FNB Stadium in 1996. There’d been a morning shower, and the fans seated either side of my friends and I insisted on wiping down our seats with newspaper. Then, at halftime, a bucket of KFC… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 25 June 2023