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
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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
Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 4 December 2022
“We investigated an audacious coal scam just three years ago, so it’s disheartening to be doing it again. And, as if the shamelessness of these commodity criminals weren’t bad enough, that we’re confronting some of the same characters is downright infuriating.” – John Webb, Executive Producer Coal Switch Coal – it’s a commodity in high… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 4 December 2022
Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 27 November 2022
WORLD WIDE WEBB “Derek claims the interviews with the two young women caught up in an online drug peddling operation were among the toughest he’s ever done. Perhaps, the toughest. And I believe him. Our story on a meticulously planned drug runner takedown in Pretoria should worry every parent. As one myself, I’m horrified by… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 27 November 2022