Tag: carte blanche

“In the weeks before COVID struck, I arranged a trip to Svalbard, deep in the Arctic Circle, to film an insert on the “Doomsday” seed vault. Sadly, not long before I was due to leave, the pandemic intervened and air travel ground to a halt. So, I take great satisfaction in being able to broadcast… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 9 November 2025

“While we go to great lengths to ensure accuracy in our reporting, we don’t consider ourselves beyond criticism. And nor should we be. But I remember the frustration of a particular online exchange between one of our presenters and the Northern Cape Premier, Zamani Saul. He claimed we’d been one-sided in our reporting on service… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 2 November 2025

“I’m sure many Joburg residents will be relieved to see the mayor and his executive team pounding the streets in the less agreeable parts of the city, seeing first-hand the extent of its decline. Whether a short-lived marketing ploy or – ahem – a renewed commitment to good governance remains to be seen. Might I… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 26 October 2025

“Goma in 1997 was a wretched place. Just four short years after the genocide in neighbouring Rwanda, it was awash with remnants of the Interahamwe who’d fled across the border. Meaning roughly ‘those who fight together’, it was the militia responsible for much of the killing in those few awful months. I was back there… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 19 October 2025

“Those concerned about our country’s current trajectory would likely view with suspicion any attempt to question Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. There are many people with much to lose from this process, and so it’s understandable that ordinary South Africans would worry about the media being influenced by those with vested… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 12 October 2025

“Social media is not a space I particularly enjoy anymore. It used to be an ideal way to catch up on what people were having for dinner or how their pets had grown. But now, as Sunday’s story on Facebook Marketplace demonstrates, it’s evolved into a place that’s not only frequently toxic, but at its… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 5 October 2025