Tag: carte blanche

WORLD WIDE WEBB “Land reform is a contentious, divisive issue in our country. It’s probably also fair to say successive governments have either mismanaged, underplayed or ignored the issue entirely. That has been to the detriment of landowners and investors anxious for policy certainty, as well the people dispossessed of, and denied access to, land… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 18 September 2022

WORLD WIDE WEBB “Environmental stories are a hard sell: they tend to appeal to a niche audience and often come across as self-righteous and indignant. Hardly ideal when the subject is Climate Change and the intention to convince sceptics and denialists about the urgency of the situation. We need to find unique and compelling ways… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 4 September 2022

WORLD WIDE WEBB “I remember well that afternoon in the stands at FNB Stadium: Bafana Bafana thumped Tunisia on their way to ultimately winning the Africa Cup of Nations. Those were better days for our men’s team, now a shadow of their former selves, unable to qualify for World Cups or win anything substantive. And… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 28 August 2022

WORLD WIDE WEBB “Our NICU story is sure to generate debate. COVID was a disease caused by a novel virus, in other words one about which we knew very little, but which required an urgent social, political, and public health response. With the passage of time, questions are now being asked about some of the… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 21 August 2022

Boss Battles We meet a taxi boss who serves a R50-bllion industry that more than two-thirds of commuters rely on daily. Shrouded in controversy, violence and conflict, South Africa’s taxi industry is pivotal to the economy. But this taxi boss lives in fear. His family needs bodyguards in their unnatural, sheltered world because of the… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 14 August 2022

The Ultimate Price A thorn in the side of organised crime, and a spear in the fight for justice: that’s how colleagues describe Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear, a highly decorated detective. His investigations disrupted the complex patterns of gang warfare and police complicity on the Cape Flats in the Western Cape. It was a dangerous job… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 7 August 2022