Tag: carte blanche

“Our doctor drain piece is about more than a failure to retain vital medical skills and the obvious impact on the NHI. Filmed in Ireland, it also lays bare the challenges of setting up a centrally funded public health system, even in a country as wealthy as the Emerald Isle. I can tell you from… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 23 March 2025

“Anecdotal evidence suggests I’m not alone in believing the e-hailing offering is in decline. Whether it’s a driver arriving at a pickup point in an unroadworthy car, taking a phone call while hurtling along a motorway, cancelling at the most inopportune times, or ignoring desperate pleas for the safe return of your reading glasses –… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 16 March 2025

“Since the pandemic, trust in big pharma and the philanthropic organisations behind the provision of medicines in the developing world seems at its lowest ebb. Vaccine hesitancy, often fuelled by wild conspiracies, is also flourishing. Perhaps a more concerted return to the concept of “informed consent” rather than resorting to name-calling would help regain the… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 9 March 2025

“Earlier this week, I had an interesting conversation with the producer of Sunday’s Transnet insert. After a rigorous interview that clearly didn’t go as well as the parastatal had hoped, we were asked to allow them another opportunity to provide additional “context” for their responses. The producer and I agreed that we were fully aware… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 23 February 2025

On Sunday we feature an update on the withdrawal of the country’s biggest-ever SLAPP suit – that is Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation. It’s a story that resonates with us because we, too, have suffered at the hands of people hoping to intimidate us into not pursuing particular stories. Like the people featured in Sunday’s… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 16 February 2025

“I travelled to Goma via Rwanda for the first time in 1998. Laurent Kabila had ascended to the presidency of the DRC on the back of a breathtakingly rapid rebel offensive against Mobutu Sese Seko the year before. But no sooner had he taken office than another rebellion was launched from the east of the country… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 9 February 2025