Tag: carte blanche

“In the early 2000s, I travelled to Baghdad accompanying a charitable foundation as it delivered much-needed medical supplies to a country in the grip of international sanctions. The group was led by an energetic and affable doctor called Imtiaz Sooliman, a devout, bespectacled man who spoke so quickly his words overlapped. More than 20 years… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 21 May 2023

“Hands up if you’d heard of Al Jama-ah before this year. I confess, prior to them becoming a type of mayoral conveyor belt in Johannesburg, I hadn’t heard of them either. Enormous credit, then, to the ANC, EFF, and Patriotic Alliance for recognising in this previously obscure political movement, with its dozens of supporters, a… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 14 May 2023

“A few years ago, I worked with a gifted ‘fixer’ while on assignment in Ukraine.  He’d expertly arranged three days of filming in Chernobyl, including an interview with a remarkable Babushka living in the nuclear exclusion zone. A decade or so younger than me with a wife and little daughter, he spoke glowingly of South… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 7 May 2023

“Like our viewers, the rogue lawyer fleecing the families of children with special needs filled me with rage. That level of depravity is difficult to fathom. Then, not a day later, the story’s producer is contacted by people wanting to help. And I’m reminded of why we tell the difficult stories and why we dare… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 23 April 2023

“Each new instalment of the Thabo Bester story appears more shocking than the last, a sordid tale of moral depravity exposing the rot in our prisons. That a dead body appears to have been smuggled into a high security prison is now the least remarkable twist in this sorry saga is a sad but appropriate… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 16 April 2023

“Under normal circumstances, I’d search for an anecdote with a – sometimes tenuous – link to one of the stories in our Sunday line-up. But it’s Easter, and so, if you’ll permit me some poetic licence, I’ll simply raise my Mopane Worm infused tipple and wish you all a blessed break.” – John Webb, Executive… Continue reading Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 9 April 2023