More than 800 people have been killed in 200 accidents involving petrol tankers since 2018
Recent events in South Africa make it clear how urgently this ideal must be realised.
Several political observers have hinted that a recent spate of incidents – dismissed as random acts of crime – may be the workings of state security.
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised that the ruling party is dealing with allegations of state capture – in an "ANC way".
Five Cabinet secretaries among 175 top leaders were identified in an explosive anticorruption report, and suspended.
The ANC has demonstrated an extreme intolerance to criticism, which suggests Jacob Zuma should be reminded of his own mortality.
Entering 2015, it feels as though we should be a nation on tranquillisers. But, at the same time, there are encouraging signs for South Africa.
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/ 28 January 2009
Authorities in Niger have arrested the editor of a newspaper over an article on alleged government corruption, a media watchdog said on Wednesday.