The primary responsibility of a government is to protect its citizens. This is why when citizens raise concerns about any threats to public safety they expect their government to respond in order to save lives.

Of late, however, our government appears to be drifting away from fulfilling its obligations to the public. Take the case of the deadly crash along the N2 in Pongola KwaZulu-Natal where 20 people were killed including 18 children travelling in a bakkie when it collided with a truck...