All you have are white hat security consultant experts that only have their dollars and reputation to work with. The public is highly vulnerable on those things yet I don't see politicians really caring.
Transnet/PRASA (railways)
Eskom (electricity)
SAA (airline)
All have had just totally monumental theft often at the top levels. It all seems to be pretty consequence free. Meanwhile, the hawks open immediate investigations and charge people almost immediately who are trying to expose things - which is kind of funny - 10 years to investigate totally obvious theft, 7 days to charge folks who are exposing it :)!
It was really the Zuma years that messed things up and the new folks don't seem interested in any cleanup (the ANC has had a lock on power a long time). They are still a great country relatively speaking in Africa, with incredible potential.
2. "politically motivated assasinations"? Citation wanted, please.
> These prizes seem to be worth killing for. Since 2014 more than 115 Glebelands residents have been murdered. Many were anc members who objected to the ways of Robert Mzobe, an anc councillor accused of corruption, and Bongani Hlope, a local warlord who terrorised residents. “Glebelands is a microcosm,” argues Mary de Haas, a researcher into local violence. Throughout the country violence is regularly meted out by one faction of the anc against another. From 2000 to 2017 nearly 300 political assassinations have been recorded, many of them anc members.
Government intervention rarely happens proactively, just as major market changes rarely happen proactively. Supplier failure on a large scale makes it apparent that change is necessary, and only then do changes follow, either from the top down by government intervention, or from the bottom up by the market.
Every citizen who drives a motor vehicle must be issued a driver's licence by the state they reside in. This enables a minimum understanding of how a complex machine (the highway transportation system) works so that other drivers / participants of that system can use it safely. Without regulation, vehicle collisions would be rampant and the system would be far less stable.
Not all government regulation and oversight is bad.
I highly recommend reading the book "Click here to kill everybody" by Bruce Schneier [1]. Bruce has been in the cyber-security world for a long time now and is considered one of the world's foremost experts on cryptography and computer security. In this book he makes projections about the "internet of things (internet+)" and the security problems that will come with it. He strongly advocates for government oversight and legal reform in multiple areas.
FDA still allows companies to hide ingredients under the guise of "natural flavors" and "artificial flavors". I hope you aren't allergic to one of those!
> Every citizen who drives a motor vehicle must be issued a driver's licence by the state they reside in. This enables a minimum understanding of how a complex machine (the highway transportation system) works so that other drivers / participants of that system can use it safely.
License plate technology helps the government (and private companies) know where-ever you are at all times! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-06/why-priva... https://www.cnet.com/news/this-company-could-turn-every-home...