ok, so i'm from south africa...and i don't agree with you either - why is the continent compared to a country?!? it sounds like oprah - who came back from holiday and said that she's been to africa - she was not even in 2 provinces of south africa - it's a continent for crying out loud!!!

weird comment, but ok:

the story from south africa in the last month is that a really well known comedian's little girl burnt to death in the car, while her mom was unpacking it (she was strapped in, which is according to superior europeans a bit foreign...so) and that has also been with me for a few weeks now...

sorry about the rant bit - both these incidents are terrible! annual advanced driving courses at my previous south african company were compulsory (in africa, can you believe it...and we drove bmw or audi) and the last session was always about child safety - they use shock tactics but it always made me so much more aware - a box of tissues in the back window can take of your skull and a child on your lap is like a human shield

but my heart goes out to these mothers...the death of a child is just not thinkable...