Drowning the Lifesaver

Sanral took on journalist Denis Beckett, reputed to respect truth more than paymasters, to put the record straight. Beckett wound up as persona non grata at Sanral’s headquarters, which is a little surprising as he takes the pro-toll argument miles further than Sanral ever did, and demolishes the opposition. What’s up? Human frailty, naturally, which – along with road technology, road history, psychology and South Africa’s peculiar politics – is examined pithily and eminently readably in Drowning the Lifesaver.