As the spectre of the much-hated e-tolling system continues to loom over Gauteng motorists, it is becoming abundantly clear that government isn’t even prepared to indulge the delusions of the few remaining citizens who still cling to the notion that we live in a democratic state.

Freedom House, a US advocacy group, found that an increasing number of undemocratic governments use violence, censorship and arrest to stifle the voices of bloggers, who call for change.