SOUTH AFRICA: Ruling elite in scandals over road rage, speeding

REPORTING FROM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- Nelson Mandela's grandson kept his license after being caught driving nearly 60 mph over the speed limit, according to the Star newspaper.


The driver for former President Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, was caught allegedly speeding at 93 mph in a 70 mph zone  as she was headed to a function, but it's the police who stopped the car who are now facing charges.

And a ruling African National Congress lawmaker, Litho Suka, admitted he "lost the plot and klapped" -- or hit -- a 35-year-old woman in a road rage incident, the Port Elizabeth Herald reports.

He allegedly punched the woman in the face, knocking out four of her teeth, in front of her 2-year-old child.

He had accused her of scratching his gray Mercedes in  a suburb of the coastal town of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.   Read More

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