Something fishy

OK.

So 10 prisoners (murderers and rapists) escape from Qalakabusha Prison. Helped by corrupt prison officials. 13 of them have now been suspended.

"Suspended?" I ask.

Yes. Suspended. Obviously helping dangerous criminals escape is not enough to have someone fired.

And then who can forget the Travelgate Scandal. Corruption at its best. And what do they get? Oh - they get to pay all the money back (interest free), and have all the time in the world to do it.

Now the Deputy Health Minister, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, who is one of the only government ministers that has come to the party i.t.o fighting HIV (and has thus criticised the pres as well as the health minister), has been FIRED (yes, FIRED) for a minor detail (although some say that the reason for her sacking is unclear). She flies to Spain for an AIDS conference, gets there and finds out the pres didn't give her permission, so she hops on the next plane home.

Um. So what exactly did she do wrong?

She criticised the pres and the government.

Is this legal? There is something seriously fishy going on here...