Toyota's fightsback as problems escalate

Having already lost most of its friends - both within the motor industry and outside, with no one coming out to defend it over its recall of cars with faulty accelerator or brake pedals - the crisis has now moved to the geopolitical stage.

"This whole ordeal has blown up to be a lot larger than Toyota had expected," observes Manabu Seto of Car Watch Magazine.

Japan's transport minister Seiji Maehara has publically criticised Toyota Motor president Akio Toyoda, insisting he had responded too late to concerns over the brakes on the firm's flag-ship Prius models.

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It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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