A new survey published in the Sunday Times finds that a great majority (78.7%) of South Africans believe that “the people in government are incompetent and corrupt and are indeed to blame for the poor state of the economy”.<\/p>\n
The report, published Good Governance Africa as part of a body of work on public perceptions of the government titled: “What the People Really Think”, found that more than half (56.2%) of respondents agreed that “people are giving up hope that the government will listen to them”.<\/p>\n
Eight out of 10 respondents see the government to be incompetent and corrupt, and to blame for the poor economy, the authors of the report said.<\/p>\n
Only 12.4% of the respondents agreed that “the people in government are generally competent and not corrupt”. Other factors have caused the economy to falter.”<\/p>\n
As many as 78.7% said that poor governance was responsible for the state of the economy.<\/p>\n
Broken down by race, 76.8% of black, 84.9% of coloured, 85.3% of white and 89.8% of Asian respondents agreed with the statement that the poor state of the economy\u00a0 was due to incompetence and corruption in government.<\/p>\n
Additional findings<\/strong><\/p>\n All respondents were asked to rate the government’s performance on key indicators.<\/p>\n Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 2,245 respondents<\/p>\n The full report is in the Sunday Times of 21 February 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n South Africa pessimism not shared by the outside world: ANC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This is what South Africa would look like under the DA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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