South African Citizens Survey – Page 6

May 16, 2019

Reza Omar live on eNCA #SAelections2019

Reza Omar was live from the IEC Western Cape Results Centre on the 9 and 10 May 2019 with eNCA to speak to the 17% of undecided voters in the Western Cape. #SAElections2019 . Watch all five interviews here: First Interview: https://vimeo.com/337464969 Second Interview: https://vimeo.com/337465299 Third Interview: https://vimeo.com/337466586 Fourth Interview: https://vimeo.com/337467018 Fifth Interview: https://vimeo.com/337468251

May 13, 2019

Apathy keeps youth away from ballot boxes

The main reason registered young people will not be voting is because they are unemployed and unmotivated, a study found. A recent article by Gcina Ntsaluba shows that approximately 1.7-million young South Africans who are eligible to vote will not be participating in the polls today,

May 13, 2019

‘The promises are empty’: South Africans vote, but the nation’s young people abstain in droves

“The promises are empty: South Africans vote, but the nation’s young people abstain in droves,” writes Max Bearak in The Washington Post. He cites our South African Citizens Survey (SACS) insights on how only 22% of South Africans believe the country is headed in the

May 7, 2019

Failure to win over youth voters could put SA economy at risk

Sharon Wood’s article in Business Maverick explains that political parties and South Africa have a major challenge as voters gear themselves up to go — or not to go — to the polls on Wednesday 8 May. It’s the perception that none of the political parties

May 6, 2019

Young South Africans Chafe Under the Party Mandela Built

The Wall Street Journal writes that millions of young black voters born after the end of apartheid have known little but poverty and marginalization following years of ANC governance A quarter-century after Nelson Mandela became this nation’s first black president, his African National Congress is struggling

May 6, 2019

How more Stage 4 load shedding would have whacked the ANC in Election 2019

Ferrial Haffajee’s article in Fin24 writes that, at Stage 4 load shedding, the ANC election outcome would have been lower than now expected. Across three different sets of opinion polls, the ANC is set for a decent victory even after what its own leaders have called

May 6, 2019

Which party will woo the 2.2 million undecided voters? Here’s what the data says

News24 explains the three key factors that will influence the 2.2 million undecided voters in the upcoming SA Elections 2019, according to the latest South African Citizens Survey (SACS) data. These factors are: (1) Political party and political leader preferences (2) Party alignment with solving priority issues (3) Perceptions

May 3, 2019

Over 2 million voters still undecided, say CT-based researchers

Andisiwe Makinana mentions in this TimesLive article that the country’s 2.2 million undecided voters will be swayed by political party and political leader preferences, how those parties plan to solve priority issues, and perceptions on who is to blame for the Eskom crisis. The country’s 2.2 million undecided

May 3, 2019

The economics of low voter turnouts

Sharon Wood (Business Maverick) writes about the economics of low voter turnouts and how, according to the 2019 Q1 South African Citizens Survey (SACS) data, South Africans are seemingly disassociating specific leaders from their respective parties. Voter fallout, particularly among youth voters, pose significant political and

April 26, 2019

Load shedding will hurt ANC, help EFF in upcoming elections – report

The Citizen explains that the red berets – rather than official opposition the DA – are picking up lost ANC voters according to a newly released survey. Research from the SA Citizens Survey (SACS) has found there has been a 2% drop in the ANC’s support