Stephen Grootes explores Cyril Ramaphosa's favorability rating in this Daily Maverick piece. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s strong 62% approval rating — high for a sitting national leader — is good news for a president under pressure from multiple political opponents. And yet, should he fail to act decisively against
In a study conducted between April and June 2019, the survey reveals that while public confidence in the ruling party may be diminishing, Ramaphosa has managed to receive high favourability among the country’s citizens. To read the full article in the City Press, click here. Picture: President
Ernst Mabuza’s TimesLIVE article explains that there is a small - yet highly vocal - minority in South Africa with extreme anti-foreigner sentiment. This is according to research conducted by Citizen Surveys, which was commenting following a spate of attacks on foreign nationals in some parts
News24 writes that the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has officially opened tax filing season and is encouraging the South African public and businesses to file their tax returns – not an easy feat as South Africans are seemingly trusting the public institution less and
TimesLIVE writes that political parties are losing public trust for squabbling rather than dealing with burning challenges, while the once squeaky-clean SA Revenue Service (SARS) and the public protector’s office are also falling short in the eyes of the public. This is according to the June insights
CEO of TowerStone, Brian Eager, writes in Business Brief that South Africa requires brave leaders. In their 2014 Harvard Business Review article titled, ‘What VUCA Really Means for you’, Nathan Bennett and James Lemoine warned us not to use the VUCA acronym as a crutch. Sadly, looking
A big thank you to eNCA for hosting Reza Omar as your guest live from #SONA2019. Reza shared insights from the South African Citizens Survey (SACS) data indicating how South Africans are feeling about the problems facing the country today. Watch the interviews here: https://vimeo.com/344030980 https://vimeo.com/343640786 https://vimeo.com/343640963
Mwangi Githahu reports in IOL that South Africans have high expectations of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s second State of the Nation Address (Sona) of the year on Thursday. Much has happened since February’s Sona, including load shedding, the general elections, the appointment of a new Cabinet and
TimesLIVE reports that, ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday evening, South Africans are eager to hear how the reversing economy can be tackled. This is according to marketing and social research consultancy Citizen Surveys. A May analysis conducted immediately after the
Sharon Wood’s article in Business Maverick explains that, in his Youth Day address on Sunday, President Cyril Ramaphosa described youth unemployment as a national crisis – and so he should. The youth unemployment rate broke above 55% in the first quarter of this year; up