Reports

February 2024
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4/2024
Polling The Umkhonto Wesizwe Party In KwaZulu-Natal
This report investigates support for Umkhonto WeSizwe (MK) in KwaZulu-Natal. It does so via asking questions that test awareness and support for the party.
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February 2024
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3/2024
KwaZulu-Natal’s Political State Of Play In February 2024
This report examines the political balance of power in KwaZulu-Natal in February 2024. The data in the report is drawn from two Foundation surveys. The first is a survey of 820 geographically and demographically representative registered voters commissioned by the Foundation in February 2024. This survey has a provincial margin of error of 5%.
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January 2024
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2/2024
Social Research Foundation Global Freedom Scores
Prompted by the attention garnered from South Africa’ referral of Israel to the United Nation’s (UN) International Court of Justice, this report investigates the extent to which UN members and institutions represent liberal, democratic values.
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January 2024
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1/2024
Polling Jacob Zuma
This report investigates the popularity of Jacob Zuma in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa. It does so via testing Jacob Zuma’s political favourability score* on a national level and for KwaZulu-Natal. It also tests which president KwaZulu-Natal voters think was the best for the province.
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December 2023
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61/2023
Perceptions of Registered South African Voters on An ANC/DA Coalition
This report explores the perceptions of registered South African voters on a potential ANC/DA coalition after South Africa’s 2024 elections.
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December 2023
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60/2023
The Preferred Coalition Partner for the ANC
This report investigates voter preferences for which party the ANC should seek to build a coalition with if it were to lose its national majority in South Africa’s 2024 elections.
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December 2023
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59/2023
Perceptions of the Moonshot Pact
This report investigates the perceptions of registered South African voters on the ‘Moonshot pact’ (for readers who are not familiar the ‘Moonshot Pact’ is a term crafted by the leader of South Africa’s official opposition to describe a pact of centrist opposition parties looking to displace the ruling ANC party).
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December 2023
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Perceptions of Whether Labour Laws Impede Job Creation
This report investigates the perceptions of registered South African voters towards the countries labour laws. The data is based on a survey of 1 412 geographically and demographically representative registered voters commissioned by the Foundation in October 2023. That survey had a national margin of error of 5%. Totals may not add up to 100% where rounding has occurred or where participants could to answer a question.
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December 2023
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The Importance of Race in Government Hiring and Procurement
This report examines the perceptions of registered South African voters on whether they believe that the government should hire people and acquire goods and services regardless of the race of the person being employed or providing the service. The data is based on a survey of 1 412 geographically and demographically representative registered voters commissioned by the Foundation in October 2023. That survey had a national margin of error of 5%. Totals may not add up to 100% where rounding has occurred or where participants could to answer a question.
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