Survey shows discord
THE Institute for Justice and Reconciliation says many South Africans have lost trust in the government due to corruption and that the Secrecy Bill will further erode their trust.
HARD FACTS: Kate Lefko- Everett, senior project leader at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, and director, Fanie Du Toit, release the results of a national reconciliation survey yesterday. PHOTO: Elvis ka NyelenziWe have found that many South Africans have perceptions and prejudices about the government. People have lost trust in government and that mistrust is bad for reconciliation
The institute's director, Dr Fanie du Toit, was speaking at a media briefing in Cape Town yesterday after the organisation released the 2011 South Africa Reconciliation Barometer national survey.
The survey was a nationally representative public opinion poll conducted by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation since 2003.
It was the only survey in South Africa that provided a barometer of the progress in reconciliation since the transition to democracy in 2004. Du Toit told journalists many South Africans have lost trust in the government due to corruption and that the Secrecy Bill would further erode their trust.
"We have found that many South Africans have perceptions and prejudices about the government.
"People have lost trust in government and that mistrust is bad for reconciliation," he said.
There was also a perception that rich people had failed to show solidarity with poor people in the country.
"It is important that rich people show solidarity with the poor. This is not happening," he said.
While some people had been socialising with people from other racial groups, many people of the same racial groups had failed to do so.
"In recent times we have seen an incident where Andries Tatane died during a violent protest in Ficksburg.
"There were also some utterances made by the suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema regarding the ANC, struggle songs and other political issues.
"These events had contributed to the race relations and people's perceptions about one another."
About 66% of South Africans felt that reconciliation was possible and desirable in the country.
Du Toit's colleague, Kate Lefko-Everett, said the survey was carried out through face-to-face interviews conducted in rural and urban areas in the country, using a qualitative questionaire that included about 100 survey items. About 3500 people were interviewed using six languages.
Kate Lefko-Everett, a senior project leader, said: "We have established that South Africa is still a divided and polarised society.
RobinH
"We have established that South Africa is still a divided and polarised society." NO! REALLY! And one needs to have a doctorate to come to this stunning conclusion. WTF? Do people actually get paid money to have jobs that involve churning out the obvious. Any half-blind fool just needs to read one page of comment on this site or that of the competition that we may not mention to have this reality hit one in the face. Hard.Report Abuse
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
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I did not complete the survey................ obvioulsy you target people that will give you (your) desired results.
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1tsotsi
Why didnt they mention the k1lling of the metro police on duty by BEES ROUX? the utterners by fool steve hofmeyer? Stop feeding us bullcock here dont come with your chosen survey and want us to believe you.Report Abuse
Africanist
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WTF does government behaviour have to do with reconciliation.why the fcuk should we always try to please the pi.nk man.if hes not happy the are flights to australia.whites are not unhappy because of government mischieve.they are unhappy because they want total control of everything.they want a quite and obidient baboon.they dont like baboons that make laws or collect taxes and determine how to use those taxes.they want the baboon to be an obidient servant.thats why they are unhappy
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1tsotsi
MsKinkyakaKAmasutraThe survey was a nationally representative public opinion poll conducted by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation since 2003.
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I did not complete the survey................ obvioulsy you target people that will give you (your) desired results.
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Same here never saw them nor completed their stupid form.
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Africanist
the aryan race will never be happy for as long as there are other races in the universeReport Abuse
Africanist
1tsotsiWhy didnt they mention the k1lling of the metro police on duty by BEES ROUX? the utterners by fool steve hofmeyer? Stop feeding us bullcock here dont come with your chosen survey and want us to believe you.
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you are right the pi.nks love themselves too much that they are using these institutions to push the pi.nk agenda
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jacksprat
RobinHAryan race? What's that? Hitler's dead!
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And was a German thing not apartheid!
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Danielrjvv
How did this become a race issue? They simply state that the people are not happy, they used a sample of the population for research. It is a common practice and if you do research such as this qualitative empirical study done they need to find the right sample to represent the population, that says poor, middle and upper class, black white and purple all inclusive otherwise they research will not and never will be published. So all this bickering on the research is flawed is wrong, researching in modern society is very analytical and has stringent rules to follow. It simply says the people are not happy, and who truly is happy about the current state of affairs?Report Abuse