JOHANNESBURG – Regardless of the politics surrounding Nkandla, together with calls to question president Jacob Zuma, Model SA says South Africans are nonetheless very pleased with their nationality and understand themselves to be a hardworking and respectful individuals.
The company’s Home Perceptions Analysis exhibits that being South African is a big aspect of particular person and nationwide id.
Over eighty % of two,536 respondents say they’re extraordinarily proud to be South African.
The report additionally exhibits that social cohesion ranges stand at seventy six % with lively citizenship at sixty one %.
CEO Kingsley Makhubela stated in a press release, “These findings are vital in mild of perceptions that South Africa is a fragmented society. Our analysis signifies that South Africans on the entire are extraordinarily pleased with the nation and its achievements. The time period ‘I’m South African’ discovered resonance amongst members within the research, with many strongly figuring out with this.”
Respondents requested to explain themselves in 5 phrases, reaching the overall consensus that South Africans boast a loving, pleasant, hardworking, respectful and trustworthy character.
With Freedom Month forward, Makhubela says the analysis is an effective indicator of a continuing help for the nation’s model.
“You can’t promote the model of the nation and guarantee it’s positively positioned with out purchase-in of its individuals, and these outcomes attest to the truth that residents are firmly on the aspect of the nation model. Wanting in the direction of Freedom Month 2016 and with eighty % of its inhabitants behind the nation model, South Africa is in a great place to construct on successes of the previous and strengthen future positive aspects.”
(Edited by Neo Koza)