The research was conducted by marketing and social research consultancy company Citizen Surveys’ monthly study, the South African Citizens Survey.
The survey examines the presidential job approval rating, the country’s most pressing issues, the Eskom crisis and the favourability of different political leaders.
Malema’s favourability rating at the end of the year was 26% compared with Steenhuisen’s 15% rating. Steenhuisen beat out ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule by only 2%.
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has a higher rating than Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan with a 33% favourability. Gordhan, who is in charge of embattled state-owned enterprises, has a 28% rating.
Gordhan’s rating is 4% higher than Ramaphosa’s deputy, David Mabuza.
The Eskom crisis didn’t help Gordhan’s ratings. Trust in the power-producing entity was all over the place. At the beginning of 2019, it stood at 56% but it plummeted to its lowest level of 35% in April after the loadshedding period that started in February. Citizen Survey reports that trust in Eskom rocketed to 55% after the May national and provincial elections. But after the latest survey the trust in Eskom was 44%.
According to Citizen Survey, most South Africans believed that the country was heading in the wrong direction. Only 28% believes that the country was heading in the right direction compared with 38% who believed the country is on a downward spiral.
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