Many South Africans have singled out unemployment and crime as the most urgent issues the government should address, according to a latest SABC-Markinor survey on Friday.
About 90% of the 3 500 respondents interviewed during the study from October 18 to November last year, agreed that the lack of jobs needed to be addressed immediately.
The survey, titled Government Performance: Expectations and Perceptions, revealed that 64% of the respondents were concerned about crime. The percentages for poverty and HIV/Aids stood at 48 for both.
With regards to health, corruption, education and brain drain, about 22, 21, 16%and four percent of South Africans respectively agreed the government should look into these.
”It is significant that nine out of every 10 South Africans spontaneously mentioned the issues of unemployment and the necessity to create jobs,” the study said.
”Although all other issues lag far behind, crime, poverty and HIV/Aids have been highlighted as issues that still need to be addressed. This can be an early indicator of specific issues politicians can address in the run-up to the elections.” – Sapa