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2024 Elections | People ready to limit freedom for a functioning state

Monday 18 March 2024 - 14:52pm
Two women give their identity documents to Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) officials to be registered as voters during the nationwide voter registration campaign ahead of the 2024 general elections at a voting station in Soweto on November 18, 2023.

Johannesburg - An  eNCA poll, conducted by MarkData has found that a whopping 64% of people believe things were better under former president Nelson Mandela's leadership. 

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The poll also indicates 48% of  people would accept less freedom and a more functioning state. So what does this say about the psychology of people in the country ahead of the May 29 elections?

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President of the Pan-African Psychology Union, Professor Saths Cooper, spoke to eNCA. 

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