South Africans Split Over Mbeki
(CPOD) Oct. 9, 2003 – Public support for Thabo Mbeki is low in South Africa, according to a poll by Research Surveys. 46 per cent of respondents say the president has done a good job, while 43 per cent disagree.
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(CPOD) Oct. 9, 2003 – Public support for Thabo Mbeki is low in South Africa, according to a poll by Research Surveys. 46 per cent of respondents say the president has done a good job, while 43 per cent disagree.
Mbeki replaced Nelson Mandela as president after the 1999 election, where the African National Council (ANC) got 66.4 per cent of the vote and 266 members in the 400-seat National Assembly.
The president is participating as a mediator in the dispute between the government of Burundi and armed group Forces for the Defence of Democracy (FDD). The next general election in South Africa will take place on Aug. 2, 2004.
Polling Data
Do you think president Thabo Mbeki is doing a good job or a bad job?
Good job | 46% |
Bad job | 43% |
Source: Research Surveys
Methodology: Interviews with 3,500 South African adults, conducted in September 2003. No margin of error was provided.
