social attitudes survey
THE mood among South Africans has soured. The latest findings from the representative survey that is done every year by the Human Sciences Research Council shows disturbing new trends.
The most marked are:
A decline in levels of life satisfaction as a whole.
A downturn in people’s views about what lies ahead in their lives.
A growing sense of despondency.
A declining satisfaction with democracy.
The sense of hopelessness and despondency with democracy that emerges from the survey does not
