THUMBS DOWN FOR PM - SURVEY

EZULWINI - Only a minority of emaSwati approve the job performance of outgoing Prime Minister, Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini.

This is reflected in latest findings of a survey conducted by Afrobarometer in conjunction with activQuest titled ‘Government performance, crime and corruption’ whose findings were launched yesterday at Sibane Hotel.

Instead of approving the performance of the PM’s office, a majority of the population gave a nod for that of traditional leaders.
About 60 per cent of the population approved the performance of traditional leaders.
When the study was done, about 1200 participants were engaged and asked to state if the approved or disapproved of certain individuals in government positions or political sphere.

The fieldwork was conducted from March 13 to 28 this year and the question was based on the individuals’ performance on their job in the past 12 months.

For the PM, only 37 per cent of the respondents approved his performance over the 12 months that were reviewed. The statistics provided revealed that 50 per cent disapproved of the Premier’s performance.

Afrobarometer is a pan-African, non-partisan survey research project that measures citizen attitudes on democracy and governance, the economy, civil society, and other topics.

It started in 12 African countries in 1999, expanded to 36 in Round 6 and is currently conducting Round 7 surveys.

Its goal is to give the public a voice in policymaking by providing high-quality public opinion data to policymakers, policy advocates, civil society organizations, academics, news media, donors and investors, and ordinary Africans.

When conducting its work, a national partner in each country conducts the survey and in Eswatini it was activQuest.

During the study, al the respondents were randomly selected and the sample was distributed across the regions where both urban and rural areas in proportion to their share in the national population were involved.

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