{"id":92207,"date":"2025-10-29T14:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/fewer-south-africans-support-democracy-military-rule-rising"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:39:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:39:52","slug":"fewer-south-africans-support-democracy-military-rule-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/fewer-south-africans-support-democracy-military-rule-rising","title":{"rendered":"Fewer South Africans Support Democracy Military Rule Rising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Fewer than half of South Africans actively support democracy, and for the first time in over 25 years, more citizens say they would accept military rule than oppose it.<\/p>\n<p>Those are some of the recent findings from the Afrobarometer survey, which reveals a nation grappling with dissatisfaction and disillusionment.<\/p>\n<p>Economic hardships, high unemployment, crime, and service delivery challenges are some of the reasons why nearly seven in 10 respondents say they&#8217;re unhappy with how democracy functions.<\/p>\n<p>Political analyst Stephen Friedman said it&#8217;s an international trend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Around the world, there is a great deal of dissatisfaction with democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s understandable, he said, adding that the issue is less about dissatisfaction with democracy itself and more about the kind of democracy people are currently experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The way democracy has been operating for quite a long time now, really doesn&#8217;t meet people&#8217;s needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The survey shows that the number of people supporting democracy has increased since the historic low recorded in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The problem with the model of democracy which has been sold to us for the last 30 years is that it is a model of democracy in which citizens really don&#8217;t have terribly much control over anything,&#8221; said Friedman.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, he said, it&#8217;s no surprise that many South Africans choose not to vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And that&#8217;s the real problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: EWN<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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