How many points out of ten would you give Cyril Ramaphosa as a political leader?  Registered voters feel that South Africa’s president currently deserves 6.5 points on this scale.

This is a very good score if we compare it with the scores of the leaders of the main opposition parties in the country:

Mmusi Maimane, DA leader is scored at 3.5 out of ten and

Julius Malema, EFF commander-in-chief is scored at 3.4 out of ten.

These are findings from the latest Pulse of the People™ survey, conducted by Ipsos during March and April 2019.  Interviews were conducted in the homes and home languages of randomly chosen respondents. (Please see the page titled “Technical Detail” at the end of this press release.)

Speculation is growing that the president might replace current deputy president David Mabuza after Wednesday’s general election and replace him with Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Looking at the scores out of 10 of these two leaders, it is evident that the ex-wife of former president Zuma is more popular than the current deputy president among registered voters, but by a rather narrow margin:

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma scores 4.2 as a political leader on this scale, while

David Mabuza’s score stands at 3.9.

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