Ace Magashule and ANC reject survey findings that almost everyone dislikes him

ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule on day 2 of former president Jacob Zuma's testimony at the State Capture Commision in Parktown, 16 July 2019. Picture Neil McCartney

ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe said the survey “purports to be a favourability rating instrument of political leaders”, but they saw it instead as “a notorious ploy to cast leaders they dislike in a negative light”.The latest South African Citizen Survey findings suggested that President Cyril Ramaphosa remains generally popular, while Magashule emerged as the country’s least liked politician.

Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema also saw a steady drop in favourability from a high of 30% in quarter four of 2018 to 25% in quarter two of 2019, putting him 1% lower than that of Zuma upon his resignation in the first quarter of 2018, when he was at 26%. Mabe, who works closely with Magashule in the issuing of press statements, alleged that the research was “nothing but an insult to the intelligence of all peace-loving South Africans who despise hatred and embrace love for one another regardless of race, gender, creed and ideology”.

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