Who should you vote for?

1.The death penalty should be:

Brought back as a form of punishment

Re-examined by means of a referendum

Remain banned

2.Reforms to South Africa's criminal justice system:

Is on the road to being adequately reformed

Still need further reforms

Require harsher laws to be added

3.Who is to blame for the poor police performance?

The police themselves

The inherited Apartheid system

The government, as it has not re-skilled and restructured the police force

4.Crime has:

Spiraled out of control

Remained at the same level it has always been, but been sensationalised by the media

Lessened

5.The problem with government corruption has:

Improved somewhat and is more transparent than before

Is just as bad as it was with the previous government

Reached unacceptable levels

6.Justice is seen to be done:

In the courts, as the rule of law remains

In the same instances as it has in the past

Seldom

By vigilante groups who take the law into their own hands

Your wallet

7.The economy:

Is sound and will improve soon

Has not changed significantly since 1994

Has worsened and needs fundamental reformsd

8.Economic growth can be achieved by:

More state spending

Fiscal discipline

Leaving it to business

9.The state of employment in the country:

Is a serious concern but will improve soon

Not changed significantly in any way

Worsened, with unemployment becoming an ever-worsening problem

10.Economic reform, including privatisation, labour laws and exchange controls should be implemented:

As soon as possible

Slowly

Not at all

11.Foreign investors:

Have been scared away by the crime and violence

Have not really changed their opinion of the country

Are still confident and are investing in the country

12.State-owned and para-statal organisations such as Telkom, the Post Office, SAA, Iscor and Eskom should:

Be privatised selectively and be used to advance black economic empowerment

Be privatised as soon as is economically possible

Not be privatised so quickly as this will result in unemployment

13.The activities of tobacco companies should be:

Regulated with immediate effect

Regulated in a phased approach with more consultation

Governed by market forces alone

14.The introduction of the new labour legislation (Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Labour Relations Act, Employment Equity Act) has:

Improved the South African workplace by making it more equitable and less exploitative

Not materially changed the lot of the employer or employee

Damaged the workplace by making employers less likely to hire new staff, and affirmative action policies have placed additional strain on current employees

Diplomatic moves

15.South Africa's foreign relations with countries such as China, Libya and Cuba should be:

Extended, as these nations played an important role in the fall of apartheid

Withdrawn, as these nations do not represent the types of governments or human rights pedigrees we should be associating with

16.South Africa has been involved in a number of regional and continent-wide peace-keeping initiatives. The country:

Has a responsibility to play a role in peace-keeping on the continent

Should stop wasting tax payers' money on these irrelevant missions

Quality of life

17.Delivery of services has:

Improved enormously with more people having access

Remained the same but become more equitably distributed

Worsened to unacceptable levels

18.The health system in South Africa has:

Improved and is serving more people

Stagnated or remained the same

Worsened and is on the brink of collapse

19.Education in our country has become:

More equitable with more children in school than ever before and more people having access to learning

Remained abysmal

A joke. Standards have dropped and the system is in complete chaos

20.The housing situation has:

Improved with more citizens having a house as well as a system of addressing the need for housing

Has improved but is corrupt and wasteful

Worsened with informal housing areas and squatters flooding every available space.

21.The local governments of Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg should be::

Centralised and managed as megacities, along the lines of New York

Left to remain decentralised in the form of independent municipalities

22. The provinces should be given:

More power

The same power as they currently have

Less power

Heart and soul

23.The Truth and Reconciliation process has resulted in:

South Africans healing themselves and the country by uncovering the truth of the Apartheid past

Little difference in the daily lives of South Africans

Old wounds being opened up and groups polarising into opposing camps

24.Reconciliation should be:

Continued

Increased to avoid conflict

Decreased in favour of transformation

25.Sports teams should be:

Well-regulated to ensure that teams are representative of the make-up of the nation

Left to the devices of the respective boards as they have in the past

Constituted according to merit, where players who display the best aptitude are on the team

26.Illegal immigrants:

Should be treated with sympathy

Make no difference to South African society or the economy

Should be repatriated with immediate effect and measures aimed at preventing their entry into the country increased

27.Ethnic groups within South Africa should:

Have the right to self-determination

Exercise their rights within the contex of a single South Africa

28.Bar-coded identity documents:

Should be required for anyone to vote

Make no difference to the eligibility of voters

Should not be required for people to vote