Nearly 80% of all South Africans accross the board are much happier now than they were 15 years ago, according to Hennie Kotze, dean of the faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Stellenbosch. He based his statements about the changing values of the different segments of the Republic's population on a worldwide survey that has been done since 1981 by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Germany. (More than 3000 people partook in the survey.)
Ethnicity will be irrelevant to the upcoming young generation fifteen years from now, Kotze said.
Interestingly, comparing these findings with other developing countries with large numbers of very poor people, such as Brazil, South Africa came out on top by a large margin.
Politics came a distant fourth for importance among respondents, compared to a decade ago. Family, friends and leisure were more important.
The only negative mentioned was the courts failure to take tough action against brutal and serious crimes.
About 95% of all respondents were proud to be South African. The middle class has grown by nearly 10% from 1990-2001.
The future looks bright.
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