According to a statement by Pondering Panda, demographic groups did not agree on the matter. Younger black respondents (65%) were the least likely to want Zuma to go compared to 81% of coloureds and 77% of whites who felt he should resign.
According to region, KwaZulu-Natal was the only province where respondents were more likely to feel Zuma should remain as president in spite of Nkandla. 48% of younger people in this region felt he should stay, compared to 42% who believed he should step down. 70% or more of respondents across all other provinces said Zuma should step down. This view was held most strongly in the Western Cape, where 83% of respondents believed he should resign the presidency. There were no significant differences amongst age or gender groups.
The survey also asked whether respondents agreed with the Public Protector’s finding that it was against the law for the government to have spent R215 million on Nkandla. On this question, 4 in 5 younger South Africans (80%) felt that the expenditure on Nkandla was illegal. In comparison, 14% disagreed and believed the expenditure on Nkandla was acceptable.
