Anonymous Twitter polls on SA politics and current affairs. Other stuff too. Suggested polls welcome - if used, you'll get a mention. Edited by @GvanOnselen
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In terms or raw quality - writing, insight, relevance, analysis, news and accuracy - which national Sunday newspaper is the best?
7%Sunday Independent
15%City Press
32%Rapport
46%Sunday Times
123 votes • Final resultsWhich SA issue do political parties most need to develop an explicit policy on?
59%Political assassinations
9%Cannibalism
26%Trade in human body parts
6%Bestiality
353 votes • Final resultsIf you order a glass of water in a restaurant, how should it be served as a default position?
22%With ice
7%With lemon
36%With lemon and ice
36%Just water
138 votes • Final resultsDoes your race inherently and irrevocably determine your character?
6%Absolutely
11%To a large degree
23%To a small degree
59%Absolutely not
216 votes • Final resultsWhich DA metro mayor do you believe has done the best job since the 2016 local government elections?
40%Herman Mashaba
16%Athol Trollip
26%Solly Msimanga
18%Patricia de Lille
233 votes • Final resultsHow you rate to date the performance of police minister Fikile Mbalula?
49%Very poor
28%Poor to average
17%Average to good
5%Very good
1,093 votes • Final resultsThanks to the ANC Women's League, South African women are generally more:
2%Empowered
98%Disempowered
195 votes • Final resultsWhat best describes the DA's strategy to call for the dissolution of parliament:
41%Foolish over-reach
26%Counter-productive
20%The right thing to do
12%Very clever and effective
161 votes • Final resultsWell done, collective wisdom prevailed, the answer to both the last polls was Julius Malema: defender and condemner of Zuma's education.
Who said this of Jacob Zuma: "The man hates education with everything in him"? (No Googling)
46%Julius Malema
26%Thabo Mbeki
11%Blade Nzimande
16%Zwelinzima Vavi
140 votes • Final resultsWho said this of Jacob Zuma: "He is the most educated president"? (No Googling)
68%Julius Malema
2%Thabo Mbeki
21%Blade Nzimande
8%Zwelinzima Vavi
132 votes • Final resultsWhat do you think of the DA's proposal to start a sovereign wealth fund, based on an additional 2% tax on wealthy companies?
26%Excellent idea
22%Generally workable
19%Generally problematic
34%Terrible idea
151 votes • Final resultsTo what degree do you believe the EFF drives the current news cycle and defines opinion? (See previous poll for DA option)
14%0-25% Seems silent
41%25-50% Reacts to news
36%50-75% Dominant voice
9%75-100% Defining force
110 votes • Final resultsTo what degree do you believe the DA drives the current news cycle and defines opinion?
18%0-25% Seems silent
57%25-50% Reacts to news
20%50-75% Dominant voice
4%75-100% Defining force
134 votes • Final resultsMalema, Vavi etc have apologized for Zuma. Who, critical of Zuma today, most owes SA a similar apology?
15%Thabo Mbeki
41%Cyril Ramaphosa
38%Blade Nzimande
6%Trevor Manuel
117 votes • Final resultsShould the Speaker grant a secret ballot in the upcoming motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma?
13%No-Prevents transparency
9%No-Makes no difference
42%Yes-Negates intimidation
35%Yes-Anything for JZ to go
159 votes • Final resultsGenerally, does the media commentariat fuel or temper racial division and tension in South Africa?
41%Greatly exacerbate
43%Exacerbate more than calm
11%Calm more than exacerbate
5%Greatly reduce
141 votes • Final resultsWhich opposition political leader has best set the agenda, on their terms, so far in 2017?
69%Mmusi Maimane
31%Julius Malema
173 votes • Final resultsWhich of the following is most "racially divisive"?
35%The EFF
28%The ANC
11%The media
25%Afriforum
279 votes • Final resultsShould South Africa instigate an inquiry into apartheid money, as suggested by @Bruceps (See: bit.ly/2jbr2aj)
58%Absolutely
21%Absolutely not
21%Undecided
154 votes • Final results