Table 4.
Support for redress: responses to petitions urging government to implement progressive economic policies in 2018 and during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
| Petitions | 2018 (N = 195) | COVID-19 (N = 400) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | % | Count | % | ||
| Wealth tax | Oppose | 97 | 49.7 | 45 | 11.3 |
| Neither | 66 | 33.8 | 170 | 42.8 | |
| Support | 32 | 16.4 | 182 | 45.8 | |
| Black economic empowerment | Oppose | 116 | 59.5 | 107 | 27.0 |
| Neither | 53 | 27.2 | 174 | 43.8 | |
| Support | 26 | 13.3 | 116 | 29.2 | |
| Free tertiary education | Oppose | 68 | 34.9 | 65 | 16.4 |
| Neither | 86 | 44.1 | 159 | 40.1 | |
| Support | 41 | 21.0 | 173 | 43.6 | |
| Affirmative action | Oppose | 122 | 62.6 | 82 | 20.7 |
| Neither | 52 | 26.7 | 173 | 43.6 | |
| Support | 21 | 10.8 | 142 | 35.8 | |
| Land expropriation | Oppose | 132 | 67.7 | 141 | 35.5 |
| Neither | 38 | 19.5 | 170 | 42.8 | |
| Support | 25 | 12.8 | 86 | 21.7 | |
Note: % Support highlighted in bold face