Between February 2009 and October 2009, South Africans have become 13% more stupid [on average]

SHOOT: Yes, South Africans are becoming stupider. And there's a survey to prove it.

For some unfathomable reason, South Africans are becoming increasingly 'positive'. They appear to have the ability to ignore virtually every sector on strike, but instead have soccer balls in their eyes. Economists are calling it 'Recovery flu', an exotic virus characterised by high cellphone tariffs and consumers fixated with words starting with 'B' [bling, breasts, Mbau].
Perhaps South Africans think 2010 and Fifa are code words for 'heaven' and 'salvation'. I do notice that as people become more positive, reality appears to become more negative. Some people would call this disconnect optimism. I call it sheer stupidity.

NEWS24: Interviewers found 84% of blacks were positive, 46% of whites, coloureds 61% and Indians/Asians 63%.
People in Soweto and Johannesburg were the most positive, and those in Cape Town and Pretoria the most negative.
People currently at university showed a very high response, with 23% thinking of leaving.

SHOOT: For some unfathomable reason, South Africans are becoming increasingly 'positive'. They appear to have the ability to ignore virtually every sector on strike, but instead have soccer balls in their eyes. Perhaps they think 2010 and Fifa are code words for 'heaven' and 'salvation'. I do notice that as people become more positive, reality appears to become more negative. Some people would call this disconnect optimism. I shall it sheer stupidity. NEWS24: Interviewers found 84% of blacks were positive, 46% of whites, coloureds 61% and Indians/Asians 63%. People in Soweto and Johannesburg were the most positive, and those in Cape Town and Pretoria the most negative. People currently at university showed a very high response, with 23% thinking of leaving. clipped from www.news24.com Johannesburg - South Africans are more optimistic now than they were earlier this year, a market research company said on Tuesday. According to the survey of 2 000 adults conducted in June, 73% of them agreed they were positive about South Africa and its future, 19% disagreed and eight percent said they didn't know, TNS Research Surveys said in a statement. "This figure of 73% is well up on the February figure of 60% and the May figure of 68% - there has been an uninterrupted rise since the 56% achieved in November 2008." The figure of 73% equals the previous high achieved in May 2006 and is an "encouraging return" to optimism that had fallen to an all-time low of 49% in mid-2008. There was a slightly higher level of optimism amongst males (75%) than females (71%), though there was a decline amongst those aged 60 and over (56% were positive compared with 77% of those aged 34 years or less) and amongst the more wealthy.