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Research outputs: TRUST
2021 South Africa's Thuma Mina moment: public opinion and political trust in South Africa's COVID-19 response
Effective leadership, state capacity and confidence in government are regarded as factors linked to successful COVID-19 pandemic responses t...
Download this report2020 Corruption perceptions and their effects on young graduates: attitudes towards public sector recruitment processes and trust in public institutions: a quantitative exploration of students from the university of KwaZulu-Natal and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Public sector recruitment in South Africa has continued to be a topic of much interest, by virtue of being the country's largest employer, p...
2020 Viral (un)freedom in the area of COVID-19: it is all about trust
Governments across the globe have taken drastic measures to contain COVID-19 through lockdowns, limiting physical contact between people, an...
2020 HSRC-UJ survey findings call for state and civil society collaboration to rebuild trust
Approximately two-thirds of South Africans said they would be willing to sacrifice some human rights to prevent the spread of COVID-19; and ...
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