Polls

💰 Only use cash (5)

💳 Debit/credit card (70)

⌚ Pay with my phone/watch (70)

🪙 Crypto where I can (0)

🏭 Keep the coal burning and bring on the gas (9)

☢️ Fire up nuclear power stations (24)

☀️ We have to go renewable energy (48)

🪫 A managed mixture of all of the above is the solution (99)

📚 Just finished one (109)

📆 Earlier this year (36)

😳 Haven't done that for years (14)

🎧 I finish audiobooks (12)

🐱 Social media (31)

📺 TV (14)

📻 Radio (8)

🖱️ Websites (75)

🤖 AI chatbot (4)

🚗 Nothing! I already drive electric (13)

🚙 Nothing! My next car will be electric (54)

💰 They're still too expensive (60)

🗺️ Worried about the limited drive range (35)

🚘 Never! I want the engine roar and petrol fumes (7)

😡 Yes, once (17)

😡🤬 Yes, multiple times! (2)

🤞 No, never (24)

🛏️ No, I keep my cash under the mattress (1)

Leave it alone - personal choice (6)

Keep it legal but add stronger safeguards (25)

Limit ads and access to gambling (80)

Ban gambling entirely (17)

Something else (6)

I have a borehole (12)

My JoJo tanks are always full (32)

I bath in the swimming pool (11)

I have a river/pond/dam outside (3)

No plan, just a cupboard full of bottled water (26)

100% solar power! (37)

A few solar panels but not fully solar yet (39)

Our complex/flat has solar power (7)

Nah, still too expensive (25)

I'm thinking of getting a wind turbine (8)

Some high school or less (4)

High school (3)

Some tertiary education (16)

Bachelor degree (34)

Postgraduate (Masters, PhD etc) (74)

Daily. Me and AI are 🤞 (85)

A couple of times a week (70)

I have only used AI once ever (25)

Never but I plan to try (26)

Never! And I plan to keep it that way! (37)

Too expensive (104)

Limited drive range (58)

Worried about loadshedding (31)

I like my old-school petrol fumes (29)

Nothing, I already drive one (21)

🗳️ Elections that shook the status quo (12)

🌍 Global warming hit way too close to home (3)

💣 Major geopolitical conflict (5)

🤖 AI is everywhere, for better or worse (2)

💼 Cost of living? More like cost of surviving! (2)

⏰ Plan ahead and store water in bottles or tanks (114)

☔️ Pipe borehole/rain water into my home (72)

🛒 Buy bottled water for essentials (58)

🚰 Rely on family and friends with water (69)

😡 Struggle and wait for the supply to resume (77)

🏉 Definitely! Make it to every match I can (22)

🏟️ I sometimes watch a live game in a stadium (84)

🍺 I like the vibe of watching it in the pub/sports bar (25)

📺 I prefer to watch the game at home (73)

😅 Um, I am not a rugby fan (51)

💢 Never! (304)

💸 I made a bet once on a sports game (22)

⚽ Occasionally. It makes a sport more fun (18)

💰 Every week (11)

😌 I used to, but no more (17)

✏️ I have a strict budget that I do not deviate from (42)

🍞 I have switched to cheaper brands, products (85)

🛒 I have changed my go-to shop to a cheaper chain (52)

💸 I choose where to shop based on specials offered (106)

😢 Prices make me weep, but I have not changed anything (60)

📲 To send money, buy goods or services (57)

🐖 To save money (6)

🏡 To apply for loans (11)

👔 To receive my salary (12)

✖️ I don’t use it at all (91)

📺 Watch it on TV / DStv (248)

📡 Stream it (165)

📰 Look out for news highlights (190)

📳 Social media (115)

❌ I have no interest in the Olympics (108)

💰 Price and affordability (85)

⛽ Fuel efficiency and running costs (80)

🦺 Safety features and ratings (31)

🕶️ Brand reputation and reliability (84)

🤖 Advanced technology and features (19)

🚌 Provide school busses (154)

💰 Subsidise taxis to transport children (50)

🏫 Build more schools closer to built up areas (76)

💻 Make it easier to teach online (36)

🍎 Nothing, things seem to be okay right now (17)

🌟 Very optimistic. It is the positive change we need (45)

🫤 Cautiously optimistic. I am hopeful but want evidence (269)

🤷🏽‍♀️ Neutral. I am sitting this one out (56)

👀 Sceptical. I doubt it will make much difference (60)

🙄 Very pessimistic. The parties will not get past their egos (53)

🏡 I own my home (311)

👥 I live in a commune (39)

🏢 I rent my home (80)

👪 I live with family and I do not pay rent (61)

🏘️ I live in subsidised housing (30)

💻 News websites (132)

📱 Social media (55)

📧 Email newsletters (112)

📻 Radio/TV (60)

🙈 I avoid the news (51)

⌛️ No time for that (102)

🧴 I separate items before throwing out with general waste (182)

👷 I pay a service to collect my recycling (194)

📦 I drop my recycling off at a centre (170)

🚮 I leave it up to bin pickers (139)

🛣️ Service delivery (274)

👮 Crime and security (195)

🏥 Healthcare (45)

🏫 Education (70)

🌎 Climate (43)

👟 Running, hiking or walking (340)

💪 Working out: gym, yoga or Pilates (190)

🌊 Swimming (137)

🚲 Cycling (155)

🛋 None, thank you (121)

🌎For sure. It is the planet-friendly choice (286)

🔋Only if the charging infrastructure is guaranteed (336)

🛞No need to change – I love my current set of wheels (161)

👀I am unconvinced about EVs performance (154)

🤩Yes please! I am an enthusiastic early adopter (114)

🤑 Brilliantly cheap – long live Temu (72)

🔌 I only order items not available in SA (86)

👮🏾 Fertile grounds for getting scammed (124)

👿 Fast fashion is evil (102)

📦 Goods take too long to arrive (33)

😥 My productivity is seriously affected (24)

🤑 Costs of alternative power sources (35)

🚑 Reliability of appliances and medical equipment (28)

🌍 Fossil fuels are damaging our environment (85)

🇿🇦 Deeper economic implications for our country (135)

👮 Complete trust — they’ve got this! (31)

🔍 It depends. There are some excellent detectives (82)

💸 Too few resources, too much corruption (192)

🤬 SAPS has an attitude problem (37)

😢 Zero faith in SAPS – I’ve lost hope (137)

👩‍🚀 Anywhere but here – even the moon is more enticing (38)

🌞 A spot with good weather and less corruption, please (194)

🥶 A frosty adventure – bring on the chill (29)

🏖 A place with a beach will do perfectly (24)

🫶 🇿🇦 SA has my heart. I will never leave (131)

😇 Debt-free is the only way to be (242)

🎯 I use debt as a tool to achieve my goals (125)

💆 I manage my debts responsibly without much worry (161)

🥲 I have no choice but to rely on debt (78)

😭 Overwhelmed by debt (51)

😇 Indulging regardless, because chocolate is sanity (133)

💸 Cutting back to save money (96)

🛒 Stockpiling as it is not going to get cheaper (34)

🍭 Relying on alternative forms of sweet things (36)

🙊 Chocolate? No thank you (66)

🏃🏻‍♀️ Every day (17)

🛒 At least once a week (140)

📆 Once a month (40)

🛍 Occasionally (112)

🏖 Never (139)

🗳️ I will cast my vote first thing (264)

🛏️ I will be sleeping off the night before (17)

👥 I will vote if the queue is not too long (31)

📺 I plan to do anything but vote (21)

🏝️ Since when is 29 May a public holiday? (26)

📺 One (78)

👀 Two to three (129)

👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 Four or more (59)

🏠 We do not even own a TV (26)

🏴‍☠️ Why pay when you can pirate? (16)

🏃🏽 Intervene immediately (26)

👮🏽‍♀️ Call the police (23)

📲 Send a WhatsApp to ask if all is ok (37)

🫂 Offer support once things are calm (29)

🙈 Ignore it as it is none of your business (13)

Passport (0)

My laptop (1)

My pet (0)

Prescription meds (0)

My lucky undies (0)

🧑🏽‍🍳 Eating Out (1)

🍺 Alcohol (1)

🍔 Takeaways & Ready Meals (1)

☕️ Coffee (1)

📺 Entertainment (1)

☀️ Solar installation (2)

🪫 An inverter and backup battery (2)

🕯️ Candles and rechargeable lights (14)

⚙️ Generator (15)

🤬 Rage (2)