The overall quality of life in Gauteng has improved, despite growing dissatisfaction with service delivery and difficult economic times, a survey has found. The results of the fifth Quality of Life Survey conducted by the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) comes less than a year ahead of what is set to be the highly contested 2019 national polls in which Gauteng is expected to be a key electoral battleground. The DA, whose premier candidate is Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga, hopes to push the ANC below 50% of the provincial support, paving the way for him to replace premier David Makhura. The 2017/2018 survey has also found that residents’ satisfaction with all spheres of government increased . The GCRO has run its Quality of Life survey every two years since 2009. A total of 24,889 respondents were interviewed across Gauteng. GCRO executive director, Dr Rob Moore, said it was clear that satisfaction with the government had improved since the last survey in 2015/2016, in particula...
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