Governance Public Safety and Justice Survey 2023-2024

South Africa, 2023 - 2024

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ZAF_2023-2024_GPSJS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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May 05, 2025

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Courts - Main reasons dissatisfied (Whynot)

Data file: gpsjs-2023-2024-hhold-v1

Overview

Valid: 21121

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Do not have enough convictions	904	4.3%
2	Matters drag for too long/postponements	1702	8.1%
3	Do proper notice of hearing is served	350	1.7%
4	Courts are too lenient on criminals	3911	18.5%
5	Courts are corrupt	894	4.2%
6	Grant bail easily	1222	5.8%
7	Some people get preferential treatment	666	3.2%
8	Court staff not accessible	11395	54%
9	Other (specify)	77	0.4%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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