Discussion | South Africans remain unhappy in lockdown

South African’s levels of hourly happiness, after President Ramaphosa’s level four lockdown restriction speech (23 April 2020), decreased ...

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In the face of unprecedented measures to contain COVID-19, concerns for the well-being of our fellow countrymen and women should be skyrocketing. But...

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A new GLO Discussion Paper provides evidence that investor sentiments and emotions derived from stock market-related Twitter tweets are significant pr...

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SA is 'angry' amid lockdown and downgrade woes In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we look at how South Africans are feeling about...

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South Africans are “angry” after their first weekend under lockdown. COVID-19 has been playing havoc with South African’s emotions o...

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The Happiness Index (Gross National Happiness) of South Africa, dropped to an all-time low of 5.29 (see yellow arrow), since the first Corona patient ...

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Well-being economists Professor Talita Greyling, from the University of Johannesburg (UJ), and Dr Stephanié Rossouw, from Auckland University of Technology, have shared the latest Happiness Index, which shows a significant low in South Africa as a result of Covid-19.

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SA generally unhappy in the wake of COVID-19

Believe it or not South Africa is feeling happier amid the coronavrius outbreak

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Twenty Plenty is how the new year 2020 was initially greeted. But hopes of a “Happy new decade” were swiftly crushed.

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The “Happiness Index (Gross National Index of SA)”, which was launched in April 2019 by Prof Talita Greyling (University of Johannesburg),...

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The “Happiness Index (Gross National Index of SA)”, which was launched in April 2019 by Prof Talita Greyling (University of Johannesburg), Dr Stephanie Rossouw (Auckland University of Technology) and AFSTEREO (Pty) Ltd, to measure the happiness level of South Africans, showed unexpected results during the last week of turmoil (21-27 October) surrounding DA resignations. 

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