In a preliminary investigation[1] to determine what matters for South Africans’ happiness during the pandemic, the results show that the cumulat...

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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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SAfm Interview: 3 Apr 2020 21h43

Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Basketball star Kobe Bryant died, along with his daughter, in a helicopter crash in January.   It seems more New Z...

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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

SAfm Interview: 14 Mar 2020

SAfm Interview: 4 Feb 2020

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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RSG Interview: 4 Nov 2019

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702 Interview: 29 Oct 2019

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