| South Africa | | |
% of those who would like to see more government spending in the police and law enforcement | 62.6% (2016) [9/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that crime is the most important issue for their country | 20.4% (2020) [2/28countries] | | |
% of those who think that maintaining national order is the most important aim of the country out of maintaining national order/ giving people more say/ fighting rising prices/ protecting freedom of speech | 32.6% (2020) [12/28countries] | | |
% of those who think that terrorism is the most important issue for their country | 0.3% (2020) [17/28countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to detain suspected terrorists for as long as they want without putting them on trial | 39.4% (2016) [19/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to tap people's telephone conversations | 37.8% (2016) [31/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to stop and search people in the street at random to prevent terrorism | 51.0% (2016) [20/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should keep people under video surveillance in public areas | 58.9% (2016) [24/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should monitor e-mails and any other information exchanged on the Internet | 34.5% (2016) [21/35countries] | | |
Degree of giving priority to public security over disclosure of government information | 5.19 (2016) [32/35countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should collect information about anyone living in their country | 43.0% (2016) [19/34countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should collect information about anyone living in other countries | 37.6% (2016) [19/34countries] | | |