These assessment trends also prevail in the political domain, where the IG continues to get credit for
reducing political violence and preventing arbitrary arrest. In contrast with 2010, the survey
respondents are now far more critical of IG’s ability to increase freedom to speak about political matters
openly. A total of 44% now reckon that the IG is doing poorly or very poorly compared with 9% in 2010.
This means that even if respondents presently report higher levels of freedom this may be ephemeral
bravado, given that the fear of state violence has not dissipated.
The range of results in this section confirms that conditions on the ground have been improving for
Zimbabweans. Deprivations, however, are far from over and severe problems continue. Foremost is
unemployment. The survey result indicates that two‐thirds of Zimbabweans are unemployed. Of the
one‐third that is employed, 41% state that this is on a full‐time basis (Q2). Approximately one‐third of
those that are unemployed also report that they have never been employed.
5: EXPLORING ASSESSMENTS OF THE INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT
The results so far show that Zimbabweans are less enamoured with the achievement of the Inclusive
Government (IG) in 2012 than they were in 2010. In some instances this is despite continuous and some
substantial reported improvements in personal conditions. This section further illuminates the
assessment fate of IG through measures that look at the party political share of credit for improvement
in government performance, and the levels of trust in public institutions.
Table 12:
Party political share of credit for Inclusive Governmentsuccesses, 2010‐12
Relative party political contribution
Year
% rating
Equally the contribution of the MDC‐T and ZANU‐PF
‘10
24
‘12
36
More the contribution of ZANU‐PF
‘10
13
‘12
16
More the contribution of the MDC‐T
‘10
52
‘12
15
More the contribution of other political parties
‘10
2
‘12
2
Contribution of all parties equally
‘10
0.4
‘12
15
Notes: Q19 (2012) and Q 13 (2010), ‘Do you believe the main political parties, ZANU‐PF and MDC‐T,
were equally responsible for the good or very good performance/s that you just noted, was it more
the contribution of one of the parties, or are other parties also to be credited?’ A fairly large
number of respondents, not included in this table, felt that they did not have enough knowledge to
respond to the question, hence the totals not adding up to 100.
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