South Africa was one of the only two countries with elections last year.
South Africans rely on businesses and NGOs, but they trust in the media, they have a beef with government and rich.
In 2025, Edelman Edelman, South Africa, South Africa, South Africa, bent global trends and moved up. Last year, one of the two surveyed countries in the state administration, one of the countries, South Africa, a reliable, positive change.
This 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer South African Report: Trust and Complaint Crisis The results of the annual survey between the tens of thousands of respondents in 28 countries, the world, the elections, 2024 and 2025 show that the average of the average of 2024 to 2025 will not significantly improve the confidence of the government, media and NGOs.
However, South Africa and Argentina, the only exceptions from the list of interrogated countries, with South Africa, the last year in the last year. Work and NGOs show 68% of respondents, 68% of respondents, 63% and NGOs trust in their work.
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The media remains less reliable in 46%, this year the data increased by 36% to 36%, up to 36% after suffering in recent years. Edelman CEO Karena Cerar in Africa said that this increase could be attributed to the establishment of the government of the National Union (GNU), which promises to establish inclusive, ethical and development status.
However, the survey shows that this growth of this increase in four of the total main industries is 71% of the business, government and rich in South Africans (10% of the global average), 10% of the business and government are 10% higher).
They also believe that the actions of business and government are more rich in the system and the richness of the system.
“The establishment of GNU is a more stable power supply and careful optimism, which covers the government and business opportunities, but it is possible to protect these upper swings in the face of global macroeconomics and geopolitical difficulties,” he said.
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South Africans are still concerned about job security
There were also concerns about South Africa’s business security. Despite the modest economic growth last year, 73% of South Africans, still referred to an economic recession as the greatest threat to business security.
The worries of their work were concerned about new technologies that approach the global medium-level, international trade conflicts, foreign competitors and these fears.
In addition, only 38% of South Africans believe that the future generation will be better, emphasizing the lack of optimism for the future. “The cost of living, South Africa and the general global economic worldview, the most reliable parties such as the most reliable parties, private sides, the country’s economic and unemployment can continue to increase these concerns to find new solutions to find economic and unemployment problems.
“Hundreds, local business leaders are already intended to solve these exact concerns at 20 (B20) task groups, G20 summit.
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In the past 25 years there are beef in the people due to institutional failures
The results of the report offer complaints in the world, not only in South Africa, but also in South Africa over the past 25 years. People who complain to a high level are less likely to trust, enterprises, governments, media and NGOs must work together to solve the root causes to gain confidence in everyone.
“Despite these high levels of this growing level, South Africans still trust their employers, which allows you to work with the fears around the security, to provide quality information and growing optimism.”
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Other key finds
2025 Edelman Trust Barometer The other key results from the South African report include:
- Confidence in employers: 78% of South Africans trust in their employers
- Enemy activity: 4 out of 10, 4 to 4 enemy activity, for example, to attack, violence or violence, deliberately misuse or damage, to change
- Discrimination concerns: 77% of South Africans, are concerned about living in the property or discrimination, and are concerned about emphasizing a number of current issues to the patronage of institutes and equal opportunities
- Concerns of the reliability of news sources: 65% of South Africans says that the news is difficult to say if a person who is respected to a distinguished media source or deception
- In artificial intelligence (AI) means less confidence: only 36% of South Africans are at a high level of complaints, AI said they live at a high level of AI, said they were comfortable with 41% of AI.
