Government criticism is good: survey

[James]

Most of South Africa's youth support the notion of speaking out against government wrongdoing, a survey revealed on Friday.

About 54 percent of them said it was the right of every citizen to be vocal in this regard.
About 20 percent felt that voicing criticism of the government amounted to an attack on democracy.

Another 20 percent said negative talk about the government was a direct attack on the African National Congress.
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[Ike_009]

One of the major pillars in democracy is the right to criticise the government and demand change. To have 40% say that's wrong shows that there is serious flaw in our nation's understanding of democracy and their own rights under the constitution.