Follow-up survey: state of Garden Route Cities and Towns

Dr Dennis Farrell of Business Café is doing a follow-up survey on the state of Garden Route cities and towns, similar to the July 2023 survey.

The survey closes on 29 February.

As with the initial survey, the public is invited to participate to give their insights in the state and sustainability of cities/towns in the Garden Route.

It will take six to eight minutes to complete the survey.

Your anonymity is guaranteed. Your input is voluntary, automatically captured, and strictly confidential. All data collected is reported in aggregate.

The purpose is for city/town leadership/ management in the Garden Route to acknowledge and respond to the active voice of ratepayers and residents regarding their governance and service delivery accountability.

A comparative overview of this survey outcome to the July 2023 survey will be published in local, mainstream and social media. The outcome of the survey will be shared with civic organisations and municipalities requiring it.

The results from the first survey have ignited an awareness of the true state of our cities and towns, with some of the municipalities taking note and starting to respond.

Find a link to access the survey in this article at www.georgeherald.com

Important note:

According to Dr Frans Cronje of the Social Research Foundation, this is not a random poll and cannot be seen as representative of the whole Garden Route community.

Farrell agrees with Cronje, emphasising that the outcome of the survey is the opinion

of those who participate in it and in that lies the value. The outcome should not be ignored but cognisance be taken of this voice of opinions.

Cronje points out the following:

Only people who hear about the poll will possibly take part

Only people with access to data can take part

Only people with an interest / enough passion will respond

Then there are also people with political motives who will respond negatively/ positively to everything

Random sampling is a part of the sampling technique in which each sample has an equal probability of being chosen.

A sample chosen randomly is meant to be an unbiased representation of the total population.

The public is invited to share their insights in the state and sustainability of cities/towns in the Garden Route in a survey that closes on 29 February.