, Mighti Jamie, Independent Africa researcher and author of the poll said he created the new poll to compare his Twitter audience to that of Mboweni’s.
“Well, Mr. Mboweni posted the poll of his profile and I thought to check whether the sample space of my audience would match his sample space. “Why Mboweni versus Malema and not Ramaphosa? Simply because of the context of the poll posted by Mr Mboweni,” Jamie said. Jamie shared his own analysis of how both Mboweni and Malema would fare if running for president of South Africa.Pros for Mboweni: It would be his experience in the financial sector and his government roles as governor of the Reserve Bank and minister of finance.Pros for Malema: It would be that he is a young leader and has a youth audience. He has experience as a youth movement leader, a party leader and member of parliament.
Cons for Malema: He is viewed as a radical especially on economic policy and some people hold the view that he an authoritarian leader. Others view him as having benefited unduly from VBS Mutual Bank proceeds.”