Udesh Pillay is the executive director of the Urban, Rural, and Economic Development (URED) research program at the HSRC. He is the author of "Public Attitudes in Contemporary South Africa: Insights from an HSRC Survey," Benjamin Roberts is a chief researcher in the HSRC's Integrated Rural and Regional Development (IRRD) research program and the Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN). He is the author of "Lesotho 2000: Public Perceptions and Perspectives. "Stephen Rule is a former director of surveys in the Surveys, Analyses, Modelling, and Mapping research program at the HSRC. He i...