Public approval of President Jacob Zuma had recovered from a "catastrophic" fall in the first quarter, a survey company said on Tuesday.
TNS Research Surveys said that Zuma's 58% approval rating in metro areas at the end of 2009 had dropped to 43% in February - the biggest drop in a President's rating in 15 years.
"His approval rating has now partially recovered to 51% at the end of May," TNS said.
The February decline had occurred at a time when Zuma's personal life was very much under the spotlight and there were growing service delivery protests.
There were strong regional differences in the ratings.
In Gauteng, the figure had risen from 47% to 57%, while in Soweto specifically it had gone from 50% to 70%.
Zuma's rating was the lowest in Cape Town, which has seen an increase from 23% to 24%.
East London had gone from 47% to 71%, and Bloemfontein from 48% to 65%.
The surveys were based on interviews with 2 000 adults in the seven major metropolitan areas.
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