Trust in government from the average tax-payer is pretty low, but from the other side which are unemployed/students/tenderpreneurs still pretty high since they're just waiting for the next handout

I'd say gold and stuff like Kruggarrand aren't that popular anymore, people who actively invest are in offshore capital markets like FTSE or S&P500 through various wrapper products while some try to acquire and trade local stocks (currently simliar size to Bitcoins market cap 1.35 T USD) let's say that's around 20+%, we have our own versions of Robinhood that deal with local markets and give people access to some international products

I'd say 10% of people have some exposure to Bitcoin and shitcoins in some way shape or form but it's growing however, very little self-custody, mostly speculation and trying to turn themselves into a large tax liability via capital gains

The largest portion of people who are investing/saving are in some sort of passive vehicle through retirement annuities, preservation funds or some unit trust, REIT that was sold to them either via their company or some broker. They couldn't be arsed to know what's in it, just that they need to contribute to it

Then there's the majority sitting in cash getting rekt by inflation but avoid a lot of taxes in the grey economy so the trade-off works for them.

While a small portio continue to pump up the real estate market in Cape Town which is the only area that continues to see growth