Only 14 percent of South Africans believe their country should follow Zimbabwe by seizing white-owned commercial farms for landless blacks, while 31 percent of 2,000 South Africans surveyed - including 45 percent of whites - said they felt there was a danger the chaotic scenes seen in Zimbabwe could be repeated in their country. Although many white farmers say they see the need for change, some describe the process as "Zimbabwe in a velvet glove".