

Gerbrandt van Heerden
Gerbrandt van Heerden is an analyst at the Centre For Risk Analysis (CRA), a think tank specialising in political risk, economic policy and scenario planning.
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SA policy status quo harming black people the most
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Mar 8, 2025
After 30 years of democracy, the vast majority of black South Africans continue to languish in poverty at much higher rates than other racial groups.

Quality over quantity
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Mar 16, 2024
Will the declining average levels of basic service delivery influence voter behaviour in the 2024 National and Provincial elections? Even though South Africa’s socio-economic challenges

SA making the same mistake as Malaysia
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Apr 15, 2023
Affirmative action in Malaysia has failed to uplift the poor – and South Africa is now experiencing the consequences for the same mistake. Worse still

South Africa’s welfare dilemma
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Oct 6, 2022
Despite South Africans’ high dependency on the welfare system, the government seems unable or unwilling to turn the situation around. It now is considering making

Violent crime wreaks havoc in Western Cape
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Sep 1, 2022
Cape Town has raked in a number of international awards in the last few years, including being named as Africa’s Leading City Destination for 2021

Businesses will not tolerate municipal decay forever
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Jul 7, 2022
How can businesses assist in South Africa’s economic recovery when a growing number of the country’s municipalities are unable to perform their most basic functions?

SA’s talent pool is drying up
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Apr 14, 2022
If South Africa wants to reach its potential it needs to ensure that the skills exist to make this country a prosperous one, with opportunities

What South Africa could learn from California
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Feb 17, 2022
There are few similarities between the US state of California and South Africa, but one thing these territories have in common is their hostility to

Declining living standards: Pandemic or Policy?
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Feb 6, 2022
Covid-19 may have had a considerable impact on livelihoods and income levels in South Africa, but it is not the sole culprit for the decline

Sweeping school drop-out rates under the rug
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Jan 25, 2022
Although the matric results of 2021 show that the overwhelming majority of learners have passed, the figures conceal a low pupil retention rate. The final