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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Foreign workers contribute to South Africa’s economy
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Aug 1, 2021
Beyond the most recent attacks on South African trucks in the violence and looting along key routes between KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng is a longer story