

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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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

Can SA be proud?
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Jun 26, 2021
After a spate of violent attacks that have rocked the country’s LGBTQ community, South Africa does not have much to celebrate this Pride Month. June

Tourism sector counting on faster vaccine roll-out
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Mar 20, 2021
South Africa’s slow vaccination rate risks permanently damaging one of the country’s few thriving economic sectors – the tourism industry. Emerging and developing markets across

Class inequality a growing concern in SA
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Mar 6, 2021
Class and geography are often ignored as reasons for inequality in South Africa; it is often claimed that racism is often claimed to be the

SA has more to worry about than Covid-19
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Feb 20, 2021
The dire state of the economy is giving South Africans more to worry about than the global pandemic. This is among the findings of the

Crisis of faith: What SA’s police must do to win back public trust
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Jan 30, 2021
South Africans’ confidence in the police continues to wane, with the proportion of people and households reporting crimes continuing to decline. This much is evident

Don’t fear the ‘gay agenda’
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Nov 28, 2020
Educating children on sexual orientation and gender identity is not ‘indoctrination’ or a push for the so called ‘gay agenda’. Instead, it instils in them

Major declines for all income groups during lockdown
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Nov 7, 2020
Covid-19 and the nationwide lockdown have severely impacted every income group in South Africa, with not even the richest cohort being spared the effects of

Major declines for all income groups during lockdown
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Nov 7, 2020
Covid-19 and the nationwide lockdown have severely impacted every income group in South Africa, with not even the richest cohort being spared the effects of

SA needs more jobs – not social grant beneficiaries
- By Gerbrandt van Heerden
- . Oct 28, 2020
Rather than creating wealth, South Africa has been stuck for the past decade in redistributing existing wealth. This much is evident in the inexorable growth