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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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