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’s middle class taking strain
Key indicators reveal the impact of South Africa’s economic crisis on the middle class. Trying to define who makes up the middle class has always
South Africa lags in African growth stakes
Rwanda, Ethiopia and Ivory Coast offer South Africa telling lessons on what it takes to succeed. The International Monetary Fund’s estimation of Sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP
Anti-gay law undermines Kenya’s socio-economic goals
Kenya’s Vision 2030 development programme ambitions are contradicted by its stance on human rights. The Kenya High Court’s recent dismissal of a challenge to the
Business and gay rights: a force for good
The global campaign for human rights has been boosted by businesses taking a stand against oppressive anti-LGBTQ laws. In the past, businesses often chose to
A third of South Africa’s children in households with no working adult
In 2016, 5 588 000 children in South Africa lived in households where there was no employed adult. This represents a decline of 1.5% from the previous
South Africans struggle to save for their children’s future
Against the backdrop of anaemic economic growth, rising taxes and a stubbornly high unemployment rate, South Africans will find it more difficult to save, and