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Phillip van Niekerk

Phillip van Niekerk is managing partner of Calabar Consulting, a political risk consulting firm.

Latest Work

Who is the rogue state now after America’s G20 snub?

AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED

23 November 2025

Who is the rogue state now after America’s G20 snub?

By Phillip van Niekerk

5 min

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If 10,000 Tanzanians really are dead, international apathy is not an option

AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OPED

13 November 2025

If 10,000 Tanzanians really are dead, international apathy is not an option

By Phillip van Niekerk

5 min

2

Trump’s outburst about a ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria is as dangerous as it is absurd

AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED

2 November 2025

Trump’s outburst about a ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria is as dangerous as it is absurd

By Phillip van Niekerk

4 min

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Tanzania’s ruling party seeks to rid itself of the ‘troublesome’ Tundu Lissu

AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED

11 August 2025

Tanzania’s ruling party seeks to rid itself of the ‘troublesome’ Tundu Lissu

By Phillip van Niekerk

7 min

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6 November 2024

Letter from DC: The United States doubles down on the devil it knows

By Phillip van Niekerk

3 min

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3 November 2024

Letter from DC: A revolution of women poised to dump Trump into the garbage can

By Phillip van Niekerk

6 min

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14 October 2024

Letter from DC — 22 days to go before Trump-Kamala showdown, no fingernails left to bite

By Phillip van Niekerk

4 min

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20 September 2024

Letter from DC: ‘A historic election by any measure’ just got a lot more sleazy

By Phillip van Niekerk

5 min

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12 September 2024

Letter from DC: A broken, failing Trump is beaten by the voice of a new generation

By Phillip van Niekerk

6 min

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26 August 2024

Letter from DC — Kamala Harris is spoiling for a fight, and she’s coming for Trump

By Phillip van Niekerk

5 min

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As Kamala the Happy Warrior surges past Trump, things are about to get nasty

LETTER FROM THE US ELECTION TRAIL

19 August 2024

As Kamala the Happy Warrior surges past Trump, things are about to get nasty

By Phillip van Niekerk

5 min

50

Kamala vs very, very old Trump – with Biden gone, it is now a real race

22 July 2024

Kamala vs very, very old Trump – with Biden gone, it is now a real race

By Phillip van Niekerk

5 min

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