Chris Hattingh
Chris Hattingh is Executive Director at the Centre For Risk Analysis (CRA).
With a special focus on trade, investment, and economic matters, as well as foreign policy, Chris serves on the Executive Board of the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance, sits on the advisory council of the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity and holds the position of Senior Fellow at African Liberty.
Chris holds an MPhil (Business Ethics) degree from Stellenbosch University. In his role at the CRA, Chris leads strategic engagements and briefings to clients across South Africa, as well as globally.
South Africa's 2026 growth window is closing
10 June, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks the Q1 2026 GDP data.
South Africa cannot subsidise its way to prosperity
02 June, 2026
Last week trade, industry, and competition minister Parks Tau told Parliament that South Africa “cannot compete in the world of the future using the tools of the past.” While he was correct on that score, he neglected to mention that his department is reaching for those exact same tools.
How Joburg’s budget destroys the SARB’s balancing act
01 June, 2026
The MPC’s use of higher interest rates to manage inflation expectations is a blunt instrument to cost pressures that are mainly government-determined, and immune to rate pressure anyway.
The ANC sticks to its revolutionary guns
01 June, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks the ANC's latest National Executive Committee meeting.
Johannesburg: Rates increases across the board
28 May, 2026
CRA Executive Chris Hattingh unpacks the City of Johannesburg's latest budget, tabled on 27 May 2026.
CR's troubles - South Africa's investment case is about to be rewritten
27 May, 2026
ConCourt ruling revives impeachment risk, testing GNU stability and reform outlook
One private security officer per 91 citizens: what that number tells you
27 May, 2026
Every year, South Africans absorb another batch of crime statistics, shake their heads, and move on.
One private security officer per 91 citizens
27 May, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh presents key findings from the Crime and Security chapter of the CRA's 2026 Socio-Economic Survey of South Africa.
