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.
72% of South Africa's municipalities can't pay their bills
26 June, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks the Auditor Genera's latest findings on South African municipalities.
Lessons from Cuba: when communists outgrow their own ideology
25 June, 2026
Cuba’s Communist Party has approved the country’s most sweeping economic reforms since the 1959 revolution.
JRA fleet grounded
24 June, 2026
The CRA's Chris Hattingh unpacks the City of Johannesburg's fuel crisis, with the Johannesburg Road Agency fleet effectively grounded and other departments and operations impacted across the board.
R1.5 billion and counting: the cost of South Africa's export paralysis
23 June, 2026
Paul Matthew, CEO of the Association of Meat Importers and Exporters of Southern Africa, joins Chris Hattingh to unpack restrictions on SA meat exports and the impact on the economy.
Iran's real weapon - CRA Update
18 June, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh discusses the geostrategic fallout of the deal signed this week between the US and Iran.
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.
