Chris Hattingh
Chris Hattingh is Executive Director at the Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA), where he leads strategic briefings for clients across South Africa and internationally. His focus areas are trade, investment, economic policy, and 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 a Senior Fellow position at African Liberty. He holds an MPhil in Business Ethics from Stellenbosch University.
AfriForum and March and March - a new kind of politics
19 August, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh discusses the recent AfriForum and March and March meeting.
When the market builds what the state cannot deliver
19 August, 2026
A two-bedroom house in Protea Glen, Soweto, now sells for R1.03 million. It sits behind a boom gate, inside a perimeter wall, with private security patrolling a neighbourhood of paved roads and managed common areas. Emperors Security Estate, developed by Cosmopolitan Projects, is the first full-title security estate in South Africa’s largest township.
Water Bill threat to South African agriculture
17 August, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks the threat posed to agriculture by a new proposed water bill .
Fixing a burst pipe is not the same as owning the pipe
14 August, 2026
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Geordin Hill-Lewis’s proposed plan that private companies should help buy electricity and fix water systems elicited the usual predictable backlash on social media.
Two in three young South Africans can’t find work
12 August, 2026
The rate of joblessness among South Africans aged between 15 and 24 reached 62.8% in the second quarter of 2026, a percentage-point rise of 1.9 on the quarter and 0.6 on the year.
South Africa's official unemployment rate rises to 33.6%
11 August, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks the Q2:2026 QLFS data.
Manufacturing index hits seven-month low
04 August, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks South Africa's latest manufacturing data.
US 30-year yields and what they mean for South Africa
03 August, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh discusses the recent upward movement of the US 30-year Treasury bond yield, and what this means for South Africa.
