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.
The man holding the MK Party together is in hospital
12 October, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks the latest regarding former president Jacob Zuma's health, and potential consequences for the MK Party.
Ten quarters of falling employment in South Africa
30 September, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks the latest QLFS data from Stats SA.
60 murders a day - South Africa's reality
28 September, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh looks at the recent spate of mass shootings in South Africa.
Ethiopia-Tigray: Back to war
25 September, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh looks at the deteriorating situation in Ethiopia as fresh hostilities occur.
South Africa steps towards the gas cliff
23 September, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh analyses the latest state of play in South Africa's gas supply.
The SARB's riskiest call of 2026
23 September, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks the South African Reserve Bank's latest rates decision.
Is South Africa serious about its sovereignty?
21 September, 2026
Speaking at Waterkloof Air Force Base, defence and military veterans minister Angie Motshekga opened the 13th Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition with a message worth taking seriously. She told delegates that July’s Defence Industry Lekgotla had produced a roadmap built on “localisation and sovereign capability, ensuring South Africa designs, manufactures, and sustains its own defence technologies.” She pointed to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent visit to Denel as proof that government backs the sector, and she framed the exhibition’s drones, aerospace platforms and cyber systems as engines of industrialisation.
ANC fractures over ballot chaos
07 September, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh looks at the latest problems plaguing the ANC's 2026 local government elections campaign.
