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.
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.
South Africa ranks 7th for organised crime - worse than Mexico
04 September, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks the latest South African crime data.
New research identifies deciding factor in SA elections
01 September, 2026
The IRR's Hermann Pretorius joins Chris Hattingh to discuss his latest report: IRR Polling 2026: The Political State of Play – SA's Women Voters 2021-2026.
The US has declared economic war on Iran - Is SA caught in the crossfire?
31 August, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh discusses the US plan to economically damage and isolate Iran, with potentially serious implications for South Africa.
South Africa’s hidden tax: why crime is now a line item
29 August, 2026
Every business operating in South Africa already pays a tax that never appears on a South African Revenue Service assessment.
South Africa’s growth problem isn’t a story problem
26 August, 2026
Discovery CEO Adrian Gore’s latest statement on South Africa’s economy makes a case that has become all too familiar: driven by anaemic growth and structural unemployment, the country has spent a decade in societal crisis, but the tide has turned. Load-shedding has ended, state logistics are recovering, credibility has been restored, and what South Africa now needs is a shift in narrative – from perpetual decline to what Gore calls “realistic optimism.”
Is the ANC melting down?
24 August, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh discusses the ANC's inability to pick a mayoral candidate for Johannesburg, and what this tells us about party infighting.
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.
