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.
Eskom's transmission standoff
08 July, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks the public fallout between Eskom and BLSA, and the wider implications for electricity security in South Africa.
Treasury freezes municipal grants
07 July, 2026
CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks National Treasury's decision to freeze July payments to more than 60 municipalities - including Johannesburg.
Your July bill is going up
07 July, 2026
IRR researcher Anlu Keeve joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the latest rates and tariffs increases facing households in Johannesburg, as well as the tariff calculator she built for the CRA.
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.
