Chris Hattingh

[Opinion] The fly in the MTBPS ointment

South Africa’s economy is not growing fast enough. This is the key take-away from the 2025 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) delivered last Wednesday by the finance minister, Enoch Godongwana – and it is easily lost among the flood of information, mostly positive, about the public finances.

[News] South Africa G20 Pragmatism vs Politics at the Summit

THE 2025 G20 Summit is set to take place on 22 and 23 November in Johannesburg. The Summit represents the culmination of South Africa’s year-long G20 presidency and, if used well, should produce some level of common, shared communique or document that advances South Africa’s priorities and values.

[Opinion] When will SA own its mistakes and stop blaming everything else?

The cause of SA’s 0.8% GDP average from 2012 to 2023 can seemingly never be the government’s chosen ideology and policies

[Rapport] Selfs SA se pêlle in Washington raak nou keelvol

Suid-Afrika is besig om ’n gulde geleentheid te verspeel, waarsku Chris Hattingh ná ’n besoek aan Amerika, waar hy met meer as ’n dosyn regeringsamptenare en meningsvormers gesels het.

[News] South Africa’s deindustrialisation dilemma

BUSISIWE Mavuso, CEO of Business Leadership South Africa, recently wrote that the government must act urgently to mitigate the impact of United States (US) President Donald Trump’s tariffs on South Africa’s vehicle manufacturing sector. With the US being one of South Africa’s main vehicle export markets, heightened tariffs will pose a major risk to the local automotive sector. However, reciprocal tariffs are only a recent threat.

[Letter] Trump tariff a chance to reform SA’s trade policies

Notions in support of the AfCFTA will come to nought should the government not change its approach

[Opinion] ANC heads for 30% in local government elections

Scant evidence in party rhetoric or actions to convince support will not decline.

[Opinion] The ongoing tariff dance

Tariff threats have proved a favourite tool of US President Donald Trump as his administration continues to rework US trading relationships and the global trade order.