Chris Hattingh
Chris Hattingh is Executive Director at the Centre For Risk Analysis (CRA).
With a special focus on trade, investment, and economic matters, as well as 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 the position of Senior Fellow at African Liberty.
Chris holds an MPhil (Business Ethics) degree from Stellenbosch University. In his role at the CRA, Chris leads strategic engagements and briefings to clients across South Africa, as well as globally.
Minister downplays US blockade risk as fuel prices soar
23 April, 2026
SA education: the bill is due
23 April, 2026
South Africa spends more on education than on anything else. According to National Treasury, education claims 23.2% of consolidated expenditure over the medium term: the single largest share of the budget. And yet, at every stage of the pipeline, the system fails the young South Africans it is supposed to serve.
Growth outlook darkens for 2026
17 April, 2026
Commodity gains offer only temporary relief to fiscal pressures
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
15 April, 2026
The International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) has proposed raising import duties on solar panels, wind turbine components and lithium-ion batteries to World Trade Organisation bound-rate ceilings; in some cases, from zero to 30%. The stated rationale is industrial localisation.
Public sector growth masks private firms’ struggles
24 February, 2026
Youth unemployment is staggeringly high at 68.3%
SA’s reliance on external tailwinds is risky
23 February, 2026
There is a danger that politicians will leave growth barriers unaddressed
Can SA take advantage of shifting global tides?
10 February, 2026
The latest World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, produced a stark, necessary contrast between two emerging philosophies of foreign policy and of geoeconomic strategy.
Higher duties on imports won’t fix auto industry
29 January, 2026
Protection may save jobs short-term but ignores deeper cost and competitiveness problems
