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Chris Hattingh
Chris Hattingh is Senior Policy Analyst at the Centre for Risk Analysis. He is a passionate advocate for free markets and free minds. He holds an MPhil degree from Stellenbosch University and is a member of the advisory council of the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity, as well as a Senior Fellow at African Liberty.
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Rail reform in name only?
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Apr 23, 2022
For all the talk and idealism from government promoting Localisation Master Plans as the solution to South Africa’s manufacturing decline, politicians and bureaucrats may be
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Punishing production
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Mar 31, 2022
The number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) in South Africa declined by 7% from 603 to 561 over just one year to 2021 – the greatest
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SA’s policy own goals founded in misguided ideology
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Mar 24, 2022
In a recent article, commentator Stephen Grootes writes: “It is important to determine which economic factors are in the control of the government, and which
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South Africa’s economic decline: The reasons underpinning the reasons
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Feb 24, 2022
New research from the Harvard Growth Lab and a group of authors, headed by Venezuelan economist Ricardo Hausmann, explores three possible paradigms for explaining South
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Government can do more for the economy by doing less
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Dec 11, 2021
That the unemployment rate on the expanded definition now sits above 46% should not come as a surprise. Years of onerous regulations and anti-growth policies
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Where to for South Africa’s economy after the Local Government Elections?
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Nov 13, 2021
Now that the excitement – (or lack thereof; see South African Voter Turnout Slumps in Municipal Elections) – of the local government elections has subsided,
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Redistribution to nowhere
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Oct 9, 2021
With local government elections on 1 November, the respective political parties are stepping up their campaigning – and, with that, their numerous promises to a
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Tread very carefully before opening vaccine passport door
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Sep 11, 2021
Jonathan Katzenellenbogen writes, “vaccine hesitancy by sizeable portions of the population may curb or delay our reaching herd immunity. … [this will] force us for
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Liberalism: An antidote for South Africa’s collectivist ills
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Aug 3, 2021
South Africa’s march down the collectivist path continues. Around every corner, the central principles of individualism and liberalism – property rights, free speech, freedom of
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Vaccine rollout: One of the great failures in democratic South Africa’s history
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Mar 27, 2021
That a paltry 0.3% of the population has been vaccinated as of 19 March stands as yet another milestone in the ever-growing list of calamities