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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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Alcohol ban the bluntest tool in fight against Covid-19
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Feb 27, 2021
It has been a few weeks since South Africa’s latest ban on the sale of alcohol was lifted. While a relief for many large and
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Government’s ill-considered lockdown leaves South Africans stranded
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Jan 23, 2021
On 15 January during an interview on Radio 702, President Ramaphosa talked about relief packages saying “We do not have the money: that is the
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Government meddling in streaming will only hurt consumers
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Dec 5, 2020
It turns out that the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCD) – and the South African government at large – do not believe in
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We cannot redistribute SA into prosperity
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Oct 3, 2020
South Africans cannot be redistributed into prosperity. At the current pace, the debt-to-GDP ratio will eclipse 100% – and the desire to simply print more
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We cannot redistribute SA into prosperity
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Oct 3, 2020
South Africans cannot be redistributed into prosperity. At the current pace, the debt-to-GDP ratio will eclipse 100% – and the desire to simply print more
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Lockdown level ‘x’ means little over the long term without structural reforms
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Aug 30, 2020
On 15 August President Ramaphosa announced that South Africa’s lockdown would move to Level 2 from 17 August (something to keep an eye on is
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‘Flattening the curve’ was intended for the virus, not the economy
- By Chris Hattingh
- . May 16, 2020
Business for SA (B4SA) has called for South Africa to proceed quickly to lockdown level 2, lest deeper, and longer-lasting harm be caused to an
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Lockdown: poverty, privilege and power
- By Lee Stuttaford
- . Apr 18, 2020
On 9 April 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced an extension to South Africa’s coronavirus lockdown. What was due to end on 16 April will now only
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Without growth, there will be nothing left to transform
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Dec 2, 2019
President Ramaphosa has cracked the whip on the private sector in his latest weekly newsletter, admonishing those in business for not transforming quickly enough. Despite
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Time to bury Mugabe’s legacy
- By Chris Hattingh
- . Sep 14, 2019
Civil rights and economic freedom must be central to overcoming the devastation visited on Zimbabwe by the late Robert Mugabe. The former dictator of Zimbabwe