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Risk Alert | The president and the illusion of leadership

07 July 2025 - In this week’s Risk Alert, we begin with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s vexed response to the DA’s withdrawal from the National Dialogue.

SA's auto sector under pressure

Executive Director of the CRA, Chris Hattingh, and IRR Researcher, Anlu Keeve, discuss the decision by Mercedes Benz South Africa to suspend operations at ...

The GNU holds - just.

Hermann Pretorius, Head of Strategic Communications at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the latest tensions in the ...

Risk Alert | The GNU holds — just

30 June 2025 - In this week’s Risk Alert, we begin with the latest tremor to rock the GNU. Next, President Cyril Ramaphosa rhetorically floats the possibility ...

SA risks irrelevance in global trade reset

CRA Executive Director, Chris Hattingh, discusses how a surge in global trade volatility in recent months presents an opportunity for South Africa to reassess ...

Risk Alert | ANC bounces back, EFF crashes

23 June 2025 - In this week’s Risk Alert, we begin with the latest polling numbers from the Social Research Foundation, which show the ANC, DA and MKP ...

Risk Alert | The ANC’s squib game

17 June 2025 - In this week’s Risk Alert, we begin with President Ramaphosa’s National Dialogue announcement; its purpose, and whether it will fix what ails ...

Municipal dysfunction: a brake on growth

CRA Executive Director Chris Hattingh unpacks the findings of the CRA's Macro Review on municipalities, and links it to the latest report from the ...

SA faces ultimate trade test

This edition looks at South Africa’s trade indicators and unpacks the risks that could impact the country’s future exports and imports.

Risk Alert | 0.1% growth — is that all?

09 June 2025 - In this week’s Risk Alert, we begin with the latest GDP growth and fixed investment numbers released by Stats SA last week.