Videos

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 its trade and investment policies. Mr Hattingh also highlights how China is taking steps to strengthen its trade ties with Africa and what this will mean for the continent and South Africa. To take advantage of these emerging opportunities, South Africa must reconsider its protectionist policies and fix its trade infrastructure.

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 Auditor-General South Africa. Mr Hattingh details why few municipalities received clean audits, and how chronic financial mismanagement of South Africa's metros is crippling the country's economic growth prospects.

Kickbacks and Carveouts

Hermann Pretorius, Head of Strategic Communications at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), joins Chris Hattingh to discuss why big businesses tolerate government's harmful economic policies. Mr Pretorius details how transformation policies are protecting monopolies, hurting smaller businesses, and hindering competition and innovation.

SA’s policy preferences

Hermann Pretorius, Head of Strategic Communications at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), joins Chris Hattingh to unpack the IRR’s latest report on the policy preferences of registered voters in South Africa. The report shows that job creation remains the top national priority, merit trumps race-based appointments, and that voters firmly oppose the Expropriation Act. Mr Pretorius details what this means for government’s policy agenda going forward, and how opposition parties and businesses can push for reforms.

Ramaphosa-Trump: What It Means for SA

In this exclusive CRA briefing, our analysts unpack the outcomes of the meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Donald Trump. We examine the implications for South Africa’s trade position, global alliances, and economic future.

[Webinar] SA Budget; Third time lucky?

In this CRA webinar our analysts unpack the third national budget in 2025, with a focus on implications for the GNU.

US-SA relations: Into the lion's den

John Endres, IRR CEO, joins Chris Hattingh to unpack President Cyril Ramaphosa's pivotal meeting with US President Donald Trump. The meeting between the two leaders comes after months of strained relations between South Africa and the US. Dr Endres and Mr Hattingh discuss Trump's February executive order, the 49 'refugees', the rhetoric by both governments, the purpose of the working visit and how it might impact relations going forward.

SA's new plan for a nuclear future

Rob Rose, the Editor of Currency News, joins Chris Hattingh to discuss the Minister of Electricity and Energy's recent comments on the intention to expand South Africa's power generation with more nuclear power. Mr Rose discusses South Africa's current energy mix, the reputation of nuclear power, the costs and timelines involved and what this might mean for the energy sector going forward.