

Sindile Vabaza
Sindile Vabaza is an avid writer and an aspiring economist.
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Trump, Kagame and weak South African leaders
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . Mar 1, 2025
For better or for worse, both Donald Trump and Paul Kagame have been giving South Africa’s visionless, incompetent and quite frankly soft leaders lessons in

New Year Reflections
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . Jan 4, 2025
After a pleasant family Christmas consisting of braai meat, scotch and chess by the braai flame, I decided to take a moment to reflect around

The GNU (DA) must fight for industrial and labour reform
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . Dec 7, 2024
While recent news of South Africa receiving positive outlooks from ratings agencies S&P Global and Fitch is quite encouraging, the real test for the GNU

SA prosperity: embracing the informal sector
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . Nov 2, 2024
The Government of National Unity (GNU) has been a welcome development in this country in terms of providing a certain “vibe check” about us, as

Why SA rugby should be fully privatised
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . Oct 5, 2024
With the French Top 14 Rugby League inking a deal earlier this year with broadcaster Canal Plus worth around an average of 139.4 million Euros

Lawlessness, crime, shrinking wealth and the future of South Africa
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . Sep 7, 2024
This past weekend I was at a rather large family thanksgiving event sitting ‘ebuhlanti’ (in a kraal), chatting away with a gentleman who was showing

What black American migratory patterns can tell us about a possible Joburg future
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . Aug 3, 2024
I recently read a piece by the Brookings Institution titled A ‘New Great Migration’ is bringing Black Americans to the South, which describes in part

Priorities for the GNU
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . Jul 6, 2024
After getting home from a cheery and dominant Baby Bok performance on Saturday night against Fiji, I decided to order a Gatsby from a restaurant

What Cape Town can learn from Minneapolis about housing
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . Jun 1, 2024
Recently, while waiting to watch a basketball game on satellite television in the godless hours of the morning I stumbled on a reality TV program

Can federalism answer the problem of lawlessness?
- By Sindile Vabaza
- . May 4, 2024
My sister travels quite a bit around the world for her job. She recently remarked, when we were all together for a family gathering in