Sindile Vabaza
Sindile Vabaza is an avid writer and an aspiring economist.
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Race, income and the astronomical potential of Nelson Mandela Bay
South Africa is 20% Wakanda and 80% Flea Bottom. That is the impression I got from the paper, Racial Inequality and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South
South Africa is a slow-moving car crash
There is something deeply unsettling about South Africa’s economic future that does not get nearly enough attention: we are living through a demographic window that
Rape and murder in SA: a reply to Jackie Phamotse
There is a way of talking about violence against women in South Africa that begins from a morally serious concern and ends somewhere much less useful. A woman is murdered, raped or assaulted and almost immediately ordinary men are told that they need to “hold other men accountable”.
Johannesburg will turn 150 in 2036
There is a danger that this will be treated as little more than another anniversary to be marked by a municipal programme, a commemorative logo and a series of speeches. That would be a profound waste of the occasion.
Johannesburg needs more than a fix – it needs a vision
There is something about the story of Michele Ciani that has stayed with me.
A riposte to the good Dr Van Staden
Martin van Staden argues that AfriForum’s opposition to racial quotas should not be confused with opposition to diversity itself. His central claim is that AfriForum objects to state-imposed racial engineering, not to the organic diversity that emerges when individuals compete freely. As a general principle, that is an attractive argument. A liberal society should indeed aspire to reward merit rather than racial classification.
Why AfriForum is wrong about school rugby
Recent claims by AfriForum that school rugby has become compromised by racial bias show that the organisation fundamentally misunderstands what has happened in South African rugby over the past two decades.
A dinner party conversation: Johannesburg vs Cape Town
There was an interesting moment at a dinner the other night that has stayed with me. We were talking about the differences between Johannesburg and Cape Town, specifically around safety.
We keep having the wrong argument about safety in South Africa
South Africans have spent years arguing about farm attacks. One side sees them as a national crisis demanding urgent intervention. The other argues that they are too often presented as evidence of a unique victimhood that obscures broader patterns of violence. The debate is emotionally charged, politically entrenched, and by now deeply familiar.
Remembering the fun times: Molefe, Koko and the plunge into darkness
With the current law firm court case (over BEE regulations) being heard at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, I thought it would be interesting, for posterity’s sake, to go down memory lane to that other time when former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe and former Head of Generation Matshela Koko sabotaged renewable energy projects that not only destroyed black businesses that they often professed to want to help, but also cost the taxpayer a boatload of money.