Sindile Vabaza
Sindile Vabaza is an avid writer and an aspiring economist.
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Don’t fall for ‘the land’ rhetoric
I believe it is inevitable that, with the continuing economic crises engulfing South Africa, the government will look for ways to relieve public pressure and
The various perils of B-BBEE
In an article written on the 18th of November 2020 on the University of the Witwatersrand’s website, William Gumede, an associate professor in the School
A game of thrones: a parasitic, elite apparatus
Over the past two weeks I have been reading George R R Martin’s novel, A Clash of Kings, and watching the series that it spawned,
Searching for a Helper: A South African Story
I recently visited a distant relative’s house in rural South Africa in search of a live-in helper who was urgently needed by someone I know
A tale of two neighbourhoods
I learnt the best lessons about how human beings respond to their surroundings when I lived in Kenilworth Upper in Cape Town. Specifically, I lived
It’s not all bad news: innovation in the private sector
In South Africa we often spend much time analysing how much power and control the government exerts over our lives and how much havoc that
Rape: lip service is not enough
A lot of the language around sexual violence in South Africa is rooted in the idea that the fundamental fix is ‘men speaking to –
Don’t defund the police, restructure the police!
In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Derek Chauvin and the subsequent protests around it, especially those with calls to defund
The Springboks’ excellence: an object lesson
One of the great lessons I took away from the Springbok World Cup triumph in 2019, and some of the racial criticisms levelled at the
Societal underpinnings of gang rape
Last year in September six teen boys, aged from 13 to 16, were arrested after being caught gang raping a mentally handicapped 30-year-old woman in