I am Zimasa Vabaza, more commonly known as @mooshtaffa on social media. I created this platform because of the love I have for simplifying socio-economic knowledge around South Africa, SADC, Africa, & the globe. Here we cover small & big stories that matter—stories that you should know but from a different, less explored perspective.
We also host podcast-style conversations with interesting people. We hope you will watch, engage, and enjoy.
#SHSI S2 Episode 28 - Road Accident Fund: You're Paying For Everyone's Accidents — And Getting Nothing Back! #RAF
Every time you fill up your tank in South Africa, R2.25 goes to a fund carrying R500 billion in debt. That fund is the Road Accident Fund — and it is bleeding the South African economy dry.In this video essay, we break down why the RAF is structurally broken, who is really benefiting from it, and why the current model punishes every economically active South African while covering people who have never contributed a cent. We look at the legal drain, the foreign nationals controversy, the hidden fuel price burden, and a concrete policy alternative that could give South Africans relief at the pump.This is not a conversation about corruption. It is a conversation about a system that was never redesigned as the country changed around it — and what it is costing us thirty years later.
16 Oct 2026
#SHSI S2 Episode 27 - A Housing Revolution: The Untold Story of South Africa's Rural Property Market
There's a massive property revolution happening across rural South Africa that barely anyone is talking about. While economists focus on urban housing backlogs, thousands of South Africans are building R800,000 to R1 million+ homes on rural customary land—without formal title deeds.In this video essay, we unpack:Why building costs of R2,500-R3,500/m² are driving the rural property boomHow municipalities like eThekwini are losing R250M+ in unpaid service feesThe rise of women as independent property owners in places like MthathaWhy 75% of rural land transactions now happen in cashThe predatory land markets emerging in Limpopo and Eastern CapeWhat happens when you build without title deeds or home insuranceThe hidden costs that leave families with half-built homes for yearsFrom Mthatha to Polokwane, from seaside villages to former homeland areas, South Africa's property landscape is being remade from the ground up. But without legal protection and proper land governance, this boom could become a crisis.Research sources: Dr. Phillan Zamchiya (PLAAS/Nkuzi Development Association), Khosi Mkhize (Monday Insights), eThekwini Municipality 2024-2025 Draft Annual Report, Sienne Molepo (University of the Western Cape)
16 Oct 2026
#SHSI S2 Episode 26 - South Africa Built the Longest Road Network in Africa — Here's What It's Actually Worth
South Africa's road network is worth more than R1.7 trillion — more than gold, platinum, or the JSE. At 750,000 kilometres, it is the largest in Africa and the 10th longest in the world. But most South Africans have never stopped to think about what that actually means.In this video essay, filmed on the N1 between Queenstown and Johannesburg, we break down the economic muscle, social backbone, and engineering ambition behind the roads we drive every day. From the N3 corridor moving 70 million tons of freight to Durban's port, to the cold chains keeping South Africa's citrus exports alive, to the R307 billion maintenance backlog quietly threatening it all — this is the story of South Africa's biggest asset hiding in plain sight.If you move through this country, this video is for you.
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