Writing & Scholarship
My latest book is called The New Apartheid. It pursues the idea that “apartheid did not die; it was privatised”. The book is available in all good South African bookstores and on all good digital platforms.
Much of my work involves using words, whether in speeches, books, academic articles or opinion editorials. In this section, you can explore my written thoughts.
Books
Democracy & Delusion
A fresh, different perspective on South African politics. Many common political arguments come pre-packaged in a very old and dusty box – and in this book, Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh sets out to dismantle that box. The self-evident truths are not so inarguable. He argues that free education is far from impossible, land reform is not the first step to chaos, and the media is not free… In this incisive, informed book we
find challenges to commonly held opinions and new solutions to old problems.
The New Apartheid
Coming 28 July 2021
Has South Africa truly vanquished apartheid? In The New Apartheid, Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh argues that: apartheid did not die; it was privatised. He explores this argument in five realms of South African life: space, law, wealth, punishment and technology.
Scholarship
DPhil Thesis
“Obedient rebellion: nuclear-weapon-free zones and global nuclear order, 1967 – 2017.” PhD diss., University of Oxford, 2020.
Book chapters
“The game’s the same: ‘Must Fall’ moves to Euro-America.” Fees must fall: Student revolt, decolonisation and governance in South Africa (2016): 74-86.
Academic Podcasts
The WiSER Podcast.
The Futures of the Constitution (Part 1): A Conversation with Professor Tshepo Madlingozi. The WiSER Podcast. 2021.
Academic Podcasts
The Futures of the Constitution (Part 2): The Constitution and the New Apartheid.
Speeches
Black Lives Matter Panel. Chatham House
2020
Finding my academic rap voice at Oxford | TEDxUFS
2020
On Free Speech and the Right to a Platform | All Souls College, Oxford | 2016
2016
Freedom is a Sacred Thing: Speech to the St John’s College Valedictory | St John’s College, JHB
Op-eds
Sci-Fi, Hip-hop, and other fantasies
OkayAfrica | June 2020
Was Apartheid Truly Defeated?
The Economist | January 2018
South Africa Needs a National Wealth Fund
IG Knowledge Bureau | July 2018
Appropriation is a multi-layered term
Free Tuition is Easily Affordable
News24 | January 2017
Don’t Ban No-platforming
Free Speech Debate | March 2016
Neutrality Entrenches Racial Inequality
March 2016
