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Ivo Vegter
Ivo Vegter is a freelance journalist, columnist and speaker who loves debunking myths and misconceptions, and addresses topics from the perspective of individual liberty and free markets.
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Certificates of Need declared unconstitutional, again
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 26, 2024
High Court ruling reconfirms that the Health Act’s “Certificates of Need” are unconstitutional and draws a line in the sand. Stop me if you’ve heard
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The plan for an imperial Trump presidency
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 23, 2024
Project 2025 is a 900-page plan for a conservative takeover of the US government at the next election. It is, in many respects, chilling. The
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Myers-Briggs: corporate woo
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 19, 2024
The Myers-Briggs personality type indicator remains a popular management tool in South Africa and around the world, but it’s bunkum. Apply for a job or
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South Africa should not ban single-use plastics
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 16, 2024
In Daily Maverick, Melanie Verwoerd makes the case for banning single-use plastics. Here’s the counter-argument. “South Africa was a trailblazer with the plastic bag levy,”
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Official statistics thrown into question
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 12, 2024
Accurate statistical data is critical for informed decision making. Yet Stats SA is under-resourced and allegedly produces poor data. It will not come as a
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Bring back the Rainbow Nation
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 9, 2024
Now that South Africa again has a government of national unity, it could do with an attitude and policy reset, too. In a review of
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Eroding privacy for imagined safety
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 5, 2024
A spate of laws are being written to undermine privacy and anonymity on the internet, all supposedly to “protect the children”. A new policy in
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GNU cabinet is weak tea
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jul 2, 2024
The cabinet announcement held little excitement, as familiar faces were reshuffled and the former opposition got crumbs. It was an evening of disappointments. President Cyril
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Stop with the tariffs!
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jun 28, 2024
Whoever becomes minister of trade, industry and competition should start by slashing import tariffs across the board. As I write this, the DA and the
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On useful (and useless) political labels
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jun 25, 2024
The traditional left-right distinction is of limited analytical value. I prefer using alternative spectra for political analysis. In a recent column, I briefly mentioned an