Ivo Vegter

The DA is punting wind and solar. Ramokgopa is punting coal. Who is right? And where is nuclear? The electricity minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, upon whose

A 15-year-old boy uttered a racial slur. The mob, led by the EFF, took umbrage and went after him. Imagine my surprise to wake up

Why on earth would South Africans reflexively distrust the idea of nationalising and centralising healthcare? The Financial Mail recently reported (paywalled article) that cardiologists at

Generative artificial intelligence is a ‘boundless machine of artistic demoralisation’, says singer Nick Cave. Australian singer, writer and actor Nick Cave really doesn’t like generative

It took a second round of voting, but the libertarian Javier Milei has defeated his Peronist rival to become president of Argentina. A month ago,

It is widely supposed that intelligent, university-educated people lean left. But that is only half-right, and consequentially, half-wrong. The stereotypical intelligent, wealthy graduate is a

Talk of tax morality is cheap when public servants are overpaid and underperforming, as the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement makes clear. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s

South Korea this week re-imposed a prohibition on short-selling stocks. Should it have done so? And should South Africa follow suit? Last Sunday, 5 November

Fikile Mbalula, unable to answer criticism of the ANC, is reduced to denouncing its critics as racists and apartheid apologists. Fani Titi, the chief executive

Contrary to a vegan professor’s utopian description, a world in which animals had legal rights would not be viable. I must apologise to Steve Cooke,