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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The false binary at the heart of the grid ownership row
Busi Mavuso’s free-market case for an independent grid operator is excellent, and consistent with the president’s stated policy. The Eskom board’s objections are also legitimate. But this is not a binary choice.
Slaying fantastic monsters: the campaign against SA’s data centres
Activists have discovered a new dragon to slay: the data centre. If they succeed, they will have protected poor South Africans from jobs, investment and
Trust us, we’re the government
Democracies across the world are assembling the machinery of media control that we once associated with totalitarian states. They all say it’s for our own good.
We copied the wrong country
South Africa’s post-liberation government leant heavily on the model for post-colonial economic redress in Malaysia. It chose wrong.
The liberty of gender identity
A classical liberal need not settle the metaphysics of gender to know what the state should do about it: as little as possible.
Mashatile leads from the back with outdated satellite internet
The government went shopping in Dubai, and came back with an inferior alternative to Starlink. All empowerment protocols observed, the deputy president, Paul Mashatile, declared
On borders: when reasonable people disagree
Classical liberals tend to favour low barriers to cross-border migration, but not all do. Let’s consider the disagreements. Over the weekend, as today’s day of
Why Musk’s trillionaire status is unmerited
The real reason to raise an eyebrow at Musk’s wealth has nothing to do with him, and everything with what he is actually selling.
Why Musk’s trillionaire status is unmerited
Reams have been written about Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire. Most of it is wrong or besides the point.
The futility of trying to lock up software
The Trump administration wraps itself in the language of freedom, but reaches for the hammer of tyranny as soon as they see something screwy.