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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Keystone Kops hit the streets of Gauteng
Panyaza Lesufi, the Premier of Gauteng, has taken a leaf out of Western Cape Premier Alan Winde’s book with his provincial Crime Prevention Wardens. With
The dark intentions of industries that call for regulation
Meta/Facebook wants new internet regulation, and has been calling for it for years. A South African body art industry association claims to want to be
The age of resource abundance
A core belief of those who believe human activity on Earth is unsustainable is that we are running out, or soon will run out, of
If you need electricity, don’t decommission power stations
A special cabinet meeting on Wednesday discussed slowing down the decommissioning of old coal-fired power stations. It’s one of the smarter ideas we’ve seen in
Infamous ‘peer-reviewed’ antivax paper retracted
In January, Covid-19 vaccine opponents got all worked up about a paper that appeared to show 278 000 vaccine-related deaths in the US. Of course, the
New employment equity law imposes quotas in all but name
President Ramaphosa signed the Employment Equity Amendment Bill into law this week. It is probably unconstitutional, and will leave the country worse off, not better.
Population bomb fizzles out
Just over fifty years ago, the Club of Rome published its influential Limits to Growth book. It has now released a study which found the
The rise of theonomic authoritarianism on the right
In Texas, a new bill proposes to place the Ten Commandments in every classroom in the state. Another would allow school districts to employ chaplains
How they made Eskom corruption vanish
First, new electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa announced that corruption is not at the heart of Eskom’s troubles. Then, finance minister Enoch Godongwana exempted Eskom from
Should SA arrest Putin? Not so fast.
South Africa has a strained relationship with the International Criminal Court. Although nominally a member, it is rightly sceptical of the institution. On 17 March