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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Radical change needed at climate summit
This week and next, tens of thousands of climate blowhards are gathering in a luxury coastal resort town, to make more promises they’ll never keep.
An economist’s failed attack on the pharmaceutical patent system
An academic’s effort to blame the patent system for the unequal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world falls flat as he first constructs a
Generation Z have it so hard! Or do they?
That South Africa’s young adults have it harder today than in the past is indisputable. Yet the same is often said about millennials and generation
Why I’m not conservative
Although conservatives, like me, fight against socialism, the enemy of my enemy is not my friend. Conservatives and classical liberals are philosophically miles apart. Standing
WWF state-of-the-planet report filled with dubious stats
Over the years, the WWF Living Planet Report has thrown up many strange inconsistencies that suggest active manipulation to hide positive data and exaggerate negative
What can classical liberals learn from Liz Truss?
Many of the promises Liz Truss made before her election as UK prime minister would have sounded good to libertarians, classical liberals, and conservatives. Yet
Are anti-vaxxers owed an apology?
The alt-media is awash with a ‘shocking’ revelation: A Pfizer executive ‘admitted’ initial trials did not test whether their Covid vaccine prevented transmission. Are opponents
Let cabinet ministers share our suffering
It is high time to put cabinet ministers, senior government officials and legislators on a metaphorical diet. Let their pay be commensurate with, and directly
Alternative woo is false advertising
It is high time that an organisation, private or public, takes aim at alternative medicine and other pseudoscientific woo. Let’s start with applying the Consumer
Abusers as watchdogs against abuse
The UN has a notorious record of nominating the worst violators to its watchdog committees on human rights and the status of women. This is