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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Good inequality and bad inequality
In the last decade or two, inequality has become the left’s new buzzword, since it’s kind of awkward how well economic freedom has done at
ANC forgets its many Jewish allies
Naledi Pandor recently repeated the myth that Israel is ‘committing crimes of Apartheid and persecution against Palestinians’. She forgets the many Jews, some of them Zionists,
John Kane-Berman: A giant has fallen
The unexpected death of former IRR CEO John Kane-Berman, at the age of 76, will leave a large hole in the liberal firmament. One morning,
BRICS reserve currency won’t threaten dollar
A new global reserve currency, under discussion among the BRICS countries, is being hailed as a ‘mortal threat’ to dollar hegemony. That’s laughable. ‘Putin and
Government’s Master Plans stultify entire industries
The government loves its industry Master Plans. So do industries, because who doesn’t like juicy incentives? So why is the local motor manufacturing industry facing
‘Second Eskom’ confirms ANC is ideologically bankrupt
Cyril Ramaphosa thinks Gwede Mantashe’s proposal of starting a second state-owned power utility is ‘not a bad idea’, or so he told a South African
Climate warms for nuclear power
Worldwide, sentiment towards nuclear energy is warming, as rising energy prices bite and emission targets prove hard to reach. The European Commission (EC), which is
Gun control won’t stop the shootings
Adriaan Basson, in that charmingly naïve way he has, reckons ‘harsh gun control measures’, including banning guns for self-defence, will prevent tavern shootings. The editor-in-chief
Don’t fall for fuel-saving scams
With petrol prices reaching stratospheric heights, charlatans are coming out the woodwork to market fuel-saving devices to desperate motorists. Don’t be scammed. Years ago, when
ANC plays to xenophobic voters
Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has determined to terminate Zimbabwean Exemption Permits forthwith. This is the desperate act of a panicked government. The ANC knows