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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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Ramaphoria redux: caution is advised
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jun 21, 2024
Despite widespread elation and renewed Ramaphoria, cracks are already showing in the GNU. Optimism ought to be tempered with caution. “Investors cheer as Cyril Ramaphosa
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Why job creation is the wrong policy
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jun 18, 2024
All political parties have promised, one way or another, to create jobs. They’re all misguided. It will not be news to anyone that South Africa
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GNU is not a ‘social democratic consensus’
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jun 14, 2024
In Daily Maverick, Ferial Haffajee hails a ‘centre of consensus that is broadly social democratic’. Excuse me, what? Some of our commentariat seem to be
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Adrift and confused: the left in South Africa
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jun 12, 2024
One would think the socialist left would consider themselves well represented, but leftwingers are adrift and confused. There’s a sense of despair among left-wing intellectuals
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The advantages of legislative gridlock
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jun 7, 2024
Whether alone or in coalition, the ANC will struggle to pursue its legislative agenda. ‘The best government is that which governs least’, goes an old
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Doomsday postponed
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jun 4, 2024
Pre-election fears about how the ANC would respond to the loss of its parliamentary majority have not been realised. This week and next will be
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South Africa’s hidebound electorate
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 31, 2024
Early results show that the ANC did indeed lose much support, but it lost almost none of it to the Democratic Alliance. It is risky
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Vote for future growth, not identity or history
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 28, 2024
The editor of TimesLIVE sneers at ‘a party living off its reputation for removing waste’, but his identity politics only promises more misery. Like many
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I’m over small fry; here’s my endorsement
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 24, 2024
It is often tempting to vote for small parties in elections. They have personality, they’re anti-establishment, they’re idealistic. But also, they suck. South Africa is
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Equality, equality and equity
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 21, 2024
Ramaphosa threatened South Africans with “equality, whether people like it or not”. Let’s follow his logic to its conclusion, shall we? “We cannot, and must