
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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Making measles great again
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Feb 28, 2025
RFK Jr.’s response to a major measles outbreak that caused the first deaths in the US in nearly a decade was to downplay it as

Cape Town mayor moots tax on short-term rentals
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Feb 25, 2025
Instead of welcoming digital nomads with open arms, Cape Town wants to make itself a less attractive destination. “Digital nomads row – Cape Town mayor

Budget 2025: Who drives policy in the GNU?
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Feb 21, 2025
This week’s non-budget reveals a lot about the policy direction of the GNU, and the ANC’s position in the driving seat. There we were on

This is not Apartheid 2.0
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Feb 20, 2025
One prominent placard at last Saturday’s whites-only pro-Trump demonstration in Pretoria said “STOP Apartheid 2.0”. That needs an answer. Earlier in the week, I wrote

The hypocrisy of the right’s victim Olympics
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Feb 18, 2025
The white nationalist right has long sneered at the “victim Olympics” of the left, but given half a chance, they whine just as hard. A

Why China will win Trump’s global trade war
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Feb 14, 2025
As US president Donald Trump continues to shoot the American economy in the foot, China will emerge as the global trade leader. China has seen

Tourism grading: 20th century solutions to 20th century problems
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Feb 7, 2025
The Department of Tourism is promoting its “free grading” service, solving a problem that nobody has anymore. It’s time to free the tourism market. Back

Trump: a very stupid trade war
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Feb 4, 2025
Whether through sheer ignorance, or malevolent intent, Trump is causing chaos, alienating allies and enemies alike, and hurting ordinary Americans. According to some readers, I

Scoring the rest of Trump’s Day One orders
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jan 31, 2025
Newly elected US president Donald Trump’s wild flurry of executive orders has sparked chaos and confusion in America and around the world. Earlier this week,

Scoring Donald Trump’s avalanche of executive orders
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Jan 28, 2025
Donald Trump is rapidly implementing the political programme on which he campaigned, entirely by decree. Let’s assess his avalanche of actions. US president Donald Trump