

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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Processed food: more facts we know that just ain’t so
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Oct 25, 2024
We’re bombarded with warnings to avoid processed (or ultra-processed) foods. Should we, really? And what does “processed” even mean? Last week, we began debunking myths

The jewel in the crown of SA’s industrial policy is a lump of coal
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Oct 22, 2024
The motor industry bleats pitifully at new trade and industry minister Parks Tau. The government teat is not providing enough milk, the piglets cry. Frequently

Five things about food we know that just ain’t so
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Oct 18, 2024
Should you avoid GMOs? Should you limit your egg consumption? Should you drink dairy milk or plant “milks”? Should infants eat peanut-based foods? What we

Why do Trump partisans fear a Harris presidency?
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Oct 15, 2024
I was wondering why Trump supporters seem so afraid of a Kamala Harris presidency in the US, so I figured I’d ask them. “Trump Derangement

More things we know that just ain’t so
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Oct 11, 2024
Did mediaeval people stink? Was Walt Disney’s body cryonically frozen? Are bats really blind? Do we have only five senses? We continue the by now

Ten things we know that just ain’t so, part five
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Oct 4, 2024
Was Caesar born by caesarian section? Did Einstein fail maths at school? Does watering plants in sunlight burn them? Did Marie Antoinette say, “Let them

Everyone should care about privacy
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Oct 1, 2024
I don’t have anything to hide, says the virtuous citizen, in sacrificing their privacy to companies and the state. They’re wrong. Protecting privacy in the

Ten things we know that just ain’t so, part four
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Sep 27, 2024
Do we use only 10% of our brains? Did iron maidens exist? Did everyone think the world was flat before Columbus made his famous voyage?

The hateful racism underlying Trump’s pet-eating claim
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Sep 24, 2024
The problem with Trump’s claim about Haitian immigrants is not just that it’s false. It is a dangerous blood libel that foments racial hatred. Blood

Yet another ten things we know that just ain’t so
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Sep 20, 2024
Did Romans use vomitoriums? Were chastity belts a thing? Does sugar cause hyperactivity? Does alcohol warm you up? It’s Friday again, and like the last