Ivo Vegter

Why on earth would South Africans reflexively distrust the idea of nationalising and centralising healthcare? The Financial Mail recently reported (paywalled article) that cardiologists at

Generative artificial intelligence is a ‘boundless machine of artistic demoralisation’, says singer Nick Cave. Australian singer, writer and actor Nick Cave really doesn’t like generative

It took a second round of voting, but the libertarian Javier Milei has defeated his Peronist rival to become president of Argentina. A month ago,

It is widely supposed that intelligent, university-educated people lean left. But that is only half-right, and consequentially, half-wrong. The stereotypical intelligent, wealthy graduate is a

Talk of tax morality is cheap when public servants are overpaid and underperforming, as the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement makes clear. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s

South Korea this week re-imposed a prohibition on short-selling stocks. Should it have done so? And should South Africa follow suit? Last Sunday, 5 November

Fikile Mbalula, unable to answer criticism of the ANC, is reduced to denouncing its critics as racists and apartheid apologists. Fani Titi, the chief executive

Contrary to a vegan professor’s utopian description, a world in which animals had legal rights would not be viable. I must apologise to Steve Cooke,

President Cyril Ramaphosa stole the glory of the Rugby World Cup 2023 for himself. It was galling to see Cyril Ramaphosa lounging in the expensive

South Africa can expect up to 32 000 excess deaths due to delayed decommissioning of coal-fired power stations, meddling foreign cherry-pickers claim. The Centre for Research