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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What has the Iran war achieved, so far?
On Wednesday night, Donald Trump once again said that “the core strategic objectives” of the strike on Iran “are nearing completion”. Are they?
The fatal conceit of administered fuel prices
Tomorrow, a whole 32 days after the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, South African fuel prices will finally respond. Finally!
The disturbing rise of war as entertainment
One of the more unsettling aspects of the US-Israeli attack on Iran is the gamification, or trivialisation, of war by the Trump administration.
Enough talk about unemployment. Here’s what to do.
On the back of a high-profile media gabfest last week, everyone seemed to be talking about unemployment. Most were wrong.
Rot in perdition, Paul R. Ehrlich
I don’t usually dance on people’s graves, but I’ll make an exception for a man whose misanthropy and dogged devotion to falsehood knew no bounds.
Pew, pew, you’re dead!
Watching Trump make war is like watching a child play pretend. He just can’t believe his target won’t lie down and act dead.
A “Berlin Wall” moment for Cuba?
Carlos Giménes, a US congressman, believes “this is not the time to blink; it’s time to finish the job”.
The hypocrisy of South Africa’s friendship with Iran
To presume to influence global affairs, one needs credibility, neutrality, and moral clarity, which South Africa simply does not have. South Africa has made two
The best laid schemes… or, how Iran could go awry
There are many ways in which the Israeli-US war on Iran could end in disaster, and very few in which all goes well.
Wanted: a plan for Iran
While the left sheds a tear for the Ayatollah, let’s forgo premature celebration to look ahead to what needs to happen in Iran.