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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Replacing divisive names with divisive names
Renaming building, streets, towns and cities is little more than cheap triumphalism that continues to divide South Africa. There’s a street near where I live
Safair under fire over foreign ownership
When you have bad laws, expect rivals to exploit them to drag down successful competitors and raise costs for consumers. Safair Operations offers domestic flights
Has capitalism failed younger generations?
Younger generations are growing increasingly sceptical of capitalism and enamoured with socialism. Are they blaming the right people, though? The view that Western capitalism isn’t
Gayton Mckenzie’s callous extortion
McKenzie says he’s a reformed criminal, but his political tactics are nothing if not coldly self-serving. The lofty promises of the leader of the Patriotic
Shivambu throws stones from glass house
EFF deputy Floyd Shivambu had a rant about Oppenheimer family donations to political parties. ‘White power is re-asserting its dominance’, claimed Floyd Shivambu, the deputy
Budget 2024: NHI will never happen
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced prerequisites for the implementation of the NHI, and they’re insurmountable obstacles. It was with great relief that I listened to
How the government battered the tourism industry
At the mercy of several bureaucracies, tourism has been bruised and battered by ANC rule. In what appears to be a slapstick attempt to shoot
ANC-led coalition destroyed Knysna in 18 months
Knysna demonstrates how an alliance led by the ANC can ruin basic service delivery. Knysna has a history of fractious party politics. Its municipal council
SONA 2024: Polishing a turd
Ramaphosa gave an unintentionally hilarious election speech at the Cape Town City Hall. One feels for the speechwriters who had to put together the nearly
The IMF’s speculative fiction on climate mitigation
The IMF says spending trillions on climate mitigation could improve global GDP. Sure it might. A recent social media post by the International Monetary Fund