Biography

Ivo Vegter is a journalist and columnist who writes for publications such as The Daily Maverick, CAR magazine and ITWeb Brainstorm, and has occasionally reported for the Mail & Guardian, The Times and various other mainstream publications.

Born in Holland, he was raised and educated in South Africa. Ivo has been a finalist in two categories of the Mondi Magazine Awards, and in 2011 was a finalist for the prestigious Bastiat Prize for Journalism, awarded by the International Policy Network to recognise writing that explains and promotes the principles of a free society.

Extreme Environment is his first book.