Inside the Growing Fight over Elon Musk’s Starlink Ambitions in South Africa

South Africa: Why Malatsi Believes Bypassing Bee Rules for Starlink Is Good for SA

The minister of communications' move to bypass BEE rules for Starlink sparks controversy, challenging South Africa's equity policies amid misleading data and potential threats to digital sovereignty.

Why Malatsi believes bypassing BEE rules for Starlink is good for SA

The minister of communications’ move to bypass BEE rules for Starlink sparks controversy, challenging South Africa’s equity policies amid misleading data and potential threats to digital sovereignty.

ANC hits back at Malatsi over Starlink and ICT ownership shake-up

ANC challenges Malatsi’s ICT directive, warning it undermines BEE laws and regulatory authority.

Inside the growing fight over Elon Musk’s Starlink ambitions in South Africa

Elon Musk’s push to deploy Starlink in South Africa has sparked fierce condemnation, with the Presidency, lawmakers, and civil society accusing him of attempting to strong-arm the country into bending its laws.

Starlink crowdsources support to operate in SA

The low-Earth orbit satellite provider mobilises its SA database to pressure regulator ICASA into accepting alternative empowerment compliance.

Musk’s Starlink divides SA unity government

by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – ON the international arena, South Africa’s government of national unity (GNU) has maintained a united front against Elon Musk, fervently opposing his allegations of “white genocide.” In contrast, domestically, the South Africa-born businessman, the world’s richest individual, is the source of the latest dispute between these main partners in the inclusive government. The African National Congress (A…