Starlink Not Debated with Trump, Ramaphosa Says

Did Elon Musk Bully South Africa Into Making an Exception to Its Black Business Ownership Laws By Stirring Up Tensions with the ‘White Genocide’ Rumor?

Taking advantage of tensions he helped stoke between the presidents of South Africa and the U.S., Elon Musk was granted an exception to post-apartheid Black ownership laws in his native country that will allow him to operate his Starlink service. Bloomberg reports the workaround to what the world’s richest man claimed were “openly racist ownership laws” was given to Musk’s satellite-powered internet provider in hopes of appeasing President Trump…

Starlink not debated with Trump, Ramaphosa says

Government planned to offer a workaround to local black ownership laws so that Starlink can operate in the country.

EFF rejects plans to grant Starlink license to operate in SA - POWER 98.7

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have called for the rejections ...

Pretoria Proposes Equity-Equivalent Model For Starlink Amid Black Ownership Law Dispute

The South African government is preparing to offer an equity-equivalent compliance model to Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, in a bid to resolve regulatory obstacles stemming from Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) ownership requirements. The proposal, according to sources familiar with the matter, is intended to ease mounting tensions between South Africa, Musk and U.S. […] The post Pretoria Proposes Equity-Equivalent Model for S…

South Africa Offers Starlink Workaround Of Its Black-Ownership Laws

South Africa has altered its BEE rules for Starlink as it will no longer be required to allocate 30% of its equity to Black-owned businesses.