South Africa faces backlash over plan to change law for Musk’s Starlink

Icasa seizes Starlink satellite-internet equipment in South Africa

South Africans have found ways around the current Starlink restrictions by registering the kit and services in other nearby nations.

Malatsi addresses Starlink concerns, insists the country’s data must be protected

Scientists want astronomy-linked conditions on Starlink's SA licence deal

Astronomers working with South Africa's Square Kilometre Array telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with Elon Musk's Starlink will protect their groundbreaking observations, a senior scientist says.

Inside the struggle for technological control in South Africa

In the dawn light of a South African savanna, a team of rangers huddle around a satellite dish aimed skyward. Their phones spring to life with a signal – an unthinkable result just months earlier in this remote, off-grid conservation zone. The source is Starlink, Elon Musk and SpaceX’s satellite internet service, offering encrypted, high-speed connectivity far from state-controlled networks. But in South Africa, this signal didn’t just connect –…

RW Johnson: Why Starlink owner Elon Musk would be right to tell BEE-mad SA to get lost

SA’s proposed BEE demands on Starlink raise questions about fairness, investment barriers, and whether equity alternatives should apply to global tech firms.

Starlink raises questions about necessity and relevance of BEE laws – The Mail & Guardian

The South African government may have said that black economic empowerment is not negotiable, but Starlink’s battle to enter the market has brought into play the influence of international trade. During a Q&A session in parliament last week President Cyril Ramaphosa said his administration is seeking to create an inclusive economy making broad-based clack economic empowerment (broad-based BEE) legislation critical.  Ramaphosa was asked a barrage…