South Africa’s talks with Musk over Starlink won’t necessarily form part of a proposed larger trade deal with the US, though getting the entrepreneur on board may assist with more positive ...

SpaceX plans to invest R500m to bring free Starlink to 5,000 SA schools.Starlink supports EEIPs to meet B-BBEE rules without ...

The South African government has drawn heavy criticism for its proposal to loosen its Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) laws to accommodate Elon Musk’s Starlink. Elon Musk exited the White House and ...

Musk, who is South African-born, has previously claimed Starlink was barred from operating in South Africa because he is not Black, an allegation South African officials refuted. South Africa's ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has committed to spending R500 million to provide free broadband Internet to schools in South Africa, a proposed investment to gain local approval for Starlink. The planned ...

Starlink’s technology would be a potential game-changer for South African users who’ve historically faced expensive or ...

Elon Musk is having a hard time explaining his cushy new Starlink contracts ... his space-based internet network’s reported deal with South Africa, which would circumvent the country’s ...

South Africa is preparing to sidestep the country’s Black ownership laws in order to allow Elon Musk to operate Starlink within ... relations and secure a trade deal following months of ...

The decision whether to award Elon Musk’s Starlink an operating licence in South Africa will ultimately rest with Icasa.

On March 7, 2025, Elon Musk, the South Africa-born tech billionaire who owns the space aeronautics company SpaceX and the social media platform X, claimed in a post that Starlink, the satellite ...

You should be questioning why there are racist laws in South Africa. That's the first problem. That's what you should be attacking. It's improper for there to be racist laws in South Africa. The whole ...