One man has nearly the same net wealth as all 65 million South Africans put together
South African-born Elon Musk is closing in on a net worth of over $1 trillion, which is nearly equal to the combined net worth of all 65 million South Africans.
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Business | Cybertruck | elon musk | SpaceX | tesla | Tesla Megapack
Tesla made R9.6 billion in 2025 selling cars and energy products to Elon Musk’s other companies
The bulk of the sales — about $430.1 million — came from doing business with xAI, Musk’s artificial intelligence startup.
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Trial of the century to determine who controls AI’s future
Beyond the legal arguments, it is a battle of egos: Musk is irritable; Altman is cunning.
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Starlink can beat mobile network speeds in South Africa
SpaceX’s low-Earth orbit satellite Internet service, Starlink, offers faster data transmission speeds than cellular networks in specific scenarios.
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Broadband | equity equivalent investment programmes (EEIPs) | low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites | satellite internet | SpaceX | Starlink
Starlink reality check in South Africa
SpaceX’s Internet service Starlink rolled out to less than half the African countries it planned to add to its markets in 2025.
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BBBEE | equity equivalent investment programmes (EEIPs) | Khusela Diko | Solly Malatsi | SpaceX | Telecoms
The minister overhauling South Africa’s race-based tech laws
President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Solly Malatsi Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies in July 2024.
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Starlink sends warning to people with unused dishes
Starlink has warned customers with dishes that have been dormant for a long time to turn the hardware on by 17 November 2025 to avoid it becoming permanently inoperable.
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Broadband | Internet speeds | MyBroadband Speed Test App | satellite internet | satellite Internet services | SpaceX
Illegal Starlink is rocking in South Africa
Starlink’s speeds and latency have improved tremendously in South Africa in 2025, despite not being officially available.
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Alaska Air Group | british airways | elon musk | SpaceX | Starlink | Tech
Musk’s Starlink courts luxury airlines to grow in-flight Wi-Fi business
Musk has his eyes on an even bigger prize.