Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire
Elon Musk’s fortune has reached $1.05 trillion, which is more than three times the fortune of Google co-founder Larry Page, the world’s second richest person.
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BEE | National | News | recommended three | Solly Malatsi | Starlink
Starlink: South Africa can make better choices
South Africa’s Starlink drama is heating up. Communications Minister Solly Malatsi wants to change the black economic empowerment (BEE) rules to allow Starlink to launch in the country, whether the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) likes it or not. On Tuesday, Malatsi said his department was instead looking at equity equivalent investment programmes…
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Earth Stations in Motion (ESIM) | Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) | Internet | Radio Frequency Spectrum Amendment Regulations | satellite internet | Starlink
New rules proposed for satellite Internet in South Africa
ICASA has announced new rules for satellite Internet terminals in planes, trains, ships, and cars.
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Rise Mzansi leader slams Elon Musk: ‘Starlink must go elsewhere’
Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi has once again berated Elon Musk’s attempt to obtain an operating licence for his internet satellite company, Starlink, in South Africa. This comes as the world’s richest man has continued to bemoan “racist laws” in his home country. Musk, who hails from Pretoria, has particularly shunned Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment…
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Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) | Broadband | Electronic Communications Act (ECA) | elon musk | Starlink
Elon Musk calls for sanctions against South Africa due to racist laws
Billionaire Elon Musk said that if South Africa doesn’t change its super racist Apartheid 2.0 laws, the country must be sanctioned.
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Ramaphosa responds to Elon Musk’s issue with South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, that Starlink can come to South Africa using equity-equivalence programmes.
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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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EFF: Starlink poses ‘security risk’ to South Africa
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have publicly condemned Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi’s decision to gazette a policy direction in favour of Elon Musk’s Starlink operating in South Africa. The department published a directive for the Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP), which is an amendment to local ownership laws, such as the…
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‘Super racist’: Elon Musk takes another swipe at South Africa
South African-born billionaire Elon Musk has taken another swipe at his home country’s decision to grant his internet satellite service, Starlink, a licence to operate in the country. Musk’s company – which falls under SpaceX – has thus far refused to comply with transformative legislation – like Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) – which governs telecom…
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Broadband | Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) | low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites | regulated standards | Satellite equipment | Starlink
Changes proposed for Starlink equipment in South Africa
South Africa’s communications regulator has published draft amendments to the Official List of Regulated Standards for Technical Equipment and Electronic Communications Facilities Regulations.