US EditionSouth Africa eases affirmative action regulations on Starlink and others that Musk said were racist
South Africa's new policy lets foreign satellite firms meet affirmative-action rules through skills training instead of 30% local equity, aiding rural internet expansion, officials said.
- South Africa's communications minister ordered policy changes allowing foreign companies like Elon Musk's Starlink to operate without requiring local Black or non-white ownership.
- The new policy allows foreign companies to invest in "equity equivalent" programs like skills training instead of selling equity to meet affirmative action criteria.
- Musk had accused South Africa of having "openly racist ownership laws" by requiring 30% local ownership by Black or other disadvantaged groups.
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The South African Minister of Telecommunications has just asked the national regulatory authority to reconsider the rule that any foreign company wishing to establish itself in South Africa to divest 30% of its capital to historically disadvantaged local populations. A decision experienced by many as a way to open the country to Elon Musk's Starlink Internet Service Provider.
The South African Government issued a directive to push for policy change that would admit alternatives to the property requirements of foreign satellite internet companies, such as Starlink, by tycoon Elon Musk. The decision raised Saturday criticism from the African National Congress (CNA), the main coalition executive party.The main obstacle to Musk, born in South Africa, was the legal demand that foreign telecommunications investors cede 30 …
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South Africa eases affirmative action regulations on Starlink and others that Musk said were racist
South Africa’s communications minister has ordered a policy change that allows Elon Musk's Starlink and other foreign-owned satellite internet providers to operate in the country without selling 30% of their local equity to Black or other non-white owners.
Starlink's South Africa Breakthrough: BEE Rules Bend for Satellite Broadband
South Africa’s telecommunications sector took a pivotal turn this week as the government directed regulators to overhaul ownership rules, potentially clearing the path for Elon Musk’s Starlink to launch services in the country. The policy shift replaces the rigid 30% Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) equity requirement with ‘equity equivalent’ programs, allowing foreign operators to invest in rural connectivity, skills training, and local enterpr…
Row Over Bending BBBEE Rules: ANC MP Diko Demands Minister Withdraw Starlink Directive
Cape Town – Ructions have erupted in Parliament and the Government of National Unity (GNU) over Starlink directives that go around Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) rules. Earlier this week, on Friday, 12 December 2025, Telecommunications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi, a member of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the second-largest party in the GNU, directed the industry regulator to amend its rules on local ownership…
Miguna takes on Elon Musk over ‘Anti-White Laws’ Claim
NAIROBI, Kenya Dec 13 — Kenyan lawyer Miguna Miguna says it is ‘ridiculous’ for Elon Musk to claim that South Africa now has more “anti-white laws” than during the apartheid era. In a statement on his X account, Miguna argued Musk’s assertion fundamentally misrepresents the nature and legacy of apartheid in South Africa. Miguna said apartheid laws systematically ‘treated Black Africans as subhuman, with no rights’, “Apartheid laws justified tort…
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