South Africa is preparing to sidestep the country’s Black ownership laws in order to allow Elon Musk to operate Starlink within its borders.
Musk claims he has been banned from setting up his satellite-powered internet provider in his home country “because I’m not Black” and accused the South African government of enacting “openly racist ownership laws” which prevent him from operating in his native country.
But South African officials say Starlink has never applied for a license to operate in their country, and cite local Black Economic Empowerment put in place after the end of apartheid in 1994 which requires foreign-owned enterprises to sell 30 percent of their local equity to historically disadvantaged groups.
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