🇿🇦 South Africa 6h ago · Megan van den Heever

Starlink in sight? ICT’s BEE framework under review amid Elon Musk pressure

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Starlink in sight? ICT’s BEE framework under review amid Elon Musk pressure
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The B-BBEE ICT Sector Council announced this week that the ICT Sector Code, gazetted in 2016, will come under full review. This follows growing pressure from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to push back against black ownership regulations, such as Black Economic Empowerment, that have halted his plans to launch Starlink in South Africa.



Musk has repeatedly claimed that his internet satellite service has faced hurdles in his country of birth under “racist laws”. However, political figures have argued that

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