South African data centre pioneer helping Starlink

South African data centre business Digital Parks Africa is building LEO gateway stations for providers across Africa, ...

South Africa misses out on Starlink Mobile

South Africa’s name is missing from the long list of countries where SpaceX’s satellite Internet service Starlink plans to ...
Boston Herald

South Africa eases affirmative action regulations on Starlink and others that Musk said were racist

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s communications minister ordered a policy change Friday that allows Elon Musk’s Starlink and other foreign-owned satellite internet providers to operate in ...
Yahoo

What to know about Musk's claim Starlink can't operate in South Africa because he's not Black

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images On May 20, 2025, Elon Musk, the South Africa-born tech billionaire who owns the space aeronautics company SpaceX ...
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Musk claimed Starlink isn't allowed to operate in South Africa because he's not Black. Here's what we know

On March 7, 2025, Elon Musk, the South Africa-born tech billionaire who owns the space aeronautics company SpaceX and the social media platform X, claimed in a post that Starlink, the satellite ...
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Starlink’s direct-to-phone model connects Africa

The communications company has removed the satellite dish cost from individuals, who can now connect using their smartphones.
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Starlink blocked from South Africa, Musk says it’s because he is not black

Elon Musk said South Africa’s telecommunications ownership rules are preventing his satellite internet company, Starlink, from launching in the country, renewing debate over how Africa’s most ...
Reuters

South Africa is not changing policy to suit Musk's Starlink, minister says

JOHANNESBURG, May 27 (Reuters) - South Africa is not planning to water down its Black economic empowerment laws just to suit Elon Musk's Starlink, a minister said on Tuesday, responding to criticism ...
Forbes

Starlink May Launch In South Africa Soon After Government Policy Changes

Tesla CEO Elon Musk seen between the blurred images of SA-born golf legends Retief Goosen and Ernie Els, during a meeting between US President Donald Trump and SA President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval ...
Newsday

South Africa denies trying to bend the rules to give Musk's Starlink preferential treatment

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s communications minister Tuesday denied accusations that a draft policy watering down Black ownership requirements for tech firms was proposed to benefit the Starlink ...
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South Africa Doesn’t Think Starlink’s Plans Are So Slick

The Trump administration has reportedly used its tariff negotiations to pressure countries into fast-tracking deals with Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink. South Africa does not appear ...
Yahoo

South Africa denied Elon Musk's claim that Starlink can't operate in country because he's 'not Black'

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has long claimed that Starlink — the satellite internet provider owned by his aerospace company, SpaceX — is not allowed to operate in his birth country of South Africa ...