Starlink’s detractors in South Africa are missing a crucial point: for ordinary users, it will be the only real LEO option ...

Alongside meeting Starlink, Communications Minister Solly Malatsi also met with MzansiSat, Amazon Leo, China’s SpaceSail and ...

South Africa’s long-running dispute over Starlink has evolved beyond a licensing question into a high-stakes political and ...

Starlink operates in nearly 30 African countries, often on cut-price licences and with no local entity. Faced with this ...

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 ...

Starlink licensing limbo fuels Avanti’s SA push By Admire Moyo, ITWeb news editorJohannesburg, 08 Jul 2026Avanti has partnered with Eutelsat OneWeb through South African company Q-KON to offer LEO ...

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 ...

On Monday, South Africa’s communications regulator gave prospective satellite operators an unusually candid pi ...

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 ...

Elon Musk, despite being born and raised in South Africa, is still stymied in the country as far as his Starlink broadband service is concerned. SpaceX first applied for permission many years ago.

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 ...