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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An independent Internet analyst predicted that South Africa’s northern neighbour and key regional trading partner became the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SpaceX’s Starlink direct-to-home broadband system has 524,863 users in Spain, ahead of longstanding operators such as Adamo and PTV. But in South Africa, Starlink has hit a roadblock. The Spanish data ...

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 ...