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Minister Solly Malatsi launches Roadmap on Digital Transformation of the South African Government. Photo: GovernmentZA/ Flickr
BEE
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Starlink: South Africa can make better choices

South Africa’s Starlink battle is intensifying as government pushes to relax BEE ownership rules. Critics warn Elon Musk’s satellite network poses serious sovereignty, privacy…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
Deputy Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Joel Mohai. Photo: Government of South Africa
B BBEE

Broad-based BEE is not optional, says deputy minister Joel Mohai

Officials said that while black empowerment faced implementation challenges, it remained central to government’s economic inclusion objectives

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
3 min read
Low Earth orbit constellations, such as Starlink, promise to connect the unconnected, offering visions of universal access and technological emancipation. Photo: Starlink
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Reimagining SA-US relations in the aftermath of the Oval Office spectacle

South Africa needs a diverse group of allies and partners in a world undergoing seismic geopolitical changes

  • Letitia Jentel
8 min read
US President Donald Trump. Photo: Supplied
BRICS

Reimagining SA-US relations in the aftermath of the Oval Office spectacle

South Africa needs a diverse group of allies and partners in a world undergoing seismic geopolitical changes

  • Letitia Jentel
7 min read
The licensing of Elon Musk’s Starlink has sparked debate about whether South Africa’s black economic empowerment laws are an impediment to growth or path to an inclusive economy
ANC POLICY

Starlink raises questions about necessity and relevance of BEE laws

The licensing of Elon Musk’s Starlink has sparked debate about whether South Africa’s black economic empowerment laws are an impediment to growth or path to an inclusive economy

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
4 min read
Raid: South African Police Service members patrol the streets on the Cape Flats (above). The Democratic Alliance wants the Western Cape to take over policing responsibility from the national government.
ALAN WINDE

DA renews bid to control policing in Western Cape

The party has bristled at billionaire Johann Rupert’s remarks that the Cape Flats are the epicentre of South Africa’s violent crime problem

  • Mandisa Makgakga
6 min read
Elon Musk. (AFP)
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Editorial: The fault in our Starlink narratives

What can Musk offer and what price are we willing to pay?

  • Editorial
2 min read
Communications Minister Solly Malatsi (Instagram)
BEE

Malatsi denies ICT directive paves way for Elon Musk’s Starlink into South Africa

Critics say the timing is suspect, coming after businessman Johann Rupert, part of a delegation to Washington last week, said South Africa needed Starlink technology to help to…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
5 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa called Elon Musk to correct his reading of South African policy, and as part of efforts to resolve the turbulence in ties with Washington, the presidency said on Wednesday. (@PresidencyZA/X)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Presidency: Ramaphosa corrected Musk’s misconception of SA

President Cyril Ramaphosa hopes to hold discussions with the US’s Donald Trump to move beyond ‘current disturbances’ in South Africa’s relationship with Washington

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a batch of 56 Starlink internet satellites launches from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
ICASASEPUSH

Internet ‘warriors’ provide Starlink access in South Africa

Icasa rules have prevented Elon Musk’s company from officially launching in the country, but thousands are still using the service illegally

  • Lyse Comins
8 min read