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Minister Solly Malatsi launches Roadmap on Digital Transformation of the South African Government. Photo: GovernmentZA/ Flickr
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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…

Deputy Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Joel Mohai. Photo: Government of South Africa

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

Low Earth orbit constellations, such as Starlink, promise to connect the unconnected, offering visions of universal access and technological emancipation. Photo: Starlink

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

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Supplied

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

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

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

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.

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

Elon Musk. (AFP)

Editorial: The fault in our Starlink narratives

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

Communications Minister Solly Malatsi   (Instagram)

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…

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)

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

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)

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