South Africa is moving to change the law of enhancement for Elon Musk’s Starlink

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South Africa proposed to get acquainted with the new legislation for the proposal of Starlink satellite to offer the Internet service in his country after being rejected by the black power supply laws called “open racist”.

A day later Grinder South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and US counterpart Donald Trump, Pretoria in the Oval office, 30% of foreign investors of telecoms, vacanted the positive action laws that require foreign investors in local enterprises to sell to historically unfavorable groups.

On Friday, the companies offered by the Minister of Communications Salely Malatsi, instead, “Capital Equivalence Programs” can invest in “capital equivalence programs” – the signing of local suppliers, creating a certain number of jobs or financing small enterprises. The offer will be open for 30 days public interpretation.

The government said that the proposed change was not released by the companies “transformation obligations”, but to make a job to make “capital, skills to include economic development and economic access.”

New requirements “Trying to determine a very needed policy to invest … Sector,” Maltsi added.

MuskThe current rules are born in South Africa, but the authorities say that there may not be licensed in South Africa, but the authorities are not officially appealed to Starlink, which is the owner of the United States.

Other international telecommunications operators such as Vodafone’s local unit vodacom, local branches sold their shares in accordance with the existing rules in local branches.

The Black Strengthening Policy was the champion for a long time by the African National Congress to eliminate the existing race inequality. The proportion of businesses that are black 60 percent By 2022, double since 2019.

But critics say the requirements are often a box of multiplication exercise and they are abused by them spoil Enterprises and politicians will take advantage of an elite while putting a lot of needy.

Malatsi said that in February, the equivalent exceptions of capital in financial time, “the current legislation can help to expand the broadband connection without the non-accessible population without covering for this.

Pressures to reduce the supply after the high-octane meeting in the “race-based laws” in the “race-based laws” in the “race-based laws” in the “race-based laws” in the USA “racial-based laws” in the United States “race-based laws” in South Africa. Then the musk took part in a dinner working with the president.

Last month, neighboring Lesotho, Starlink’s proposal was applied by 50 percent to reduce a quilt tariff to ensure a 10-year operating license.

Analysts in South Africa have very highly appreciated the proposal of capital equivalence, which reflects the echoes of policies in some other areas, including the automotive sector.

“If you look at a service like Stork, it will benefit the rural communities,” he said, Independent political scientist Ralph Mathekga, located in Johannesburg. “This requires compliance with black reinforcement rules when it will harm the rest of this country.”

Starlink proved to be popular in other African countries with rural areas with no traditional broadband relations. Politicians closed the lobby for Starlink on the basis of assistance in education, health and other social services. In 2023, only 1.7 percent of the village population was home to the Internet.

Again, the offer already involves severe criticism that the country is simply bending to the rules in staple politics to accommodate musk.

Leader of the radical left group, which has economic freedom fighters, Musk, Musk, said he received Debunked thought, “White genocide” in South Africa.