South Africa continues to double down on its anti-American and anti-Afrikaner policies, preventing Elon Musk’s Starlink from operating in the country because it does not meet race quotas. “Starlink is not allowed to operate in South Africa, because I’m not black”, Musk posted.
Starlink is not allowed to operate in South Africa, because I’m not black https://t.co/yOFafNValQ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 7, 2025
“Despite being operational in 17 African countries, including neighboring nations like Namibia, Mozambique, and Botswana, South Africa, the continent’s largest economy, is not on the Starlink network”, Business Insider Africa wrote.
South Africa’s race-based employment laws (Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BB-BEE) require companies providing communication services to be at least 30% owned by “historically disadvantaged groups” to receive an operating license.