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    South Africa’s economy grows 5.3% in an instant as e-hailing, online prostitution, Airbnb, home solar, and mobile apps get added to GDP

    That is why. EU has required its member countries to include it since 2014. The funny country is Colombia - they have special calcs to take into account the cocaine business because legal or not it is a large part of their economy.
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    Elon Musk offered to pay for high-speed Internet for 2.4 million South African school students

    And then I need to ask - do people think that this is "pressuring the government" on BB-BEE? I can promise you Elon Musk doesn't think so. These loud shouts from him is a performance that is all about mostly US politics. Of course some fools are useful tools to just echo things. So in reality...
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    Elon Musk offered to pay for high-speed Internet for 2.4 million South African school students

    Wow, an international company that needs to adjust slightly to comply with laws in each jurisdiction the operate? Are you kidding me. That is every international company ever. Do you know how much tax laws differ? That is probably a bigger adjustment than tweaking the commercials of your...
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    Elon Musk offered to pay for high-speed Internet for 2.4 million South African school students

    But the other operators are here. I mean I can open an AWS account in a data center in Cape Town and have non-internet routed traffic elsewhere. There is no law saying that starlink must sell directly to the end user. They choose to not do a model that is wholesale. There are like a million...
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    Elon Musk offered to pay for high-speed Internet for 2.4 million South African school students

    Well our government has like 10 or more options to structure it.Elon is just grand standing. Almost every other satelitte operator is in South Africa. Fiber gets landed by Google and Meta. They could launch Starlink tomorrow if they really wanted. But political point scoring is worth more. The...
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    Transport minister wants to use taxpayer money to transition South Africa’s taxi industry to electric vehicles

    Charging between morning and evening rush whilst they are waiting. For a fraction of the price they pay on petrol? Of course they will do it. Plus charging is getting faster - you should not time it from empty to full. The question is how much can they charge whilst loading at the rank. If do...
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    FNB fined R1 million for exposing private customer data

    Doesnt surprise me. Their processes are terrible. They don't verify email addresses before sending information. They don't have a proper process for you to report that you received information in error. I have a common name and surname which means I get a metric ton of misaddressed mail on my...
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    Elon Musk offered to pay for high-speed Internet for 2.4 million South African school students

    Well that is not the same as they are forced to give away 30% of their company and they have no other choice. And do work with local partners around the world including Reliance in India. And let's not beat around the bush here. It is not if the US don't impose restrictions on foreign...
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    Elon Musk offered to pay for high-speed Internet for 2.4 million South African school students

    Nice theory but I guess experience over the past two decades have proved that just because people have access to the internet they won't go and get objective information (this article case and point). People love living in their bubble.
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    Elon Musk offered to pay for high-speed Internet for 2.4 million South African school students

    Can we just please get balanced reporting. Starlink can launch tomorrow without Musk having to give away 30% of Spacex. They just need to do it via a local partner like all the other companies like Amazon Leo. The reason he is not doing so is to make a political point. And local ownership of...
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    Vumatel Fibre + ISP for IPv6

    What does this practically mean. Can we expect ipv6 in a year? AWS and other providers starting to charge for Ipv4 addresses makes me itchy to have ipv6 available.
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    R150 million for South Africa’s digital ID app

    Actually excited about this. Even if it just removed one or two annoying paper processes.
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    Chery on top of BYD in South Africa

    I work from home so I don't do a lot of mileage. I filled up my tank for the first time in a while today. All I can say the business case for an EV for anybody that has a significant commute is really clear at the moment.
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    Ban people in South Africa from using Temu and Shein

    Fixed
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    Ban people in South Africa from using Temu and Shein

    Maybe ban the low quality drop shippers on Takealot, bobshop and Amazon. With Temu you at least know what you are getting yourself into. Case in point the following on Takealot:Fake ssd. I mean you can report to takealot but they don't care. They take zero responsibility for listings.
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