Communications minister interview: What's happening with Starlink in South Africa?

[Jan]

Welcoming Starlink in South Africa

Satellite broadband service Starlink must be shown that it is welcome in South Africa and can launch and operate within the bounds of the country's laws, communications minister Solly Malatsi has said.

South Africa recently became the only Southern African country without a Starlink launch date. The service is set to launch in all our neighbouring countries by the end of the year.

 

[ThinkCentre]

Great news!

 

[wingnut771]

Great news!

What great news?

 

[Fuzzbox]

When you want to own something you buy it.
These clowns want 30% ownership without buying anything.

ELON MUSK should continue showing the middle finger to these CLOWNS.

 

[ShaunSA]

Screw Eelawn. We don't want his kak tech here. Not long and his satellites will be falling from the sky

 

[neoprema]

We want free money! Paid for by our citizens. Then they can get Starlink.\

Was talking to someone in the industry who said they're very sure the big guys at MTN, Vodacom, and other large ISPs are paying a lot of "favors" to Govt officials to make sure Starlink doesn't see the light of day here. The impact to them will be high...

 

[naughty001]

this was obviously meant to say that the greedy pigs aka the government will allow it if they are allowed to feed at the trough provided by the platform - Starlink should tell them to stand on their heads and whistle through their collective ar5es

 

[deweyzeph]

Satellite broadband service Starlink must be shown that it is welcome in South Africa and can launch and operate within the bounds of the country's laws, communications minister Solly Malatsi has said.

What a cowardly attitude for a DA minister to have. Instead of calling out the law for being idiotic and saying it must be changed, he just hides behind saying they must operate within the bounds of this idiotic law.

 

[Enzo Matrix]

There is your DA that you voted for

 

[rvZA]

What a cowardly attitude for a DA minister to have. Instead of calling out the law for being idiotic and saying it must be changed, he just hides behind saying they must operate within the bounds of this idiotic law.

No thank you. The South African government can f**k right off. It does not deserve this kind of investments, money and job opportunities in the country. Those who wants to live here and those who are forced to also does not deserve it.

 

[Aghori]

What a cowardly attitude for a DA minister to have. Instead of calling out the law for being idiotic and saying it must be changed, he just hides behind saying they must operate within the bounds of this idiotic law.

I did mention after Elections that the DA will end up with their snouts oinking at the GNU trough.

 

[RedViking]

Drop the racist laws and let them come.

 

[deweyzeph]

There is your DA that you voted for

I've been saying ever since the election that going into the GNU is going to be one one of the biggest mistakes the DA has ever made. If I were the DA I would rather be sitting in opposition and calling out the ANC on their bullshit instead becoming a bunch of sycophantic Cyril yes-men.

 

[rvZA]

I've been saying ever since the election that going into the GNU is going to be one one of the biggest mistakes the DA has ever made. If I were the DA I would rather be sitting in opposition and calling out the ANC on their bullshit instead becoming a bunch of sycophantic Cyril yes-men.

The country will now get exactly what they voted for.... remember all those parties that joined the GNU to collapse the country....

 

[quovadis]

Can only imagine how licensed operators would react if Elon received special waivers for licensing requirements.

 

[deweyzeph]

Drop the racist laws and let them come.

What makes this even more infuriating is that this is a regulation, not a law, which means it's within the Communication minister's power to change it himself, without even having to go to parliament. He could literally make a call to Icasa tomorrow and instruct them to drop the regulation and that would be that.

 

[Dups!]

What a cowardly attitude for a DA minister to have. Instead of calling out the law for being idiotic and saying it must be changed, he just hides behind saying they must operate within the bounds of this idiotic law.

If you thought just because he was from the DA he was going to sing a different tune, then you were very mistaken. They will shout from the other side of the fence but once in government they do a turnaround.

I did mention after Elections that the DA will end up with their snouts oinking at the GNU trough.

Yep, that is called politics. No party is immune to those.

 

[FiestaST]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1823043926892101922

 

[ArmatageShanks]

So why not just Starlink, brought to you by mfweetomampoerpis isikizolo?

 

[ShaunSA]

We want free money! Paid for by our citizens. Then they can get Starlink.\

Was talking to someone in the industry who said they're very sure the big guys at MTN, Vodacom, and other large ISPs are paying a lot of "favors" to Govt officials to make sure Starlink doesn't see the light of day here. The impact to them will be high...

Not just a kween but a drama kween

/goes off to find my tinfoil hat