Democratic Alliance communications spokesperson Dianne Kohler Barnard slammed the ANC over “blocking” Elon Musk’s Starlink.
The Democratic Alliance says it is clear South Africans will never receive free Internet or data unless an ANC cadre or tenderpreneur provides it.
“For Starlink to operate in South Africa, they require… Individual IECS/IECNS applicants or licensees to have a minimum 30% equity ownership held by persons from historically disadvantaged groups,” Kohler Barnard quoted Gugubele as saying. The hold-up is likely due to the regulations that Gungubele highlighted in his response, which Kohler Barnard describes as “laughable”.
have either rolled out or are scheduled to receive the satellite Internet service in the near future.
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