A SECRET DEAL has been STRUCK at the highest levels of government, DIRECTLY undercutting South Africa’s core black empowerment laws to FAST-TRACK Elon Musk’s Starlink into the country. In a SHOCKING move, President Cyril Ramaphosa has PERSONALLY backed Communications Minister Solly Malatsi’s explosive directive, which critics are calling a TOTAL SURRENDER of national economic sovereignty.
The directive DEMANDS that regulator Icasa IGNORE the 30% Black Economic Empowerment ownership requirement for foreign telecom giants—a cornerstone of post-apartheid transformation. This UNPRECEDENTED carve-out paves a golden path for Musk’s SpaceX, which REFUSES to sell any equity locally. The ANC, MK Party, and EFF have erupted in FURY, accusing Malatsi of an "affront to sovereignty" and operating OUTSIDE the law. Yet Ramaphosa’s own spokesman, Vincent Magwenya, has CONTRADICTED his party, insisting the minister’s move is "within the law" and done with the President’s FULL KNOWLEDGE.
This is more than a policy dispute; it’s a DECLARATION OF WAR on BEE itself. Insiders whisper this is the first step in a DELIBERATE PLAN to systematically dismantle black economic empowerment to appease global capital. Deputy Minister Mondli Gungubele has openly BLASTED his boss on social media, exposing a GOVERNMENT AT WAR WITH ITSELF over who truly controls South Africa’s future.
Elon Musk, the billionaire beneficiary, FANNED THE FLAMES by declaring South Africa now has "more anti-white laws than apartheid had anti-black laws," a statement that has sparked INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE. The question now is not about licensing—it’s about whether the Ramaphosa administration has SECRETLY decided that transformation is a price too high to pay for modern technology. The very foundations of the democratic settlement are being sold for satellite broadband. Is this the moment South Africa’s liberation project was FINALLY BETRAYED from within?
