# The EFF has condemned reports that the government is set to offer regulatory assurances to Elon Musk’s Starlink, saying this move is unconstitutional. The government is reportedly planning to offer Musk a workaround of local black ownership laws for his Starlink internet service to operate in South Africa. The EFF says they are not […]
# Tech billionaire Elon Musk has criticised South Africa’s Black Economic Empowerment laws. He claims the Starlink internet service was barred from operating in the country because he is not black. To operate in South Africa, Starlink needs to obtain network and service licences, which both require 30-percent ownership by historically disadvantaged groups. Government is […]
# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau, together with minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen, met with US Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Lee Greer in Washington. America is South Africa’s second-biggest trade partner after China. Minister Steenhuisen says the meeting centred on ensuring open and mutually beneficial access for agricultural products that create jobs […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is looking forward to a really good and positive meeting with US president Donald Trump today. He visited the South African embassy in Washington on Tuesday, where he received a strategic briefing from his ministers. The government has labelled the much-anticipated talks an opportunity to reset relations. Ramaphosa says a […]
# Die minister van Minerale Hulpbronne en Petroleum, Gwede Mantashe, sê Suid-Afrika moet waarde put uit sy kritieke minerale om voordeel te trek uit globale verskuiwings in energie en tegnologie. Dit volg nadat die kabinet ‘n nuwe strategie goedgekeur het om die sektor te bevorder. Mantashe sê meer belegging word benodig in verkenning, plaaslike verwerking […]
# The minister of Mineral Resources and Petroleum Gwede Mantashe says South Africa must maximise the value of its critical minerals to benefit from global shifts in energy and technology. This after the cabinet approved a new strategy to grow the sector. Mantashe states more investment is needed in exploration, local processing, and infrastructure to […]
# Die regering het die gemeenskap aangemoedig om vreedsaam en binne die wet te betoog. ‘n Gewelddadige behuisingsbetoging Maandag in Diepkloof, Soweto, het tot die dood van twee mense gelei. Inwoners het in die strate betoog oor vertragings in grondontwikkeling. Hulle het paaie blokkeer en vragmotors geplunder voordat hulle met die polisie gebots het. Die […]
# Government has urged communities to protest peacefully and within the law following a violent housing protest in Diepkloof, Soweto, that left two people dead. Residents took to the streets on Monday over delays in land development, blocking roads and looting trucks before clashing with police. Government Communication and Information System spokesperson William Baloyi condemned […]
# Burgerlike samelewingsgroepe, insluitend Blind SA, SECTION27 en die Suid-Afrikaanse Demokratiese Onderwysersunie, sal vandag buite die Konstitusionele Hof betoog met die aanvang van die verhore oor die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Kopiereg en die Wysigingswetsontwerp op die Beskerming van Uitvoerende Kunstenaars. Die betoging is gemik op billike toegang tot inligting en tantième vir kunstenaars. President Cyril Ramaphosa […]
