# The Presidency has dismissed claims by Multibillionaire Elon Musk, including that his satellite internet company, Starlink, has been blocked from operating in South Africa because he is not black. He claims that Starlink was given the opportunity to bribe its way to a telecoms licence in the country by pretending a black person ran the company’s local entity. The Presidency’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, has urged Musk to move on, saying there are currently 193 member states in the United Nations, surely there is good money to be made elsewhere.
Presidency dismisses Elon Musk’s Starlink bribery and racism claims