South Africa denies watering down Black ownership rules for Musk’s Starlink

Elon Musk’s Starlink telecoms business will not be given special dispensation by South Africa to bypass the country’s Black ownership requirements, Communications Minister Solly Malatsi said on Tuesday.

Malatsi was forced to deny watering down policies on foreign-owned businesses in order to curry favour with Musk and US President Donald Trump.

South Africa requires foreign companies owning communications licences to sell 30 percent of…