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Musk: South Africa is blocking Starlink because I'm not black. Is that true?

Entrepreneur blames racism for obstacles to his company

Mar 23, 2025 06:09 165

The American satellite communications company Starlink is not getting the documents it needs to operate in South Africa due to racist attitudes towards its owner Elon Musk.

This opinion was expressed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk himself.

“Starlink is not getting a license to operate in South Africa simply because I'm not black. Is that true?“ - Musk writes in X.

He was born in 1971 in Pretoria, after finishing school, he moved to Canada and then to the United States.