Elon’s Starlink Coming To South Africa? The Good, Bad, Ugly // The Corder Report

Elon Musks Starlink is looking ever more likely to enter the South African market. Solly Malatsi is pushing to soften BEE laws after public comments from Elon Musk and the meeting between Ramaphosa and Trump. There are major pros and cons, like potential dropping of extremely high data costs but also giving a lot of power to a controversial individual. Let’s pick through this debate.

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0:00 Intro
1:23 South Africa’s Internet Problems
2:52 What Is Starlink And How Could It Help South Africa?
4:32 Why Starlink Isn’t Here Already?
6:26 How Could Starlink Get Around BEE Laws?
7:55 The Backlash To This Proposal
10:50 The Danger Is Monopolising The Internet
13:43 The Ukraine + Grok Case Studies
16:11 What Do You Think?

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