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Georgie Porgie
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@George_Smooth @Manucius @Markosonke1 @Starlink @george-smooth, do you even know the areas that's not connected or least connected
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Why are we not allowing more players into the internet space to drive down data costs in South Africa? 🤔
Even if people have reservations about @Starlink or Elon Musk, surely the bigger goal should be affordable, reliable internet for everyone.
Competition lowers prices, that’s basic economics. Right now, millions are still offline or stuck with expensive, unstable connections… but we’re busy gatekeeping the very solutions that could fix it?
At what point do we choose progress over politics? 🇿🇦
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@jkenney Orban is his friend because he keeps buying energy from him? The new guy just said the same thing today siting energy costs. He also said his opting out of the EU "loan" to Ukraine so what does that make him?
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Putin is a weak loser.
He just lost his closest European ally.
He lost his dictator friends in Venezuela and Syria.
His allies in the Iranian theocracy are in tatters.
His stooges lost elections in Moldova & Romania. He lost the support of Armenia, and it’s only a matter of time before the Georgian people throw off their corrupt pro Putin regime.
He lost his effort to stop NATO expansion, pushing Finland & Sweden into the alliance.
He has lost over 1.3 million Russians to battlefield casualties.
And now he is losing his war against Ukraine, falling back in many areas & controlling less Ukrainian territory than he did 4 years ago.
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@MelanieWebbSA @elonmusk If you keep a large portion of the voting base in the dark or in poverty on grants you maintain power. Some people only get the news from the SABC.
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Hey @elonmusk, I have a question...WHY do you want so badly to invest in South Africa??? What makes you so keen to do business in a country that you consider so corrupt and murderous? Make it make sense. Please.
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@Manucius @Markosonke1 @Starlink Ok, we will wait for another 30 years for MTN and Vodacom to get them connected. They so far behind on the promised quota from when their licenses where issued that it might take 50 years.
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@Nito_Jeans @Teslaconomics In the telecommunication sector 30% must be black owned.
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@Teslaconomics He doesn't have to be black
We have a lot of white businessmen in South Africa and big businesses and a lot of white investors
Elon needs to learn south African regulations and understand that south Africa is not america we do things differently
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Wait… so you’re telling me Elon has to be black to operate Starlink in South Africa when millions of people there desperately need internet?!
By SA law, foreign companies like Starlink has to hand over 30% equity to “historically disadvantaged individuals” (Black South Africans) just to get an ICASA license. AKA, Starlink is not allowed to operate in South Africa bc he’s not black…
Starlink is NOT going to dilute ownership like that fyi.
It’s crazy this is all happening while rural SA is stuck with garbage connectivity like fixed broadband in only ~15% of homes, schools and farms are suffering, while this technology is already LIVE and operating in 20+ other African countries, with zero drama.
This backwards race-quota BS is hurting the exact people this technology was supposed to help!
Stop this fuckery and get South Africa connected!
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@Manucius @Markosonke1 @Starlink They wont be affected since the target market is areas that have no coverage.
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@Markosonke1 @Starlink Where will Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, Rain employees work after.
Are we talking economics or capitalism?
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@KimDotcom Fantastic, and if you dont take the vaccine as a example you lose access to it.
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The reign of Visa and Mastercard is coming to an end in Europe. A new "Pay by Bank" button is taking over online checkouts, it’s dismantling American financial dominance. No more hidden fees. No more US middlemen.
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@WorldByWolf If you follow daily reports you will realize they are approaching the last two strongholds in the Donetsk region. Other areas they have past. If you look at the progress over this year they are gradually moving forward. Drone warfare has changed the optics of a war.
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The Ukraine War has been finished since Autumn 2022. It’s at a stalemate. Ukraine is not going to take back the oblasts they’ve lost. Russia is unlikely to gain much more territory unless they’re willing to endure millions more casualties.
The truly tragic part of this war is that once the war is over Ukraine is finished. It will be in the hands of the globalists. It will be flooded with immigrants and the entire country will be purchased by US asset managers.
It’s a tragic end for a proud country and one that was entirely avoidable had we just accepted the Donbas was lost in 2022 and cut a peace deal to that effect.
Ukrainians have been used as cannon fodder for the Americans to test run their military hardware and software. Used like rats in a tragic experiment.
Britain should be ashamed of our role.
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@Paulo_jose911 @realRobertCK @ori0n7 It does not give ownership but if you dont have it you dont get the business so you are forced.
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This is what running a small business in South Africa looks like:
You're asked:
How much of your business is owned by black youth?
How much is owned by the black disabled?
How much is owned by black woman?
An insane racial bureaucracy designed to displace mostly White people.
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@Paulo_jose911 @realRobertCK @ori0n7 As a example if you own a guest house and Exxaro want to use your facility. They request BEE statues. If you dont have or score low they will procure the services from a guest house that does have. Scoring is harder in tourism sector since you get punished two levels for no owner
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This form does not give ownership to anyone. It only declares what already exists in your business. This form is used if you want to do business with the government etc. it does not create transfer or force of ownership. you are deliberately misleading and misinforming. And this is coming from a South African, you sir, are disgraceful.
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@Paulo_jose911 @realRobertCK @ori0n7 This form might not but when your own suppliers start asking your your status to see if they can procure from you to keep their own points up since they doing business with government it starts affecting every business.
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@realRobertCK The extra issue is that private companies require the BEE status as well so they can keep their own procurement points up. In the end you get caught in a large spider web limiting your capability to do business.
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@theninakai @elonmusk Local laws require a 30% black ownership in the telecommunications sector.
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South Africa won’t allow Starlink to be licensed, even though I was BORN THERE, simply because I am not Black!
We were offered many times the opportunity to bribe our way to a license by pretending that a Black guy runs Starlink SA, but I have refused to do so on principle.
Racism should not be rewarded no matter to which race it is applied.
Shame on the racist politicians in South Africa. They should be shown no respect whatsoever anywhere in the world and shunned for being unashamedly RACISTS!
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Why Elon Musk is RIGHT to fight South Africa’s racist rules blocking Starlink? Imagine this: Long ago, South Africa had very unfair laws called apartheid. They treated Black people badly and kept them from good jobs and money. When those bad laws ended, the country made new rules (called B-BBEE) to help Black people get a fair share of business. The idea was good – like a big helping hand. But now? For companies like Starlink to sell fast internet, they MUST give away 30% of their business to Black partners. Just because of skin color. Elon Musk was born in South Africa. He left as a teen to chase big dreams. Today, his company SpaceX wants to bring Starlink – super fast satellite internet – to South Africa. But the rules say no unless they give up part of the company. Elon said it right: “Starlink is not allowed because I’m not Black.” SpaceX promised to spend about $30 million (that’s 500 million rand!) to give FREE high-speed internet to 5,000 rural schools. That helps over 2.4 MILLION kids every year learn better, get jobs later, and have a brighter future. Real help for the people who need it most! Starlink already works in about 24 other African countries. Villages there now have internet for school, doctors, and business. South Africa’s villages are missing out because of these racist rules. Elon isn’t asking for special favors. He just wants fair play so Starlink can connect everyone fast. Internet = education, jobs, hope. Why hold back millions of kids over rules that pick by race and color?
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@pushinM15 @Write4Republic Its not only foreign companies. All local companies that want to do business with the state have to have the 30%. Then in turn companies that deal with those companies also have to have it. It has become a big web now.
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@Write4Republic simple. SA law says foreign companies must have 30% black ownership. Elon won't comply.. that's it
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@agusantonetti I would like to see Hungary energy prices in a few months.
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Las elecciones en Hungría no son entre izquierda o derecha. La izquierda en Europa del Este prácticamente NO existe después de todo el desastre inhumano que causó la Unión Soviética.
Los dos candidatos son de derecha.
- Viktor Orbán, que es una derecha pro-Putin y más proteccionista/intervencionista en lo económico.
- Péter Magyar, que es una derecha anti-Putin y más liberal (pro-mercado) en lo económico.
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@KassyAkiva They didnt go there for a deal. They wen there for " at least we tried". Most likely gave them time to restock with weapons for the second round.
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U.S. leaders don't understand the Iranian regime.
They are religiously motivated. They are not realists.
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An American voice:
“Listen up, Trump, and every dumb f... in Washington who still thinks the Strait of Hormuz is some kind of American parking lot.
This aint international waters. Never was. Never will be.
Under the law of the sea, every coastal country gets twelve nautical miles of its own goddamn territorial water. The narrowest choke point in Hormuz is only twenty one miles wide. That means Iran and Oman own the whole fucking strait from shore to shore. Overlapping. Locked. Closed. No high seas. No open ocean free for all.
Iran controls the big islands too, Qeshm, Hormuz, Larak, Abu Musa, the whole chain. You sail through, you are in somebody elses house.
Iran never even signed that UNCLOS treaty, so they dont have to play your transit passage game. They say innocent passage and they mean it. You bring guns or you bring trouble, they can say no.
America starts wars because it never learned geography in school. They bomb first, read the map later. Before you drag us into another bloodbath, open a f...ing atlas. The water belongs to the land that touches it. Not to the country that prints the most dollars.
Learn it now or bleed for it later.
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@GBX_Press No, Spain does not have veto rights in the United Nations Security Council. Veto power is exclusive to the five permanent members (P5): China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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@Afri_core In our country there is a price for everything. He just isnt prepared to pay. He could easily give the 30% to a fat cat and be operating no questions asked. The narrative will change immediately and he will be the internet Messiah.
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Elon Musk can have all the power and money in the world, but he'll never win here. Our country is priceless; it's worth more than money.
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@Rivers92124 @ianmiles Because people flee this occurs. It sets precedence to what the reaction is going to be towards people like this.
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It’s better to flee if you can. That’s always the better option, if possible. By not fleeing, you run the risk of a self-defense argument getting watered down. Run (if others are safe), and contact law enforcement. Live to see another day. Police and prosecutors won’t always think you’re the good guy. Frankly, some will look to railroad you. Let the justice system take care of him.
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In Italy, a man who stepped in to defend a woman walking her dog from harassment was violently attacked by a migrant. The assailant battered him relentlessly, forcing the victim to flee. How hard would it be to just fight back?
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