Lutz Hartmann
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Lutz Hartmann
@LCHartmann
🇪🇺Lawyer, Farmer; Lisbon, Frankfurt, Addis Ababa: M&A, #Entrepreneur, #Africa, #Germany, #France #Agriculture #ImpactInvestment #DigitalNomadLawyer #LegalTech

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?


„Nehmt doch diese Wut der Frauen mal ernst!“, appelliert Kebekus an die Männer to.welt.de/sBiHKq1










Übrigens waren das der erste Bundesminister und der erste Ministerpräsident mit Migrationshintergrund. Der eine von der FDP, der andere von der CDU. Das soll die anerkennenswerte Lebensleistung von Cem Özdemir nicht schmälern. Aber zu viele Accounts posten hier Fake News. Es wird passend gemacht, was nicht passt, nur um für Grüne Gummipunkte zu sammeln. Und das passt schon wieder.





Coco calls out US tennis fans as being ‘the worst’ at supporting US players overseas “I feel like we’re definitely, in tennis, the worst. I’ve always said I wish our country in other places would show up throughout the world as we see smaller countries support” 🎥: 🎾 Australia





The announcement by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that @ThierryBreton and four other European citizens are “not welcome” in the United States is more than a diplomatic incident. It is a political signal – and a worrying one. Europe’s digital rules, including the Digital Services Act, were approved by over 90% of the European Parliament in the last legislature and unanimously by all 27 Member States. They are democratic law. Defending them means defending European sovereignty. As our Secretary General @sandrogozi put it: “Denying a visa to Thierry Breton for defending laws democratically adopted by the EU is a very serious and unacceptable act. It attacks our sovereignty. It is a drift with the flavour of McCarthyism. Europe will not be intimidated.” Those who claim to defend free speech only when it suits them, and attack it when it becomes inconvenient, reveal a simple truth. There is only one answer: one Europe. Strong, sovereign, autonomous – including in the digital world.





