The Minister argues that critics of the directive are ignoring key factors, most notably the requirement for full alignment ...

Mlindi Mashologu, deputy director-general for ICT Information Society and Capacity Development at the Department of ...

Minister Solly Malatsi is calling on Icasa, to urgently consider aligning its regulations with the national ICT Sector Code.

South Africa has amended its ‘Black Economic Empowerment’ (BEE) rules, allowing Starlink to operate via rural school internet ...

Political pushback against Malatsi BEE leniency for Starlink entry By Sibahle Malinga, ITWeb senior news journalist.Johannesburg, 15 Dec 2025Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly ...

South Africa’s Starlink internet push faces mounting political resistance over proposed changes to telecom ownership laws.

The parliamentary committee that oversees South Africa’s telecommunications industry called for the withdrawal of a policy directive that would enable Elon Musk’s SpaceX and other satellite-internet ...

South Africa’s EFF claims a government minister is bending rules to enable Starlink operations without meeting BEE ...

A policy update in South Africa allows foreign satellite internet providers like Elon Musk's Starlink to operate without ...

South Africa’s communications minister has ordered a policy change that allows Elon Musk's Starlink and other foreign-owned ...

Local reports in South Africa say that Communications Minister Solly Malatsi is poised to give a policy direction which will permit SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system to operate in the ...

South Africa’s Communications Minister Solly Malatsi says the future of the country’s digital government lies in large part in the rollout of a single digital ID system via the MyMzansi digital public ...