Why South Africa’s Starlink-led satellite internet push is running into political resistance

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

South Africa: Ramaphosa’s ally Senzo Mchunu under fire

Colluding with high-level crime syndicates, disbanding the political killings task force to protect the powerful, and the implosion of the police’s crime intelligence unit under his watch. These are ...
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Starlink's controversial market entry stirs political landscape in South Africa

After it was revealed that the DA had decided to bring Starlink to South Africa in 2023, a fresh political conflict between the ANC and the DA in the Government of National Unity is imminent.Ellon ...
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Trump’s irresponsible talk about South Africa ‘white genocide’ stokes racial divisions

President Donald Trump’s promotion of a erroneous narrative of white farmers being “killed and slaughtered” in a genocide in ...
The Africa Report

South Africa: Who is behind ANC Secretary General Mbalula’s political machine?

Fikile Mbalula has built a close network of allies and confidants who help keep his political engine running, even as he denies speculation that he’s preparing a presidential bid. At 54, Fikile ...
The Conversation

South Africans have lost trust in the police, in parliament and in political parties - what that means

Amanda Gouws receives funding from the National Research Foundation through her SARChI Chair in Gender Politics. Joseph Ayodele Kupolusi receives funding from the National Research Foundation through ...