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A draft policy direction gazetted by Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi has South Africans talking. The policy change could allow companies in the Information and Communications sector to operate without 30% black ownership. The department says the move has nothing to do with Elon Musk's Starlink.

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Stefan Maree1 year ago

Scrap the whole BEE thing

Dr Shad Katuu 🌐5 years ago

Open access ~> "Using Web Analytics to Assess Traffic to the Mandela Portal: The Case of African Countries" in New Review of Information Networking #BigData #DataTrustworthiness #Ghana #GoogleAnalytics #Kenya #NelsonMandela #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #Tanzania

IronLady1 year ago

What an incredible coincidence

Thato1 year ago

He's still gonna show S.A flames. He'll one day demand Cape Independence or else 👇🏾

White Rhino1 year ago

This will need to apply to all businesses. Fairness and equity for all people and all companies. No hypocrisy!!

Twinkler1 year ago

I hope Elon shows them the middle finger until all race laws are scrapped.

alice jones1 year ago

And I'm the tooth fairy!!!!

Mari Beukes1 year ago

O please, please,please, please....unreal, the lies.

ntembeko potolwana1 year ago

So all this act about genocide in this country, benifuna data deals, yenina zimangandini🤦

Rikus Mellet1 year ago

Thank you @realDonaldTrump

Rase Jr Rase1 year ago

This has never helped ordinary South Africans but politicians and their kids get everything nonsense

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