Tech billionaire and Tesla boss Elon Musk on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on South Africa’s race-based ownership laws, claiming they were the reason his satellite internet service Starlink remained blocked in the country of his birth. In response, a South African official retorted that Musk should move on to other markets if he did not abide by the laws of the land.
In a series of posts on X, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO described the regulations as “openly racist” and alleged that officials repeatedly offered Starlink a way around the rules…