Starlink spent years fighting South Africa's ownership rules. Elon Musk called the country racist for asking foreign telecoms to hand over 30% equity to historically disadvantaged groups. He refused. He walked away.
Amazon Leo did not fight. It partnered with Herotel, signed a distribution deal, and let Herotel hold the license. No court battle. No public complaints. Just a signature.
The result. Amazon Leo becomes the first satellite internet operator on the continent while Starlink is still locked out of its own founder's home country.
This is not really a story about satellites. It is a story about two different theories of how you enter a market you do not control. One company tried to bend the rules to fit its structure. The other built a structure to fit the rules.
Herotel already reaches 350000 customers across 550 towns. By 2027 that network gets satellite coverage layered on top of it, reaching farms and small towns that fibre never could.
Starlink built the hype. Amazon Leo might just win the market.
Sometimes the smartest move in business is not to fight the referee. It is to learn the rules faster than everyone else.
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The plan was always clear to those with eyes and a brain. Exploit genuine problems that already exist in South African society, amplify and accentuate them, and undermine the South African government by working with political parties, pressure groups, and traditional leaders opposed to the government.
Find more pliable South Africans willing to assist in that project, and use those who are unsuspecting.
When the inevitable violence occurs, turn around and accuse South Africa of xenophobia because it would have happened.
Then question its moral standing in relation to its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
Keep repeating the same question: How can a country that treats fellow Africans like this take Israel to the International Court of Justice?
After South Africa has been isolated from other African countries because of xenophobia, move into the next gear.
It then becomes much easier to make that argument because many African states will be reluctant to rally behind South Africa if xenophobic attacks continue.
That is why South Africa must confront xenophobia decisively; not only because it is morally wrong, but because it also weakens the country’s standing and influence across the African continent.
The more Israel keeps asking the same question. How can South Africa take us to the International Court of Justice when it treats fellow Africans like this?The more South Africa’s moral authority is challenged, particularly if it is unable to confront xenophobic violence effectively.
Unfortunately, there are already South Africans who are publicly supporting Israel because they conflate their opposition to the ANC with Israel’s opposition to the ANC, even though those positions are rooted in entirely different motivations.
In doing so, they risk advancing a narrative whose implications extend far beyond South Africa’s domestic politics.
These people represent only a minority of Afrikaners, @USAmbRSA. They have no right to speak on behalf of us. Next time also invite the @ATKVSA, @AgriSA1904, @KurtOfficial and @RassieRugby. And the majority of Afrikaners vote for the @Our_DA not FF+.
@fjnl_fashion@Waylandering Most dangerous people are self-aware and keep this kind of composure only to make the perpetrator regret every second of their deeds.