MPHO MJLB

Growing up is full of life surprises

[Iyke @currentiyke]

Funniest conversation I've heard between two kids😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[Sizwe SikaMusi @SizweLo]

Elon Musk has posted 50 times about South Africa in just 7 days, and Zimbabweans are just as angry as he is.

This is because they both desperately need South Africa to allow Starlink in.

We all know that the Starlink constellation is the largest array of satellites in the world. However, even with all of those satellites, Starlink still needs to connect to internet data centres on the ground.

The satellites have to beam the data down to a ground station, which then sends the data across the internet using undersea cables.

This is where South Africa comes in as one of the most connected countries on the continent with seven of the major undersea cables landing in Cape Town and Durban. These are the cables connecting Africa’s internet directly to Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Because of this, Elon Musk wants to build a Starlink ground station in South Africa because it would ensure he gets fast, stable, high capacity routes straight into the global internet.

Beyond the cables, South Africa also has world-class data centres alongside Tier 3+ infrastructure, which means high uptime, power redundancy, cooling and security.

NAPAfrica, one of the largest internet exchange points on the continent is also in South Africa, with facilities in Cape Town, Durban, and Johannesburg.

So, it should be clear that Starlink in SA is not about selling satellite dishes to households. It’s about plugging into the continent’s internet backbone and using South Africa to build a solid launch pad for a robust infrastructure build.

Elon Musk can turn on Starlink in every single country on the continent, but without South Africa, he reaches a dead end and can never get his service to work properly on the continent.

This also explains why some Zimbabweans are livid about South Africa not letting Starlink in. The service will just not work well over there without South Africa’s participation.

OK, but if this is so important to Starlink why is Elon Musk stubbornly refusing to adhere to straightforward BEE requirements?

Well, as pointed above, South Africa’s value to Starlink is mostly as infrastructure backbone, not as a massive retail customer base.

We all know he won’t get any meaningful number of customers in SA. There’s simply no market for it.

Musk just wants to use South Africa to route through neighbouring countries, and to him, this is not worth giving up a 30% stake in South Africa’s operations.

For Musk, the BEE thing is just a strategic business decision. All that racism talk is just a smokescreen for a hard-nosed business choice.

[Daily Iran News @DailyIranNews]

BREAKING

IRAN RELEASES NEW LEGO MOVIE!!

“Strait of Hormuz still closed, open only when Imam Khamenei says so, not by your tweets, not by some idiots post”

[Kgoshi Ya Lebowa @Mothematiks]

Is this a gun fight or a fist fight? 🤔😀🔞

[Mnyamani 👑 @Zikamnyamane]

Match day 🤧 🥹

[Iran Embassy SA @IraninSA]

Find the mistakes. 😉

[YOU ARE UGLY BUT I @MalumeRichie]

Someone snitched because ain’t no damn way😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😩

[Random Videos @randomvideoss__]

All magic tricks revealed 😁😂

[body tea drinker @tardrippi]

i’m glad my father is an alcoholic, yhoo ha.a

[Dirmax✨🌍 @JustDirmax]

No peace for singles even in the church 😂

[Music is Life!!! @Mr_HUMA]

😂😂😂

[MPHO MJLB @mphopase]

@elonmusk Stop trying so much to bring your starling to South Africa, you clearly proving that there's an ulterior motive behind you trying to get your starling in our motherland

[Moments & memories @momentmemori]

It feels so good when criminals get punished on the spot.

[m a s h é s h a 💨 @Mashesha_RSA]

Umjita we fortuner unesbindi 🙆🏾‍♂️

[ChrisExcel @ChrisExcel102]

My Goat is now receiving the hate even from Nyoape people now 😭😭😭

Very bad week for CIC 😭

[新新 @jye1968]

女子抓到老公跟女的坐一起吃饭，靠近后，天塌了……

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

Viral footage out of Brazil shows three scenes happening at once on street cameras a husband running from his wife a cat running from a dog and a thief running from the police😭

[Crime_spotterSA @Crime_SpotterSA]

Man Was Seen Beating A Woman When They Were Arguing Over Whose Turn It Was To Get Water. Alex, Johannesburg

[Iran Embassy SA @IraninSA]

And today’s popular music: “blockade” by Trump.

[Proudly South African 🇿🇦 @SayEntrepreneur]

🇿🇦 South Africa just made history.

The CSIR has cracked the code on producing the critical molecules needed for lab-grown meat — CSIR has scaled up production

We no longer need to import expensive starter chemicals from the US or Europe.

SA is now one of the few countries on Earth that can grow its own protein. 🥩🔬

Why Is It a Big Deal?

​● It eliminates the need for large-scale animal slaughter.
​● It uses significantly less land and water than traditional cattle farming.

Would you eat lab-grown Meat?