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Submitted | first-name | support | top-concern | message |
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2025-12-30 10:46:57 +02:00 | Susan | Yes I do | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | |
2025-12-15 11:07:22 +02:00 | Richard | No I do not | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | Although this is closed now I would still like to have my say. The ANC Government really doesn't now what their right hand is doing. They call for more air and data coverage for the whole of South Africa and when the opportunity presents itself they have all sorts of confused reasons as to why the most successful operator world-wide can't establish themselves in South Africa. They allow other cell phone operators to cover countries that are hostile to South Africa and run up incedible debts which could ruin our economy without a word. Also they allow these same cell phone operators to wipe out (cancel) any data time a South African has paid good money for. This should not be allowed as all South Africans can't afford to buy data and then lose it because they couldn't use it in the 'time period' given! |
2025-12-15 07:09:33 +02:00 | Tumisho | No I do not | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | It’s ridiculous to want to remove equality laws |
2025-12-14 17:16:38 +02:00 | Brian | Yes I do | No concern | |
2025-12-14 17:12:46 +02:00 | Debra | Yes I do | No concern | |
2025-12-14 16:35:10 +02:00 | Stephen | No I do not | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | |
2025-12-14 16:35:09 +02:00 | Stephen | No I do not | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | |
2025-12-14 11:14:00 +02:00 | Wimpie | Yes I do | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | BBBEE should be scrapped. Its making South Africa worse for almost all South Africans. The approach suggested by the DA is FAR better and more sustainable to improve the lives of all South Africans. |
2025-12-14 08:15:46 +02:00 | Tshepo | No I do not | Policy Direction | |
2025-12-13 16:28:12 +02:00 | Mark | Yes I do | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | I support the finalisation and implementation of the Policy Direction on Equity Equivalent Investment Programmes in the ICT Sector, as gazetted by Minister Solly Malatsi on 12 December 2025.This directive appropriately recognises equity equivalent investments as a valid alternative to strict equity ownership requirements for licensing, aligning regulations with broader B-BBEE frameworks while attracting much-needed foreign investment and innovation.Allowing services like Starlink to enter the market will enhance competition, accelerate high-speed internet access—particularly in rural and underserved areas—and drive economic growth through job creation and improved connectivity.Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment policies, in their current rigid form, have often deterred investment, fostered elite enrichment among a connected few, and imposed barriers that harm overall economic progress and opportunities for ordinary South Africans. This reform is a positive step toward more effective, inclusive empowerment that prioritises real socioeconomic benefits over prescriptive ownership targets.I encourage further reviews to ensure such policies genuinely advance broad-based prosperity without stifling growth. |
2025-12-13 12:39:18 +02:00 | Nicolaas | Yes I do | 30% local ownership | I do not support discrimination by race or the government forcing companies to give anything to anyone because of their skin colour. You can call it redress all you want but it is factually institutional racism and it is destroying this once powerful country. |
2025-12-13 09:41:41 +02:00 | Chris | Yes I do | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | |
2025-12-13 06:28:46 +02:00 | Hein | Yes I do | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | Foreign investment is needed |
2025-12-12 22:34:40 +02:00 | Martin | Yes I do | No concern | We need to stay up to date with tegnology or we will fall behind. We have more than 40% unemployment rate in SA. This tegnology could open future opportunities to grow the economy. |
2025-12-11 12:39:16 +02:00 | Tanja | Yes I do | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | Let us please open our country to international markets that can and want to help our country grow and develop. BBBEE has benefited only a select few of the ANC - it is absolutely shameful - we only have to look at all the commissions of enquiry into criminal activities. Starlink will be a game changer for the entire country. Data prices will also be lower and citizens will no longer be extorted by Vodacom, MTN and Telkom who have robbed our citizens of billions. |
2025-12-11 07:12:04 +02:00 | Carl | Yes I do | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | I support the draft policy direction issued by Communications Minister Solly Malatsi that opens the possibility for Starlink to operate in South Africa. Access to fast, reliable and affordable internet is essential for economic growth, education, innovation and social inclusion. Starlink’s satellite-based technology has demonstrated its ability to reach underserved and remote communities globally—areas where traditional infrastructure is slow, expensive or impossible to deploy. Enabling such technology locally would significantly expand connectivity and close South Africa’s persistent digital divide. While transformation obligations are important and must remain a priority, rigid ownership requirements should not prevent the country from accessing world-class telecommunications solutions. The draft policy direction offers a balanced and pragmatic way to align transformation goals with technological progress. Allowing Starlink to enter the South African market could attract further investment, enhance competition, lower data prices and create opportunities that ultimately benefit historically disadvantaged communities. Public consultation is an important step, and I encourage the Minister to consider widespread support for greater connectivity and digital inclusion. South Africa should embrace policies that promote innovation while still upholding transformation values. For these reasons, I support moving forward with regulatory changes that enable Starlink to operate in South Africa. |
2025-12-11 02:15:56 +02:00 | Jared | No I do not | 30% local ownership | Elon Musk wants to provide a service that can benefit EVERY south African.all the schools,farms and and and can have access to internet,no rubbish vodacom,mtn no signal crazy prices. It won't happen,the tendaneers want their PIECE for doing nothing |
2025-12-10 12:56:52 +02:00 | Johan | No I do not | 30% local ownership | Open South Africa for international electronic trade and development. WIFI in rural areas. Job Creation Educational Development Economic development and Income. |
2025-12-09 16:31:53 +02:00 | Johan | No I do not | 30% local ownership | Let us please open our country to international markets that can and want to help our country grow and develop. BEE has continually stopped us from fully receiving international aid. Starlink will be a game changer for the entire country. Data prices will also be lower and citizens will no longer be extorted by service providers |
2025-12-06 09:43:10 +02:00 | Eric | Yes I do | 30% local ownership | Let us please open our country to international markets that can and want to help our country grow and develop. BEE has continually stopped us from fully receiving international aid. Starlink will be a game changer for the entire country. Data prices will also be lower and citizens will no longer be extorted by Vodacom, MTN and Telkom who have robbed our citizens of billions. |
2025-12-05 17:14:27 +02:00 | Yasmeen | No I do not | Other | Elon Musk is not trustworthy and we should not be making legal exceptions for the wealthy against the interests of our people. |
2025-12-05 12:20:26 +02:00 | Asipe | No I do not | Other | We can not be bending rules for the benefit of individuals who previledge and have benefited a lot. |
2025-12-04 17:20:18 +02:00 | Fernando | Yes I do | 30% local ownership | Create mega jobs for persons without WI-FI in rural areas |
2025-12-04 14:00:40 +02:00 | Harris | Yes I do | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | |
2025-12-04 10:53:30 +02:00 | Matthew | No I do not | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | I don't want BEE, BBBEE or however many Bs and Es, amended - I want it killed off. ANC you filthy racists! Abolish ALL anti-white laws NOW. I don't want Elon Musk to get preferential treatment - let the world see how RACIST the ANC terrorists are. Let the world HATE them. The only way to address the issue is, KILL BBBEE. If this nation is supposedly free and fair, hire on merit ONLY. But since we have laws forcing companies to hire people they don't want to hire, just stop lying and admit ANC created a worse apartheid state than the Nats did. (both regimes being bad) |
2025-12-04 08:40:12 +02:00 | MAKUNGU | No I do not | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | |
2025-12-04 03:28:19 +02:00 | Luthando | No I do not | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | Elon Musk needs to empower local businesses |
2025-12-03 14:15:41 +02:00 | Laurence | No I do not | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | I support the idea of Starlink servicing people in South Africa, I do not agree with them being given favourable terms. We need redress through economic growth - BBBEE has shown to be a hinderance to growth and has favoured a few politically aligned people rather than the majority of south africans. |
2025-12-03 08:44:17 +02:00 | Armand | Yes I do | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | A private company doesn't have to give its shares to any Connected Cadre. |
2025-12-03 06:18:41 +02:00 | Claudette | Yes I do | Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Framework | This act was originally enforced to empower the previously disadvantaged , poor, ordinary black citizen on the street, instead, it has achieved the opposite result. It jas enriched the connected few anc cadres, and has made a few white businessmen even richer than they were during the apartheid era. Get rid of this useless BBBEE act so that the poor can benefit from having Starlink, like most other African countries. |