A proposed regulatory change would allow Elon Musk’s satellite company and others like it to get a license without having to sell shares to Black South Africans.

Starlink is currently unable to launch in South Africa because it must have a local entity that is 30% owned by historically disadvantaged groups. Malatsi has since been summoned by Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, led by the ANC’s Khusela Diko, to brief it on his proposal.

South Africa’s government is proposing a workaround to Black ownership requirements that will pave the way for Starlink and other satellite services to operate in the country.