South Africa won't allow Starlink unless it meets local BEE requirements. As a result several ISPs are importing and registering Starlink in neighbouring countr

South Africa won't allow Starlink unless it meets local BEE requirements. As a result several ISPs are importing and registering Starlink in neighbouring countries, allowing us to stay online during almost daily load shedding caused by our crumbling, government owned power utility Eskom. For those of us who want to minimize our reliance on a corrupt, incompetent government Starlink is invaluable as it allows us to go completely off-grid. Power and water is one thing, but without Starlink our mobile and fibre networks can still go down when the backup batteries inevitably run out. Where there's demand, the market will find a way.