"Because I'm not black!": Elon Musk is furious over the decision of the South African authorities

Elon Musk was denied permission to manage one of his companies in South Africa. According to multiple sources, he was furious about the decision of the local administration and accused her of racism, which informs Gazeta.Pl .

"Starlink has no right to work in South Africa because I am not black," Elon Musk accuses the local government.

The billionaire called South Africa's policy "openly racist" and demanded that his company be exempted from South African legislation that requires 30% of employees' income to be transferred to the state treasury. At the same time, the Starlink system is already operating in neighboring countries, including Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Clayson Monyela, Deputy Director General of the Department of Public Diplomacy of South Africa, at the same time assured that the lack of agreement has nothing to do with the billionaire's skin color.

"Sir, that's not true, and you know it! It has nothing to do with the color of your skin. Starlink is allowed to operate in South Africa subject to local regulations. This is a global rule of international trade and investment," he wrote on social networks.

"More than 600 American companies invest and operate in South Africa... all of them are law—abiding and thriving," Monyela added.

But Elon Musk was born in South Africa, although he has serious disagreements with the local administration. About what he decided to remind the authorities of the country.

"I was raised a South African American, not an Afrikaner, and I consider myself just an American. However, what is happening in South Africa is deeply wrong. This is not at all what Mandela had in mind," he wrote a few days ago.