I have a small big rant. First off. So good to see so many South Africans taking a stand against @Starlink and @elonmusk. You call the majority of the people who make this country, who happen to be Black, genocidal savages, less than human. You lie about South Africa repeatedly, with the greatest contempt and hatred. And then you expect us to pressure our government to do business with you? You are drunk on your own mythology. You are drunk on the delusion that Apartheid South Africa still has power over us, and you can exert it will lies, bullying and, LOL, tweets. And that Department must stop irritating us by running around like “Yes Baas. Yes Bawana. Yes Master.” Scrambling to please a man who has shown himself to be untrustworthy and perfectly willing to compromise our data sovereignty and national security, all for a vanity connectivity project that solves none of the communications and IT structural problems the department should be focusing on. Now, I have a special space in my heart for that portfolio. Deep, deep. But I silenced myself. I gave space. I gave grace. I gave fairness and trust. That goodwill is gone. Not an inch more will be given. Fix spectrum. Fix digital migration. Fix high data prices. Fix your SOEs. Protect South Africans online. That is your mandate. Not billionaire appeasement. Not jackass whispering. Aniyeke ukus’bangela uk’shisha ngo Starlink. And yes, it IS about Starlink. And for other political reasons about the various GNU bases. ENOUGH. Do your job.