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Elon Musk: “There are now 140 laws in South Africa that give. That…”

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So that's the deal, that all races should be treated equally and there should be no preference given to one or the other. Whereas There are now 140 laws in South Africa that give. That basically give strong preference if you're a black South African and not otherwise. And so now I'm in this absurd situation where I was born in South Africa but cannot get a license to operate in starlink because I'm not black. (25:11–25:24)

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