EFFORTPOST Lmoa big drama between China and RSA over Black Economic Empowerment system, and chinese attempts to tender for creating electricity supply

Lololololol

CONTEXT1:

Black economic empowerment is the system which the Mandela Administration had championed to get black peeps work forcibly to uplift them from poverty, at the fears that the white middle class would deliberately exclude them from sustainable jobs - there was genuine good intentions from this initiative, but like all things corrupted, it is one of the biggest hobblings of modern RSA.

Elon Musk's Starlink has had stunning success in many places where there was low levels of infrastructure, including ravaged places like Ukraine, where infrastructure was damaged and distorted. Especially even in rural places like in U.S., Europe and New Zealand, in addition to portions of Canada, Australia and South America - it would never obviously compete agianst fiber or anything but where rural municipalities/counties/local admins were way too brokenshit poor or the local ISPs were too monopolisitc to provide good internet, a lot of rural peeps benefitted from being able to succ internet porn straight out of the fricking atmosphere

South efricans, especially the rural cucks were hyping the starlink shit all the way through 2022, only to be devastated by the news that Starlink wouldnt be coming to RSA because our commie government refused to slacken the BEE requirements that 30% plus must be black locals of the local admin's choosing,

a mega-company like starlink wasn't gonna accept such bullshit and RSA is relatively poor and not a priority market so, the deal fell fricking through

https://solidariteit.co.za/en/bee-legislation-obstructing-starlink-services-in-sa

plenty of teeth gnashing and seething from rural cucks like myself

=====(from article) "At least 20 African countries already have Starlink or are planning its roll-out soon. South Africa's neighbouring countries, Botswana and Mozambique are also a step ahead of South Africa in this process.

The ANC government requires of Musk's Starlink company to meet its black economic empowerment requirements. Among other things this means that previously disadvantaged persons, including black South Africans but excluding white South Africans, must have a minimum of 30% shares or ownership in a company to qualify for a license. In reality, it means that the ANC government now even wants to dictate to international companies wanting to do business in South Africa about how they should do it."

"The legislation that requires Starlink to find a South African partner that complies with all black economic empowerment legislation is outrageous as Starlink has no obligation to comply with the ANC government's requirements and it is preventing businesses owned by white South Africans from having an equal opportunity to enter into a partnership with Starlink.

Starlink availability in South Africa would mean that South Africans in all parts of the country, even those in the most remote parts, would have access to the internet. In turn, this would help ordinary South Africans to acquire new skills, leading to possible employment – an issue that calls for urgent attention."

"The ANC government would rather press on with its outdated cadre deployment policies that are aimed at only benefiting a few politically connected individuals while the rest of South Africa is being prejudiced.

The government's obsessive race legislation blinds it to the major economic crisis the country finds itself in currently, and it is sowing division. Solidarity says enough is enough!"=====

CONTEXT2:

Right so one thing that came from the meming and mockery of BRICS was that Chinaland was willing to invest considerable infrastructure and resources into RSA, as they noticed we had this slight problem with electricity, however the chinx who investigated also came to realize the existence of the BEE policy which had kept the ANC in power for the past 3 decades, and they immediately went back to daddy Xi to complain saying that they sure as shit didn't trust the local labour

Usually China makes deals with african nations to build roads/darns and other infrastructure with their own imported labour, as they basically never trust the locals - not the chinese ever made any effort in the past 20 years to try and accumulate education for the local african populations and workers, but whatever.

Anyways, one big talking point which prez Rhamaphoza has touted recently with all the BRICS hype is that "China has promised extensive cooperation in the energy sector." and that he could secure aid from chinaland to through BRICS economic talks and diplomacy to bypass the suicidally corrupt ESKOM to build and refurbish the struggling powerplants.

https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/chinese-fund-advises-sa-to-relax-tender-bee-rules-20230823

Well the chinese was once again aghast at the terminal r-sluration of their african allies, and "SA was advised to streamline its tender processes", translation - the tendering for construction projects in RSA is so inept and corrupt that it would scullfrick any chinese engineer foolish enough to entangle themselves in it

Additionally the BEE policy now directly clashed with China's preference to utilize their own specialists and workforce, and basically there is trouble in paradise

We now waiting for the upcoming two weeks to basically let nothing happen when two corrupt nations find friction in this.