Malatsi Defends ICT Equity Policy Amid SpaceX Favouritism Claims

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, has defended his department’s newly gazetted policy directive supporting Equity Equivalent Investment Programmes (EEIPs) in the ICT sector. He maintains the move is legally sound and focused on transformation, not tailored to benefit any specific company. This follows criticism from Parliamentary Committee Chairperson Khusela Diko, who argues the directive may breach the Electronic Communications Act and appears to give preferential treatment to low Earth orbit satellite provider SpaceX. Phemelo unpacks this with Electronic Communications Law consultant and Honorary Adjunct Prof at the Link Centre at Wits University, Justine Limpitlaw