During CNBC’s Squawk Box Monday, co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin asked Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty about the president’s recent outrage at Walmart. The mega retail chain’s CFO warned last week that consumers might start to see higher prices on products as soon as June.

If reports are true and all negotiations go well, Starlink could launch in South Africa from "the middle of 2025."

THE South African government appears to be bending over backwards to improve relations with the United States, including potential changes to Black ownership requirements that could allow Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service to operate in the country.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will hold crucial talks at the White House with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday in a high-stakes meeting that could improve or deteriorate already frosty relations between the nations.

In February, Trump ordered that US financial aid be cut to South Africa for the country’s “unjust racial discrimination”. In his order, Trump cited the alleged confiscation of white-owned land, as well as South Africa’s filing of a genocide case against Israel over its war on Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in December 2023.

Starlink users in Kenya are facing significantly sluggish internet speeds, with the country recording the second-slowest speed in Africa, surpassed by Madagascar.

Many South Africans are praising President Cyril Ramaphosa’s calm demeanor as President Donald Trump’s multimedia ambush unfolded in front of the world’s media. He pushed back gently whenever he could,

Ahead of the high-stakes meeting with US president Donald Trump, president Cyril Ramaphosa says his delegation will do what is best for SA on Starlink licensing.