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Elon Musk

Elon Musk is a South African-born entrepreneur and business magnate who serves as chief executive of Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturer, and SpaceX, the aerospace company. He is also owner of X (formerly Twitter), the social media platform he acquired in 2022. Musk holds citizenship in South Africa, Canada and the US, and is based in Texas. He co-founded PayPal in the late 1990s before founding SpaceX in 2002 and joining Tesla in 2004, where he became chief executive in 2008. His business interests span electric vehicles, battery storage, solar energy, space exploration, satellite internet through Starlink, neural technology through Neuralink, and tunnelling through The Boring Company. Musk is one of the world's wealthiest individuals, with his net worth closely tied to Tesla's share price. He recurs in business coverage for Tesla's expansion into new markets, SpaceX's launch contracts and satellite deployments, his public statements on technology and policy, and his influence on cryptocurrency and equity markets. Musk has advocated for sustainable energy, artificial intelligence regulation and human settlement of Mars. He studied physics and economics at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to California, where he briefly attended Stanford University before launching his first company, Zip2, in 1995.

Elon Musk Updates


Syrah processing plant
Tesla drops threat to scrap graphite supply deal with Australia's Syrah Resources
1st June 2026 By: Reuters

Australia's Syrah Resources confirmed on Monday that electric vehicle maker Tesla has withdrawn a notice of intent to end their graphite supply deal over an alleged quality default, accepting the... 


SpaceX CEO Elon Musk & President Cyril Ramaphosa
Musk row shows gap with Ramaphosa in South Africa equity rules
15th April 2026 By: Bloomberg

President Cyril Ramaphosa said billionaire Elon Musk could use equity-equivalence programmes to meet South Africa’s racial-equity rules and roll out his Starlink internet service locally, pointing... 


Starlink stumbles over Namibian laws
10th April 2026 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

Elon Musk has once again failed to get his way, with Starlink, his satellite-based broadband network service, denied a licence in Namibia for failing to comply with local laws requiring a minimum... 


Good State and community-based development
23rd January 2026 By: Saliem Fakir

One must be guided by several precepts when considering community-based development. The first is that if you do not know something, do something. It is only by doing that one really sees what is... 


The Vidalia processing facility
Syrah buys more time for Tesla graphite supply deal
19th January 2026 By: Reuters

Australia's Syrah Resources aid on Monday it agreed with Tesla to extend for the third time a deadline to resolve an alleged breach of their graphite supply agreement. The 2021 agreement to supply... 


Minister Solly Malatsi
Lawmakers seek halt to easing rules for Starlink
15th December 2025 By: Bloomberg

The Parliamentary committee that oversees South Africa’s telecommunications industry called for the withdrawal of a policy directive that would enable Elon Musk’s SpaceX and other... 


Most South Africans want empowerment policy ended, study finds
11th December 2025 By: Bloomberg

More than half of South Africans want a key policy aimed at addressing racial inequality scrapped and hiring and promotions to be merit-based, according to the Institute for Justice and... 


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