1 day ago · In focusing on South Africa, the president is echoing the views of Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk, who was born and raised in South Africa. Elon Musk; South African President ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Many South Africans viewed Trump’s sudden pledge to punish America’s biggest trade partner in Africa as surprising and at least partly influenced by billionaire Tesla owner Musk, who was born in the South African capital of Pretoria but …

Sep 16, 2018 · Why did Elon Musk leave South Africa? A serious incident of violence. Elon attended Bryanston High School when he was a teenager.

Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital. [2] [3] He is of British and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. [4] [5] His mother, Maye (née Haldeman), is a model and dietitian born in Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in South Africa.

5 days ago · The controversy surrounding Starlink’s exit from the hearings has escalated amid broader political tensions. On Tuesday, Musk, SpaceX’s CEO accused South Africa of having "openly racist ownership laws" in a social media post, intensifying debates over the country’s B-BBEE policies and the recently signed Expropriation Act.

4 days ago · Trump and his allies, particularly South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, have ramped up their rhetoric against South Africa in reaction to the recently enacted Expropriation Act of 2024, a ...

Feb 4, 2025 · South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk “on issues of misinformation and distortions about South Africa,” the presidency announced on Tuesday. “In the process, the ...

5 days ago · South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Elon Musk a day after U.S. President Donald Trump promised to cut the country's funding over a land expropriation law.

Sep 19, 2024 · Elon Musk lived in apartheid South Africa until he was 17. David Sacks, the venture capitalist who has become a fundraiser for Donald Trump and a troll of Ukraine, left aged five, and...

May 5, 2022 · Elon Musk has largely recalled his life in South Africa as traumatic and unfulfilling. Born in Pretoria, about 45 minutes north of Johannesburg, his parents divorced before he was 10.