Starlink rolling out global roaming service — with more bad news for South Africa

Read our guide: Starlink in South Africa: licence, price and reported problems

• Elon Musk’s Starlink Cuts Off South African Users Amid Licensing DelaysRegulatory & licensing28 Oct 2026
• Elon Musk turns off satellite Internet at home: 14,000 Starlink terminals may be blocked in South AfricaAccount & policy changes26 Oct 2026
• Business Insider Africa: Starlink Satellite Internet Terminals Shut Down in South AfricaOutages & downtime26 Oct 2026
• Starlink discontinues service in South Africa due to licensing issuesRegulatory & licensing26 Oct 2026
• Before South Africa licenses Starlink, it should look at UkraineRegulatory & licensing21 Oct 2026

All reports for South Africa

• SpaceX makes it difficult for Polish Starlink to work in Ukraine: new roaming restrictions will come into force on August 17UkraineAccount & policy changes6 Nov 2026
• Sonatel v. Starlink: the Supreme Court rules in favour of maintaining the suspensionBelgiumAccount & policy changes5 Nov 2026
• The Supreme Court of Senegal validates the suspension of StarlinkSenegalAccount & policy changes4 Nov 2026
• Suspension of Starlink service in Ukraine pushes Asian countries to review their contractsUkraineAccount & policy changes2 Nov 2026
• Starlink in Italy, what changes with the new conditions of use of the serviceItalyAccount & policy changes1 Nov 2026

All account & policy changes