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South Africa is participating in an Equity Equivalent Investment Programme involving Amazon Web Services, which has a 100% black-ownership criterion and is being discussed with the US Ambassador.

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Solidarity filed an OECD complaint regarding race-based exclusion policies while AWS targets South African small businesses.Sep 16

How it started

1 report, 1 independent, last reported Sep 3. The briefing below covers this first event.

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South Africa is participating in an Equity Equivalent Investment Programme involving Amazon Web Services, which has a 100% black-ownership criterion and is being discussed with the US Ambassador.

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South Africa Amazon Web Services Freedom Front Plus

How it developed

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Sep 16Solidarity filed an OECD complaint regarding race-based exclusion policies while AWS targets South African small businesses.Sub-event
Sep 3South Africa's investment program with AWS is underway, involving specific ownership criteria and diplomatic consultation.1 source
- politicsweb.co.za

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The entities involved

South Africa
country in southern Africa
- Escalating conflict in the Middle East is causing oil prices to rise, impacting global markets tracked from London and the New York Mercantile Exchange.Sun 23:11
- SpaceX proposed investment in South Africa, where Starlink offered services and Amazon and Microsoft rely on EEIPs.Sun 21:52
Amazon Web Services
subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms on a metered pay-as-you-go basis
- AWS, Microsoft, and Google are expanding data center capacity in India, with Bengaluru and Hyderabad serving as key hubs.Sun 12:35
- Cloud companies are reporting on their competitive positions, including AWS revenue, Azure vs AWS gap, and capacity commitments from OpenAI and Anthropic.Sat 15:50
Freedom Front Plus
right-wing Afrikaner nationalist political party in South Africa
- Multiple political parties, including FF+, EFF, DA, and ANC, have made nominations and announcements regarding local elections.Sun 14:52
- Water was supplied to Pretoria CBD, while Freedom Front Plus and other parties submitted complaints to PPSA.Thu 19:34

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Sep 3politicsweb.co.za