Elon Musk single-handedly shattered the global silence on South Africa's institutionalised extortion. Without him, the world would still be blind to a state-sanctioned shakedown disguised as "compliance." Investors are forced to surrender equity to a handpicked pool of ANC cadres and cronies just to operate. Wealth creation is held hostage by political gatekeepers. They rebranded systemic corporate theft as policy. Every major business has been extorted, they did not invest in the economy, but rather paid off the ruling elite to buy peace and the green light to operate. You either cut the cadres in, or you get locked out. It is a parasitic framework where corrupt politicians contribute absolutely zero to the economy, yet take the biggest cut.