Boitumelo

Elon, bro Here's a plan. If you're serious about this, that is. Call off these fluffers and paid praise singers. They are wrong, irritating, disrespectful, and they are doing your cause a lot of harm. Get on a plane, and come and sit down with the relevant authorities and decision makers. Here, in SA. Show respect, show us that we want to work with you. Record the meeting(s) if you worry about skullduggery. Bring the facts. Bring your arguments, stats, show us how everyone benefits. Address our security concerns, give us a few simple safety backups. Negotiate this like the businessman you are. You did not build your empire using the whiny victim model currently in play. If there are others pushing this current mess, bring them along. It will make everything easier. Walk back the harm of the last few months. Talk to us about business, and benefits, respectfully, as people that you want to do business with, not people that owe you a favour. There are just far too many big pieces missing in your current presentation. People have noticed, and doubling down on that, and adding anonymous X influencers really just don't do it for us. We are funny that way. That, or pack up your wares and leave. When a salesman gets a "no" he tries harder, or goes knocking on the next door. He doesn't insult and threaten the potential client. It's weird. And rude. One way or the other - decision time.