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like anyone in developing countries and especially wealthy white South Africans do fit this bill rather well would hoard their actual private wealth in other jurisdictions. just because the company itself is worth nothing on paper doesn't mean they haven't pillaged the country resources for private gain like all the other wanna-be crooks and aspiring kleptocrats. [1][2]

There is a good reason why the family left SA the moment apartheid was abolished and why Elon Musk never went back since the end of apartheid.

Every entitled chuckle-duck born with a silver spoon in their mouth likes to launder their past to make them look self-made. Elon is no different.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Islands:_Tax_Havens_a...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptopia



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