Elon Musk who was born in Pretoria left South Africa because he did not want to join the Army (South African Defence Force) and has been living in the United States ever since. The man behind Space X and Tesla, Elon Musk has made a huge success of himself while living in the United States but many often question why he is so quiet about his South African roots. “Spending two years suppressing black people didn’t seem to be a great use [of the] force,” says Elon Musk in the TikTok interview.

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While many criticised Elon Musk who has a net worth of $255 billion for not putting enough time into his South African background. A lot of them commended him for not taking part in apartheid and the oppression of black people.

@mozkow8 wrote:

“As a black South African, I say thank you for refusing to participate in oppressing us. May you keep succeeding.”

Mbandeni Ntshangase Hlabanisa said:

“How if he can just stop mentioning SA; because he does nothing for SA …while he’s the richest man in the world ….he must just leave our nation alone we do not need him.”