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US President Donald Trump has ordered a 2028 moon landing, refocusing Nasa’s priorities amid growing competition with China.

This is TechCentral’s list of the top international newsmakers in the tech industry in 2025, a year that was shaped by geopolitics.

X has sued a start-up seeking to cancel X’s Twitter trademarks so it can “bring Twitter back” as a new social network.

Presidency spokesman Vincent Magwenya has urged restraint on focusing on Starlink, saying multiple satellite providers are eyeing investment in South Africa.

MK and the EFF claim communications minister Solly Malatsi’s policy directive undermines transformation and unlawfully clears the way for the launch of Elon Musk’s Starlink in South Africa.

Communications minister Solly Malatsi has asked Icasa urgently to align its ownership regulations with the ICT BEE sector code.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is said to be looking to raise more than $25-billion through a public listing in 2026.

A fledgling social media platform has asked the US to cancel trademarks for Twitter so it can take them for itself.

Starlink could be years behind its rivals in launching LEO satellite broadband services in South Africa, a top ICT lawyer has said.

The most direct competitor to Starlink, Amazon.com’s Project Kuiper, has changed its name as it gears up for a global roll-out.