The billionaire and now Trump adviser grew up amid the collapse of white rule, attending an all-white school and then a more liberal oneWith an imposing double-winged redbrick main building, and school songs lifted directly from Harrow’s songbook, Pretoria boys high school is every inch the South African mirror of the English private schools it was founded in 1901 to imitate.Elon Musk, who has rapidly become one of the most powerful people in US politics, spent his final school years in the 1980s as a day pupil on the lush, tree-filled campus in South Africa’s capital, close to his father’s large detached home in Waterkloof, a wealthy Pretoria suburb shaded by purple jacaranda blossoms in spring. Continue reading...
Elon Musk grew up in South Africa under apartheid, attending Pretoria Boys High School. He has since criticized the country's laws as "openly racist" and supported claims of white South Africans being persecuted, influencing Donald Trump's policies toward South Africa. Musk's views align with his business interests, as he disputes affirmative action laws impacting his Starlink venture in the country. The extent to which his upbringing shaped his current political views remains debated.
