When will music be available in the iTunes Store in South Africa?

I live in South Africa and I don't have a billing address in another country. I would really like to be able to buy music from the iTunes Store.
At the moment the only thing that I would like to buy in the iTunes Store is music. I can't, so it makes the store unusable for me.
I realise that there are a number of legal issues regarding this at the moment, but is there a plan to find a workaround for this in future? When will we be able to buy music from the iTunes Store in South Africa?
Is the answer: Never?
(Is there a loophole/workaround already available that I am not aware of?)

There is no way to know when unless Apple announces.
You can buy your music from another source, Amazon for example.

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It worked well earlier as it is our first day on the store but now it just wont connect. It just stays stuck in the 'accessing iTunes Store' state as shown in the image below.
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I'd suggest just waiting a few hours, or perhaps until tomorrow or Thursday. There may be technical issues with the servers handling SA, or they may be overloaded with people jumping in to check things out, and it may all sort itself out in a while.
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