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An African mission to beyond the stars


The first antenna of the MeerKAT radio telescope was launched outside Carnarvon in the Northern Cape in March 2014. The 64-dish MeerKAT is a pathfinder telescope which is part of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the world s biggest radio telescope. File picture: GCIS/SAPA
An African mission to beyond the stars
By OWN Correspondent
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Armed with a PhD in astronomy and astrophysics, Dr Charles Mpho Takalana is on a mission to popularise astronomy across the length and breadth of Africa.
One of only a few black astronomers in South Africa, Takalana, who obtained his PhD in 2020 from the University of the Witwatersrand may have his head in the clouds or in this case, the starry skies, but he is firmly rooted in the African continent and deeply passionate about sharing his enthusiasm with Africa’s young people. ....

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