Human Capital Development

Welcome

The SARAO HCD Programme was established in 2005 to develop a community of scientists, engineers, technicians and artisans to ensure that SARAO fulfilled its mandate to design build, operate and exploit the MeerKAT and the SKA radio telescopes, and to secure South Africa’s return on its strategic investments in radio astronomy. The programme was devised in a structured and proactive way to be fit-for-purpose for enabling SARAO to deliver on this mandate.

Since its inception, over 1500 grants to postdoctoral fellows, postgraduate and undergraduate students doing science and engineering degrees and research at universities, and universities of technology, and students training to be artisans, have been awarded by SARAO – a significant return on South Africa’s investment in the international SKA effort, and the construction and operation of MeerKAT.

News

Team Sharp Shooters from Carnarvon wins 3rd place for best robot performance at the First Lego League SA Nationals in Johannesburg

December 12, 2024 –

Call for applications – Astro Tourism and Astro Guiding Training

November 28, 2024 –

Exciting Opportunities: Request for Quotations Now Available

November 20, 2024 –

Golf fever in Carnarvon: how a small town is shaping its next generation through golf

November 15, 2024 –

Carnarvon Astro Guides Win Big at Northern Cape Tourism Service Excellence Awards

October 2, 2024 –

Watch: Minister Blade Nzimande on Astro-Tourism | Astronomy | Geodesy | Wifi

October 2, 2024 –

Departments of Tourism; and Science, Innovation and Technology delegates visit the SKA site in the Karoo

September 28, 2024 –

SARAO Desert Golf Challenge celebrates the launch of Astro-Tourism Strategy in the Northern Cape

September 28, 2024 –

Watch: SARAO’s Scientific findings and expert commentary, visualisation & an immersive experience

August 25, 2024 –

Astro Tourism Enterprise Development: A New Horizon for Young Entrepreneurs in the Karoo

August 11, 2024 –

SARAO IAU events schedule

August 5, 2024 –

SARAO’s commitment to benefiting society

June 30, 2024 –

Watch – Six Astro tour guides graduate: Dr Anton Binneman

April 9, 2024 –

Carnarvon High School Pupils from Karoo, Northern Cape, Head to Odense, Denmark, for the World Robot Olympiad Friendship Invitational Tournament

September 11, 2023 –

SARAO Undergraduate Scholarships to study at SPU in 2024

June 28, 2023 –

SARAO welcomes back the Northern Cape schools Robotics team

June 3, 2023 –

Upcoming Community Meetings in the Northern Cape

May 15, 2023 –

Introduction to robotics session held with Sol Plaatje supported schools in Northern Cape

May 11, 2023 –

SARAO school bursary holders visit the South African Large Telescope (SALT) in Sutherland

May 11, 2023 –

Preserving Cultural Heritage: Medicinal and Edible Plants of Bushmanland Book by Ben-Erik and Josef

April 5, 2023 –

SARAO Human Capital Development Programme – Creating excellence in radio astronomy

April 14, 2018 –

SKA SA gives full bursaries to five Carnarvon matric learners who obtained exemption to further their studies

SKA SA gives full bursaries to five Carnarvon matric learners who obtained exemption to further their studies

January 8, 2016 –

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Team

Odwa Magabuko – Programme Coordinator: Schools

Odwa Magabuko – Programme Coordinator: Schools

Odwa Magabuko, Programme Coordinator for the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory's (SARAO) Human Capital Development Schools Programme. Based in the...

Kim Anthony – Head: Human Capital Development

Kim Anthony – Head: Human Capital Development

Kim Anthony started working for the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRF-SARAO) – then the South African SKA Project –...

Dr Mthuthuzeli Zamxaka – Manager: Research Capacity Development

Dr Mthuthuzeli Zamxaka – Manager: Research Capacity Development

Dr. Mthuthuzeli Zamxaka is the Manager of Research Capacity Development at the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO). He plays...

Dr Bonita de Swardt – Strategic Partnerships

Dr Bonita de Swardt – Strategic Partnerships

Chantel Mathison – Schools Programme

Chantel Mathison – Schools Programme

Email: cmathison@sarao.ac.za

Tony Dhlamini – Data and information Management

Tony Dhlamini – Data and information Management

Daphne Lekgwathi – Site Capacity Development

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Last Updated on May 31, 2024

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