Women honour Alex scholars with a cosmic experience to encourage STEM skills

DURING August, women are celebrated for their resilience and uniqueness through various commemorations, acknowledgements and pampering events throughout the world.

- GALETLOLWE SEMENYA

As much as its important to celebrate women who build homes and organisation's, its equally important to be mindful that a woman's role to build through their resilient and unique leadership and thinking approach is a daily task that is ongoing.

Therefore, in honour of the prime and nurturing role that women carry from the beginning oftime, a group of professional women namely Galetlolwe Semenya, Chef Noni, Wendy Mbalo, Barbra Lawrence Strydom and Andile Nkosi Schmidt joined hands to create a life changing and memorable experience for the African child.

A full day unorthodox workshop was arranged with the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) astronomy scientists and engineers, in honour of Woman's month in the heart and depth of Harte-beeshoek.

This facility manages the biggest radio telescope in Africa which was built in 1961 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States of America. This magnificent massive steel structure was used for space journey tests which landed on the Moon and exploring the planets Venus and Mars and measuring the Sun’s winds.

The facility was deliberately chosen to host the high school children due to its heritage relevance in the South African knowledge in modern astronomy, which also has an undeniable connection to the ancient African cosmic indigenous knowledge.