SOUTH AFRICA is a fucking miracle, and BEING SOUTH AFRICAN is a fucking honor and a privilege. Donโt let anyone ever tell you any other nonsense!!!! ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฏ
Wishing you a productive and drama free day! Let God into your life. A day full of laughter and fulfillment in whatever it is that you do, topped off with a win for BAFANA BAFANA โค๏ธ
Even Pablo Escobar built schools, clinics, homes and funded education for the people in his favela.
These dogs are buying Lamborghinis & Porsches with our hard earned taxes. Fucken hell mate.
๐ Did you know a tiny Karoo town is basically the Silicon Valley of Space?
Sutherland, Northern Cape hosts 20+ telescopes for 8 nations โ and they're all paying South Africa for the privilege of our skies.
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa โ 6+ telescopes
๐บ๐ธ USA โ 5 telescopes
๐ฏ๐ต Japan โ 2 telescopes
๐ฉ๐ช Germany โ 2 telescopes
๐ต๐ฑ Poland โ 2 telescopes
๐ฌ๐ง UK โ 2 telescopes
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea โ 1 telescope
๐ท๐บ Russia โ 1 telescope
Why Sutherland? The AGA Act. ๐๏ธ
SA law protects 75km of radio silence & dark skies around the site. When driving, the headlights arent allowed.
We didn't just build a world-class observatory. We legislated it into existence. ๐คซโจ
The threads below break down each country โ what they brought, & what they're hunting for in our skies. ๐
#Sutherland #SpaceEconomy #ProudlySA
Listen to the voice of Sol Plaatje in this first recording of "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", made on October 16, 1923, in London, England, by Sol T Plaatje himself, accompanied by Sylvia Colenso on the piano.