Work on world’s largest telescope under way in SA

Karoo to benefit for the next 50 years from foreign investment

Construction of Africa's largest science experiment, known as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) — a telescope, which comprises two giant telescopes made up of more than 130,000 antennas and 200 satellite dishes at observatories in Australia and SA — is officially under way, with 2028 as the completion date...

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