Eavesdropping on the sky: The backstory of MeerKAT and SKA

An article written by Julienne Du Toit for The Daily Maverick.

The story of how a shy radio astronomer from the Eastern Cape came to be a central character in building of one of the world’s most sensitive scientific instruments involves a series of unlikely events, a startling amount of beer and popcorn, and a team fuelled by the stubborn conviction that South Africa could pull it off.