South Africa: The Sky Is No Limit for Young Limpopo Astrophysicist

13 December 2018

Growing up in a village in Limpopo, Isabella Rammala's dream of emulating entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth - the first South African to travel to space - was questioned by those who surrounded her.

Rammala, who comes from Ga-Molepo near Polokwane - where residents are dependent on subsistence farming to make a living - rose above the environment she came from, and her questions while gazing at the beautiful stars in the sky grew into a passion for astronomical research.

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