Getting the South African oral history project online

The project captures the lives, experiences, and wisdom of astronomers, technicians, and other contributors connected to astronomy in South Africa. In 2019 South Africa celebrated 200 years of Modern Astronomy; because in 1819 was the establishment of the Royal observatory of the Cape of Good Hope. Since 2000, South Africa has heavily invested in big ticket observatories, and today that generation of Astronomers are in their twilight years. Therefore the community recognized the need to preserve some of the knowledge and contributions of those astronomers as well the current generation, as part of the 200 year anniversary celebration, hence the oral history project.