SumbandilaSAT wins the day

SumbandilaSAT is the name of South Africa’s new low earth orbiting satellite that will be launched into space from a submarine in Russia early in 2007.

Meaning ‘Show the way’ in tshiVenda, SumbandilaSAT was the choice of:

Beki Boneni (grade 12) of Isilimela High School in Langa, Cape Town;

Siyanda Ngidi (grade 9) of Brettonwood High in Durban; and

Ofentse Khutwane (grade 7) of Laerskool Rachel de Beer in Pretoria.