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region in which the SKA is to be located has a shortage of qualified teachers for mathematics and science. To overcome this problem and to supply the project with future skilled South
African scientists, engineers and artisans Fanaroff and his colleagues established an artisan training centre in the
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After completing his PhD, Fanaroff returned to South Africa and lectured in
Astronomy at WITS for two years. He resigned from the university at the end of 1976 to work as an organizer for the Metal and Allied Workers Union. He served as an organiser of MAWU, which later amalgamated with other unions
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Karoo and instituted a programme to bring qualified teachers to the local schools, as part of a much larger Human
Capital Development programme to train students from South Africa and the rest of Africa from undergraduate to post-doctoral level.
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Project Director of South Africa's Square Kilometre Array (SKA) bid, a position he held until his retirement in 2015, although he still continued on in an advisory capacity. Early on Fanaroff realised that the
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for "exceptional contributions to radio astronomy and his unparalleled leadership through public service..." and in particular for his work with the South
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to become the
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and served NUMSA as a national secretary from 1987 to 1994. He joined the government as a Deputy Director-General in the Office of President
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