Senamile Masango dreamed of being the first African woman in space. That dream is still on track as she obtains her Master's in Nuclear Physics - cum laude.
Cape Town - The sky has been the limit for Senamile Masango from a young age, when she dreamed of being the first African woman in space. That dream is still on track as she obtains her Master's degree in Nuclear Physics - cum laude - from the University of the Western Cape this week.
After Sindisiwe’s passing, she needed a change of environment to deal with the hurt. Senamile relocated to Cape Town and threw herself into her studies. Her exploration of nuclear science began at the University of Zululand. By the time she started her studies at UWC, she already held an Honours degree in Physics from her former university.
“I always wanted to make history, and I wanted to be the first African to travel to space,” she recalls. “I was so hurt when Mark Shuttleworth beat me to it,” she jokes.“My late father, Dr M J Masango, is one of them. Nine years after his passing I still live by his teachings. He grew up in the apartheid era in a poor family without a father, but that didn’t stop him from achieving his dreams.”
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