{"id":11822,"date":"2025-11-10T11:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/lifestyle-ent\/salt-celebrates-20-years-of-existence\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:23:03","slug":"salt-celebrates-20-years-of-existence","status":"publish","type":"lifestyle-ent","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/lifestyle-ent\/salt-celebrates-20-years-of-existence\/","title":{"rendered":"SALT celebrates 20 years of existence\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Southern African Large\u00a0Telescope (SALT) turns 20\u00a0today.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">It remains the largest optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere and is responsible for a number of new discoveries, from Black holes to observing a kilonova.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">November is regarded as a major milestone, as SALT celebrates 20 years since its launch since 2005.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">SALT has inspired generations of scientists, students, and visitors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Over the past two decades, SALT has delivered groundbreaking discoveries.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11823,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"featured-post":[192],"class_list":["post-11822","lifestyle-ent","type-lifestyle-ent","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","featured-post-lifestyle-ent","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lifestyle-ent\/11822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lifestyle-ent"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lifestyle-ent"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"featured-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured-post?post=11822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}