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Car Talk with Jacob Moshokoa · 4 July 2026 · 8m
Speaker 1: It is car Talk on Cape Talk. My name is Jacob Mushaqua. Now this conversation Speaker 1: sort of goes back a few months ago. We introduced and spoke a little about Speaker 1: the Sasal Solar Challenge, And if you don't know what that is, it's a bi Speaker 1: annual competition that strives to be the ultimate test of technology and innovation. Local and Speaker 1: international teams conceptualized, design and build solar power vehicles to drive across South Africa in Speaker 1: an eight day event while competing against each other, demonstrating and showcasing their design, manufacturing Speaker 1: and strategy skills. Now what I did was I went a little further. I did Speaker 1: some digging and then I realized somebody I know actually participated in the last Sasol Speaker 1: Solar Challenge and is going to be participating in the next one. His name is Speaker 1: Seedi saw Claka said he saw a very good evening to you and welcome to Speaker 1: kar Talk. Speaker 2: Sir. Speaker 1: Thank you tell me something. How did you get involved with SASIL Solar Challenge. Let's Speaker 1: start there. Speaker 2: Well, it started when I was at you Ji, so the solar car being built Speaker 2: when I was there and I was interestingly, I was studying it there and I Speaker 2: passed by the engineering building and I saw the learners working on that. I was Speaker 2: like, oh, I'm interested in this, and they said, yeah, you could come through, you Speaker 2: can join us, and then I joined them as the solar car driver, and that's Speaker 2: when we participated in the twenty sixteen Solar Challenge, and then the bug bit from
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