SARAO is a National Facility managed by the National Research Foundation and incorporates radio astronomy instruments and programmes such as the MeerKAT and KAT-7 telescopes in the Karoo, the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) in Gauteng, the African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network (AVN) programme in nine African countries, as well as the associated human capital development and commercialisation endeavours.
SARAO i Xitirhisiwa xa Rixaka lexi fambisiwaka hi Nhlangano wa Ndzavisiso wa Rixaka (National Research Foundation) naswona wu katsa switirhisiwa swa muxaka wa rhadiyo wa tidyondzo ta swa tinyeleti na minongonoko ku fana na titheleskopu leti vuriwaka MeerKAT na KAT-7 eKaroo, Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) eGauteng, nongonoko wa African Very Long Baseline Interferometry (AVN) eka kaye wa matiko ya Afrika, xikan'we na nhluvukiso wa vumunhu na matshalatshala ya swa mabindzu.