



Space. The final frontier. Above us. Around us. Within us. We have always looked to the stars to discover who we are. A thousand centuries ago in Africa, the Xam Abathwa tribe gathered to share a story. The tale of a girl who dug her hands in the wood ash and threw it into the sky to create the Milky Way. And hidden there, a secret buried among the eternal stars, was a message. An enormous letter in a bottle made of space and time, visible only to those whose hearts were open enough to receive it. When I first heard the story of the girl who made the stars, I wasn’t ready to understand. I still don’t know if I am.
Thank you. I know that you… I know that all of you will face your destinies with bravery and honour. Even those moments to come that will test the strongest among us.