The MeerLICHT telescope was lifted into its dome on 7 July 2017. This marks the start of the installation of MeerLICHT at the Sutherland station of the South African Astronomy Observatory. Over the coming month, a group of people from ASTRON, Radboud University, the University of Groningen and the University of Cape Town will be installing the telescope and its camera, and test out the alignment of the optics of the telescope.