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Africa:
Southern Africa and Australasia to Share SKA
SciDev.Net, 25 May 2012
South Africa and Australia are to share the hosting of world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the SKA Board decided at a meeting in the… Read more »
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South Africa:
South Africa Shares Massive Telescope With Aussies
BuaNews, 25 May 2012
South Africa and Australia are to share the hosting of the most advanced scientific project in the world - the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope. Read more »
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South Africa:
Business Congratulates SKA Team
BuaNews, 28 May 2012
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) on Monday congratulated the Department of Science and Technology and its partners for winning the right to co-host the… Read more »
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South Africa:
Govt Did Excellent Job With SKA, Trade Union Says
SAPA, 25 May 2012
The trade union Uasa congratulated Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor and her team on Friday for securing South Africa as a location for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA)… Read more »
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South Africa:
Zuma Congratulates SKA Team
BuaNews, 27 May 2012
President Jacob Zuma has congratulated the Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor and her team for winning the bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope. Read more »
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South Africa:
Minister 'Happy' With SKA Decision
BuaNews, 25 May 2012
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor says South Africa accepts and is "happy" with the decision to share the hosting of the most advanced scientific project in the world -… Read more »
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Africa:
Australia, South Africa to Share World's Biggest Telescope
SKA Organisation, 25 May 2012
The Members of the SKA Organisation today agreed on a dual site solution for the Square Kilometre Array telescope, a crucial step towards building the world's largest and most… Read more »
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South Africa:
SKA Could Be Announced Tomorrow
BuaNews, 24 May 2012
South Africa is holding its breath as members of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation meet in the Netherlands tomorrow. Read more »
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South Africa:
Telescope May Have to Be Shared
SciDev.Net, 10 April 2012
Speculation is growing that South Africa and Australia may be asked to join forces in building and operating the Square Kilometre Array - the world's most powerful radio telescope… Read more »
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South Africa:
DA Calls for End to SKA Bid Announcement Delays
DA, 4 April 2012
Six years on from the initiation of the project, it was expected that the announcement of the preferred bidder for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope would be made today. Read more »
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South Africa:
International Board to Discuss Radio Telescope Bid
SA Info, 4 April 2012
They've indicated they probably won't be making a decision today. But that won't stop South Africa and Australia-New Zealand from keeping a very close eye on a meeting that was to… Read more »
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Africa:
International Radio Astronomy Project to Benefit Africa
allAfrica, 30 March 2012
Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio astronomy project could be a powerful driver for socio-economic development, South Africa's Minister for Science and… Read more »
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South Africa:
Govt Confident of Hosting Massive Telescope
allAfrica, 29 March 2012
Africa is ready to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), according to South African Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor. Read more »
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South Africa:
SKA Host Decision 'To Be Negotiated'
SA Info, 22 March 2012
South Africa will have to wait to see whether its bid to host the -1.5-billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) has succeeded, as the 4 April meeting of the SKA Organisation member… Read more »
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South Africa:
Pandor Drums Up Support for Square Kilometre Array
BuaNews, 30 March 2012
Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor has rallied South Africans behind the country's bid to host what will be the world's biggest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre… Read more »