According to an article today by John Yeld in the South African newspaper, The Star -
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Originally Posted by John Yeld, The Star
Science and Technology Director-General Phil Mjwara, who represents SA on both SKA boards and as a general member, explained that Australia and New Zealand had raised five areas of concern after the SKA site advisory committee made its recommendation in February, and after it had been endorsed by the SKA siting group.
Three of these outstanding issues had been satisfactorily resolved between the board and the committees, but two had remained on the table and were to be discussed yesterday.
Mjwara said he believed the members could resolve these issues. “If our optimism is correct… then the board will probably discuss how to make the announcement (of the winning site today).”
But SKA SA director Bernie Fanaroff, who is also a SKA organisation board member, said members had a direct interest in how the telescope would be operated, and that this involved significantly more than just the site selection.
Also, another four countries had indicated they intended signing up within the next few months, and had been invited to today’s board meeting.
“So I suspect that the discussion will go on a bit (beyond today) about how to make this an inclusive process".
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Article here -
http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/ska-wo...ndor-1.1269977