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Recent Karoo NewsShale Gas Unlikely To Be as Clean Or As Cheap As Expected - Fri, 28 Mar 2014
Shale gas is not the "game changer"? South Africa hoped it would be, said operations director for Treasure Karoo Action Group Jeanie Le Roux on Friday. She was responding to research released by the Department of Environmental Affairs on Wednesday. According to the research, only under certain ideal circumstances would shale gas be cleaner than ["?]
Govt gives go-ahead for Karoo fracking - Sun, 23 Mar 2014
The South African government has given the green light for shale gas exploration in the Karoo and elsewhere "? a move seen by the state as a possible "game changer"? for the economy, says a report.        
First MeerKAT Telescope Launched - Fri, 28 Mar 2014
The first of the 64 antennas of the MeerKAT telescope, the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, and a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), has been completed outside Carnarvon, in the Karoo. Standing 19.5m tall and weighing 42 tons, the new MeerKAT antenna towers above the antennas of the ["?]
SKA Project Will Change Perceptions of Africa - Wed, 26 Mar 2014
The cutting technology of the Square Kilometre Array project (SKA) will change perceptions of Africa, said Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom at the first Ministerial Meeting of the SKA African Partner Countries. This meeting was ahead of Thursday's launch of the MeerKAT antenna in Carnarvon in the Karoo. "With SKA, things will definitely change. ["?]
First of 64 General Dynamics-built MeerKAT Radio Telescope Antennas 'Stands-up' in South Africa - Thu, 27 Mar 2014
NEWTON, N.C., March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies and Stratosat Datacom (Pty) Ltd., a South African company, have completed the installation of the first of 64 MeerKAT radio telescope antennas that will form the MeerKAT telescope array. The array is located in South Africa's Karoo region and will be a technologically advanced radio telescope designed to locate ...