Science and Technology minister, Naledi Pandor, says she hopes a decision on the host site for the multi-billion rand Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope will be made at the end of May.

Addressing Parliament during her budget vote speech, Pandor noted that while no decision had been taken on the host country – she was still confident that SA had submitted the winning bid.

“The bidding countries submitted all the required technical information and we are impatiently awaiting the outcome of what we hope will be a final site consideration meeting on 25 May,” Pandor says.