{"id":93355,"date":"2013-12-10T09:09:24","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T07:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=93355"},"modified":"2013-12-10T09:57:24","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T07:57:24","slug":"ska-considering-changing-its-governance-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/93355-ska-considering-changing-its-governance-structure.html","title":{"rendered":"SKA considering changing its governance structure"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA<\/a>) organisation is considering changing its governance structure to a treaty organisation because of tax, Business Day newspaper reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The organisation, comprising the countries that are financing the world’s biggest radio telescope, is currently a corporation.<\/p>\n

The newspaper reported the move would demand firmer financial commitments from member countries and give the project diplomatic privileges.<\/p>\n

“It’s essential because funders say they are not prepared to pay VAT,” SKA SA director Bernie Fanaroff<\/a> told the newspaper.<\/p>\n

Such privileges would “open borders” for people and equipment, and enable the organisation to write its own tender rules for procuring goods and services, he said.<\/p>\n

The science and technology department’s representative at the European Union<\/a>, Daan du Toit<\/a>, said a reason for SKA funding countries to support the move to a treaty organisation was that diplomatic privileges would remove tax on SKA officials and equipment.<\/p>\n

“The rationale is that countries funding the SKA don’t necessarily want to contribute to another country’s tax regime,” Du Toit reportedly said.<\/p>\n

More on the SKA<\/h3>\n

SKA: Promise still lies in the stars<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

SKA telescope benefits for SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

SKA science truly revolutionary<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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