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South Africa's Parliament passed the
Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act of
2007, which declares the Northern Cape
Province as an astronomy advantage area.
An area of 12.5 million hectares around the
proposed core of the SKA will be protected
as a radio astronomy reserve, with strict
regulations controlling the generation and
transmission of interfering radio signals in
the reserve and the area around it.
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South Africa's new Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act protects 12.5 million hectares in the Northern Cape as a radio astronomy reserve to ensure the future of radio astronomy in the region.
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