(1) Whether the Shell application for the prospecting of Shale gas in the Karoo Basin will have any impact on South Africa’s bid to host the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) in the Northern Cape if approved in its current form; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether her department has put any measures in place to ensure that the Shell application does not affect the South African bid for SKA in any form; if not, why not; if so, what (a) measures and (b) are the further relevant details?