(1) What are the details of the MeerKat’s realignment with the design requirements of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) that has prompted the rescheduling of the budgeted costs of the project; (2) whether the SKAs requirements changed since MeerKAT was designed as a demonstrator telescope; if not, why not; if so, who prompted these design changes; (3) whether these design changes affect the involvement of other African countries in our bid; if not, why not; if so, in what way does it affect their involvement; (4) whether these design changes are also applicable to the Australian bid for SKA; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (5) (a) how will these changes influence South Africa’s chances to gain the competitive edge over Australia and (b) what is the revised operational target date for MeerKAT?