Imraan Coovadia’s new book examines how poison has shaped political affairs in Southern Africa
The body should overcome its reluctance to classify atrocities as crimes against humanity, as the cases of Joao Rodrigues and Wouter Basson demonstrate
How did a man who headed the apartheid-era chemical and biological warfare program Project Coast manage to stay in business in post-apartheid SA?
A deliberately dense exhibition reveals the ghastly underbelly of Wouter Basson’s Project Coast.
The petition in question was initiated by the People’s Health Movement, not the South African Medical Association or the Rural Doctors Association.
Citing a conflict of interests and an inability to be impartial, "Dr Death" wants the committee conducting the inquiry into his conduct to step down.
Wouter Basson’s lawyer, Jaap Cilliers, said that his client "wouldn’t have been a doctor by now" had he not brought the application.
After 14 years of delays, the Health Professions Council should have seen what was coming in the Wouter Basson case.
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/ 21 January 2015
Wouter Basson’s sentencing hearings are on hold until the high court rules on his interdict application on Thursday.
On the second day of the trial, Wouter Basson’s lawyer went for the kill, while a witness said Basson’s actions cannot go unpunished.
The sentencing of private cardiologist Wouter Basson guilty of unprofessional conduct as head doctor during apartheid is off to a contentious start.
The much-anticipated sanctioning of Wouter Basson has still not happened, 13 years later.
The HPCSA has announced that the sentencing of "Doctor Death", the former head of the apartheid government’s chemical programme, has been postponed.
Former MK fighter Sibongiseni Dhlomo says AfriForum’s ignorant bid to tar him as another Wouter Basson is racist.
One M&G reader accuses Andile Mngxitama of black apartheid. Another appeals for the release of a US political prisoner.
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/ 18 December 2013
Family members of victims of Wouter Basson have expressed relief that the apartheid-era doctor has been found guilty after a six-year trial.
The Health Professions Council of South Africa has found apartheid-era chemical warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson guilty of professional misconduct.
After a six-year hearing, judgment will finally be delivered on the conduct of apartheid-era chemical warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson.
Punishing Dr Death is pointless, as he was only a foot soldier of the ubiquitous white supremacism, writes Andile Mngxitama.
The ANC government is punishing black people through e-tolling, says one reader. Another says Dr Death saved her life.
Families of Wouter Basson’s victims want the contraversial doctor to ask for their forgiveness.
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/ 22 November 2013
Wouter Basson, one of SA’s controversial apartheid-era figures, may be banned from practising medicine, but cardiology would suffer, say patients.
The HPCSA will rule on Wouter Basson’s fate on December 18 after a five-year long inquiry into his actions during apartheid.
Wouter Basson’s lawyer says it is important to not view the case into the apartheid chemical warfare programme with an "armchair approach".
The Health Professions Council of South Africa’s hearing into the conduct of Dr Wouter Basson is set to resume on Friday.
There was nothing unfair about delays in a hearing into the professional conduct of Dr Wouter Basson, says the Health Professions Council of SA.
A former SA Defence Force surgeon general has refused to divulge details of meetings and discussions he had with former president Nelson Mandela.
TRC evidence has been brought before Wouter Basson’s unethical conduct hearing at the Health Professions Council of South Africa.
By steering clear of procedural landmines, the HPCSA may become the first tribunal to rule on whether a doctor can do ill for the greater good.
Wouter Basson has been acquitted of any crime; now it’s up to his peers to hold him to account.
Wouter Basson’s attorney has been firm: "There is no mention of any ‘victims’ on Wouter Basson’s charge sheet"
Former surgeon general Niel Knobel is expected to testify on behalf of cardiologist Wouter Basson when his ethical conduct hearing resumes in July.