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PODCAST: Examining Dr Death
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?
Horrors hidden in plain sight
A deliberately dense exhibition reveals the ghastly underbelly of Wouter Basson’s Project Coast.
Basson recusal application fails
The petition in question was initiated by the People's Health Movement, not the South African Medical Association or the Rural Doctors Association.
Basson launches bid to force committee recusal
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.
Judgement reserved in urgent application sought by Basson’s lawyers
Wouter Basson’s lawyer, Jaap Cilliers, said that his client "wouldn't have been a doctor by now" had he not brought the application.
Dr Death outfoxes his pursuers
After 14 years of delays, the Health Professions Council should have seen what was coming in the Wouter Basson case.
Basson case on hold due to high court application
Wouter Basson's sentencing hearings are on hold until the high court rules on his interdict application on Thursday.
Wouter Basson subordinated the role of doctor for that of ‘soldier’
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.
Basson sentencing off to a rocky start
The sentencing of private cardiologist Wouter Basson guilty of unprofessional conduct as head doctor during apartheid is off to a contentious start.
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