Dr Death
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Horrors hidden in plain sight
A deliberately dense exhibition reveals the ghastly underbelly of Wouter Basson’s Project Coast.
Atlanta’s finest, ‘Poisoned Pasts’ and December tunes are on our lists this week
The Lists this week were compiled by Friday editor Milisuthando Bongela and senior arts writer Kwanele Sosibo.
Dr Death’s high court challenge dismissed
Wouter Basson, who headed the apartheid government’s secret chemical and biological warfare project, has failed in his challenge against the HPCSA.
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.
‘Doctor Death’ and team walk out of HPCSA hearing
Wouter Basson and his legal team walked out of his sentencing hearing to file an urgent interdict at the high court in Pretoria.
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.
Analysis: Tempers flare at Dr Death hearing
A move to ban Wouter Basson from medicine has been met with a tongue-lashing from his lawyer.
How long do we have to wait for Dr Death to be punished?
The much-anticipated sanctioning of Wouter Basson has still not happened, 13 years later.
Letters to the editor: February 7 to 13 2014
Readers share their thoughts on the recent headline-grabbing kerfuffle between DA leader Helen Zille and Agang SA’s Mamphela Ramphele.
Basson guilty of professional misconduct
The Health Professions Council of South Africa has found apartheid-era chemical warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson guilty of professional misconduct.
Letters to the editor: November 29 to December 5 2013
The ANC government is punishing black people through e-tolling, says one reader. Another says Dr Death saved her life.
Why did he do those terrible things?
Families of Wouter Basson’s victims want the contraversial doctor to ask for their forgiveness.
Dr Death close to patients’ hearts
Wouter Basson, one of SA’s controversial apartheid-era figures, may be banned from practising medicine, but cardiology would suffer, say patients.
The return of Dr Death
<em>Anthrax War</em> is Bob Coen’s engrossing voyage of discovery into the dark world of chemical and biological warfare.