Apartheid demons return to haunt wouter basson the mail. Colourful pictures adorn the walls of his rooms in durbanville, cape town. Basson on trial at the truth and reconciliation commission. Dr wouter basson risks losing his medical licence should a health professions council south africa hpcsa hearing find him guilty of unethical or unprofessional conduct relating to. Wouter basson, charged by the health professions council with breaches of medical ethics as head of the apartheid governments biological. A motivational talk, ran the blurb on the website of the kelvin grove club. Wouter has 96 books on goodreads, and is currently reading zero to one.
Basson wins challenge on professors deciding his sentence. He is regularly compared by the local press, never very persuasively, to josef mengele. South africas dr death turns motivational speaker world news. Death by the press for his alleged actions in apartheid south africa, basson was acquitted in 2002 of 67 charges, after having been suspended. There was an unexpected twist at the sentence proceedings on monday of dr wouter basson the man who was at the helm of the apartheid. This past friday apartheidera chemical warfare expert dr wouter basson lost his bid to have his guilty verdict by the health professions council of south africa hpcsa set. Death wouter basson was found guilty of unprofessional conduct for his use of biological weapons during the apartheid era. Basson has a pleasant smile and a surprisingly loose handshake. Wouter basson born july 6, 1950 is a south african cardiologist and former head of the countrys secret chemical and biological warfare project, project coast, during the apartheid era. Dr wouter basson cardiologist durbanville, cape town. July 1998 archive footage of dr wouter basson giving testimony at the truth and reconciliation commission in the late 1990s.
On friday, dr wouter basson was at his operating table in pretoria academic hospital, cleaning globules of fat from the heart canals of some. Reporting from johannesburg, south africa in south africa, they call him dr. Wouter basson, and the various apartheidera clandestine weapons programs he oversaw as leader of project. Wouter basson and south africas chemical and biological. Wouter basson and south africas chemical and biological warfare programme gould, chandre, burger, marlene on. The book, which contains a preface by archbishop desmond tutu, makes a. Wouter basson born 6 july 1950 is a south african cardiologist and former head of the countrys secret chemical and biological warfare project, project coast, during the apartheid era. Wouter basson and south africas chemical and biological warfare programme kindle edition by burger, marlene. Notes on startups, or how to build the future by peter thiel, the art of logic. His book barbarian days won the 2016 pulitzer prize for biography.
Wouter basson ran the apartheidera regimes germ and chemical warfare program, project coast. The man dubbed as south africas dr death, wouter basson, is convicted of unprofessional conduct by the countrys health council. Wouter basson, the head of the south african apartheid regimes topsecret chemical and biologicalwarfare program. South african doctor found guilty of creating drugs. Nicknamed dr death for his alleged actions in apartheid south africa, basson. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. He is charged with manufacturing dangerous drugs, some of which allegedly were used on activists. Wouter basson led a secret biochemical weapons program to eradicate the countrys black population and got away with it.
The trial of biological warfare expert dr wouter basson took an unexpected turn yesterday when a supposed ace police witness confessed he sympathised with basson. Born on 6 july 1950, wouter basson is a south african cardiologist, practicing in the northern. I was like a scientist working on a cure for aids says. South africas dr death basson found guilty of misconduct. It is a warm autumn day in cape town but inside dr wouter bassons consulting rooms it is chilly. Basson was testifying about his former role as the head of the. Wouter basson, and the various apartheidera clandestine weapons programs he oversaw as leader of project coast. Born on 6 july 1950, wouter basson is a south african cardiologist, practicing in the northern suburbs of cape town and former head of the. Apartheids most notorious doctor, wouter basson, has compared his leading role in south africas chemical warfare programme which earned him the title dr death in some quarters. Wouter basson, verdacht van medische experimenten op.
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