In his latest @dailymaverick.co.za op-ed on #ProjectCoast, Senior Adviser @wilmotjames.bsky.social highlights how South Africa has moved from apartheid-era bioterrorism to ranking 1st in Africa for biosecurity. Maintaining momentum needs proactive oversight & urgent lab funding.
Peace-driven science rises from the ashes of apartheid-era bioterrorism
Decades after Project Coast, South Africa has rebuilt its biosecurity around peace. But new global threats demand stronger national and regional governance.…
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November 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
In his latest @dailymaverick.co.za op-ed on #ProjectCoast, Senior Adviser @wilmotjames.bsky.social highlights how South Africa has moved from apartheid-era bioterrorism to ranking 1st in Africa for biosecurity. Maintaining momentum needs proactive oversight & urgent lab funding.
#ProjectCoast was South Africa’s bioweapons program, dismantled in the 90s with minimal oversight.
Our Senior Adviser @wilmotjames.bsky.social highlights why comparing SA’s self-dismantlement to Kazakhstan’s open cleanup is crucial for nonproliferation today.
Our Senior Adviser @wilmotjames.bsky.social highlights why comparing SA’s self-dismantlement to Kazakhstan’s open cleanup is crucial for nonproliferation today.
SA, Kazakhstan reveal sharply contrasting paths to biological weapons dismantlement
South Africa’s apartheid-era Project Coast biological weapons programme was dismantled in the 1990s with limited transparency, external oversight and accountability, leaving unresolved concerns about ...
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October 21, 2026 at 1:26 PM
#ProjectCoast was South Africa’s bioweapons program, dismantled in the 90s with minimal oversight.
Our Senior Adviser @wilmotjames.bsky.social highlights why comparing SA’s self-dismantlement to Kazakhstan’s open cleanup is crucial for nonproliferation today.
Our Senior Adviser @wilmotjames.bsky.social highlights why comparing SA’s self-dismantlement to Kazakhstan’s open cleanup is crucial for nonproliferation today.
#BiologicalWeapons #Disarmament #1972BWC #Kazakhstan #USSR #SouthAfrica #ProjectCoast
SA and Kazakhstan reveal sharply contrasting paths to biological weapons dismantlement
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South Africa established a legal framework through the 1993 Non-Proliferation...
SA and Kazakhstan reveal sharply contrasting paths to biological weapons dismantlement
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South Africa established a legal framework through the 1993 Non-Proliferation...
SA, Kazakhstan reveal sharply contrasting paths to biological weapons dismantlement
South Africa’s apartheid-era Project Coast biological weapons programme was dismantled in the 1990s with limited transparency, external oversight and accountability, leaving unresolved concerns about ...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
October 22, 2026 at 7:52 AM
#BiologicalWeapons #Disarmament #1972BWC #Kazakhstan #USSR #SouthAfrica #ProjectCoast
SA and Kazakhstan reveal sharply contrasting paths to biological weapons dismantlement
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South Africa established a legal framework through the 1993 Non-Proliferation...
SA and Kazakhstan reveal sharply contrasting paths to biological weapons dismantlement
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South Africa established a legal framework through the 1993 Non-Proliferation...
Our Senior Adviser @wilmotjames.bsky.social analyzes the NPA's legal and political missteps under Thabo Mbeki for the trial of Wouter Basson.
30 years after apartheid’s #ProjectCoast, none of the key figures have been held accountable for the deaths.
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30 years after apartheid’s #ProjectCoast, none of the key figures have been held accountable for the deaths.
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How Mbeki’s NPA failed to hold Wouter Basson accountable
In Part Four of our six-part series, legal missteps, political caution, and evidentiary hurdles allowed Project Coast’s mastermind to walk free.…
www.dailymaverick.co.za
October 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Our Senior Adviser @wilmotjames.bsky.social analyzes the NPA's legal and political missteps under Thabo Mbeki for the trial of Wouter Basson.
30 years after apartheid’s #ProjectCoast, none of the key figures have been held accountable for the deaths.
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www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
30 years after apartheid’s #ProjectCoast, none of the key figures have been held accountable for the deaths.
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www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
Part 3 of the @dailymaverick.co.za series co-authored by @wilmotjames.bsky.social discusses FW de Klerk's suspension of Wouter Basson over apartheid’s bioweapons program, #ProjectCoast, and why Mandela rehired him in 1995 to contain dangerous secrets. ⤵️
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De Klerk shocked when Project Coast revealed as apartheid biological weapons programme
In the third of a six-part series, the new South African President FW de Klerk is shocked to learn of the apartheid biological weapons programme and takes action to suspend those involved in what was ...
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October 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Part 3 of the @dailymaverick.co.za series co-authored by @wilmotjames.bsky.social discusses FW de Klerk's suspension of Wouter Basson over apartheid’s bioweapons program, #ProjectCoast, and why Mandela rehired him in 1995 to contain dangerous secrets. ⤵️
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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Part 2 of the @dailymaverick.co.za series co-authored by our @wilmotjames.bsky.social dives further into #ProjectCoast: Examining the front companies like Roodeplaat who built bioweapons under "Dr. Death" Wouter Basson, and why Mandela brought him back to dismantle it.
A biological weapons programme emerges from the dust of World War 2
The second of six parts on the apartheid-era biological programmes that went by the benign name of Project Coast – a covert endeavour representing some of the worst practices in building and dismantli...
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September 30, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Part 2 of the @dailymaverick.co.za series co-authored by our @wilmotjames.bsky.social dives further into #ProjectCoast: Examining the front companies like Roodeplaat who built bioweapons under "Dr. Death" Wouter Basson, and why Mandela brought him back to dismantle it.
From @dailymaverick.co.za: Part 1 of a 6-part op-ed series co-authored by our Senior Adviser @wilmotjames.bsky.social covers #ProjectCoast — Apartheid’s covert biological weapons program.
"Profound lessons can be learnt about how to – and how not to – govern high-consequence programmes."
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"Profound lessons can be learnt about how to – and how not to – govern high-consequence programmes."
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Apartheid’s covert operation that built and dismantled SA’s biological weapons programme
The first of six parts on the biological programmes that went by the benign name of Project Coast – a covert endeavour representing some of the worst practices in building and dismantling a biological...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
September 22, 2026 at 5:21 PM
From @dailymaverick.co.za: Part 1 of a 6-part op-ed series co-authored by our Senior Adviser @wilmotjames.bsky.social covers #ProjectCoast — Apartheid’s covert biological weapons program.
"Profound lessons can be learnt about how to – and how not to – govern high-consequence programmes."
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"Profound lessons can be learnt about how to – and how not to – govern high-consequence programmes."
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#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica
#Apartheid’s covert operation that built and dismantled SA’s biological weapons programme
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On 11 April 1994, the British Ambassador to South Africa Sir Anthony Reeve and US Ambassador ...
#Apartheid’s covert operation that built and dismantled SA’s biological weapons programme
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On 11 April 1994, the British Ambassador to South Africa Sir Anthony Reeve and US Ambassador ...
Apartheid’s covert operation that built and dismantled SA’s biological weapons programme
The first of six parts on the biological programmes that went by the benign name of Project Coast – a covert endeavour representing some of the worst practices in building and dismantling a biological...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
September 22, 2026 at 3:28 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica
#Apartheid’s covert operation that built and dismantled SA’s biological weapons programme
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On 11 April 1994, the British Ambassador to South Africa Sir Anthony Reeve and US Ambassador ...
#Apartheid’s covert operation that built and dismantled SA’s biological weapons programme
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On 11 April 1994, the British Ambassador to South Africa Sir Anthony Reeve and US Ambassador ...
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica #Apartheid
Who is Wouter Basson, the apartheid doctor known as ‘Dr Death’?
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More than three decades after apartheid ended, Basson remains a deeply divisive figure in South Africa.
His criminal ...
Who is Wouter Basson, the apartheid doctor known as ‘Dr Death’?
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More than three decades after apartheid ended, Basson remains a deeply divisive figure in South Africa.
His criminal ...
Wouter Basson: What to know about ‘Dr Death’ and Project Coast | Current Affairs | NOW in SA
Learn about Wouter Basson, Project Coast, his criminal trial and HPCSA case as his planned AfriForum Theatre appearance renews scrutiny.
nowinsa.co.za
September 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica #Apartheid
Who is Wouter Basson, the apartheid doctor known as ‘Dr Death’?
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More than three decades after apartheid ended, Basson remains a deeply divisive figure in South Africa.
His criminal ...
Who is Wouter Basson, the apartheid doctor known as ‘Dr Death’?
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More than three decades after apartheid ended, Basson remains a deeply divisive figure in South Africa.
His criminal ...
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica #Apartheid
AfriForum’s Basson event sparks backlash against March and March
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Basson’s appearance has collided with a much wider argument about South Africa’s unresolved apartheid history, political ...
AfriForum’s Basson event sparks backlash against March and March
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Basson’s appearance has collided with a much wider argument about South Africa’s unresolved apartheid history, political ...
AfriForum’s Wouter Basson event reignites scrutiny | Current Affairs | NOW in SA
See why Wouter Basson’s sold-out AfriForum Theatre event has reignited scrutiny of March and March after its controversial AfriForum meeting.
nowinsa.co.za
September 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica #Apartheid
AfriForum’s Basson event sparks backlash against March and March
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Basson’s appearance has collided with a much wider argument about South Africa’s unresolved apartheid history, political ...
AfriForum’s Basson event sparks backlash against March and March
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Basson’s appearance has collided with a much wider argument about South Africa’s unresolved apartheid history, political ...
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica #Apartheid
WOUTER BASSON MUST TELL DIE VOLK ABOUT HIS MANDRAX ACTIVITIES- WERE APARTHEID SECURITY FORCE LINKS TO GANGSTERS EVER DISMANTLED?
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Among the poisons that Basson manufactured was the ...
WOUTER BASSON MUST TELL DIE VOLK ABOUT HIS MANDRAX ACTIVITIES- WERE APARTHEID SECURITY FORCE LINKS TO GANGSTERS EVER DISMANTLED?
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WOUTER BASSON MUST TELL DIE VOLK ABOUT HIS MANDRAX ACTIVITIES- WERE APARTHEID SECURITY FORCE LINKS TO GANGSTERS EVER DISMANTLED? - For Good
Violent and organised crime in South Africa have skyrocketed since Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings nearly 30 years ago revealed the existence of shadowy relationships between apartheid-er...
forgood.org.za
September 5, 2026 at 9:15 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica #Apartheid
WOUTER BASSON MUST TELL DIE VOLK ABOUT HIS MANDRAX ACTIVITIES- WERE APARTHEID SECURITY FORCE LINKS TO GANGSTERS EVER DISMANTLED?
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Among the poisons that Basson manufactured was the ...
WOUTER BASSON MUST TELL DIE VOLK ABOUT HIS MANDRAX ACTIVITIES- WERE APARTHEID SECURITY FORCE LINKS TO GANGSTERS EVER DISMANTLED?
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Among the poisons that Basson manufactured was the ...
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica #Apartheid
AfriForum's hosting of Wouter Basson disgusting - EFF
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes with disgust the decision by AfriForum to host Wouter Basson for a sold-out event ...
AfriForum's hosting of Wouter Basson disgusting - EFF
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes with disgust the decision by AfriForum to host Wouter Basson for a sold-out event ...
September 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica #Apartheid
AfriForum's hosting of Wouter Basson disgusting - EFF
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes with disgust the decision by AfriForum to host Wouter Basson for a sold-out event ...
AfriForum's hosting of Wouter Basson disgusting - EFF
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) notes with disgust the decision by AfriForum to host Wouter Basson for a sold-out event ...
🌊 Just wrapped up an amazing trip to Santo Antão, Cabo Verde! 🌴 Our team explored the island's vibrant marine ecosystems to assess coral biodiversity 🪸 #MarineBiology #CaboVerde #Corals #Biodiversity #ProjectCOAST
November 18, 2024 at 3:06 PM
🌊 Just wrapped up an amazing trip to Santo Antão, Cabo Verde! 🌴 Our team explored the island's vibrant marine ecosystems to assess coral biodiversity 🪸 #MarineBiology #CaboVerde #Corals #Biodiversity #ProjectCOAST
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica
Wouter Basson could have been charged for atrocities, Rev Frank Chikane tells inquiry
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n 1999, Basson was initially charged with 67 criminal counts, including 229 murders, drug ...
Wouter Basson could have been charged for atrocities, Rev Frank Chikane tells inquiry
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n 1999, Basson was initially charged with 67 criminal counts, including 229 murders, drug ...
Wouter Basson could have been charged for atrocities, Rev Frank Chikane tells inquiry
The Reverend Frank Chikane’s testimony at the Khampepe commission sheds light on the trauma of apartheid-era justice, accusing Dr Wouter Basson of escaping accountability for heinous crimes.…
www.dailymaverick.co.za
May 21, 2026 at 4:27 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica
Wouter Basson could have been charged for atrocities, Rev Frank Chikane tells inquiry
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n 1999, Basson was initially charged with 67 criminal counts, including 229 murders, drug ...
Wouter Basson could have been charged for atrocities, Rev Frank Chikane tells inquiry
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n 1999, Basson was initially charged with 67 criminal counts, including 229 murders, drug ...
#BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #Trial
Dr Delay: Apartheid-era chemical weapons head Wouter Basson to face disciplinary hearing
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Basson is facing four charges related to the production of substances including Mandrax, MDMA (Ecstasy) and tear gas on a...
Dr Delay: Apartheid-era chemical weapons head Wouter Basson to face disciplinary hearing
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Basson is facing four charges related to the production of substances including Mandrax, MDMA (Ecstasy) and tear gas on a...
Dr Delay: Apartheid-era chemical weapons head Wouter Basson to face disciplinary hearing
Teflon cardiologist Dr Wouter Basson, former head of the apartheid government’s secret chemical and biological warfare programme, will face a Health Professions Council of South Africa disciplinary he...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
April 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
#BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #Trial
Dr Delay: Apartheid-era chemical weapons head Wouter Basson to face disciplinary hearing
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Basson is facing four charges related to the production of substances including Mandrax, MDMA (Ecstasy) and tear gas on a...
Dr Delay: Apartheid-era chemical weapons head Wouter Basson to face disciplinary hearing
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Basson is facing four charges related to the production of substances including Mandrax, MDMA (Ecstasy) and tear gas on a...
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica #Trial #Basson
Gauteng High Court denies Dr Basson’s request to halt disciplinary proceedings
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Cape Town cardiologist Dr Wouter Basson, who gained notoriety as the head of a secretive chemical and ...
Gauteng High Court denies Dr Basson’s request to halt disciplinary proceedings
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Cape Town cardiologist Dr Wouter Basson, who gained notoriety as the head of a secretive chemical and ...
Gauteng High Court denies Dr Basson’s request to halt disciplinary proceedings
Dr Wouter Basson, notorious for his role in apartheid's Project Coast, faces ongoing disciplinary proceedings as the Gauteng High Court denies his request for a permanent stay.
dailynews.co.za
April 4, 2026 at 8:58 AM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica #Trial #Basson
Gauteng High Court denies Dr Basson’s request to halt disciplinary proceedings
dailynews.co.za/news/crime-a...
Cape Town cardiologist Dr Wouter Basson, who gained notoriety as the head of a secretive chemical and ...
Gauteng High Court denies Dr Basson’s request to halt disciplinary proceedings
dailynews.co.za/news/crime-a...
Cape Town cardiologist Dr Wouter Basson, who gained notoriety as the head of a secretive chemical and ...
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #Trial #SouthAfrica
Dr Wouter Basson fights back against HPCSA disciplinary action
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DR Wouter Basson, who gained notoriety as the head of a secretive chemical and biological warfare programme during apartheid, ...
Dr Wouter Basson fights back against HPCSA disciplinary action
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DR Wouter Basson, who gained notoriety as the head of a secretive chemical and biological warfare programme during apartheid, ...
Dr Wouter Basson fights back against HPCSA disciplinary action
Dr Wouter Basson, infamous for his role in apartheid's Project Coast, is challenging the HPCSA's disciplinary proceedings in court, arguing that the lengthy delays and historical context of the allega...
sundaytribune.co.za
February 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #Trial #SouthAfrica
Dr Wouter Basson fights back against HPCSA disciplinary action
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DR Wouter Basson, who gained notoriety as the head of a secretive chemical and biological warfare programme during apartheid, ...
Dr Wouter Basson fights back against HPCSA disciplinary action
sundaytribune.co.za/news/2026-02...
DR Wouter Basson, who gained notoriety as the head of a secretive chemical and biological warfare programme during apartheid, ...
#BiologicalWeapons #SouthAfrica #ProjectCoast #Trial
HPCSA blames Dr Death for case delay
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Dr Wouter Basson is responsible for the delay in professional misconduct proceedings against him, according to the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA), which ...
HPCSA blames Dr Death for case delay
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Dr Wouter Basson is responsible for the delay in professional misconduct proceedings against him, according to the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA), which ...
August 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
#BiologicalWeapons #SouthAfrica #ProjectCoast #Trial
HPCSA blames Dr Death for case delay
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Dr Wouter Basson is responsible for the delay in professional misconduct proceedings against him, according to the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA), which ...
HPCSA blames Dr Death for case delay
www.medicalbrief.co.za/hpcsa-blames...
Dr Wouter Basson is responsible for the delay in professional misconduct proceedings against him, according to the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA), which ...
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica #Ethics
Wouter #Basson turns to court to halt HPCSA disciplinary proceedings
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Dr Wouter Basson, infamously known as "Dr Death" for his role as the head of a top-secret chemical and biological warfare ...
Wouter #Basson turns to court to halt HPCSA disciplinary proceedings
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Dr Wouter Basson, infamously known as "Dr Death" for his role as the head of a top-secret chemical and biological warfare ...
Wouter Basson turns to court to halt HPCSA disciplinary proceedings
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is set to resume long-overdue disciplinary proceedings against Dr Wouter Basson, known as 'Dr Death', following a parliamentary inquiry.
capetimes.co.za
June 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #ProjectCoast #SouthAfrica #Ethics
Wouter #Basson turns to court to halt HPCSA disciplinary proceedings
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Dr Wouter Basson, infamously known as "Dr Death" for his role as the head of a top-secret chemical and biological warfare ...
Wouter #Basson turns to court to halt HPCSA disciplinary proceedings
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Dr Wouter Basson, infamously known as "Dr Death" for his role as the head of a top-secret chemical and biological warfare ...
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #SouthAfrica #ProjectCoast
“They never appear on TV and if they have, I might have missed that moment.” How publics in South Africa and Germany view visible scientists
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Several South Africans thought ...
“They never appear on TV and if they have, I might have missed that moment.” How publics in South Africa and Germany view visible scientists
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Several South Africans thought ...
New survey explores what people in South Africa expect of publicly visible scientists
Whether it's an astronomical discovery, news of a previously undiscovered disease or a major report about climate change, science is often making headlines.
phys.org
March 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#ChemicalWeapons #BiologicalWeapons #SouthAfrica #ProjectCoast
“They never appear on TV and if they have, I might have missed that moment.” How publics in South Africa and Germany view visible scientists
phys.org/news/2025-03...
[ #OpSource - PDF available]
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Several South Africans thought ...
“They never appear on TV and if they have, I might have missed that moment.” How publics in South Africa and Germany view visible scientists
phys.org/news/2025-03...
[ #OpSource - PDF available]
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Several South Africans thought ...