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Dr. Wouter Basson, Pretoria, 2000

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Wouter Basson, Pretoria, 2000. Basson, an ex-South African Army Brigadier, was founder and head of 'Project Coast', the Army's secret biological and chemical warfare programme between 1981 and 1993. Nicknamed 'Dr. Death', he went to trial in Pretoria 1999, charged with sixty-one counts of murder, conspiracy to murder, possession of addictive drugs, and fraud. He refused to apply for amnesty, but was called to give evidence to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)'s enquiry into biological and chemical warfare.

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Title
Dr. Wouter Basson, Pretoria, 2000
Creator
Edelstein, Jillian
Subject
Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Basson, Wouter, 1950-, Truth and Lies
Description
Wouter Basson, Pretoria, 2000. Basson, an ex-South African Army Brigadier, was founder and head of 'Project Coast', the Army's secret biological and chemical warfare programme between 1981 and 1993. Nicknamed 'Dr. Death', he went to trial in Pretoria 1999, charged with sixty-one counts of murder, conspiracy to murder, possession of addictive drugs, and fraud. He refused to apply for amnesty, but was called to give evidence to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)'s enquiry into biological and chemical warfare.
Publisher
University of Cape Town. Libraries
Contributor
Date
2000-11-00
Type
StillImage
Format
portrait photographs, documentary photographs, black-and-white photographs
Identifier
islandora:759
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Language
Relation
Coverage
South Africa--Gauteng--Pretoria
Rights
Copyright held by the photographer, Jillian Edelstein. Please contact the Special Collections at the University of Cape Town Libraries for further information about using and/or publishing this photograph.

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