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Artist Kim Berman stands in front of her image entitled “Atonement”.

Kim Berman’s fire sermon

The artist’s latest exhibition, spanning 40 years, celebrates ‘the victory of memory over forgetting’

Author Imraan Coovadia says he’s realised that ethnic identities are constituted by a kind of corrupt storytelling. (Photo: David Harrison)

Imraan Coovadia on ‘The Poisoners’ and keeping science honest

Imraan Coovadia’s new book examines how poison has shaped political affairs in Southern Africa

Wouter Basson  is most notorious in South Africa and across the world for his leadership role in the chemical and biological warfare programme of the apartheid system.

The recently renewed NPA should show its teeth

The body should overcome its reluctance to classify atrocities as crimes against humanity, as the cases of Joao Rodrigues and Wouter Basson demonstrate

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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?

‘The National Water Act automatically suspends a mining company’s water-use licence when an appeal is submitted but empowers the minister to lift the suspension at her discretion

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.

Salie Joubert

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.

Wouter Basson  is most notorious in South Africa and across the world for his leadership role in the chemical and biological warfare programme of the apartheid system.

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.

Wouter Basson and advocate Jaap Cilliers have delayed procedures once more.

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  is most notorious in South Africa and across the world for his leadership role in the chemical and biological warfare programme of the apartheid system.

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.

The high court hearing of aparthied-era biological project head Wouter Basson has been postponed.

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.

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.

Wouter Basson’s sentencing postponed again

The HPCSA has announced that the sentencing of "Doctor Death", the former head of the apartheid government’s chemical programme, has been postponed.

KZN health MEC is no Dr Death

Former MK fighter Sibongiseni Dhlomo says AfriForum’s ignorant bid to tar him as another Wouter Basson is racist.

The Economic Freedom Front’s  Andile Mngxitama.

Letters to the editor: January 3 to 9 2014

One M&G reader accuses Andile Mngxitama of black apartheid. Another appeals for the release of a US political prisoner.

Truth has prevailed, says Basson victim’s wife

Family members of victims of Wouter Basson have expressed relief that the apartheid-era doctor has been found guilty after a six-year trial.

Salie Joubert

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.

Apartheid-era chemical warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson.

Wouter Basson judgment due

After a six-year hearing, judgment will finally be delivered on the conduct of apartheid-era chemical warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson.

Wouter Basson smiles during a break in the Truth and Reconciliation hearings in 1998.

Don’t blame Basson – he was only part of apartheid’s food chain

Punishing Dr Death is pointless, as he was only a foot soldier of the ubiquitous white supremacism, writes Andile Mngxitama.