Dr Wouter Basson is acquitted

Date: 11 Apr 2002
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

South African biological warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson was acquitted by Judge Willie Hartzenberg on forty-six charges of murdering apartheid opponents, conspiracy, drug possession and fraud. During the apartheid era Basson was in the frontline of South Africa's covert chemical - and germ warfare operations against anti-apartheid activists.

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01Pillay, G., (2013), Lawyers want Basson acquitted, from SABC News, 15 November [online], Available at www.sabc.co.za [Accessed: 11 April 2014]
02Child, K., Apartheid demons return to haunt Wouter Basson, [online], Available at mg.co.za [Accessed: 11 April 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Dr Wouter Basson is acquitted. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013518

South African History Online (2011) 'Dr Wouter Basson is acquitted', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013518 (Accessed: 27 July 2026).

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"Dr Wouter Basson is acquitted." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013518. Accessed 27 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Dr Wouter Basson is acquitted." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013518.