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SA signs Nuclear Treaty

Date
10 Jul 1991
Updated
30 Sep 2019
SA signs Nuclear Treaty

Foreign Minister R.F. (Pik) Botha signed accession to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) on behalf of South Africa. This opened South Africa's nuclear facilities for inspection. South Africa became the first nation in history to ever rollback its nuclear capability. Nuclear rollback occurs when a nation voluntarily achieves one or more of the following: eliminates its nuclear weapons, relinquishes at least some of the technical means to acquire nuclear weapons, or accepts a control regime to prevent it from going nuclear. The nuclear safeguards agreement entered into force on 16 September 1991.

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  1. 01Country Profile, South Africa,(2013),Nuclear, February[online],Available at www.nti.org [Accessed:9 July 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). SA signs Nuclear Treaty. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012970

South African History Online (2011) 'SA signs Nuclear Treaty', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012970 (Accessed: 8 August 2026).

South African History Online, SA signs Nuclear Treaty [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012970, (accessed 8 August 2026).

"SA signs Nuclear Treaty." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012970. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "SA signs Nuclear Treaty." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012970.

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