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eventREF E-0013518Revised

11 April 2002

Dr Wouter Basson is acquitted

Dr Wouter Basson is acquitted

Updated
30 Sep 2019
Dr Wouter Basson is acquitted

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.

How we know this

  1. 01Pillay, G., (2013), Lawyers want Basson acquitted, from SABC News, 15 November [online], Available at www.sabc.co.za [Accessed: 11 April 2014]
  2. 02Child, K., Apartheid demons return to haunt Wouter Basson, [online], Available at mg.co.za [Accessed: 11 April 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

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: 15 October 2026).

South African History Online, Dr Wouter Basson is acquitted [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013518, (accessed 15 October 2026).

"Dr Wouter Basson is acquitted." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013518. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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

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