the production of deadly drugs and other substances to be used against “enemies” of the apartheid state;
providing substances to tranquilise victims of cross-border kidnapping; and
providing cyanide-filled suicide capsules for members of special units.
In 1998, Basson appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to testify about Project Coast. The scientists allegedly researched ways to poison anti-apartheid leaders, sterilise black South Africans and contaminate the water supply with cholera.
News that Basson was "working at Mediclinic" sent many social media users into a frenzy.
However, Mediclinic said: “By law, doctors are independent practitioners and cannot be employed by Mediclinic Southern Africa. We cannot prohibit HPCSA-registered doctors, including Dr Basson, from practising unless they are prevented by law from doing so.”