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By Atilla Kisla
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, a programme that included Project Coast, where research into so-called “infertility vaccines” for black women and into traceless posions, among other things, was conducted.
This week, Basson again made headline news when it was (re)discovered that he remains listed on the website of private hospital group Mediclinic as a specialist in cardiology. An outcry on social media was further amplified by Mediclinic’s reaction on Twitter, which mentioned Basson’s license to practice was valid. While Basson’s engagement with Mediclinic is ethically highly questionable, we have to ask whether we should be surprised. The relationship between Basson and Mediclinic is long-standing and was already reported on in 2018. Could it be that parts of the South African society were oblivious to the fact that many perpetrators from the apartheid-era were never prosecuted? Or is the outcry symptomatic of an underlying issue in prosecuting such crimes? A closer look at the Basson case and the most recent apartheid-era crime prosecution – the case of Joao Rodrigues (Rodrigues) – provide further clarification.

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