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Title:South Africa's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme: A Historical and International Perspective
Authors:Purkitt, Helen E.ISNI
Burgess, StephenISNI
Year:2002
Periodical:Journal of Southern African Studies
Volume:28
Issue:2
Period:June
Pages:229-253
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:international politics
biological weapons
chemical weapons
Military, Defense and Arms
Politics and Government
History and Exploration
Drought and Desertification
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/823383
Abstract:South Africa's chemical and biological warfare (CBW) programme, Project Coast, was a covert weapons of mass destruction programme sponsored by the former apartheid regime. While the evolution and dismantling of South Africa's nuclear programme was widely discussed, details about Project Coast programmes are still emerging. The primary published accounts to date are the testimonies and evidence presented at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 1997 and 1998 and the criminal trial of the programme's director, Dr. Wouter Basson, from 2000 until April 2002. This article identifies the historical roots and factors that influenced the evolution of the programme. It also describes some of the complex international linkages that developed under the auspices of Project Coast. The article is based on published documents, official and off-the-record interviews with officials and researchers in the United States and South Africa. Notes, ref., sum.
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