Wouter Basson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wouter Basson
Occupation	Cardiologist
Date Of Birth	Jul 6, 1950(1950-07-06)
Age	74
Birthplace	South Africa
Country	South Africa
Horoscope	Cancer

Wouter Basson Biography

Wouter Basson is one of the most popular and richest Cardiologist who was born on July 6, 1950 in South Africa, South Africa.

In the 1980s Basson and the project were allegedly involved with attacks and assassinations against members of anti-apartheid movements. Leaders in South Africa, Angola and Namibia also claimed that the more dangerous chemicals were used for crowd control in the country, although the government claimed otherwise and claimed that chemical weapons were used against South African troops. Basson provided the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB) with lethal chemicals to be used against prominent anti-apartheid activists. Basson continued to travel all over the world to gather information about chemical and biological warfare programs and set up other shell and paper companies as additional front companies, possibly for money laundering.

Much of what Basson was working on is still secret. It is known that in 1981, when he was working as a personal physician to state president P. W. Botha, the country’s Surgeon-General hired Basson to work for and form 7 Medical Battalion Group, a specialist unit of the South African Military Health Service. His job was to collect information about other countries’ chemical and biological warfare capabilities under the name Project Coast. After his preliminary report, Basson became the head project officer and began to work on the country’s chemical and biological weapons capability. He recruited about 200 researchers from around the world and received annual funds equivalent to $10 million. In 1982, Basson is alleged to have arranged the killing of 200 SWAPO prisoners in Operation Duel.

Wouter Basson Net Worth

Wouter Basson is one of the richest Cardiologist from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wouter Basson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Wouter Basson (born 6 July 1950) is a South African cardiologist and former head of the country’s secret chemical and biological warfare project, Project Coast, during the apartheid era. Nicknamed “Dr. Death” by the press for his alleged actions in apartheid South Africa, Basson was acquitted in 2002 of 67 charges, after having been suspended from his military post with full pay in 1999.

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At the same time, the Office for Serious Economic Offences, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Gauteng Attorney-General’s Special Investigation Team investigated Basson’s affairs. Conflict of interest slowed down the Commission investigation but the TRC gained more information from OSEO. Basson appeared before the TRC on 31 July 1998 and gave evidence for 12 hours. While his lawyers constantly interrupted the questioning with legal technicalities, the Commission determined that Basson had been the primary decision maker in Project Coast and should be put on trial.

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Sid Ranked on the list of most popular Cardiologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Wouter Basson celebrates birthday on July 6 of every year.

Basson called only one witness – himself. In July 2001 Basson began to present his own evidence, speaking for 40 days. He stated that he had learned about weapons of mass destruction from Saddam Hussein, that he had indeed had free rein in the project and that he had exchanged information with foreign governments. Technically, all that was legal. The defence argued that Basson should have immunity for anything that had happened in Namibia. On 22 April 2002 Judge Hartzenberg dismissed all the remaining charges against Basson and granted him amnesty. In his judgement, the judge called the state’s case “fragmented and confusing”, and that it was largely superficial, hoping to convince the court of Basson’s guilt in a manner which fell far short of the standard “beyond reasonable doubt”. Judge Hartzenberg further added that the state seemed to have decided what the truth was and had urged the court not to believe anything that contradicted the state’s version of the truth. The trial had lasted 30 months. The state tried to appeal the judgement due to legal inaccuracies, but the Supreme Court of Appeal refused to order a retrial in 2003, a step reserved for appeals that had no chance of success.