The collection contains trial records relating to Wouter Basson, the former head of the South African Apartheid state's Chemical and Biological Weapons Programme (CBW), covering the years 2000-2003. The records were received in electronic format from the records offices of each of the respective courts listed below.
Reference is made to the collection AG3329 South African Apartheid state Chemical and Biological Weapons Programme documents handed to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The Record of Appeal contained here includes an Index to the 200 Volumes.
21,351 PDF pages, with PDF pages 1-186 being the Index to Volumes and listing of each Volume; and PDF pages 187-21351 containing the contents of Volumes. English and Afrikaans.
The record contains the Judgement in the court case The State vs Wouter Basson. Comments made in red have been inserted into the text, and it is unclear who the originator of these comments is.
1,055 PDF pages with pages 1-1426 of the original court record, with a number of pages ommitted in this electronic version. No case no. is provided. Afrikaans.
The appeal by the National Director of Public Prosecutions follows a restraint order in relation to property under the control of Wouter Basson, which was made by the High Court in Pretoria on the 3 August 1999.
The records contain the Judgment of this appeal case, which was heard on the 17 September 2001 and delivered on the 28 September 2001. Case no. 131/2000 Supreme Court of Appeal.
23 PDF pages with pages 1-23 of the original court record being the Judgement. English.
The papers consist mainly of historical information on USSALEP, minutes, correspondence, records of the various projects and individual files on management committee members and some exchangees. Not all files have been retained; in the case of fundraising correspondence and individual files a sample was considered sufficient to indicate the scope of the project for historical purposes. There is a certain amount of duplication; for the convenience of researchers the minutes have been collected separately in D and additional copies may be found in the correspondence files and mailings to members; material of historical interest may also be found in correspondence files, which are a rich source of information on the organisation. Some photographs are in the original personal files and some have been assembled under N. A number of photos are not identified.
United States-South Africa Leader Exchange Program (USSALEP)
