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The Health Professions Council of South Africa is appealing against a judgment for the recusal of two members from the professional conduct inquiry proceedings against apartheid-era chemical weapons specialist Dr Wouter Basson. CapeTimesSA

The Health Professions Council of South Africa is appealing against a judgment for the recusal of two members from the professional conduct inquiry proceedings against Dr Wouter Basson.

In December 2013, Basson was found guilty of unprofessional conduct relating to his involvement in the chemical and biological warfare programme of the previous government. Basis for the application for recusal was that one of the members was also a member of the South African Medical Association and the Rural Doctors Association of South Africa , both of which had petitioned the Professional Conduct Committee to have Basson’s name removed from the roll of registered practitioners arising from the guilty finding.

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