Basson hearing postponed again
The Health Professions Council of South Africa’s hearing into the alleg-edly unprofessional conduct of Dr Wouter Basson has been postponed yet again.
While the HPCSA indicated yesterday that it was ready to call its new witness to the stand, Basson’s legal team called for a postponement.
The council had instructed Professor Steven Miles of the University of Minnesota to assist them in their case against Basson, which stems from the time he headed the former government’s chemical and biological warfare programme.
Yesterday Jaap Cilliers, for Basson, told the chairman of the hearing, Professor Jannie Hugo, that the defence was considering its legal options.
The Basson team might approach the Pretoria High Court to put a stop to the hearing or to order the committee to recuse themselves.
This was prompted by an application by Colonel Ben Steyn to the HPCSA in April to allow him to be involved in “research, development and use of defensive chemical and biological capabilities”.
He took over the SANDF chemical and biological warfare programme from Basson in 1993.
Cilliers said he understood that the merits of Basson’s hearing were discussed at the Steyn hearing.
The hearing was postponed to November 24.
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23 Septembre 2008 à 11:45 dans
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