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South Africa: The Hero Who Bombed a Nuclear Plant
allAfrica, 17 April 2015
This article is part of a series researched and written by the respected Center for Public Integrity in Washington and originally published by the Center and the Washington Post. Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Rebuffs U.S. Over Nuclear Explosives
allAfrica, 16 April 2015
This report on the stand-off between South Africa and the United States on the fuel which remains from Pretoria's apartheid-era nuclear weapons programme is from the respected… Read more »
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South Africa: The 'Nuclear' Raid That Sours U.S.-SA Ties
allAfrica, 17 April 2015
The second in a series of reports on the stand-off between South Africa and the United States over what to do with fuel left over from Pretoria's apartheid-era nuclear weapons… Read more »
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South Africa: Surprise At the Diplomatic Discord Between Washington and Pretoria
allAfrica, 17 April 2015
This article is part of a series researched and written by the Center for Public Integrity in Washington. Read more »
The South African Who Bombed a Nuclear Plant
The motives of a bomber who targetted a nuclear power station during the apartheid era help to explain why South Africa and the United States are at odds over Pretoria's highly-enriched uranium stockpile. Douglas Birch and R. Jeffrey Smith from the Center for Public Integrity examine the dispute in a four-part series.
Rodney Wilkinson planted four bombs at the Koeberg nuclear power plant north of Cape Town in December 1982, in one of the most successful attacks on a nuclear installation ever recorded.
President Barack Obama greets President Jacob Zuma as United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon looks on at the Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg in December, 2013.
The Pelindaba Nuclear Research Centre was built during the apartheid era, when South Africa's officials developed a number of nuclear bombs for use against their enemies. Now South Africa stores nearly a quarter ton of uranium there.
