# Venter 1997: Re-examine nuke test

> Al J. Venter, 1997. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The source for Pahad's statement and his disavowal of it.

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# Re-examine nuke test

Al J. Venter, 1997. _Mail & Guardian, 23 October 1997_.

Reports that South Africa's deputy foreign minister Aziz Pahad was quoted in Ha'aretz in April 1997 as saying "there was definitely a nuclear test" in 1979 and that the bomb was South African, and that he later said he had not made the statement.

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Venter, A. J. (1997). Re-examine nuke test. Mail & Guardian, 23 October 1997. https://mg.co.za/article/1997-10-23-re-examine-nuke-test
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