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The plot to blow up Koeberg, Part 2: The man with the bombs

The plot to blow up Koeberg, Part 2: The man with the bombs

Update: 2020-10-25
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As a young man, Rodney Wilkinson won Springbok colours in fencing - but he would enter the South African history books in a different way. On 16 December 1982, Rodney set four bombs inside the Koeberg nuclear power station in Cape Town. They were timed to explode 24 hours later - and explode they did, while Rodney had already ridden to safety on a bicycle across the South African border. We travelled to hear the story from Rodney Wilkinson himself.





Don’t Shoot the Messenger is produced by Haji Mohamed Dawjee and presented by Rebecca Davis with editing by Tevya Turok Shapiro, original theme music by Bernard Kotze and additional support by Kathryn Kotze.





This podcast has been sponsored by Investec.

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The plot to blow up Koeberg, Part 2: The man with the bombs

The plot to blow up Koeberg, Part 2: The man with the bombs

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