Tygerberg – Nuclear Attack ‘could mean chaos’!
Tygerberg – Nuclear Attack ‘could mean chaos’!
“Say goodbye to Cape Town!” An atomic bomb blast on Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront could very well look something like this – you like my scary artwork?
1958 – Universiteite Soek £600 000 vir kerninstituut
Planne word beraam om ‘n splinternuwe instituut vir kernnavorsing in Bellville op te rig, in samewerking met die Universiteit van Stellenbosch en die Universiteit van Kaapstad.
Die munisipaliteit van Bellville het reeds ‘n stuk grond vir die doel beloof.
(Die Burger, 14 Augustus 1958)
Defence plan urgent if World War III became a reality
Dr. J.P. de Villiers, medical officer of health of the Cape Divisional Counsel, told representatives yesterday that if World War III became a reality, Cape Town and its surrounding areas could be reduced to a mass of destruction and radio-active rubble, with people running wild and scared – complete chaos.
(The Cape Times, 21 August 1958)