OPINION | Abdul Minty: Our role in exposing the apartheid government's nuclear armaments programme

Earlier this month, Wits University conferred an honorary doctorate in Science on Ambassador Abdul Minty, a key figure in South Africa’s nuclear disarmament programme. During his acceptance speech, Minty painted a picture of what it took for the world to admit that South Africa had destructive nuclear weapons and how the country transitioned to peaceful nuclear energy. Here is an edited version of that speech.

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