Uranium Road

Mordechai Vanunu's release dovetailed with the release this week of a book - dedicated to him - on South Africa's nuclear weapons programme. The book, Uranium Road, was due to be released at a launch organised by the Nuclear Energy Costs the Earth Campaign of Earthlife Africa. It was written by environmentalist David Fig. Before he was locked up, Vanunu had alluded to nuclear links between South Africa and Israel during the apartheid era. According to Fig, Israel was just one of a number of countries that supported South Africa's nuclear programme during the apartheid era.