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Date(s)
- March 1978 (Création/Production)
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Étendue matérielle et support
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
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Histoire archivistique
Preserved as part of the IDAF Focus newsletter archival holdings documenting the anti-apartheid struggle.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
This issue details the South African government's deepening apartheid policies after the 1977 elections, repression through political trials, detentions, and bannings. Major trials include the Pretoria Twelve, Springs Six, and PAC-related cases. It reports on torture in Namibia, police killings, arson trials, and student resistance. The issue includes coverage of Steve Biko’s aftermath, the death of Robert Sobukwe, Soweto’s community council elections, detentions of minors, and rising legal and political suppression.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.
Accroissements
No further accruals expected.
Mode de classement
Filed in chronological order as part of IDAF’s 'Focus' bulletin series.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Open for public access and educational research.
Conditions de reproduction
Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.
Langue des documents
anglais
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
OCR-scanned copy of printed newsletter; readable condition.
Instruments de recherche
Instrument de recherche téléversé
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Originals held by the South African History Archives.
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.
Unités de description associées
See Focus Issues 1–14; legal files on the Pretoria Twelve, Mothopeng trial, Steve Biko inquest.
Note de publication
Focus', Issue No. 15. International Defence and Aid Fund, March 1978.
Zone des notes
Note
This issue includes unprecedented detail on mass detentions of minors, the death of Sobukwe, police shootings, and apartheid legal amendments.
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Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
- Solomon Mahlangu (Sujet)
- Zephania Mothopeng (Sujet)
- Robert Sobukwe (Sujet)
- Steve Biko (Sujet)
- Winnie Mandela (Sujet)
- Isaac Mhlekwa (Sujet)
- Eric Grootboom (Sujet)
- Thomas Masuku (Sujet)
- Canzi Lisa (Sujet)
- Jabu Mkwanazi (Sujet)
- Enoch Duma (Sujet)
- Aitken Ramudzuli (Sujet)
- George Naicker (Sujet)
- Kisten Moonsamy (Sujet)
- Helen Joseph (Sujet)
- Percy Qoboza (Sujet)
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Règles et/ou conventions utilisées
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition
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Note de l'archiviste
Derived from OCR content of Issue 15. Features major state violence escalation, post-Biko policy shifts, and legislative entrenchment of apartheid.