Stuk PWPFOCI017 - Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 17

1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)

Archived as part of the IDAF series focused on political trials, detention, and legal advocacy during apartheid.

South African History Archive (SAHA)

This issue documents intensified repression in South Africa, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia), and Namibia. Topics include the banning of lawyers, new prison access restrictions, curbs on foreign legal funding, mass detentions including children, police torture, and the Mothopeng trial. Highlights include the death penalty for Solomon Mahlangu, the Kassinga massacre in Angola, the targeting of Catholic youth, and the rise in political prisoners. It also reports on secret detentions, attacks on educational groups, and the censorship of legal representation.

Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.

No further accruals expected.

Chronologically organized within the IDAF 'Focus' bulletin series.

Open for public research and reference.

Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.

• Engels

OCR text version; clean and legible scan of original bulletin.

Originals held by the South African History Archives.

Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.

Focus Issues 1–16; Kassinga massacre documentation; trials of Solomon Mahlangu and the Pretoria Twelve.

Focus', Issue No. 17. International Defence and Aid Fund, July 1978.

Extensive coverage of trials, censorship, detention of minors, international criticism, and the Kassinga massacre aftermath.

ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition

Rich legal and humanitarian reporting. Includes rare insight into minor detainees, state surveillance, and psychological effects of solitary confinement.