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

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US UK-PWP01 PWPFOC001-PWPFOCI017

Title

Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 17

Date(s)

  • July 1978 (Creation)

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Item

Extent and medium

1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)

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Repository

Archival history

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

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

South African History Archive (SAHA)

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Scope and content

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.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

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

Accruals

No further accruals expected.

System of arrangement

Chronologically organized within the IDAF 'Focus' bulletin series.

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Conditions governing access

Open for public research and reference.

Conditions governing reproduction

Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.

Language of material

  • English

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    Physical characteristics and technical requirements

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

    Finding aids

    Uploaded finding aid

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    Existence and location of originals

    Originals held by the South African History Archives.

    Existence and location of copies

    Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.

    Related units of description

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

    Related descriptions

    Publication note

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

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    Note

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

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    Description identifier

    ISADG-IDAF-Focus-17

    Institution identifier

    IDAF-Archive

    Rules and/or conventions used

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

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        Archivist's note

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

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