Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- September 1978 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Held within the IDAF series documenting liberation struggles and repression in Southern Africa.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This issue covers the emergence of 'private armies' in Rhodesia following the internal settlement, including reports of guerilla activity, auxiliary forces, and repression. Topics include the Elim Mission massacre, security force abuses, wage disparities, police shootings of miners, numerous political trials and executions, including the death sentence of Solomon Mahlangu. Also covered are detainee lists, deaths in detention (including Lungile Tabalaza), torture allegations, and forced deportations of Roman Catholic clergy.
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
Filed sequentially within the IDAF 'Focus' bulletin collection.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open to the public for educational and research use.
Conditions governing reproduction
Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.
Language of material
English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
OCR scanned version of original printed newsletter; in readable condition.
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
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
Issues 1–17, Solomon Mahlangu legal records, Elim massacre investigations, and political trial case files.
Publication note
Focus', Issue No. 18. International Defence and Aid Fund, September 1978.
Notes area
Note
Features rare testimony from Rhodesian defectors, legal documentation on executions, and unprecedented lists of detainees.
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Name access points
- Solomon Mahlangu (Subject)
- Lungile Tabalaza (Subject)
- Bishop Muzorewa (Subject)
- Rev. Sithole (Subject)
- Chief Chirau (Subject)
- Steve Biko (Subject)
- Father Martin O’Reagan (Subject)
- Father Dieter Scholz (Subject)
- Khumbele Mnikina (Subject)
- Dumile Mlilo (Subject)
- Aggrey Nyerere (Subject)
- Augustine Nyerere (Subject)
- Munjodzi Mazaya (Subject)
- Enock Matore (Subject)
- Phibeon Siwela (Subject)
- Grace Siwela (Subject)
- Reuben Donga (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition
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Archivist's note
Extensively detailed bulletin that captures the escalation of armed and legal repression post-internal settlement agreement.