Item PWPFOCI019 - Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 19

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US UK-PWP01 PWPFOC001-PWPFOCI019

Title

Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 19

Date(s)

  • November 1978 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)

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Archival history

Preserved in the IDAF Focus series, part of archival collections on Southern African resistance movements.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

South African History Archive (SAHA)

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Scope and content

This issue highlights the violent police raids on Crossroads squatter camp, political trials including the Mothopeng and SASM 11 cases, detention of activists, the death of Lungile Tabalaza, and the publication of IDAF's 'Prisoners of Apartheid'. The issue also covers South Africa’s intensified legal repression, martial law expansion in Rhodesia, repression in Ciskei and Venda, deportations, and the death of student activist Johannes Matsobane.

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

Chronological issue within the IDAF 'Focus' newsletter series.

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Conditions governing access

Open for public access and educational research.

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 version of original print newsletter; readable.

    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

    See Focus Issues 1–18, SASM 11 trial documents, Mothopeng trial, Crossroads case materials, IDAF publications.

    Related descriptions

    Publication note

    Focus', Issue No. 19. International Defence and Aid Fund, November 1978.

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    Note

    Extensive coverage of the apartheid state's legal clampdown, secret trials, state violence, and growing militarization.

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    Description identifier

    ISADG-IDAF-Focus-19

    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

        Compiled from OCR text of Focus Issue 19. Offers rare insights into apartheid-era political violence, detentions, and underground resistance movements.

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