Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- November 1978 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
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)
Content and structure area
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.
Conditions of access and use area
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
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
OCR version of original print newsletter; readable.
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
See Focus Issues 1–18, SASM 11 trial documents, Mothopeng trial, Crossroads case materials, IDAF publications.
Publication note
Focus', Issue No. 19. International Defence and Aid Fund, November 1978.
Notes area
Note
Extensive coverage of the apartheid state's legal clampdown, secret trials, state violence, and growing militarization.
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Name access points
- Lungile Tabalaza (Subject)
- Johannes Matsobane (Subject)
- Zephania Mothopeng (Subject)
- Solomon Mahlangu (Subject)
- Canon John Collins (Subject)
- Michael Molale (Subject)
- Denis Goldberg (Subject)
- Jeremy Cronin (Subject)
- David Kitson (Subject)
- Anthony Holiday (Subject)
- Raymond Suttner (Subject)
- Alex Moumbaris (Subject)
- Johnson Ngxobongwana (Subject)
- Clementine Nelson (Subject)
- Sipho Singiswa (Subject)
- Kholeka Foley (Subject)
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Description control area
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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
Compiled from OCR text of Focus Issue 19. Offers rare insights into apartheid-era political violence, detentions, and underground resistance movements.