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

1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)

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

South African History Archive (SAHA)

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.

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

No further accruals expected.

Chronological issue within the IDAF 'Focus' newsletter series.

Open for public access and educational research.

Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.

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OCR version of original print newsletter; readable.

Originals held by the South African History Archives.

Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.

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

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

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

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

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