Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- March–April 1979 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Dépôt
Histoire archivistique
Preserved as part of the IDAF archive documenting Southern African liberation and political repression.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
This issue documents mass executions under Rhodesian martial law, including hangings and firing squad deaths; political trials and detentions in South Africa and Namibia; the torture of SWAPO official Axel Johannes; repression of election activity under Rhodesian martial law; starvation and violence in rural areas; cross-border military raids by South Africa into Angola and Zambia; and detailed lists of political prisoners, detainees, and court rulings. The issue also highlights the censorship of political prisoners, private armies in Zimbabwe, and the use of elections as political manipulation by the Rhodesian regime.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.
Accroissements
No further accruals expected.
Mode de classement
Part of sequentially ordered IDAF 'Focus' bulletin series.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Open to researchers, scholars, and public users.
Conditions de reproduction
Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.
Langue des documents
anglais
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
OCR text copy of original bulletin; readable and structurally intact.
Instruments de recherche
Instrument de recherche téléversé
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Originals held by the South African History Archives.
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.
Unités de description associées
See Focus Issues 1–20; execution lists; martial law documents; Axel Johannes torture files.
Note de publication
Focus', Issue No. 21. International Defence and Aid Fund, March–April 1979.
Zone des notes
Note
Issue provides critical insights into martial law operations, execution secrecy, cross-border military strategy, and suppression of democratic movements.
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
- Solomon Mahlangu (Sujet)
- Axel Johannes (Sujet)
- Daniel Moyo (Sujet)
- Augustine Nyerere (Sujet)
- Aggrey Nyerere (Sujet)
- Reuben Donga (Sujet)
- George Moyo (Sujet)
- Jason Angula (Sujet)
- Hendrik Witbooi (Sujet)
- Tiki Adai (Sujet)
- Tom Ncube (Sujet)
- Dorothy Nyembe (Sujet)
- Denis Goldberg (Sujet)
- Esther Maleka (Sujet)
- Happy Mashamba (Sujet)
- Paulina Lekula (Sujet)
Mots-clés - Genre
Zone du contrôle de la description
Identifiant de la description
Identifiant du service d'archives
Règles et/ou conventions utilisées
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition
Statut
Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision, de suppression
Langue(s)
Écriture(s)
Sources
Note de l'archiviste
Issue 21 documents extensive executions under martial law, the rise of private militias, and severe state repression against civil society.