Pièce PWPFOCI022 - Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 22

1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)

Preserved as part of the IDAF Focus series on apartheid-era political trials, executions, and resistance in Southern Africa.

South African History Archive (SAHA)

This issue reports on the execution of Solomon Mahlangu, Soweto student trials (Soweto Eleven), new political trial convictions including Mzilikazi Khumalo and Norman Ngwenya, and ongoing PAC and ANC-related legal cases. It covers the death in detention of Mputie Matsobane on Robben Island, detention statistics, banning orders, and claims for damages by families of detainees like Steve Biko and Joseph Mdluli. Zimbabwe elections, martial law, and South African collaboration with the Rhodesian regime are also addressed. Further topics include press censorship, guerrilla detentions, and the militarization of the border zones.

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

No further accruals expected.

Filed as Issue 22 in the chronological IDAF 'Focus' series.

Available for public consultation and academic research.

Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.

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OCR scan from original print; legible and formatted.

Originals held by the South African History Archives.

Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.

Issues 1–21; trial documentation for Solomon Mahlangu, Mothopeng 18, and Biko family case.

Focus', Issue No. 22. International Defence and Aid Fund, May–June 1979.

Contains critical reporting on new legal limitations, political executions, guerrilla detentions, censorship laws, and regional destabilization efforts by South Africa and Rhodesia.

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

Based on OCR content of Focus Issue 22. Documents execution fallout, banning trends, apartheid-era legal developments, and transnational state violence.