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

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Identificatie

referentie code

US UK-PWP01 PWPFOC001-PWPFOCI022

Titel

Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 22

Datum(s)

  • May–June 1979 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Stuk

Omvang en medium

1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)

Context

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Geschiedenis van het archief

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

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

South African History Archive (SAHA)

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

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.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

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

Aanvullingen

No further accruals expected.

Ordeningstelsel

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

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Available for public consultation and academic research.

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Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Schrift van het materiaal

    Taal en schrift aantekeningen

    Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

    OCR scan from original print; legible and formatted.

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    Uploaded finding aid

    Verwante materialen

    Bestaan en verblifplaats van originelen

    Originals held by the South African History Archives.

    Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

    Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.

    Related units of description

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

    Related descriptions

    Notitie Publicaties

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

    Aantekeningen

    Aantekening

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

    Alternative identifier(s)

    Trefwoorden

    Naam ontsluitingsterm

    Genre access points

    Beschrijvingsbeheer

    Identificatie van de beschrijving

    ISADG-IDAF-Focus-22

    Identificatiecode van de instelling

    IDAF-Archive

    Toegepaste regels en/of conventies

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

    Status

    Niveau van detaillering

    Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

    Taal (talen)

      Schrift(en)

        Bronnen

        Aantekeningen van de archivaris

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

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