Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- November–December 1979 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Retained as part of the IDAF archive series covering Southern African legal repression, armed resistance, and humanitarian violations.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
This issue details extensive torture allegations in Rhodesia, including specific cases of teenage detainees Benchard and Leavit Katumba, Bibo Chitsedza, and Duster Katanha. It reports on political trials, executions, petitions for clemency, and the expansion of martial law across prisons in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. It also covers SWAPO detentions in Namibia, repression in South Africa (including bannings, exile, and suppression of political activists), the creation of a South West African Defence Force under South African control, and press censorship. Further reports cover banned and exiled individuals, refugee crises, and new powers granted to police and Bantustans to restrict movement and civil liberties.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.
Acumulaciones
No further accruals expected.
Sistema de arreglo
Chronologically maintained in the IDAF Focus bulletin collection.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Public access permitted without restriction.
Condiciones
Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.
Idioma del material
inglés
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
OCR scan of original publication; readable and formatted.
Instrumentos de descripción
Uploaded finding aid
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Originals held by the South African History Archives.
Existencia y localización de copias
Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Issues 1–24; Rhodesian court martial records; AG26 detainee case files; SWAPO legal archives; torture testimony reports.
Nota de publicación
Focus', Issue No. 25. International Defence and Aid Fund, November–December 1979.
Área de notas
Notas
Significant issue documenting the use of electrical torture on juveniles, repression under martial law, and the militarization of Namibia through proxy forces.
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por lugar
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
- Benchard Katumba (Materia)
- Leavit Katumba (Materia)
- Bibo Chitsedza (Materia)
- Duster Katanha (Materia)
- Hewat Beukes (Materia)
- Erica Beukes (Materia)
- Solomon Mahlangu (Materia)
- Mary Moodley (Materia)
- Shummie Ntutu (Materia)
- Diliza Matshoba (Materia)
- Priscilla Jana (Materia)
- Sedick Isaacs (Materia)
- Isaac Moroe (Materia)
- Albertina Sisulu (Materia)
- Dirk Mudge (Materia)
- General Geldenhuys (Materia)
- Johannes Konjore (Materia)
- Axel Johannes (Materia)
Tipo de puntos de acceso
Área de control de la descripción
Identificador de la descripción
Identificador de la institución
Reglas y/o convenciones usadas
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition
Estado de elaboración
Nivel de detalle
Fechas de creación revisión eliminación
Idioma(s)
Escritura(s)
Fuentes
Nota del archivista
Extensive legal and testimonial coverage of torture, military repression, and internal state violence. Key issue for Rhodesian and Namibian human rights research.