Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- November–December 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
Retained as part of the IDAF archive series covering Southern African legal repression, armed resistance, and humanitarian violations.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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.
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
Chronologically maintained in the IDAF Focus bulletin collection.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Public access permitted without restriction.
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 scan of original publication; readable and formatted.
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
Issues 1–24; Rhodesian court martial records; AG26 detainee case files; SWAPO legal archives; torture testimony reports.
Note de publication
Focus', Issue No. 25. International Defence and Aid Fund, November–December 1979.
Zone des notes
Note
Significant issue documenting the use of electrical torture on juveniles, repression under martial law, and the militarization of Namibia through proxy forces.
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
- Benchard Katumba (Sujet)
- Leavit Katumba (Sujet)
- Bibo Chitsedza (Sujet)
- Duster Katanha (Sujet)
- Hewat Beukes (Sujet)
- Erica Beukes (Sujet)
- Solomon Mahlangu (Sujet)
- Mary Moodley (Sujet)
- Shummie Ntutu (Sujet)
- Diliza Matshoba (Sujet)
- Priscilla Jana (Sujet)
- Sedick Isaacs (Sujet)
- Isaac Moroe (Sujet)
- Albertina Sisulu (Sujet)
- Dirk Mudge (Sujet)
- General Geldenhuys (Sujet)
- Johannes Konjore (Sujet)
- Axel Johannes (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
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Sources
Note de l'archiviste
Extensive legal and testimonial coverage of torture, military repression, and internal state violence. Key issue for Rhodesian and Namibian human rights research.