Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- November–December 1979 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Retained as part of the IDAF archive series covering Southern African legal repression, armed resistance, and humanitarian violations.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
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.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.
Aanvullingen
No further accruals expected.
Ordeningstelsel
Chronologically maintained in the IDAF Focus bulletin collection.
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Public access permitted without restriction.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
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 of original publication; readable and formatted.
Toegangen
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 1–24; Rhodesian court martial records; AG26 detainee case files; SWAPO legal archives; torture testimony reports.
Notitie Publicaties
Focus', Issue No. 25. International Defence and Aid Fund, November–December 1979.
Aantekeningen
Aantekening
Significant issue documenting the use of electrical torture on juveniles, repression under martial law, and the militarization of Namibia through proxy forces.
Alternative identifier(s)
Trefwoorden
Geografische trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Benchard Katumba (Onderwerp)
- Leavit Katumba (Onderwerp)
- Bibo Chitsedza (Onderwerp)
- Duster Katanha (Onderwerp)
- Hewat Beukes (Onderwerp)
- Erica Beukes (Onderwerp)
- Solomon Mahlangu (Onderwerp)
- Mary Moodley (Onderwerp)
- Shummie Ntutu (Onderwerp)
- Diliza Matshoba (Onderwerp)
- Priscilla Jana (Onderwerp)
- Sedick Isaacs (Onderwerp)
- Isaac Moroe (Onderwerp)
- Albertina Sisulu (Onderwerp)
- Dirk Mudge (Onderwerp)
- General Geldenhuys (Onderwerp)
- Johannes Konjore (Onderwerp)
- Axel Johannes (Onderwerp)
Genre access points
Beschrijvingsbeheer
Identificatie van de beschrijving
Identificatiecode van de instelling
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
Extensive legal and testimonial coverage of torture, military repression, and internal state violence. Key issue for Rhodesian and Namibian human rights research.