Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- May–June 1980 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Maintained within the IDAF archive series on legal repression and resistance movements in Southern Africa.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This issue centers on the campaign to release Nelson Mandela, political trials involving ANC members, widespread detentions, prison conditions, and regional instability due to South African military incursions into Angola and Zambia. Key trials include those of James Mange, Renfrew Christie, and numerous ANC guerrillas. The issue details amnesties in Zimbabwe, restoration of study rights for political prisoners in South Africa, torture accounts of detained youth, and the banning of religious and civil society organizations in the Transkei. Also discussed are border attacks, military build-ups, and systematic pressure on frontline states.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.
Accruals
No further accruals expected.
System of arrangement
Filed as part of the chronological sequence of IDAF 'Focus' newsletters.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open for public research and archival access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.
Language of material
English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
OCR scan from printed bulletin; clear and complete.
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Originals held by the South African History Archives.
Existence and location of copies
Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.
Related units of description
Issues 1–27, ANC trial records, IDAF Special Issue on Zimbabwe, South African military cross-border operations reports.
Publication note
Focus', Issue No. 28. International Defence and Aid Fund, May–June 1980.
Notes area
Note
Key issue on escalation of military and legal repression amid calls for international solidarity and increasing civil resistance.
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Access points
Name access points
- Nelson Mandela (Subject)
- Winnie Mandela (Subject)
- James Mange (Subject)
- Lucia Hamutenya (Subject)
- Renfrew Christie (Subject)
- Nto Mitta Maphike (Subject)
- Thami Mkhwanazi (Subject)
- Priscilla Jana (Subject)
- Dorothy Nyembe (Subject)
- David Russell (Subject)
- Mamphela Ramphele (Subject)
- Aubrey Mokoena (Subject)
- Robert Mugabe (Subject)
- Canaan Banana (Subject)
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Subject)
- Alexander Moumbaris (Subject)
- Timothy Jenkin (Subject)
- Stephen Lee (Subject)
- Chief Sabata Dalindyebo (Subject)
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Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition
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Dates of creation revision deletion
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Archivist's note
Important issue capturing coordinated regional repression and grassroots responses, including the Mandela campaign, guerrilla warfare trials, and transnational solidarity movements.