Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- May–June 1980 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Maintained within the IDAF archive series on legal repression and resistance movements in Southern Africa.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
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.
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
Filed as part of the chronological sequence of IDAF 'Focus' newsletters.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Open for public research and archival access.
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 from printed bulletin; clear and complete.
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 1–27, ANC trial records, IDAF Special Issue on Zimbabwe, South African military cross-border operations reports.
Nota de publicación
Focus', Issue No. 28. International Defence and Aid Fund, May–June 1980.
Área de notas
Notas
Key issue on escalation of military and legal repression amid calls for international solidarity and increasing civil resistance.
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
- Nelson Mandela (Materia)
- Winnie Mandela (Materia)
- James Mange (Materia)
- Lucia Hamutenya (Materia)
- Renfrew Christie (Materia)
- Nto Mitta Maphike (Materia)
- Thami Mkhwanazi (Materia)
- Priscilla Jana (Materia)
- Dorothy Nyembe (Materia)
- David Russell (Materia)
- Mamphela Ramphele (Materia)
- Aubrey Mokoena (Materia)
- Robert Mugabe (Materia)
- Canaan Banana (Materia)
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Materia)
- Alexander Moumbaris (Materia)
- Timothy Jenkin (Materia)
- Stephen Lee (Materia)
- Chief Sabata Dalindyebo (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
Important issue capturing coordinated regional repression and grassroots responses, including the Mandela campaign, guerrilla warfare trials, and transnational solidarity movements.