Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- May–June 1980 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Maintained within the IDAF archive series on legal repression and resistance movements in Southern Africa.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
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.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.
Aanvullingen
No further accruals expected.
Ordeningstelsel
Filed as part of the chronological sequence of IDAF 'Focus' newsletters.
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Open for public research and archival access.
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 from printed bulletin; clear and complete.
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 1–27, ANC trial records, IDAF Special Issue on Zimbabwe, South African military cross-border operations reports.
Notitie Publicaties
Focus', Issue No. 28. International Defence and Aid Fund, May–June 1980.
Aantekeningen
Aantekening
Key issue on escalation of military and legal repression amid calls for international solidarity and increasing civil resistance.
Alternative identifier(s)
Trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Nelson Mandela (Onderwerp)
- Winnie Mandela (Onderwerp)
- James Mange (Onderwerp)
- Lucia Hamutenya (Onderwerp)
- Renfrew Christie (Onderwerp)
- Nto Mitta Maphike (Onderwerp)
- Thami Mkhwanazi (Onderwerp)
- Priscilla Jana (Onderwerp)
- Dorothy Nyembe (Onderwerp)
- David Russell (Onderwerp)
- Mamphela Ramphele (Onderwerp)
- Aubrey Mokoena (Onderwerp)
- Robert Mugabe (Onderwerp)
- Canaan Banana (Onderwerp)
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Onderwerp)
- Alexander Moumbaris (Onderwerp)
- Timothy Jenkin (Onderwerp)
- Stephen Lee (Onderwerp)
- Chief Sabata Dalindyebo (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
Important issue capturing coordinated regional repression and grassroots responses, including the Mandela campaign, guerrilla warfare trials, and transnational solidarity movements.