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Fecha(s)
- November–December 1980 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Área de contexto
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Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Preserved as part of the IDAF collection documenting apartheid-era repression and resistance across Southern Africa.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
This issue covers school boycotts and the violent repression of student protest in South Africa, particularly in the Cape and Transvaal provinces. It details political trials, including the ANC guerrilla trials, the imprisonment of journalist Msekeli Mgijima, and union repression cases. Detentions under various security laws are documented, including hunger strikes, torture allegations, and the death of a Transkei official in custody. The newsletter features an interview with SWAPO President Sam Nujoma, highlighting repression in Namibia, including new police units, forced removals, and militarization. Also covered are conditions in Robben Island, internal exile, and the targeting of student activists and civic leaders. A large section lists detainees and political prisoners.
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
Chronological sequence in the IDAF Focus bulletin series.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Freely accessible for research and public consultation.
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 original print edition; legible and structured.
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 1–30; school boycott records, ANC guerrilla trial documentation, AG26 and Section 10 detention records.
Nota de publicación
Focus', Issue No. 31. International Defence and Aid Fund, November–December 1980.
Área de notas
Notas
Important record of educational protest, civic repression, union trials, and Namibia militarization. Includes extensive testimonies and detention lists.
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
- Sam Nujoma (Materia)
- Msekeli Mgijima (Materia)
- Zinjiva Nkondo (Materia)
- James Mange (Materia)
- Priscilla Jana (Materia)
- Florence Mancotywa (Materia)
- Chief Sabata Dalindyebo (Materia)
- Oscar Mpetha (Materia)
- Lucia Hamutenya (Materia)
- David Maduna (Materia)
- Thandi Modise (Materia)
- Matthew Lebelo (Materia)
- Zubeida Jaffer (Materia)
- Guy Berger (Materia)
- Ephraim Mogale (Materia)
- Jason Angula (Materia)
- Heikkie Shililifa (Materia)
- Karlina Jambo (Materia)
Tipo de puntos de acceso
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Reglas y/o convenciones usadas
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition
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Fechas de creación revisión eliminación
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Nota del archivista
This issue is particularly significant for its comprehensive coverage of state repression against youth, trade unionists, political activists, and its direct testimony on Namibia’s military crisis.