Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- November–December 1980 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
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Dépôt
Histoire archivistique
Preserved as part of the IDAF collection documenting apartheid-era repression and resistance across Southern Africa.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.
Accroissements
No further accruals expected.
Mode de classement
Chronological sequence in the IDAF Focus bulletin series.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Freely accessible for research and public consultation.
Conditions de reproduction
Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.
Langue des documents
anglais
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
OCR scan from original print edition; legible and structured.
Instruments de recherche
Instrument de recherche téléversé
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Originals held by the South African History Archives.
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.
Unités de description associées
Issues 1–30; school boycott records, ANC guerrilla trial documentation, AG26 and Section 10 detention records.
Note de publication
Focus', Issue No. 31. International Defence and Aid Fund, November–December 1980.
Zone des notes
Note
Important record of educational protest, civic repression, union trials, and Namibia militarization. Includes extensive testimonies and detention lists.
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Noms
- Sam Nujoma (Sujet)
- Msekeli Mgijima (Sujet)
- Zinjiva Nkondo (Sujet)
- James Mange (Sujet)
- Priscilla Jana (Sujet)
- Florence Mancotywa (Sujet)
- Chief Sabata Dalindyebo (Sujet)
- Oscar Mpetha (Sujet)
- Lucia Hamutenya (Sujet)
- David Maduna (Sujet)
- Thandi Modise (Sujet)
- Matthew Lebelo (Sujet)
- Zubeida Jaffer (Sujet)
- Guy Berger (Sujet)
- Ephraim Mogale (Sujet)
- Jason Angula (Sujet)
- Heikkie Shililifa (Sujet)
- Karlina Jambo (Sujet)
Mots-clés - Genre
Zone du contrôle de la description
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Identifiant du service d'archives
Règles et/ou conventions utilisées
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition
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Note de l'archiviste
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.