Item PWPFOCI041 - Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 41

1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)

Part of the official IDAF collection of newsletters documenting apartheid-era oppression and anti-colonial resistance.

South African History Archive (SAHA)

This issue reports on the trial of three SWAPO guerrillas in Namibia, with a legal challenge for prisoner-of-war status under the Geneva Conventions. Topics covered include the continued banning of Nathaniel Maxuilili, torture and detentions in northern Namibia, attacks on Angola, education boycotts, and widespread political trials in South Africa. The issue exposes security force abuses, displays of guerrilla corpses, school protest crackdowns, press censorship, and trade union repression. It also covers the new IDAF constitution and the continued use of solitary confinement and psychological torture against detainees such as Neil Aggett. Legal cases include Barbara Hogan, Oscar Mpetha, and SWAPO youth leaders, among many others.

Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.

No further accruals expected.

Chronologically sequenced within the 'Focus' series.

Unrestricted access for research and public consultation.

Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.

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OCR-scanned newsletter; legible and complete.

Originals held by the South African History Archives.

Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.

Issues 1–40, SWAPO POW files, IDAF Constitution records, SAIC protests, Geneva Convention appeals.

Focus', Issue No. 41. International Defence and Aid Fund, July–August 1982.

Covers legal appeals for POW status, new education protests, intensified torture allegations, and systemic censorship during a critical mid-1982 period.

ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition

Highlights the intersection of legal strategy, media control, educational protest, and paramilitary violence in apartheid South Africa and occupied Namibia.