Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- January–February 1983 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Stored and preserved as part of IDAF’s archive on political repression in Southern Africa.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
This issue focuses on increasing military control in Namibia, particularly through South Africa’s use of intelligence and military figures to override civil authority. It documents multiple cases of deaths in detention (notably in Kavango), systemic torture by security police, conditions in Namibian hospitals, repression of trade unionists, political trials (including Barbara Hogan, Cedric Mayson, and Allan Fine), abuses of the Internal Security Act, political detentions, and apartheid’s legal manipulation. Includes statistical updates, case reports, and trial summaries relating to anti-apartheid activists, students, and workers across Southern Africa.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.
Aanvullingen
No further accruals expected.
Ordeningstelsel
Chronological within the 'Focus' newsletter series.
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Open for public access and academic research.
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 scanned; legible and structurally 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 1–43, Rabie Commission reports, DPSC torture memoranda, Koevoet operations, ANC/SWAPO trial records, Namibian occupation archives.
Notitie Publicaties
Focus', Issue No. 44. International Defence and Aid Fund, January–February 1983.
Aantekeningen
Aantekening
Contains strong evidence of systemic torture, multiple deaths in detention, civil-military overlap in Namibia, and growing resistance through legal and trade union activism.
Alternative identifier(s)
Trefwoorden
Onderwerp trefwoord
Geografische trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Barbara Hogan (Onderwerp)
- Cedric Mayson (Onderwerp)
- Neil Aggett (Onderwerp)
- Oscar Mpetha (Onderwerp)
- Suzman Mokoena (Onderwerp)
- Siphiwo Mtimkulu (Onderwerp)
- Mandla Sibisi (Onderwerp)
- Joe Thloloe (Onderwerp)
- Sisa Njikelana (Onderwerp)
- Thozamile Gqweta (Onderwerp)
- Roggerio Chamusso (Onderwerp)
- Lillian Keagile (Onderwerp)
- Nomakhephu Ntsatha (Onderwerp)
- Mncekeleli Peter (Onderwerp)
- Mlungisi Mtshotana (Onderwerp)
- Alan Fine (Onderwerp)
- Themba Mthembu (Onderwerp)
- Makhosazana Nhlapo (Onderwerp)
- Benedicta Monama (Onderwerp)
- Cosmos Makanga (Onderwerp)
- Sintenga Nguuru (Onderwerp)
- P.W. Botha (Onderwerp)
- Magnus Malan (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)
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Bronnen
Aantekeningen van de archivaris
This issue intensifies documentation of the collapse of civilian governance in Namibia under military pressure, and marks a high point in the exposure of systemic torture practices in South Africa.