Pièce PWPFOCI046 - Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 46

1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)

Part of the IDAF’s primary newsletter archive documenting apartheid-era human rights violations.

South African History Archive (SAHA)

This issue covers the imposition of strict military censorship in Namibia by the SADF, the deaths of detainees including Kasire Thomas and Johannes Kakuva, mass arrests under Proclamation AG9, forced labour of prisoners, torture trials and revelations, and systemic suppression of opposition to apartheid-era constitutional reforms. It highlights SWAPO resistance, the banning of the Namibia Report by Archbishop Denis Hurley, police raids on churches, the Mawaala sabotage trial, and trials of numerous ANC activists. A statistical roundup of detentions and court cases also illustrates escalating state violence.

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

No further accruals expected.

Chronological sequence within the 'Focus' newsletter series.

Open access for researchers and the public.

Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.

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OCR scanned document; fully legible and machine-readable.

Originals held by the South African History Archives.

Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.

Issues 1–45, Kassinga Detainee Files, Namibia Torture Hearings, Ciskei NSA records, Mawaala Trial Documentation.

Focus', Issue No. 46. International Defence and Aid Fund, May–June 1983.

Provides key evidence of Namibian occupation abuses, deaths in custody, censorship expansion, torture inquiries, and growing resistance through the UDF.

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

This issue is notable for exposing judicial resistance, forced prison labour, and the growing national opposition embodied in the newly formed United Democratic Front (UDF).