Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- July–August 1983 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Part of IDAF’s primary source collection on apartheid resistance and repression.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
This issue documents the worsening prison conditions for Nelson Mandela and fellow political prisoners at Pollsmoor Prison, state-sanctioned forced removals and the killing of community leader Saul Mkhize, child malnutrition and mortality in resettlement camps, mass detentions and psychiatric abuse of detainees, repression in the Ciskei bantustan, and the execution of ANC guerrillas. It provides updates on extensive political trials including Oscar Mpetha, Cedric Mayson, Siphiwe Makhathini, and Angula Mwaala (SWAPO). The issue contains a special review of state witnesses, torture allegations, and continuing evidence of apartheid legal manipulation and brutality.
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, within the IDAF Focus series.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Open for public access.
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-scanned PDF; readable and complete.
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 1–46, Trial records of Mpetha, Mwaala, Mayson, Mandela prison conditions documentation, SWAPO court records.
Nota de publicación
Focus', Issue No. 47. International Defence and Aid Fund, July–August 1983.
Área de notas
Notas
Includes comprehensive coverage of forced removals, state torture, major trials, and review of manipulation of state witnesses by security forces.
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
- Nelson Mandela campaign
- Pollsmoor Prison
- Forced removals
- Saul Mkhize
- Resettlement camps
- Child malnutrition
- Psychiatric detention
- SWAPO
- ANC
- Political trials
- Oscar Mpetha
- Armed struggle
- Torture
- Ciskei repression
- Internal Security Act
- Bans
- Pass laws
- Death penalty
- Hunger strikes
- State witness manipulation
- Detentions
- Political funerals
Puntos de acceso por lugar
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
- Nelson Mandela (Materia)
- Walter Sisulu (Materia)
- Ahmed Kathrada (Materia)
- Winnie Mandela (Materia)
- Saul Mkhize (Materia)
- Mary Benson (Materia)
- Modika Tsatsa (Materia)
- Dlaki Vani (Materia)
- Linda Ngodeka (Materia)
- Thandi Madikane (Materia)
- Oscar Mpetha (Materia)
- Cedric Mayson (Materia)
- Rejoice Makwele (Materia)
- Lazarus Mmoleli (Materia)
- Joe Thloloe (Materia)
- Charles Sebe (Materia)
- Angula Mwaala (Materia)
- Khaya Skweyiya (Materia)
- Nomakephu Ntsatha (Materia)
- Mncekeleli Peter (Materia)
- Thozamile Gqweta (Materia)
- Sisa Njikelana (Materia)
- Jerome Maake (Materia)
- Peter Mokaba (Materia)
- Portia Nhlapo (Materia)
- Malisela Moloise (Materia)
- Headley King (Materia)
- Joseph Charles (Materia)
- Rufus Radebe (Materia)
Tipo de puntos de acceso
Área de control de la descripción
Identificador de la descripción
Identificador de la institución
Reglas y/o convenciones usadas
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition
Estado de elaboración
Nivel de detalle
Fechas de creación revisión eliminación
Idioma(s)
Escritura(s)
Fuentes
Nota del archivista
A key issue highlighting the continued brutality of the apartheid regime through executions, detentions, political trials, and forced removals. Strong evidentiary value regarding prison conditions and witness manipulation.