Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- July–August 1983 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Part of IDAF’s primary source collection on apartheid resistance and repression.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
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.
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 IDAF Focus series.
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Open for public access.
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 PDF; readable and 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 1–46, Trial records of Mpetha, Mwaala, Mayson, Mandela prison conditions documentation, SWAPO court records.
Notitie Publicaties
Focus', Issue No. 47. International Defence and Aid Fund, July–August 1983.
Aantekeningen
Aantekening
Includes comprehensive coverage of forced removals, state torture, major trials, and review of manipulation of state witnesses by security forces.
Alternative identifier(s)
Trefwoorden
Onderwerp trefwoord
- 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
Geografische trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Nelson Mandela (Onderwerp)
- Walter Sisulu (Onderwerp)
- Ahmed Kathrada (Onderwerp)
- Winnie Mandela (Onderwerp)
- Saul Mkhize (Onderwerp)
- Mary Benson (Onderwerp)
- Modika Tsatsa (Onderwerp)
- Dlaki Vani (Onderwerp)
- Linda Ngodeka (Onderwerp)
- Thandi Madikane (Onderwerp)
- Oscar Mpetha (Onderwerp)
- Cedric Mayson (Onderwerp)
- Rejoice Makwele (Onderwerp)
- Lazarus Mmoleli (Onderwerp)
- Joe Thloloe (Onderwerp)
- Charles Sebe (Onderwerp)
- Angula Mwaala (Onderwerp)
- Khaya Skweyiya (Onderwerp)
- Nomakephu Ntsatha (Onderwerp)
- Mncekeleli Peter (Onderwerp)
- Thozamile Gqweta (Onderwerp)
- Sisa Njikelana (Onderwerp)
- Jerome Maake (Onderwerp)
- Peter Mokaba (Onderwerp)
- Portia Nhlapo (Onderwerp)
- Malisela Moloise (Onderwerp)
- Headley King (Onderwerp)
- Joseph Charles (Onderwerp)
- Rufus Radebe (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)
Schrift(en)
Bronnen
Aantekeningen van de archivaris
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.