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- March–April 1984 (Creación)
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Volumen y soporte
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
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Historia archivística
Part of IDAF's main newsletter series held by human rights archives and anti-apartheid institutions.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
This issue details South Africa’s continued occupation and military offensive in southern Angola (Operation Askari), systematic torture of detainees in Namibia, SWAPO trials, and the expansion of South Africa’s armed forces. Key topics include Ida Jimmy’s reduced sentence, Kavango detainees' torture affidavits, political trials involving ANC and PAC members, censorship enforcement, and high-profile detentions. It also highlights poverty in Namibia, with case studies revealing the state’s discriminatory benefit policies and extreme deprivation. Notable incidents include the Robben Island protest for elderly detainee release, the ‘roasting’ torture case in Kavango, and multiple political trials including that of Sister Mary Bernard Ncube.
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 Focus series.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Open access for researchers and the public.
Condiciones
Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.
Idioma del material
inglés
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Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
OCR scanned and machine-readable.
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 1–50, Angola conflict records, Kavango torture testimony, SWAPO trial documentation, Internal Security Act court proceedings.
Nota de publicación
Focus', Issue No. 51. International Defence and Aid Fund, March–April 1984.
Área de notas
Notas
Rich in documentation of torture affidavits, child malnutrition, apartheid poverty, military escalation, and trials of political dissidents.
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- Operation Askari
- Angola occupation
- Namibia detentions
- SWAPO
- Torture affidavits
- Internal Security Act
- Political trials
- ANC
- UDF
- Armed struggle
- Censorship
- Poverty in Namibia
- Food aid
- Kavango
- Youth detentions
- Prison conditions
- Political executions
- IDAF
- Military conscription
- SADF
- Koevoet
- Political demonstrations
Puntos de acceso por lugar
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
- Ida Jimmy (Materia)
- Malisela Moloise (Materia)
- Heikki Ausiku (Materia)
- Gideon Nestor (Materia)
- Severinus Siteketa (Materia)
- Ndjaula Shaningwa (Materia)
- Herman Ja Toivo (Materia)
- Carl Niehaus (Materia)
- Ruth Gerhardt (Materia)
- Dieter Gerhardt (Materia)
- Sister Mary Bernard Ncube (Materia)
- Mathews Ntshiwa (Materia)
- Joe Thloloe (Materia)
- Allister Sparks (Materia)
- Susan Sparks (Materia)
- Ingoapele Madingoane (Materia)
- Duma Goubule (Materia)
- Cosmos Makanga (Materia)
- Ben Nomoyi (Materia)
- Ntombazana Botha (Materia)
- Zukusa Faku (Materia)
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ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition
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An expansive issue revealing South Africa's military escalation in Angola, systemic torture and repression in Namibia, and legal targeting of anti-apartheid figures in South Africa.