Stuk PWPFOCI053 - Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 53

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US UK-PWP01 PWPFOC001-PWPFOCI053

Titel

Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 53

Datum(s)

  • July–August 1984 (Vervaardig)

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1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)

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Preserved within the IDAF Focus newsletter collection documenting the apartheid-era resistance and repression.

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South African History Archive (SAHA)

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Bereik en inhoud

Issue 53 details unequal prison conditions between male and female political prisoners, focusing on the treatment of Barbara Hogan and Dorothy Nyembe. It reports detentions, including youth activists, trade unionists, and ANC affiliates; describes major political trials involving ANC members and community leaders; and explores repression in Transkei, Venda, and the Ciskei. Also covered are education protests, the election boycott campaign, censorship battles over the Freedom Charter, and the release of Namibian political prisoners from Robben Island. The issue also includes coverage of SWAPO harassment, student resistance, and university unrest.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

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

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Ordeningstelsel

Chronological series within the Focus newsletter archive.

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Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.

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  • Engels

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    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 1–52, Hogan v. Prison authorities case file, Cradock education protests, UDF election boycott campaign, SWAPO Namibian detentions.

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    Notitie Publicaties

    Focus', Issue No. 53. International Defence and Aid Fund, July–August 1984.

    Aantekeningen

    Aantekening

    Includes detailed political detainee list, trial reports, educational resistance, SWAPO monitoring, and gendered analysis of political imprisonment.

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    Trefwoorden

    Naam ontsluitingsterm

    Genre access points

    Beschrijvingsbeheer

    Identificatie van de beschrijving

    ISADG-IDAF-Focus-53

    Identificatiecode van de instelling

    IDAF-Archive

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

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    Niveau van detaillering

    Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

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        Aantekeningen van de archivaris

        A landmark issue spotlighting gendered prison conditions, systemic torture, educational uprisings, SWAPO harassment, and election resistance.

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