Item PWPFOCI055 - Focus on Political Repression in Southern Africa - Issue 55

1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)

Part of the IDAF Focus newsletter collection, archived in anti-apartheid and human rights repositories.

South African History Archive (SAHA)

Issue 55 chronicles the intensified resistance to apartheid in South Africa, focusing on rent boycotts, township uprisings, school and university protests, mass detentions, and political trials. It documents electoral boycotts of the segregated parliament, bans on political gatherings, deaths in detention, and brutal state repression. Coverage includes SWAPO's military and political strength in Namibia, press censorship, and war zone atrocities in the Kavango region. Also featured are trials of student activists, trade unionists, and members of banned organisations such as the ANC and AZAPO.

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

No further accruals expected.

Chronologically within the IDAF Focus series.

Open access.

Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.

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OCR scanned, legible, and machine-readable.

Originals held by the South African History Archives.

Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.

Issues 1–54, Section 28/ISA detention files, SWAPO war zone documentation, student protest court files, rent boycott resistance records.

Focus', Issue No. 55. International Defence and Aid Fund, November–December 1984.

This issue includes extensive appendices listing over 100 named detainees, trial details, and evidence of violent state response to civil resistance movements.

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

This issue marks a peak in civil resistance and state repression, offering detailed lists of detainees, trial accounts, and testimonies of military abuse in Namibia.