Identificatie
referentie code
Titel
Datum(s)
- November–December 1984 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Part of the IDAF Focus newsletter collection, archived in anti-apartheid and human rights repositories.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
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.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.
Aanvullingen
No further accruals expected.
Ordeningstelsel
Chronologically within the IDAF Focus series.
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Open 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, legible, and machine-readable.
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 1–54, Section 28/ISA detention files, SWAPO war zone documentation, student protest court files, rent boycott resistance records.
Notitie Publicaties
Focus', Issue No. 55. International Defence and Aid Fund, November–December 1984.
Aantekeningen
Aantekening
This issue includes extensive appendices listing over 100 named detainees, trial details, and evidence of violent state response to civil resistance movements.
Alternative identifier(s)
Trefwoorden
Onderwerp trefwoord
Geografische trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Patrick 'Terror' Lekota (Onderwerp)
- Archie Gumede (Onderwerp)
- Mewa Ramgobin (Onderwerp)
- George Sewpersadh (Onderwerp)
- M.J. Naidoo (Onderwerp)
- Billy Nair (Onderwerp)
- Essop Jassat (Onderwerp)
- Aubrey Mokoena (Onderwerp)
- Curtis Nkondo (Onderwerp)
- Ruth Gerhardt (Onderwerp)
- Dieter Gerhardt (Onderwerp)
- Roland Hunter (Onderwerp)
- Derek Hanekom (Onderwerp)
- Patricia Hanekom (Onderwerp)
- Ephraim Mthethwa (Onderwerp)
- Goodman Mtati (Onderwerp)
- Isaac Genu (Onderwerp)
- Shahida Issel (Onderwerp)
- Sipho Radebe (Onderwerp)
- Alan Williams (Onderwerp)
- Zoleka Brenda Badela (Onderwerp)
- Anton Lubowski (Onderwerp)
- Hans Rohr (Onderwerp)
Genre access points
Beschrijvingsbeheer
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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
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.