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Fecha(s)
- January–February 1985 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
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Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Archived as part of the IDAF Focus newsletter collection in human rights and anti-apartheid archival repositories.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Issue 56 documents an intensified wave of popular resistance and state repression in South Africa during the latter half of 1984, compared to the 1976 uprisings. It covers mass protests, rent boycotts, township uprisings, education strikes, and repression involving mass detentions, torture, and the militarization of civil areas. It includes resistance timelines, details of youth and trade unionist arrests, SWAPO resistance in Namibia, press censorship, and trials of political dissidents. Special attention is given to armed forces operations in Sebokeng, the rise of student activism through COSAS and AZASM, and censorship actions in Namibia.
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
Chronologically arranged within the Focus newsletter series.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Open for public and scholarly access.
Condiciones
Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.
Idioma del material
inglés
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
OCR scanned and fully 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 1–55, COSAS and AZASM activity records, Section 29 detentions, SADF Sebokeng operation files, End Conscription Campaign documentation.
Nota de publicación
Focus', Issue No. 56. International Defence and Aid Fund, January–February 1985.
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Notable for its extensive timeline, comprehensive listing of detainees, details of youth activism, military invasions of townships, and repression in Namibia.
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Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
- Stay-away campaigns
- Education boycotts
- Rent resistance
- Mass detentions
- COSAS
- AZASM
- SWAPO
- Armed struggle
- SADF operations
- Police brutality
- Political trials
- UDF repression
- Banning orders
- Township uprisings
- Censorship
- Military occupation
- Youth movements
- Section 29 ISA detentions
- End Conscription Campaign
Puntos de acceso por lugar
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
- Matthew Goniwe (Materia)
- Fort Calata (Materia)
- Roland Hunter (Materia)
- Derek Hanekom (Materia)
- Patricia Hanekom (Materia)
- Solomon Sakoane (Materia)
- Amos Masondo (Materia)
- Rita Ndzanga (Materia)
- Sipho Gumede (Materia)
- Nicodemus Phake (Materia)
- Elias Dikhana (Materia)
- Barbara Hogan (Materia)
- Dorothy Nyembe (Materia)
- Peter Makgoba (Materia)
- Lulu Johnson (Materia)
- Chris Dlamini (Materia)
- Guy Berger (Materia)
- Themba Nontlantane (Materia)
- Babalazi Bulunga (Materia)
- Regan Ntombi Shope (Materia)
- Harold Twala (Materia)
- Frank Shongwe (Materia)
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Reglas y/o convenciones usadas
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition
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Nota del archivista
An intense issue capturing the crescendo of civil resistance and the state’s militarized response during a critical transition period in South Africa’s township revolt.