Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- August 1976 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 newsletter (multi-page, printed text)
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Nom du producteur
Dépôt
Histoire archivistique
Maintained in IDAF archives and used for documenting political unrest and anti-apartheid resistance.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
South African History Archive (SAHA)
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
This issue documents the aftermath of the Soweto uprising, ongoing unrest throughout South Africa, and widespread repression. Topics include political trials (ANC and Black Consciousness), arrests of children, use of the Terrorism Act and preventive detention, the role of the Riotous Assemblies Act, military operations in Ovamboland, torture allegations, and the deaths of detainees such as Mapetla Mohapi. Additional sections cover Transkei, Namibia, Rhodesia, and continued censorship and bannings.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Retained permanently for historical research on Southern African political repression and human rights violations.
Accroissements
No further accruals expected.
Mode de classement
Sequentially published as Issue 6 in the 'Focus' bulletin series.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Available for public research.
Conditions de reproduction
Reproduction allowed with proper citation of IDAF as source.
Langue des documents
anglais
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
OCR-scanned format, legible but derived from original printed bulletin.
Instruments de recherche
Instrument de recherche téléversé
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Originals held by the South African History Archives.
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Digital copy available through the PWP projects and other Archives.
Unités de description associées
See also Focus Issues 1–5 for earlier events in the Soweto uprising and related trials.
Note de publication
Focus', Issue No. 6. International Defence and Aid Fund, August 1976.
Zone des notes
Note
This issue provides crucial detail on post-Soweto repression, child detentions, and terrorism-related trials in Namibia.
Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
- Mapetla Mohapi (Sujet)
- Tsietsi Mashinini (Sujet)
- Joseph Mdluli (Sujet)
- Cleopas Ndlovu (Sujet)
- Steven Biko (Sujet)
- Saths Cooper (Sujet)
- Strini Moodley (Sujet)
- Absalom Cindi (Sujet)
- David Rabkin (Sujet)
- Susan Rabkin (Sujet)
- Jeremy Cronin (Sujet)
- Fatima Meer (Sujet)
- Aaron Muchimba (Sujet)
- Hendrik Shikongo (Sujet)
- Anna Ngaihondjwa (Sujet)
- Rauna Nambinga (Sujet)
- Joseph Nduli (Sujet)
Mots-clés - Genre
Zone du contrôle de la description
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Identifiant du service d'archives
Règles et/ou conventions utilisées
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition
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Dates de production, de révision, de suppression
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Note de l'archiviste
Compiled from OCR scan of Issue 6, documenting major state responses to youth resistance and uprisings in 1976.