International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) Papers
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Documentation including correspondence, affidavits, reports and statements. These include a
1960 petition by white male prisoners detained under emergency regulations at the Old Fort prison
about unhygienic conditions, a list of banned women in South Africa [1963], an affidavit by Bob
Hepple (November 1965) concerning the abuse and torture of African prisoners at Pretoria local prison as witnessed by him in 1963, testimony delivered by Dennis Brutus to the UN special Committee on Apartheid (1967) concerning his political imprisonment and the conditions of political prisoners in South African prisons, statements by political prisoners on torture, the visit of South African prisons in 1967, and the documentation concerning the World Campaign for the Release of
South African Political Prisoners. Correspondents include Sylvia Neame and Sonia Bunting.
1960-1967
https://atom.nelsonmandela.org/za-com-mm-308
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https://atom.nelsonmandela.org/uwc-robben-island-mayibuye-archives
UWC Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
Cape Town
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