Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1980 -1990 (Accumulation)
Niveau de description
collection
Étendue matérielle et support
23.9 linear metres (239 archival boxes)
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
The South African History Archive (SAHA) was established by anti-apartheid activists in the 1980s, and was closely connected in its formative years to the United Democratic Front, the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the African National Congress. It is an independent human rights archive dedicated to documenting, supporting and promoting greater awareness of past and contemporary struggles for justice through archival practices and outreach, and the utilisation of access to information laws.
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The Freedom of Information Programme (FOIP) collection comprises copies of materials released
pursuant to the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA). The collection includes apartheid
era security establishment records, documents created by the South African government bodies
and agencies post- apartheid, and documents from several private bodies. It also contains
documentation of the collection process. Special Projects, undertaken by the South African
History Archive (SAHA) to test the parameters of freedom of information in South Africa, include
materials relating to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in particular sensitive
materials; gays in the apartheid military; South African Defence Force (SADF), the apartheid
government's nuclear weapon programme; HIV/AIDS policies and implementation thereof of
private bodies and parastatals; the health and environmental impacts of the nuclear energy
industry, and documents relating to migration to and within RSA
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
This collection is open for research.
Conditions de reproduction
User restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement!
Langue des documents
- afrikaans
- anglais