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Date(s)
- 1980 (Accumulation)
- 1977 - 1983 (Accumulation)
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Collection
Extent and medium
0.1 linear metre (1 archival box)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
David Forbes was on the editorial teams of a number of student publications in the late 1970s and early 1980s and he contributed to other student publications. The collection includes a number of these publications. David Forbes is today a television director / cameramen in South Africa, with numerous international and local awards. He is a Wits Business School graduate. David is currently busy shooting his own documentary on 'The Cradock Four', which is nearly completed. In 2005 he was also shooting hours of serials for the Wits Origins Centre Rock Art Museum.
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Scope and content
The collection includes a range of student newspapers from different universities from the late 1970s to early 1980s. Forbes was involved as contributor and part of the editorial teams for these newspapers. These materials are listed in section A of the inventory.
Forbes also donated a significant number of 1994 elections posters (mostly posterboards) to the archive. These materials are described in section B of the inventory. The posters are incorporated into the SAHA Poster collection (AL2446).
Forbes and SAHA also requested documents through a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) request in conjunction with SAHA for the making of his documentary on the Cradock Four - these documents are included in the Freedom of Information Programme (FOIP) collection (AL2878) at SAHA.
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This collection is open for research
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20090818