These are Kairos files of documents and clippings about religious leaders involved in anti-apartheid activities.

This material documents covers a range of subjects relating to detention and trial and in some cases mention particular detainees.

These cases come from the Kairos database with information about torture and/or death in detention and supported the work Kairos carried out for the research department of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The database was not finished and sources of different files may not be complete. The numbering reflects the case file numbers allocated by Kairos. Each file has a summary sheet of information compiled by the Kairos researchers. Some reports are filed together. Access restrictions apply to this database.

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Reports of sentencing, executions and details of cases. Summaries and statistics of death row and executions and press releases about further cases. See also 2.7.1.1. for lists from the 1960s in the DPSC papers.

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See 2.7.1.1. for DPSC April 1986 report for information on the Gluckman Commission and a proposed medical protocol.

These files were compiled by Kairos and contain clippings, affidavits, court documents, and letters to SA Government ministers and overseas organisations. There are also reports from NGOs and churches active in these areas. Newspaper clippings cover the conditions, the protest activities and government responses to resistance. Some of these communities initiated court actions and tried to negotiate with the authorities on decisions taken to resettle them.

With the onset of negotiations towards a democratic South Africa, the demands of those who had been forced off their land for land restitution became a volatile issue. Programmes such as the Return to the Land Campaign and the filing of claims were used to pressure the government to attend to the redistribution of land.