The unit was primarily tasked in quelling township riots, and resorted under the command of the SADF's Natal Command. During the State of Emergency in the 1980s, this commando was tasked with protecting strategic facilities. S.B. Bourquin held the position of a Commandant at the Commando Group 10.
Themes covered include: Robert Mugabe Elections A future Zimbabwe and leadership Local news Common wealth Joshua Nkomo The Zimbabwe African National Union ? Patriotic Front (ZANU?PF) The Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) The Organisation of African Unity (OAU Leadership
The file contains correspondence, notes and stickers mainly relating to the Fete de l'Humanite; including correspondence with Sonia Bunting (ANC London office and Inkululeko Publications) and Ronnie Kasrils. Also included badges for the release of James Mange; Lilian Ngoyi; SACP.
Correspondence and statements, mainly relating to the visit of SACTU delegate Edward Ramsdale, SACTU offices in London, to Paris in November 1980 where he met with members of the Union Générale des Travailleurs Sénégalais en France (UGTSF); also included a 'Statement to the press' from Paula Ensor, David Hemson, Martin Legassick and Robert Petersen "as activists within SACTU", "In response to the public attack on us by the ANC office in London...", London, 18 January 1980.
