Most of the trials are incomplete, some consisting of only one document. They include some cases brought by the State against individuals or groups charged with terrorism, etc; some are brought by detainees (assault, wrongful detentions etc.); there are 'Media' cases about undesirable publications, and cases in the Industrial Court involving trade unions such as National Union of Mineworkers and Food and Allied Workers Union, and dealing with industrial action; and Commissions of Inquiry.
Miscellaneous political cases handled by K Satchwell, attorney. Much of this material is lawyers correspondence but there are some extracts from trial records.
Records of Goldstone Commission enquiry (1992), an appeal heard in the Supreme Court (1994) and Amnesty Committee records.
Includes some Sebokeng records, 1990-1991.
These papers relate to the events which took place on June 17 1992 at nBoipatong, during which 39 people were murdered, several people injured and property was stolen or destroyed. There were accusations of police involvement in the crime.
The collection comprises 3 sets of documents: the Goldstone Commission of Enquiry (1992), the Appeal Court record with accompanying documents (1993-1994) and the Amnesty applications with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1999).
Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation
Records of the Goldstone Commission of Enquiry into events at Phola Park when members of 32 Battalion allegedly assaulted, raped and murdered certain township residents. Includes court records, affidavits, statements, photos and medical records of individuals.
Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation
This collection consists of court records and correspondence relating to cases dealt with by Advocate Edwin Cameron, mainly concerning conscientious objection.
Court transcript (1999) of a review application to the TRC Amnesty Committee against a decision refusing amnesty for the murder of SACP general secretary Chris Hani.
Court records in the matter between Clive John Derby-Lewis / Janusz Walus and the Chairman of the Amnesty Commission, the Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Ms Limpho Hani and the SACP when Derby-Lewis and Walus took their case to the Supreme Court in an attempt to get amnesty.
The collection contains the records of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS), a civil society organisation based at the School of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand. It includes memoranda and other documents on political trials, conscientious objection, detentions, repression, records relating to the ANC Constitutional Committee and administrative documentation.