Ciskei was integrated into Eastern Cape province after the 1994 elections.

These contain reports of arrests and detentions for a wide range of offences. Some were for the possession of items with banned organisation names on them. Other offences were the possession of banned literature, sabotage, murder, supporting a banned organisation or protesting the governments apartheid policies.

These include reports and analysis of the presence of foreign torturers in South Africa, reports about two members of the medical profession who helped reveal the incidence of torture and abuse of detainees, Drs Wendy Orr and Jonathan Gluckman.

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.

These court cases took place from 1983-1988. The heading dates reflect the dates of the cases. Court documents deal with human rights violations and some such as the case concerning the curfew, have extensive supporting material such as affidavits and reports. Cases include cases brought against the authorities claiming for human rights violations applying for access to detainees, challenging state actions and legislation and the failure of the authorities to bring security force perpetrators to book. Other cases involve the authorities trying individuals in terms of security legislation. The testimony of Captain Ballack illustrates the attitudes and actions of the security forces against detainees. See 10.1.1.8.2.

Activities of a third force were first referred to in 1990 when the term was used publicly by leaders of the ANC including Nelson Mandela. Since 1994, more evidence confirmed the existence of independent units and others in the SAP and SADF. The SA government denied third force activities. This was contradicted in the evidence at trials such as those of Eugene de Kock and Magnus Malan. Covert organisations included Vlakplaas, state-sponsored hit squads and dirty tricks organisations such as the Defence Forces Civil Co-operation Bureau (CCB) and Military Intelligences Directorate of Covert Collection. There was and a cross-pollination of staff between these organisations.

The material covers the trials of two men involved in the above activities. Eugene de Kock led a notorious death squad operating from Vlakplaas and Malan, as Defence Minister and political boss of the SA Defence Force and the CCB, was aware of the covert activities of both organs.

Information about the campaigns for the abolition of the death penalty.

The churches were active in Namibia in making known the abuses against the Namibian people under occupation. The international and local church provided services such as medical services, education and support to the poor, refugees and those affected by military abuses. They co-operated with international church and other organisations and made representations to international organisations such as the UN for the granting of independence, the condemnation of human rights violations and the provision of aid.