The materials that make up this collection constitute the records of proceedings of the case of The State v. PW Botha in its entirety as well as a small selection of documents from the subsequent appeal.
The records of The State v. PW Botha are divided into 36 volumes, individually bound. The combined list of contents is bound in a separate volume (item #37). The Heads of Argument as well as the Appendix to the Heads of Argument form separate unbound items (items # 38.1 and 38.2).
Although records of proceedings of the appeal, PW Botha vs. The State are in the custody of the Cape Town High Court, the inclusion of the Judgment of the Appeal serves to complement the existing collection and is also included (item 39.1.3).
Materials collected from TRC Archival Audit.
The TRC Archival Audit
Between 2003 and 2006, SAHA and Historical Papers, University of Witwatersrand embarked on a project to locate, retrieve and make available records relating to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC). The project entailed conducting an archival audit of all existing TRC records in order to identify and locate documentation in danger of being lost.
In the process of conducting the archival audit, SAHA and HP located many collections from individuals and organizations that participated in the TRC process, including this collection. Selections from these materials as well as TRC related material found in the freedom of Information Collection and other pre-existing SAHA and HP collections, were digitized and can be accessed online at http://truth.wwl.wits.ac.za/
A guide to archival resources relating to South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission can also be found at http://www.saha.org.za/pdf/trc_directory.pdf