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Behind Closed Doors by Shireen Motala
A study of deaths in detention in South Africa between August 1963 and 1984 and of further deaths between June 1984 and September 1985.
Published by the South African Institute of Race Relations. Authors: Shireen Motala with contributions by Frances Potter
PART III - Political Documents
Part of Karis-Gerhart Collection
Part of Brian Mitchell Papers
In February 1982 there was a combined protests, about the number of deaths of those detained in police custody and the death of Neil Agget, workers from three of the apartheid states principal seaports, have staged a 30 minuet strike. Thus the black stevedores, employed at Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and East London, stopped work. At the nations largest port Durban the General Workers Union spokesman D Lewis noted that the stoppage was little supported.
Mitchell, Brian
The collection consists of personal and political papers and photographs.
Suzman, Helen
Security Trials, Court records
The collection contains in part the court proceedings of prominent trials against political activists in South Africa.
South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)
Detainees Parents Support Committee (DPSC), Records
Some of the earlier material appears to have been lost in the Khotso house bombings where the DPSC offices were located. It should also be noted that the DPSC operated under extreme conditions of State repression (banning orders, detentions etc.) and as a result certain transactions (meetings etc.) went unrecorded. Although the DPSC did not operate in isolation, the sheer numbers of those detained and the impossibility of dealing with every case should also be taken into account.
Detainees Parent Support Committee (DPSC)
Representations July-December 1982
Part of Helen Suzman Papers
11/08/82: letter from Mrs. Gertrude Mazwai, mother of Thami Mazwai, who is in Leeukop Prison for refusing to testify, asking about possible remission of sentence and asking Helen Suzman to visit the prison to "boost their [the prisoner's] morale"; "We all appreciate your stand and we hope you will keep on fighting, BRAVO, thank you."; Helen Suzman reply dated 23/08/82.
23/09/82: letter from Neil Aggett's parents, Joyce and Aubrey thanking Helen Suzman for forwarding an anonymous donor's cheque towards their legal expenses.
(no date): cutting about Helen Suzman speaking in parliament about the death of Neil Aggett.
(no date): 17 page handwritten speech headed "No confidence debate (Aggett Inquest) H. Suzman".
Unsigned and undated second statement of NH Aggett, as typed
Part of Dr. Neil Aggett Inquest