The collection contains documents relating to the activities of the Johannesburg Civic Theatre for the period of 1962 to 2017. The records include historical information about the theatre and its development over the years, programmes of theatre productions and details of the performances, posters, newspaper clippings and photographs.

History of the Legal Resources Centre (LRC)Oral History Project:

The LRC Oral History Project was initiated in 2006, by the Southern Africa Legal Services Foundation (SALS) for the Legal Resources Trust, the body responsible for the assets and policy of the Legal Resources Centre. The project, funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, collected a record of the early years of the LRC, which was established in 1979.

This was done through interviews with a wide range of stakeholders including legal practitioners, practising in and out of the LRC fold, other staff, associates and Clients. Interviewers include journalist Ms. Hunter-Gault and Dr. Patel, an oral historian.

Interviewees include Justice Arthur Chaskalson, Geoff Budlender, Sir Sidney Kentridge, Justice Albie Sachs and Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu among many others. A total of 200 people were interviewed.

Justice Albie Sachs' interview includes reflections on the cases taken to the Constitutional Court and Archbishop Tutu speaks about his perceptions in his role as Patron. Dr. Patel made a serious attempt to include fellows, women, and long-term administrative staff and candidate attorneys who clerked at the LRC and to interview members of associated legal organizations. She also conducted interviews of South Africans who were visiting or had moved to the United States and with Americans who had served on SALSs Board of Directors or had a long association with the LRC. Ms. Hunter-Gault videotaped interviews of Geoff Budlender and Justice Arthur Chaskalson in South Africa.

The collection consists of 201 interviews recorded as digital audio recordings and transcripts. The dates of the material range from 2006 to 2010. These dates refer to the recordings and the transcribing of the recordings. The roles of the interviewees are wide-ranging, including people who were not employed by the LRC. The roles are recorded as part of the description. Content of the interviews reflect the history of the development of the LRC and the cases and causes that were involved.

The collection contains documents originating from the work of the Association for Social Work Education in Africa (ASWEA), being reports of the seminars of ASWEA that were published between 1971-1989, and a booklet explaining the historical background, objectives, governing body, functions and activities of ASWEA.

Newsletter publication of the Federation of South African Trade Unions between 1979-1985.

Also refer to collections AH1999 Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU); AH2065 Taffy Adler and A2168 Jane Barrett.

The collection contains the documents relating to the activities of The Foundation for Human Rights in South Africa, for the period of 1996 to 2005, and an addition in 2019.
The records include information about a number of projects run by various South African Non-Governmental Organizations with the financial support of the Foundation. Each Project contains a set of documents relating to all the activities carried out including the proposal and the outcomes.
An addition to the collection was received in 2019, containing the records of the Institutional Reconciliation and Transformation Commission (IRTC) of the University of Cape Town.

Three publications of photographic exhibitions by the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (IDAF).

The collection contains the documents relating to the activities of the Southern African Centre for Survivors of Torture and concentrates on the Zimbabwe Torture Victims/Survivors Project run by this organisation.

Important documents of the South African Chemical and Biological Weapons Programme (CBW), which were part of the submissions to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission during the public hearings into the CBW Programme in 1998.

These particular documents were made available on the website of the 'International Relations and Security Network' (ISN), and were downloaded in printed in May 2012. They consist of re-typed minutes, correspondence and reports, and are numbered 1-283.

The documents cover the years 1981 to 1994 and are relating to Projects COAST and JOTA, both chemical and biological weapons programmes of South Africa during Apartheid. According to one of the documents, Project Coast was launched in 1982 with the initial aim to establish a chemical and biological warfare capacity for the South African Defence Force. The programme was headed by Wouter Basson. Research activities were mainly conducted at the Roodeplaat Research Laboratories.

Some of the documents included are: