Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA AG2726
Title
Peace Corps records
Date(s)
- 1993 - 1997 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Extent10 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Peace the Peace was an organisation established in 1993, initially under the auspices of Wits Vaal Peace Secretariat.
Using trained peace workers from troubled areas, the Corps aimed in promoting peace in these areas by monitoring; marches and public events and encouraging a culture of peace.
Young unemployed people were mainly trained as monitors and paid a small salary, Ephemeral records (L, M, N, 0) may he destroyed alter the year 2001
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Copyright Historical Papers Research Archive, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa