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MAY 1985

This issue of FOCUS reports on the intensification of security measures in Namibia, including new permit systems and border controls, and details mass arrests and trials of SWAPO members. It also covers the escalating unrest in South Africa, including rent and school boycotts, political trials, and the rejection of conditional release offers by Nelson Mandela.

11 pages · 3 articles · validated

Front matter

  • front matter

    Masthead

    pp. 1

    Masthead and table of contents for Issue 58.

Articles

3
  • article

    Tighter Control in Namibia

    pp. 1–4 2 people 12 places 3 organizations

    Report on the intensification of security measures in Namibia, including new permit requirements for bantustans and the enforcement of ID cards.

  • article

    Mass Arrests

    pp. 2 1 people 5 places 4 organizations

    Report on the arrest of at least forty people in the Ovambo region of Namibia in January 1985.

  • article

    SWAPO Trial Opens

    pp. 3 6 people 5 places 4 organizations

    Report on the trial of two alleged SWAPO combatants in Windhoek.

End matter

  • end matter

    IDAF Information

    pp. 11

    Information about the International Defence and Aid Fund and its publications.