Units in Collection
This Collection contains 6 unitsFinding Aids
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The Quick Guide is a list of all the items relevant to the Black Sash in this particular collection.Julie Fredrikse (Donor)
Repository: South African History Archive, University of the WitwatersrandReference code: AL2460
Extent: 472 audiocassettes and 52 boxes. Approximately six items relate to Black Sash
City: Johannesburg
Dated: 1979-1990. Dates of all Black Sash items are not known
Scope:This collection of interviews and recordings covers the period 1979 to 1990. Frederikse worked as a journalist for the National Public Radio (NPR) in the USA, which covered politics in South Africa. At the same time, she wrote the book South Africa: A Different Kind of War: From Soweto to Pretoria (1986). Thereafter, she wrote The Unbreakable Thread: Non-racialism in South Africa (1990).
While writing The Unbreakable Thread, Frederikse was based in Harare, Zimbabwe. This is where most of the interviews conducted for the purposes of this book were transcribed.
The collection includes interviews with over 260 South African anti-apartheid activists and leaders, including Molly Blackburn of the Black Sash. The collection includes interviews conducted by Julie Frederikse as well as others. In some cases, only transcripts of the interviews are available. In the list below, (T) notes that the orginial taped interview is in the collection, (S) denotes that a summary of the interview is available on a database and (CDL) denotes that the Researcher has to obtain permission to reproduce, quote or copy the interview from the individual concerned.
Media: Text documents; Sound recordings
Themes:Labour; Legal issues; Other organisations; Personnel
Percentage of collection relevant to Black Sash: 1 - 19%Location contact details
Organisation: South African History Archive, William Cullen Library, University of the WitwatersrandTelephone: 27 (0)11 717 1941
Fax: 27 (0)11 717 1964
Email: admin@saha.org.za
Website: http://www.saha.org.za
Street address: William Cullen Library, University of the Witwatersrand, East Campus, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
Postal address: PO Box 31719
Area: Braamfontein
City: Johannesburg
Postal code: 2017
Province / State: Gauteng
Country: South Africa