Search Help

How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

Search Results

Apartheid Under Pressure- A Current Analysis of Repression, Apartheid Law and Structures, and Prospects for a Negotiated Settlement Apartheid Under Pressure- A Current Analysis of Repression, Apartheid Law and Structures, and Prospects for a Negotiated Settlement
Publisher: Human Rights CommissionDate: 5/20/1990Volume Number: 20-MayFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
Special Report 7
State Violence: A Study of Repression and the links between Security Legislation, Security Management, Vigilantes and Hit Squads State Violence: A Study of Repression and the links between Security Legislation, Security Management, Vigilantes and Hit Squads
Publisher: Human Rights CommissionDate: 8/1990Volume Number: AugustFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
Special Report 8
The CCB: Origin, actions and future of the Civil Co-operation Bureau The CCB: Origin, actions and future of the Civil Co-operation Bureau
Publisher: Human Rights Commission in association with the David Webster TrustDate: 9/1990Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
Special Report 9. This document traces the history of the CCB, the reasons for its creation, its objectives, activities, current state and probable future.
Internal Security Act Internal Security Act
Publisher: Human Rights CommissionDate: 7/1990Volume Number: JulyFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
Fact Paper 6
Deaths in Detention Deaths in Detention
Publisher: Human Rights CommissionDate: 8/1990Volume Number: AugustFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa: Human Rights Reports
Fact Paper 7
Learn and Teach Learn and Teach
Publisher: Learn and Teach PublicationsYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
In this Issue: Conference for a Democratic Future; The Railway Strike; A History of Robben Island; The Comrade Taxi Drivers; Driving for SWAPO; ACTSTOP's Struggle in the Cities; English Lesson; more.
Learn and Teach Learn and Teach
Publisher: Learn and Teach PublicationsYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: Namibia: The Birth of a Nation
WorkTeam (Nhimbe/ Letsema/ Ilima): The Worker\'s Co-op Magazine WorkTeam (Nhimbe/ Letsema/ Ilima): The Worker\'s Co-op Magazine
Publisher: CORDE (Co-operation for Research Development and Education)Year: 1990Volume Number: No. 8Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
In this Issue: Free Calendar; Introducing Production Democracy; Find a penfriend; The land struggle and collective resettlement in Zimbabwe; more.
ANC News Briefing ANC News Briefing
Publisher: African National Congress South Africa (ANC)Year: 1990Volume Number: Vol. 14 AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: For Peace, Freedom and Democracy
ANC News Briefing ANC News Briefing
Publisher: African National Congress South Africa (ANC)Year: 1990Volume Number: Vol. 14-19Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: Mass Struggles and Sanctions have Opened Hospitals! The Same Combined Force will end Apartheid!