Voices of Boipatong

Sources of Archival Materials on the Boipatong Massacre

Department of Justice (DOJ)

Content

Digitised reports of: Amnesty hearings; Oral - Victims stories; confessions;
visits to notorious hostel; transcripts;
IFP, SAP,SADF, ANC involvement; cources of massacre; reports by the South African Press Association; etc.

Contact Person(s)

Marline Raswiswi: (012) 3151730.
Natalie Louw: (012) 3151715.
www.doj.gov.za

Location

Records located at the South African National Archives in Tshwane and are in excellent condition.

Freedom Park Archives

Content

film, reports, Names displayed on walls, name lists.

Contact Person(s)

Tlou Makhura:0827680382.
makhura@freedompark.co.za
Nomazizi: 0726409088.
Lubi Ndaba: lubi@freedompark.co.za
(012) 336 4080

Location

Freedompark/ Pretoria

Joburg City Library

Content

A collection of Newspaper clips from various newspapers: Reports/comments on the massacre.

Contact Person(s)

Ms Pelo: (011) 0225167

Location

Joburg City Library Archives. The collection kept in a separate file marked Boipatong massacre

Khulumani Archives

Content

Non-digital, hand written reports, anthologies by C Byrne.

Contact Person(s)

Zwelikude Mkhize: 0737046414
Sally Msingitha: 0766247255

Location

Khotso House: JHB

Media 24

Content

Contact Person(s)

Ferial Haffajee: (011) 7139521.
Ferial.Haffagee@citypress.co.za

Location

National Library of South Africa

Content

Hardcopies: articles,news reports,
pictures.

Contact Person(s)

Mr John Tsebe: 0730151157/012-4019717
john.tsebe@nlsa.ac.za
Dimakatso Methula: 0764125496

Location

Pretoria City Central.

Nelson Mandela Foundation

Content

Digitalised: Mandela speeches reference to Boipatong, reports, articles, pictures,
Web:nelsonmandela.org

Contact Person(s)

Razia Saleh:razias@nelsonmandela.org, 0115475618 (until 1pm)
Sahm Venter: sahmv@nelsonmandela.org
011547-5675

Location

Houghton/JHB:

SA History Online

Content

Digitalised: Film, photos, narratives,
Web.

Contact Person(s)

Omar Basha: 0824591067

Location

Cape Town

South African Broadcasting Corporation(SABC)

Content

Tapes: Analogue, 60 minutes raw (unedited) footage, news reports,
Tapes: DVC PRO, Narratives of the affected and perpetrators confessions.

Contact Person(s)

Sias Scott: Floor 2. SABC Archieves.
Moloko Maserumule:0832894474,
maserumulemh@sabc.co.za

Location

Auckland park: JHB.

South African Heritage Resource Agency

Content

No entry

Contact Person(s)

Mimi: 0720494138
Imasiteng@sat.sahra.org.za

Location

Pretoria: Temporary housed at Ditsong Museum

Times Media Group

Content

Contact Person(s)

Phillip Kgaphola: (011) 2803916.
kgaphola@timesmedia.co.za

Location

UNISA Library Archives

Content

Articles, newspaper clips, photos, Web, reports on the event
that took place in Boipatong.

Contact Person(s)

Marie Coetzee: +27 12 4292560.
coetzma@unisa.ac.za
Alicia Peter: peterna@unisa.ac.za
Ammi Ryke: rykea@unisa.ac.za

Location

UNISA Main Campus Library Archives.

Wits Historical Papers

Content

Digitised, hard copies, news paper articles, comments,
pictures, maps, narratives, name lists, tapes, SAP vehicle reports,etc .

Contact Person(s)

Michele Pickover (Curator): michele.pickover@wits.ac.za
Zofia Sulej (Archivist): zofia.sulej@wits.ac.za
Gabriele Mohale (Archivist): gabriele.mohale@wits.ac.za

Location

Historical Papers Research Archive, William Cullen Library, Wits University, East Campus

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