Reverend Allan Boesak Collection, Papers (AB-001-03)

Abstract

Dr Allan Aubrey Boesak was inter alia an anti-apartheid activist, cleric and politician. He rose to prominence during the 1980s as an outspoken critic and opponent of the National Party's policies and played a major anti-apartheid activist role.

Inventories, were created as each new donation was received.

The records described in this inventory are in paper format and cover the period from 1997 to 2000, when Dr Boesak was involved in legal proceedings (after allegations that he misappropriated funds whilst director of the Foundation for Peace and Justice).

The records are mainly secondary in nature with notes from legal representative and consist of bound, printed copies prepared by Sneller Transcriptions. This is not a complete reproduction of the legal proceedings. The collection also includes correspondence that Dr Boesak received during his incarceration in Malmesbury and Goodwood prisons.