AL3135 :: The Gertrude Fester Collection

Collection No:	AL3135
Title:	The Gertrude Fester Collection
Creator:	Unknown
Origination:	TRC Archival Project
Publisher:	SAHA
Inclusive Dates:	2001
Bulk Dates:	2001
Extent:	0.1 linear metre (1 archival box) containing 1 file
Language:	English
Acquisition:	Accession Number: 04-011
Access Restrictions:	This collection is open for research
Use Restrictions:	Copyright restrictions may apply. See SAHA copyright statement for Use Restrictions.
Copyright:	Finding Aid: © The South African History Archive (SAHA)
Created:	30 July 2009
Abstract:	In May 1988, Gertrude Fester was detained and subsequently put on trial with other political activists in a trial known as the "Yengeni 14". In March 1990 charges were dropped and Fester was released. She subsequently initiated the Women's Education Artistic Voice and Expressions (WEAVE), a black women's writing collective. Her paper entitled \\\"Apartheid\\\'s Residue - women\\\'s lives, struggles and testimonies: challenging patriarchal lenses\\\" is a personal account of Fester\\\'s own detention in terms of Section 29 of the Internal Security Act and an interrogation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) from a gender perspective.