Southern Africa Defence and Aid Fund Australia (SADAF)
Australia
The Southern Africa Defence and Aid Fund (SADAF) was a specialist organisation, founded in 1963 by a small group of South-African post-Sharpeville refugees and several interested Australians. SADAF’s main aims were ‘to aid and defend the victims of unjust legislation and oppression in South Africa, including support for families and dependents of victims’ and ‘to keep the conscience of the world alive to the issues at stake’. SADAF was affiliated to the International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF) which channelled money into Southern Africa for use in special projects or by individuals. In 1981 SADAF was dissolved and reconvened as CAASA. Like its predecessor, CAASA maintained close ties with Campaign against Racial Exploitation (CARE).
The State Library of New South Wales holds a substantial collection, containing minutes, financial records, correspondence, campaign materials and publications and covers the period 1961-1987.
