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values | document_name stringclasses 109
values | parent_folder stringclasses 1
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Index 0/Index 01 | Index 01 | Index 0 | Index 1_page_001 | 1 | false | Index 0/Index 01/Index 1_page_001.json | [{"bbox": [45, 109, 723, 666], "category": "Picture", "reading_order": 0}, {"bbox": [50, 671, 717, 698], "category": "Text", "text": "News Bulletin of the International Defence & Aid Fund", "reading_order": 1}, {"bbox": [747, 127, 815, 185], "category": "Picture", "reading_order": 2}, {"bbox": [753, 263, 1067, 483], "c... | News Bulletin of the International Defence & Aid Fund
## focus
ON POLITICAL
REPRESSION IN
SOUTHERN AFRICA
## INDEX
ISSUES NOS. 1-10
This Index is divided into three parts: SOUTH AFRICA, NAMIBIA and RHODESIA/ZIMBABWE, and entries should be sought under the appropriate territory. The numbers following each entry refer... | |
Index 0/Index 01 | Index 01 | Index 0 | Index 1_page_003 | 2 | false | Index 0/Index 01/Index 1_page_003.json | [{"bbox": [61, 108, 282, 131], "category": "Section-header", "text": "FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-10", "reading_order": 0}, {"bbox": [81, 145, 232, 163], "category": "List-item", "text": "investigation of 6/10", "reading_order": 1}, {"bbox": [81, 163, 391, 196], "category": "List-item", "text": "members & officials banned 1/4, ... | ## FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-10
- investigation of 6/10
- members & officials banned 1/4, 8/4, 8/13,
9/14
- members & officials detained 1/6, 6/9, 7/7,
8/9
- International Red Cross 9/11
- Ismail, Solly 2/3
- Issel, Johnny 1/4, 7/8
- Jack, Vuyo 2/9, 4/2, 5/12, 7/11
- Jackson, Ishmail 8/11, 10/14
- Jacobs, G. 6/8
- J... | |
Index 0/Index 01 | Index 01 | Index 0 | Index 1_page_004 | 3 | false | Index 0/Index 01/Index 1_page_004.json | [{"bbox": [158, 114, 180, 132], "category": "Page-header", "text": "16", "reading_order": 0}, {"bbox": [267, 88, 282, 105], "category": "Page-header", "text": "4", "reading_order": 1}, {"bbox": [229, 120, 570, 1616], "category": "Text", "text": "Mati, Joseph 3/7\nMatime, Kenneth 6/8\nMatinis, Vuyisile Albert 9/13\nMati... | 16
4
Mati, Joseph 3/7
Matime, Kenneth 6/8
Matinis, Vuyisile Albert 9/13
Matizera, George 6/8
Matle, Jonas 9/9
Matolengwe, Bishop Patrick 10/11
Matsengoane, Charles 8/12
Matshoba, Debora 7/8, 9/10
Matsobane, Dan 'Boy' 8/10
Matsobane, Mike 8/10
Matta, Don Molteno 3/7
Mattera, Don 7/6, 7/9
Matthews, James 7/8, 9/14,
Mat... | |
Index 0/Index 01 | Index 01 | Index 0 | Index 1_page_005 | 4 | false | Index 0/Index 01/Index 1_page_005.json | [{"bbox": [1091, 133, 1104, 153], "category": "Page-header", "text": "5", "reading_order": 0}, {"bbox": [65, 109, 289, 133], "category": "Section-header", "text": "FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-10", "reading_order": 1}, {"bbox": [65, 146, 228, 164], "category": "List-item", "text": "Naidoo, Mrs Jean 8/10", "reading_order": 2}, {"... | 5
## FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-10
- Naidoo, Mrs Jean 8/10
- Nala, June Rose 5/11, 5/14
- NAYO see National Youth Organisation
- National Union of Textile Workers 4/1, 5/11, 5/14, 7/9
- National Youth Organisation (NAYO) 1/2, 1/6, 5/11
see Molokeng, J.M., trial
- Naude, Rev Beyers 1/3-4, 9/14
- Nchabaleng, Petrus Magas... | |
Index 0/Index 01 | Index 01 | Index 0 | Index 1_page_006 | 5 | false | Index 0/Index 01/Index 1_page_006.json | [{"bbox": [228, 109, 241, 128], "category": "Page-header", "text": "6", "reading_order": 0}, {"bbox": [1064, 88, 1258, 120], "category": "Page-header", "text": "FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-10", "reading_order": 1}, {"bbox": [227, 143, 563, 1661], "category": "Text", "text": "Seremane, Joseph 5/11\nSeroke, Joyce 7/9, 9/14\nSexwa... | 6
FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-10
Seremane, Joseph 5/11
Seroke, Joyce 7/9, 9/14
Sexwale, Frank 9/9
Sexwale, Mosima 10/16
Shabalala, Percy 5/11
Shakwane, Rodgers 8/12
Shidomo, John 8/12
Shifotola, Rabel 5/7, 6/4
Shikira, Jonas 7/7
Shinners, Mark Mabitsi 10/13
Shitaba, Piet 8/12
Shubane, Khekha (Khela) 9/12, 10/20
Sibi, Nco S. 7... | |
Index 0/Index 01 | Index 01 | Index 0 | Index 1_page_007 | 6 | false | Index 0/Index 01/Index 1_page_007.json | [{"bbox": [38, 102, 253, 120], "category": "Section-header", "text": "FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-10", "reading_order": 0}, {"bbox": [1059, 106, 1070, 122], "category": "Text", "text": "7", "reading_order": 1}, {"bbox": [37, 137, 363, 365], "category": "Text", "text": "Caprivi 5/16, 6/3\nchildren/juveniles 7/15, 8/14, 9/16\nchu... | ## FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-10
7
Caprivi 5/16, 6/3
children/juveniles 7/15, 8/14, 9/16
churches
and detainees 2/2
detention of ministers/workers 1/10, 1/11, 2/2, 6/3, 10/13
disappearance of priest and subdeacon 6/3
expulsion of workers 2/2
and flight of refugees 4/4
harrassment of 6/3
Lutheran 2/2, 3/6
ministers detained... | |
Index 0/Index 01 | Index 01 | Index 0 | Index 1_page_008 | 7 | false | Index 0/Index 01/Index 1_page_008.json | [{"bbox": [241, 100, 254, 118], "category": "Page-header", "text": "8", "reading_order": 0}, {"bbox": [1077, 86, 1260, 112], "category": "Page-header", "text": "FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-1", "reading_order": 1}, {"bbox": [268, 135, 452, 153], "category": "List-item", "text": "Council on Namibia 1/11", "reading_order": 2}, {"b... | 8
FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-1
- Council on Namibia 1/11
- General Assembly 1/11
- Security Council 7/15
- Uuanivi, Pastor Hiskia 1/11
- Valentin, Margaret 2/2
- vigilante groups, white 3/11, 4/5
- Vulenga, Benjamin Chrispus 9/17, 10/18
- Willem, Gabriel 5/7, 6/4, 8/15
- Winter, Bishop Colin 2/2, 6/3
- Witbooi, Capt... | |
Index 0/Index 01 | Index 01 | Index 0 | Index 1_page_009 | 8 | false | Index 0/Index 01/Index 1_page_009.json | [{"bbox": [40, 102, 257, 121], "category": "Page-header", "text": "FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-10", "reading_order": 0}, {"bbox": [1063, 107, 1075, 125], "category": "Page-header", "text": "9", "reading_order": 1}, {"bbox": [40, 137, 372, 1655], "category": "Text", "text": "Indemnity and Compensation Act 1/7,\n2/10, 5/3\nfirst ... | FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-10
9
Indemnity and Compensation Act 1/7,
2/10, 5/3
first case under 10/4
Law and Order (Maintenance) Amendment
Bill 7/5
National Registration Act (1976) 4/7, 9/6
National Service Act (1976) 6/13, 7/5
Private Investigators & Security Guards
(Control) Bill 10/6
Stock Theft Amendment Act 5/4
and see S... | |
Index 0/Index 01 | Index 01 | Index 0 | Index 1_page_010 | 9 | false | Index 0/Index 01/Index 1_page_010.json | "[{\"bbox\": [1084, 89, 1258, 117], \"category\": \"Page-header\", \"text\": \"FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-1\(...TRUNCATED) | "FOCUS INDEX NOS. 1-1\n\n10\n\nrefugees 1/9, 6/11-12, 9/6-7\n\nResayi, Anderson 10/6\n\nRoman Cathol(...TRUNCATED) | |
Index 0/Index 02 | Index 02 | Index 0 | Index 2_page_001 | 1 | false | Index 0/Index 02/Index 2_page_001.json | "[{\"bbox\": [33, 94, 718, 664], \"category\": \"Picture\", \"reading_order\": 0}, {\"bbox\": [36, 6(...TRUNCATED) | "## focus\nON POLITICAL\nREPRESSION IN\nSOUTHERN AFRICA\n\nNews Bulletin of the International Defenc(...TRUNCATED) |
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focus-raw-ocr
Page-level corrected dots.ocr output for the FOCUS on Political Repression in Southern Africa news bulletin, published by the International Defence & Aid Fund from 1975 onwards.
Each row is one page of one document, joined to its rendered page image and the manually-validated dots.ocr layout JSON (bounding boxes + categories + text + reading order).
Schema
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
image |
Image | Original page render (PNG). |
document_id |
string | Stable document id (e.g. Issue 01, Other Doc/Briefing 8, Index 0/Index 03). |
document_name |
string | Human-readable document label. |
parent_folder |
string | Parent folder if any (e.g. Index 0, Other Doc), else null. |
page_id |
string | Canonical page id (e.g. Issue 1_page_001, I1001_page_001). |
page_number |
int32 | 1-based page number within the document. |
is_validated |
bool | Whether a human reviewed this page. |
source_path |
string | Relative path of the JSON in the correction tool's project. |
layout |
string | JSON-encoded list of dots.ocr blocks (bbox, category, text, reading_order, optional group_id). |
markdown |
string | Reflowed markdown preview of the page in reading order. |
Citation
If you use this dataset, please cite The Bitter Aloe Project:
@misc{bitter_aloe_focus_raw_ocr,
title = {focus-raw-ocr: Corrected dots.ocr layouts for the FOCUS bulletin},
author = {The Bitter Aloe Project},
year = {2026},
url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/bitter-aloe/focus-raw-ocr}
}
License & terms
The code and structured annotations in this dataset are released by The Bitter Aloe Project under CC-BY-NC-4.0 for non-commercial research use. The underlying FOCUS publication is © the International Defence & Aid Fund and its successors; please consult the original rightsholders for any commercial reuse of the page imagery or transcribed text.
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