December 2023 edition
As 2023 draws to a close we seem to detect that a complete sea-change has been taking place, largely below the surface, throughout the West – and a sea-change very much for the better!
Away from the two main international flashpoints of the year – Russia’s military intervention in the Ukraine and Israel’s response to Hamas terrorism in the Gaza Strip – a perhaps even more dramatic global development has taken place recently, namely the surprise triumph of the Party for Freedom (PVV) at the recent Netherlands General Election. Even though the traditional plethora of single-issue political parties in the Netherlands means that the PVV could not obtain an overall majority, they did even so emerge as by far the strongest party, who must form a dominant faction in the next Dutch government. By so doing they have caused an earthquake in the European Union (EU)!
But it is not just in the Netherlands that the forces of the patriotic Right have proved to be on the ascendancy. Patriotic parties had earlier made significant breakthroughs in both Italy and Sweden, and of course patriotic governments have been in place in both Hungary and Serbia for some time (the latter though of course being outside the EU). With nationalist parties and movements also making massive advances in other European countries – particularly in France – it seems clear that the days of the wretched multi-national EU are now numbered.
In Britain the situation seems to be potentially even more encouraging. The takeover of the traditionally patriotic Conservative Party by foreign elements who clearly have no loyalty or interest in their country of residence has predictably resulted in the destruction of this once great party, as they have been decisively defeated in by-election after by-election in previously rock-solid safe seats. At the same time the disparate factions which resulted from the redundancy of UKIP/The Brexit Party seem to have coalesced around the Reform UK Party, who are now establishing themselves as a viable opposition patriotic alternative. Perhaps of even greater long-term significance has been the establishment of the GBNews TV channel which gives a voice to many expressions of patriotic sentiment which have for long been ignored by the mainstream media.
Elsewhere around the Western World the situation seems much the same. In the United States all observers – including even those of the liberal-left – now agree that Donald J. Trump is a shoo-in for the GOP presidential candidacy in 2024, with far more being resigned to the fact that he is also the likely winner in November than was the case in 2016! Meanwhile in Australia the ALP government of Anthony Albanese took a drubbing at the recent Indigenous Voice Referendum so decisive that it is very difficult to see them ever recovering.
It seems therefore that the brief ascendancy of the untermenschen which emerged during the height of the Covid-1984 hysteria in the form of the “Black Lives Matter” mentality has now come to an abrupt end. With epoch-marking elections looming in both the US and the UK next year where a sea-change of fortunes as fundamental as that in the Netherlands seems highly likely, the triumphs of 2023 are poised to be accelerated during 2024. The days ahead will inspire us!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Springbok Club held a most successful and enthusiastic buffet-meeting last month in order to celebrate UDI Day. There was a good turnout with several supporters attending an event for the first time, and as a result a number of new friendships were made, as well as many old ones cemented! The guest speaker was Mr. Stuart Agnew, the former UKIP MEP for the East of England, who gave an masterful speech about his years living in the then Rhodesia (illustrated with some immaculately drawn maps), and then telling something about his experiences appearing on the Farage programme on GBNews. After Stuart’s enthralling speech everyone enjoyed the sumptuous array of buffet-snacks which had been provided, before finishing the day with a convivial social get-together.
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The Springbok Club will be marking the Day of the Vow with an informal gathering at Westcliff–on-Sea near Southend this year, the details of which are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 16th December 2023
Time : assemble from 14.00 hrs onwards
Venue: The Hamlet Court, 54 Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 7LP. (adjacent to Westcliff Railway Station)
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The Springbok Club’s 2024 AGM will be held in January 2024, and full details will be circulated to all fully paid-up members in due course. In February the Springbok Club will be staging a trip to a Rugby match featuring a side with strong South African connections, and in the spring the organisation will be making a visit to Portsmouth in order to see HMS Victory and the Mary Rose.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM NEWS
The Patriotic Forum will be staging its long-awaited re-constitution meeting at which a re-established Executive Committee will be elected and policies and activities for the future agreed upon early in the New Year. Already a number of supporters have put themselves forward for election to the Executive Committee and several high-profile guest speakers arranged for the early part of next year. More precise details will be given in next month’s SCN.
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MESSAGE FROM THE NETWORK FOR ANIMALS
We have recently received the following most worrying report from the Network for Animals organisation about the plight of cats and dogs in the “new” South Africa. It reads as follows:-
“It is the festive season, and a time to celebrate and share gifts with those you love. It is a time for happiness, but for many animals, the holidays are a time to dread – because when the festive season begins, animal shelters are bombarded with abandoned dogs and cats.
“When some people go on holiday, their pets become a nuisance – so they dump them on the street or at a shelter, never giving another thought about them or even considering the cruelty they inflict on these creatures who love them.
“Some people will even abandon an older dog in favour of a young puppy.
“To animal lovers like you and us, it’s incomprehensible that people could do such things, but for our South African partner TEARS, it could not be more real.
“Our partner TEARS experiences a massive surge in the number of animals dumped at its shelter over the holidays.
“These animals have only one hope: You.
“The TEARS shelter serves one of the toughest and most dangerous Cape Town slums. People there are poor, and very few have the vaguest idea of how to treat animals.
“In normal times, TEARS cares for 120 dogs and puppies, and 140 cats and kittens. During the holidays, they will have an extra 300 cats and 500 dogs – abandoned by their owners and found by our team, sick or injured, on the streets.
“Another 300 dogs and cats will be dumped at the shelter (many owners say they will collect their pets after the holidays, but only 10% of them ever return). Others lie and say they found an animal on the street – when actually, they simply no longer want their pet! No animal deserves to endure this terrible trauma and disappointment.
“The only consolation is that the dogs and cats find themselves in the care of the compassionate and dedicated TEARS team – but without your help, this care would be impossible.
“We need your support today to bolster TEARS’ resources so the shelter can take in tragic animals, thrown away like old wrapping paper by their ‘families’, this festive season.
“Without TEARS, there would be nowhere for these now-homeless animals to go – but TEARS is financially stretched and turned to our supporters for help. TEARS never turns a sick or abandoned animal away. Please donate right now to ensure that we and our partner can continue to save lives during this holiday season.
“We have supported TEARS’ wonderful work for years, and with your continued kindness this season we can keep doing so. We simply cannot let these animals down. Right now, you are their only hope. Your donation will give them a home, and a glimmer of hope, during the holidays and beyond.
“So many older dogs and cats will be dumped to make space for a new puppy or kitten this season. Will you be the holiday miracle they so desperately need?
“If you can help us raise £6,550, it will really help hundreds of dumped dogs and cats to have a safe, warm place to sleep, food in their bellies and hope for a second chance in 2024.
“For the animals,
“Brian and Gloria Davies (and Max and Flora!) ”Founders, Network for Animals
“P.S. The only holiday ‘gift’ many animals will receive is to be discarded like dirt. They deserve so much better. Your donation will be like a miracle to these poor creatures. Please donate as generously as you can today and make it a happy holiday for abandoned dogs and cats.”
For more details about the Network for Animals organisation, or to make a donation to them and the TEARS organisation, visit their web-site at: https://networkforanimals.org/
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THE 2023 WORLD CUPS
The “new” South Africa must be congratulated for their victory in this year’s Rugby Union World Cup, even though this victory only came after three narrow one-point wins! The thing which made this victory even more remarkable was the fact that for the players who were still based in the “new” South Africa (most White players now being based in either Europe or Japan) even to go out for an evening training session means taking their lives in their own hands, so bad is the anarchy and chaos now engulfing the country!
The “new” South Africa was not so successful at the 2023 Cricket World Cup of course, but even so by reaching the semi-finals they far exceeded expectations. Australia’s triumph in the competition was both exciting and inspiring of course. Once again Australia proved that they are head-and-shoulders above most other cricketing powers, and we cannot help wondering whether had South Africa not fallen to the forces of darkness they would have been able to be a constant match to the Aussies. The other great achievement of the competition was the performance of the Netherlands team, who defied predictions that they would not win a single match. With the former power-house of world cricket, the West Indies, having declined in standard so much that they did not even qualify for this year’s tournament, does this mean that there is now a growing shift in cricketing dominance from the third world to Europe?
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PETER DIMMOCK MEMORIAL AWARDS 2023
This will be your last chance to vote in this year’s Peter Dimmock memorial sports awards. As in previous years there will be three categories of awards: British Sports Personality of the Year, British Sports Team of the Year, and Overseas Sports Personality of the Year. Simply e-mail: springbk@netcomuk.co.uk with your choices for the winners in all three of these categories. The winners will be announced in the January 2024 edition of the SCN, so get your votes in soon!
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THE DUBLIN RIOTS
The recent riot in central Dublin in protest against the escalating influx of third world immigrants into the Republic of Ireland evidently came as a big shock to the Irish establishment. Perhaps it shouldn’t have been such a great surprise however, for in percentage terms there are now more non-Whites living in Dublin than in Greater London – and indeed more in the Republic as a whole than in the UK! The most ironic aspect of this riot however were the flags and placards on display. There were several Republic of Ireland tricolours and placards reading “Irish Lives Matter” – these subsequently being condemned by the current Taoiseach Leo Varadkar as “racist”! But when the Republic of Ireland was established in 1922 (albeit initially as the Irish Free State) by nationalist trouble-makers, for whom the tricolour was of course their symbol, they stated that they wanted independence from their fellow Britons because they regarded them as “foreigners” and didn’t want to endure “foreign rule” any longer! Now however, after 101 years of “independence”, their island is flooded with true foreigners, and they even have a foreign Taoiseach! It could be argued of course that the situation is only slightly better in the UK, with both lands enduring a non-White invasion and an Indian head-of-government – though Rishi Sunak is at least a heterosexual! What is needed now surely is a united front by all Britons on both sides of the Irish Sea in order to oppose both the foreign invasion and the imposition of true foreign rule!
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SEARCH SERVICES FOR THOSE SEEKING LOST RELATIVES
Find any South African, even those who have emigrated. We also search Botswana, Namibia and ex-Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Please use the search request form at :-
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BOOK OFFERS
“LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALFRED JAMES TOMLINSON: MEMOIRS OF AN AFRICAN PIONEER AND BSAP OFFICER" is now available at Amazon.com, and can be shipped to anywhere in the world. This book contains excerpts from Lieut. Tomlinson's writings detailing his experiences as a member of the BSAP in Southern Rhodesia, where he rose from the rank of an ordinary trooper to retire as the commanding officer. It also includes the personal story of Majaqaba Ncube, a man who was enslaved by Lobengula when his entire village was massacred by the chief's soldiers. After he escaped, Lieut. Tomlinson saved him from certain death and gave him a job. They lost contact and were reunited after 45 years, when Majaqaba presented Lieut. Tomlinson with an earthenware jar.
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
The latest book published by Crest Publishing is entitled: “BOWLS - QUIRKS, CHIRPS AND ANECDOTES". This is not an instruction manual but rather a cheerful, humourous and sometimes controversial chronicle about the game and its history worldwide. Written to celebrate 40 years in the sport by the author, Glenn MacAskill, it should be of interest to all bowlers and other sports enthusiasts.
For more information about all books published, or to make an order, please contact Crest Publishing at: P.O.Box, 4178, Honeydew, Johannesburg, 2040, South Africa, e-mail: glennallanmacaskill@gmail.com, or visit the Crest Publishing web-site at: www.crestpublishing.co.za. Special discounts are available to ex-servicemen, Rhodies and Springboks!
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DVD available along with other premium titles of historical interest from Msasa Enterprises. Visit www.rhodesianvideos.co.za or write to msasasa@mweb.co.za for more information. UK contact telephone: 07415 753 340.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.301: Mr. LAO WATSON-SMITH of Rhodesia and Woodbridge.
Lao Watson-Smith was born into a farming family in Rhodesia who had to flee the country after being terrorised following the advent of “Zimbabwe” under the ZANU/PF regime. He settled at Woodbridge in Suffolk and helped to establish the Zimbabwe Agricultural Welfare Trust (ZAWT). He made contact with our movement some years ago, informing us about a fund-raising venture for the ZAWT in London, but unfortunately a mix-up over time meant that we weren’t able to rendezvous with him as planned. We did however maintain written communication with him for a while, until invitations to Springbok Club events sent to his last known address in Woodbridge started to be returned to us, as he was evidently no longer living at this same address. His name was mentioned favourably at a recent Springbok Club activity however, so it would therefore be great if we could learn his latest contact details.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
By pure chance we recently hit upon an excellent web-site entitled “Window on Rhodesia – the Jewel of Africa” which gives a thorough and marvelously presented overview of all aspects of Rhodesia life, culture and history. It is well worth accessing and studying in depth, and can be found at :-
www.rhodesia.me.uk
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WAKE UP CALLS
Sir,
Re. Boris Johnson - he imposed the net zero nonsense on us!
I wrote to the BBC about the Windrush Generation. Their descendants have left us with drug gangs, crime, graffiti in the cities, single mums etc.. The BBC are running a “woke” series on Radio 4 about them.
Also our local council flew the homosexual pride flag last week. I moaned to them. Now they are flying the Armed Forces Flag!
I am also astounded at the Albanian criminals we see in London. I am writing to the Metropolitan Police about this.
Yours etc.,
George Fraser, Petersfield, Hampshire, U.K.
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OH CANADA
Sir,
I do not have any "special" stories for you from British Columbia, Canada, but we have the same political system. Any idiot can become an MP or PM. Join a party, repeat like a mantra the parties dogma on every subject, never ever embarrass the party by touching on sensitive un-“politically correct” subjects and donate lots of Dollars to the Party! Of course Canada is a massive country, the second biggest on the planet. Each Province has quite a lot of autonomy. Despite its wealth we have 6 million people across Canada without a general practitioner, 1 million in BC alone. Our health authority (Vancouver Coastal Health) now sends cancer patients down to the US for surgery in an effort to cut down waiting lists. Canada does have massive natural resources, every kind of mineral from mining, forestry, oil and gas fields, fisheries etc., and we do have the world's biggest economy, and our biggest export market, the USA, on our doorstep. We also have massive debts.
Trudeau and his left-wing government have increased the civil service by 40% to 357,247 since 2015, and this is only the Federal government. I must also pay taxes to the government of BC, to my regional district government and my local district! Of course as Canada's population continues to grow by around 750,000 per annum then the civil services, taxes and all social services must grow to cope, however that means taking on more debt! Trudeau is paying VW over $13 Billion over 10 years to build a plant in Ontario to manufacture batteries for electric cars. He is committed to "Net Zero" whatever the costs and consequences. Fortunately here in BC we do have lots of hydro-power. The government of Ontario has purchased the land on which this VW plant will be built, 1500 acres of what was farmland. All high risk and all financed by the taxpayer.
Immigration, refugees and asylum seekers, the support services necessary to support these people, the ever increasing levels of government debt etc can simply never be mentioned. Very difficult here, as there, to see how the situation can improve. Where will the new wealth come from? The demands on ALL services will continue to grow as our populations continue to grow. A very recent report stated that AI will replace 30 to 40% of all existing jobs.
Gang crime, the drugs trade, the lack of social and affordable housing are just examples of ongoing major problems here in BC. I am now on phase 2 water restrictions and yet am surrounded by water!
One bizarre story is that Drax Power up there in Yorkshire owns forestry companies here in BC, north of where I live. They clear cut the forest, reduce the trees to pellets and ship them across the planet to Yorkshire to burn and power Drax Power Station - the biggest wood fired power station on the planet. This whole operation produces massive amounts of C02. All subsidized by the UK taxpayer. Sadly two members of the governments Climate Change Committee, the Chairman John Selwyn Gummer and board member Dr Rebecca Heaton, are very much commercially involved with Drax. Selwyn Gummer's private company has Drax as a client and Heaton is a director of Drax Power. Just one example, amongst very many, of conflicts of interest.
Yours etc.,
Paul Rhodes, Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
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RUSSIAN ROULETTE
Sir,
This is South Africa very soon to come....
US Intelligence has suggested that South Africa’s government has deepened its military relationship with Russia over the past year, as accusations suggested a Russian cargo vessel subject to US sanctions docked in South Africa where the government covertly supplied Russia with arms and ammunition that could be used in its war in Ukraine. THE ANC IS PLAYING WITH FIRE.
Russia accounts for a paltry 0.2% of South Africa’s global export trade, while the US, UK, and the EU account for a combined 35%. This means South Africa is risking almost 40% of its export revenue.
The South African government doesn’t seem to care....
Russia is isolated; it can’t trade fluidly with 60 countries, LOCKED OUT BY SANCTIONS. The extreme weakness of the Rand and the collapse of government’s finances will most likely bankrupt South Africa to the point of mass food riots and total collapse of law and order in most cities, with mass murder and arson. South Africa will likely face its worst crisis to date if it undergoes full sanctions from the West that will destroy its economy. ANC terrorists are playing Russian roulette – threatening the worst economic crisis in its history.
Yours etc.,
Richard Windsor, Dover, Kent, U.K.
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OBITUARIES
PETER PENFOLD
It was with much sadness that we learnt of the recent death of Peter Alfred Penfold. Born during 1944 in Norfolk, Peter Penfold joined the Foreign Office in 1963, and unusually for a grammar school boy rather than a public school boy, he quickly rose through the diplomatic ranks. After serving in Bonn and Nigeria he was appointed Deputy High Commissioner to Uganda and then Governor of the British Virgin Islands, before achieving the pinnacle of his diplomatic career and lasting fame as High Commissioner to Sierra Leone.
Peter Penfold’s appointment to Sierra Leone in 1997 came during the start of a civil war in that erstwhile British colony, which resulted in the overthrow of the elected government. But his arrival in Freetown to take up his position was far from normal, for instead of flying there direct he drove all the way from Dakar to Freetown in his Range Rover. This act of derring-do was typical of the man, and afterwards he stated that he did it in order to show people that if he could travel across the country then so could they. No sooner was he ensconced in Freetown than he started organising the evacuation of thousands of Britons and other foreign nationals, braving gunfire in so doing. He also managed to supervise the escape of the popular elected president Kabbah, who had been overthrown by the rebels, to Guinea, and then assisted him in establishing a government-in-exile. In this he was fully supported by Tony Blair’s recently elected New Labour Government (one of the few praise-worthy actions of the early years of Blair’s administration!), and then secretly arranged for Kabbah to receive private military assistance from Lieut.Col. Tim Spicer’s Sandline mercenary company. This resulted in Kabbah being restored to power, but it didn’t meet with the approval of the then EuroCentric Foreign Office mandarins, or with Tony Blair’s ultra-Leftist Foreign Minister Robin Cook! It did however result in him receiving massive appreciation from the Sierra Leone natives, who lionised him and hailed him as a hero - with the restored Kabbah government even giving him the title of a Paramount Chief! Ironically – and sickeningly – in spite of this great triumph for British foreign policy, which brought the country renewed prestige and influence in not only Sierra Leone but also much of West Africa, Peter Penfold was ostracised by the Foreign Office mandarins, who not only refused to give him any further meaningful appointments, but also denied him any further honours to add to the OBE which he had gained in Uganda.
By his brave and inspiring actions in Sierra Leone Peter Penfold showed that he was cut from the same cloth as the great British colonial governors of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and by so doing gave the lie to those who claimed - and continue to claim - that British Imperial power was all in the past. His actions therefore act as an inspiration to those who assert that with sufficient will and determination British global hegemony can be re-established. Our sincere condolences are extended to Peter Penfold’s widow Celia and to his four children.
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Dr. DAVID ABBOTT
It was with much sorrow that we recently learnt that Dr. David Abbott had died in 2020. Dr. David Frederick Abbott MRCP was born at Southampton in 1943, and trained and qualified as a doctor of medicine, practicing as a general practitioner not only in his native Hampshire but also in the United States. He was a proud British patriot and also a great advocate of the preservation of the British countryside, being a staunch supporter of the Council for the Protection of Rural England. He was a long-standing member of the Swinton Circle, and through it becoming aware of the Springbok Club which he subsequently joined, though alas due to his failing health he was never able to become an active member. Our sincere sympathies are expressed to his widow Catherine and to his two children and two grand-children.
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