SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
December 2007 edition
The result of the recent Australian General Election came as a huge disappointment to all those who value the potential advantages of the British Commonwealth of nations, and who admire Australia's traditional identity and character.
John Howard, the defeated Liberal Party Prime Minister, was one of the few present-day world statesmen who we could respect, and a man who typified Australia's traditional attributes. Johnnie Howard's strength lay in his willingness to oppose the "politically correct" trends of the 1990s - something which brought him continuous electoral success until this year. He fought and won a referendum to maintain Australia's Monarchy (an event which in retrospect can be seen as the beginning of the end for the "politically correct" era worldwide), he committed Australia's forces to the War against Terror in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and pursued the most strict immigration policy of any Western leader. Although it can be argued that his immigration policy didn't go far enough, and that he failed to recognise the growing ethnic threat to the Australian nation, he even so deserved a far better fate than that which the electorate dealt him this year.
At first glance the incoming Labo[u]r administration of Kevin Rudd fills us full of trepidation. Already Rudd has announced that he is ending the commitment of Australian troops to the War against Terror, and equally worryingly is said to be contemplating staging yet another referendum on the question of turning Australia into a republic. But the situation probably isn't as bleak as it may seem. The Australian electorate has always been reluctant to retain one party in power for a long period, and Rudd's victory is undoubtedly more due to a "time for change" attitude rather than support for Labo[u]r's leftist policies. Rudd himself, furthermore, is a bit of a figure of fun - a Mandarin-speaking teetotal lap-dancing aficionado is not exactly a typical Australian stereotype, so his period in office is therefore likely to be relatively short. A far greater cause for concern, however, is who the Liberal Party will choose to succeed John Howard. With well over half the electorate being seen to support the Monarchy it is essential that at least one of Australia's major parties is led by someone who shares this view. If the Liberal Party does not do this then their chances of a speedy return to power seem doomed.
Australia has had to endure far worse administrations than that which Kevin Rudd seems likely to offer. If Australia could survive the dark days of the Whitlam and Keating eras then surely they can easily survive an administration led by the lap-dancing fan Rudd.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC UDI DAY CELEBRATION
Sadly the UDI Day celebration meeting staged by the Springbok Club/ELC this year was overshadowed by the earlier death of the Hon. Ian Douglas Smith, and by the news that very morning that long-standing Executive Committee member Bill Binding had also departed this life. It was therefore decided to turn this meeting into a special tribute in honour of the Hon. Ian Douglas Smith. After the singing of a special song, "Last Legion", by Robin Willow dedicated to his memory, the Organiser/Secretary of the Springbok Club/ELC, Alan Harvey, delivered an oration in which he recounted not only Ian Smith's brave and defiant stance to uphold the values of Western civilisation in Rhodesia during the UDI years, but also told of his own more recent meetings with the great man when he had emphasised his great pride in the glories of the British Empire and how he maintained great faith in the upcoming generation of the British people to restore Britain's greatness. After this the guest of honour at the function, Mr. Neil Thain, the UK Managing Director of Msasa Enterprises, gave a highly informative talk about his own life and career in Rhodesia, which was followed by the screening of several clips of videos currently being marketed by Msasa Enterprises - including many involving interviews with Ian Smith himself. As one attendee observed after viewing these: "It made me realise why I'm so proud to have been born a Rhodesian".
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FORTHCOMING SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
As circumstances have made it very difficult for the Springbok Club/ELC to stage their traditional Day of the Vow commemoration meeting in December this year, it has therefore been decided to bring forward the organisation's 2008 AGM to this month instead.
The 2008 Annual General Meeting of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club will therefore take place on Friday 28th December 2007, and precise details have already been notified to all fully paid-up and recently lapsed members. You are reminded, however, that although all fully paid-up members of the Springbok Club/ELC are entitled to attend this meeting, only Honorary, Life and Full members will be allowed to vote or stand for office - though renewal payments may of course be made on the day. As reported above, we have all been greatly saddened by the recent death of long-standing SC/ELC ExCo member William "Bill" Binding, so at the conclusion of the business-side of the AGM (at approximately 20.00 hrs) Dr. John Pope-de Locksley, Bill Binding's nephew, will deliver an illustrated talk about the life and patriotic beliefs and activism of his beloved uncle. All other supporters of the SC/ELC (be they members or not) are welcomed to attend this part of the meeting. (If any member hasn't received their official notification - or if any supporter would like to take out membership and attend the full AGM, or simply attend the final section - then please 'phone 07711-188430 to obtain full details).
On Wednesday 16th January 2008 the SC/ELC will be staging a special meeting in lieu of the annual Day of the Vow commemoration, at which a leading organiser of the memorial service to the Hon. Ian Douglas Smith in Berkshire, and prominent official of the Rhodesians Worldwide Assistance Fund, with give a report-back on the memorial service and a brief talk on the work of the RWAF. Full details about this meeting will be appearing in next month's SCN.
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SPRINGBBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
The Kent Branch of the SC/ELC is planning an informal pub gathering in the north Kent area sometime during February 2008. Further details will be given in next month's SCN.
The London Branch of the SC/ELC is planning to hold a spring get-together, which hopefully will take the form of a braai. The branch is also planning a trip to see the finish of the Doggett's Coat & Badge race on the Thames in July/August next year.
Two members of the ExCo of the Springbok Club/ELC anticipate being in Belfast in late April next year, and it is hoped this will provide a good opportunity to re-constitute the Northern Ireland Branch of the organisation. Could all Ulster-based supporters who might be interested in attending an informal gathering in this respect please e-mail: springbok@falklands.org or 'phone: 07711-188430.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Friday 11th January 2008
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue: The Counting House (the upstairs function room), 50 Cornhill, London EC3. (Nearest tube station: Bank. Leave via Exit 5).
Guest speaker : Mr. Nigel Farage MEP (UKIP, South-East England), the leader of UKIP.
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On Thursday 24th January 2008 the London Swinton Circle will be addressed by Mr. Peter Bone MP (Conservative, Wellingborough). This meeting will take place in either one of the committee rooms of the House of Commons, or else in nearby Portcullis House. Precise details will be given in next month's SCN.
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Statutes at Large 47 Geo III to 49 Geo III £25
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Queen Elizabeth II copper ashtray £10
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British Empire Flag £10
OHMS Southern Rhodesia envelope postmarked Salisbury £5
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NI District badge £5
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Empire Youth Annual 1951 £10
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King George and Queen Elizabeth book £10
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REPORT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE
At 8,100 square miles the Tsavo National Park eco-system is the largest conservation area in Kenya. Tsavo was home to between 36,000 and 40,000 elephants in the 1970s, but rampant poaching in the 1980s and 90s reduced this number to 11,000. The population has been rising lately as security and infrastructure have improved. But in May 2007 three wildlife rangers were killed in a pre-dawn shoot-out with a gang of poachers en route to Tsavo. In July, seven elephants were brutally killed in the park and later that month Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers arrested seven Tanzanian professional hunters illegally hunting in Tsavo West. KWS needs our help to restore Tsavo National Park to its former place as the crown jewel of Kenyan wildlife habitat. Two years ago, IFAW made a five-year, US$1.25 million (£600,000) commitment to help the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rehabilitate Tsavo National Park. A similar IFAW-KWS partnership in the 1990s succeeded in resurrecting Meru National Park from near ruin to become one of the most promising tourist destinations in East Africa today. Using Meru as a model, IFAW will help protect Tsavo's elephant population and improve basic park operations, infrastructure, law enforcement, scientific research opportunities and community education.
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NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
Blaxland "One Nation" candidate Bob Vinnicombe was proud to be invited to carry the Anti-Beijing Olympics Human Rights Torch for a short part of its world-wide journey on Saturday through the streets of Sydney. The torch relay is a protest against Communist China being allowed to host the Olympics while political prisoners are being executed there to harvest their organs, while Falun Gong practitioners and Christians are imprisoned and executed, and while Tibet remains under brutal occupation. The invitation to carry the torch arose after Mr.Vinnicombe invited a woman who had been a political prisoner in Communist China to be a guest speaker at a "One Nation" branch meeting. He said the Chinese Communist government is the most dangerous regime in the world today, having occupied Tibet and committed genocide against its people, making threatening noises towards the Republic of China (Taiwan) which is a free, independent and democratic country, and being in possession of Weapons of Mass Destruction. He said the 2008 Olympics will be a public relations exercise for the Chinese Communist Party, as the 1936 Berlin Olympics were for the German Nazi Party. He also added seeing 500 Australians died in Vietnam to fight communism, and even more died in Korea, our Government's kow-towing to the Beijing regime almost amounted to defaming the dead.
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club/ELC now retails Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each (plus 20% p&p).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
[It is hoped to produce the next edition of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile, No.37, early next year. We would, however, like to clear as much of our existing stock of back-issues as possible prior to publication. Supporters can help us in two ways in this regard, either by making donations which will enable us to distribute more copies, and/or by providing address details of people who might be interesting in receiving copies.]
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.109 : Ms. SANDY STANTON of Weltervreden Park.
Sandy Stanton came from Natal, and was slightly involved with the patriotic movement in Durban during the early 1990s. She then travelled the world, spending a fair amount of time in the UK where she undertook au pair work. Alas she then decided to return to South Africa, settling at Weltervreden Park in the Transvaal. Unfortunately nothing has been heard from her for several years now, so we are therefore very keen to learn what has become of her.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
Georgina Erasmus's excellent "Rhodesians Web-site" has recently been considerably enhanced, and provides an ideal vehicle for ex-Rhodies to re-make contact with one another. It can be accessed at :-
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SCRAP METAL (3)
Sir,
Ironically as the British Government was unveiling a statue to a former so-called "freedom fighter" in Parliament Square, I was on that same Tuesday walking to the station in Birmingham, when I stopped to look at the WW2 War Memorial - the real freedom fighters of our time. On each side of the large monument there is a fine bronze statue, one of an airman, one a soldier, one a sailor and one of presumably Peace.
Yours etc.,
IH, Milton Keynes, U.K.
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SCRAP METAL (4)
Sir,
I have received a copy of your communication through a friend. Thank you for standing up against the madness of this world. Can one imagine a Christian people confessing Christ, erecting a statue for Judas?
Yours etc.,
Piet Rudolph, Action Committee, Orde Boerevolk (1989), Transvaal, South Africa.
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SCRAP METAL (5)
Sir,
I liked your analogy in the SCN "To praise Mandela but to condemn Mugabe, as Brown has done, is rather like saying that Ronnie Kray was a jolly good fellow but that Reggie Kray was an evil rogue."! Very apt and memorable.
Yours etc.,
DW, London, U.K.
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SCRAP METAL (6)
Sir,
Congratulations on your principled stand against the unveiling of the statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square in London.
The Christian Action Network shares your opposition to honouring a terrorist leader whose MK Cadres were responsible for many thousands of acts of terrorism including landmines, car bombs, bombs in shopping centres, bombs in restaurants, bombs in railway stations, petrol bombs, grenade attacks on homes, the brutal necklace murders, burning alive over a thousand innocent people, arson, and other brutal, sadistic violence which left many thousands of innocent victims crippled and killed in their wake.
Once elected President of South Africa, Mandela honoured international terrorist leaders such as Yassar Arafat, Muamar Gaddafi, and Cuban communist dictator Fidel Castro. He closed down the Embassy of Free China (Taiwan) and transferred South Africa’s recognition to communist Red China. Mandela as ANC President also supported Saddam Hussein’s murderous regime in Iraq, and Mugabe’s ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe.
It must also be remembered that as ANC President of South Africa, Mandela personally railroaded through parliament the legalisation of abortion, against the overwhelming majority of submissions, and declared opposition of the vast majority of the population of South Africa. He did not allow a conscience vote, but insisted that all ANC members of parliament vote the party line – for abortion. Similarly Mandela, as Head of the ANC party, and President of the country, forced ANC members of parliament to vote for legalised pornography and homosexuality.
When, as the Director of United Christian Action, I was invited to the President’s home and spent an hour speaking with him about our concerns, I challenged him that he had replaced apartheid with abortion, discrimination on the basis of race with discrimination on the basis of age, and that abortion was far worse than apartheid. I told Mandela that future generations would question his humanity, that he could have legalized the killing of the most helpless and innocent people of all, pre-born babies.
When Mandela stated that apartheid was the greatest evil in the history of mankind, I responded "I cannot agree, that prize has to be given to your friends and supporters – the communists. Just in the 20th Century alone secular humanist communist regimes have murdered over 160 million of their own citizens. These were not people killed in battle by foreign invaders, but citizens killed by their own government, communist governments. Lenin and Stalin murdered over 42 million Russians in the Soviet Union. Mao Tse Tung murdered over 60 million people in Red China. Pol Pot murdered 3 million Cambodians." Then I listed numerous other regimes and their death tolls including Mengistu of Ethiopia, Samora Machel’s Mozambique, Augestino Neto’s Angola, and Fidel Castro’s Cuba.
None of this seemed to have fazed Mandela who was quite comfortable in his allegiance with, and support of, these Marxist mass-murderers.
My father fought in Field-Marshall Montgomery’s Eighth Army in the North African desert campaign in the Second World War. He would be horrified that the home country is honouring a man guilty of the very atrocities that they were fighting against in WWII.
Yours etc.,
Dr Peter Hammond, Frontline Mission, Cape Town, South Africa.
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SCRAP METAL (7)
Sir,
I believe it is wrong for a statue of Nelson Mandela to be erected in London. Whether or not Mandela is deemed to be a great statesman or the leader of a terrorist organisation, he has done nothing for Britain or its people. To compare Mandela with Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, whose statue also stands in London, is ludicrous. Smuts was entrusted with Chairmanship of the War Council in the absence of Churchill on one occasion, effectively elevating him to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Yours etc.,
JR, Pretoria, South Africa.
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SCRAP METAL (8)
Sir,
You are right, it is disgusting that a common terrorist like Mandela is so revered by most of the World. Know that the more criminal you are the more the "new" South Africa thinks of you. Really disappointed that London agreed to this farce though.
Yours etc.,
ACS, Durban, South Africa.
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ROGUES GALLERY
The latest lunatic posting from Francis "Fruitcake" Andrew which we have been informed has appeared on the appalling "Conservative Democratic Alliance" discussion forum claims that the editor of the SCN "is pro-Arab and pro-Islamic and was involved in anti-semitic extremism when he was in South Africa". Such an accusation is of course not only deranged and easily disprovable (as any reader of "S.A.Patriot" or the SCN can confirm), but also we believe potentially libellous. Both "Fruitcake" himself and the administrators of the CDA forum should therefore be very, very careful about publishing such vile lies in future.
Meanwhile a most interesting article about that other member of the sordid little web of enemies of our movement, Arthur "White K@ffir" Kemp, appeared in a recent edition of the anti-fascist magazine "Spearhead". Although this article quoted the wrong title for the NP-front organisation which Kemp led at UCT (it was called the "Moderate Students Movement", not the "Conservative Students Alliance"), it did even so confirm many of the sinister facts about Kemp which we already knew, namely that he had turned state's evidence in the trial of that great White South African patriot Clive Derby-Lewis, had been exposed by the "Mail & Guardian" as a "source" for the NIS (the "new" South African security service) and had made a number of derogative remarks about authentic South African right-wing opponents of the ANC regime. It was also revealed in this article that Kemp now holds a leading position in the neo-fascist "British National Party" (BNP). We wonder therefore what the naive rank-and-file members of the BNP think of the fact that the de facto No.2 in their organisation was the main reason why the White South African hero Clive Derby-Lewis now languishes in Pretoria Central Jail, and is someone who seems to spend the bulk of his time in front of his Internet screen circulating smears and libels attacking true and genuine British and South African patriots.
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OBITUARIES
The Hon. IAN DOUGLAS SMITH
Ian Douglas Smith, who died aged 88 last month, was a titan of the 20th century. Rhodesian-born, he was a true son of the British Empire, who maintained his family's pioneer spirit as a commercial farmer. He served with distinction as an RAF fighter pilot during WWII, being shot down behind enemy lines and then fighting his way to safety with the aid of Italian partisans. After WWII he entered Rhodesian politics in order continue his commitment to his country. He was elected Prime Minister of Rhodesia in 1964, and soon realised that the country had no alternative other than to declare itself independent unilaterally. He proved a highly popular and charismatic leader for the Rhodesian people - and also became a revered hero-figure with patriots throughout the West. This was because Ian Smith and the Rhodesia which he personified was seen as the only bulwark against the then seemingly endless advance of retrogressive communism and the depraved socialist societies in the West which it spawned. During the UDI years Ian Smith outmanoeuvred Harold Wilson and the Rhodesian economy flourished - in spite of international sanctions (never enforced by capitalists in the outside world!) and the Bush War against Terrorism. Only the betrayal of the NP South African Government of Johannes Balthazar Vorster destroyed Rhodesia. Ian Smith probably made two bad mistakes. He didn't inform the Rhodesian people and the world about the extent of Vorster's betrayal, and he remained in the country after Mugabe's ZANU-PF terrorists obtained power, thus giving them a form of legitimacy. It was later during his life that he played perhaps one of his most important roles however. Following the publication of his autobiography "The Great Betrayal" Ian Smith toured the West - and the UK in particular - on several occasions. At all the meetings which he addressed (organised by both the Rhodesian Christian Group and Rhodesians Worldwide) his message was always the same to the British people: you are still the same people who built the greatest Empire that the world has ever known, and your younger generation is just as capable and as patriotic as generations in the past. It was a message which inspired all who heard it, and was a message which means we will always honour the memory of Ian Douglas Smith.
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BILL BINDING
A full obituary to Bill Binding will appear in next month's SCN.
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November 2007 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
November 2007 edition
No sooner had the October edition of the SCN been circulated than one of the predictions in the editorial of this issue was proved totally - and completely surprisingly - wrong, for the Mbeki government announced that not only would they not be enforcing a "quota system" in all national sporting teams as earlier threatened, but they would even be abolishing this requirement at lower levels!
This complete u-turn in their previous policy caught everybody totally by surprise - ourselves included. It is probably the first meaningful concession to White South Africa since the ANC-regime were handed power in 1994. It came at a time, moreover, when we had started to receive reports that the rate of decline in South African society (which had seen the country rapidly descend from being an advanced first-world nation to being a third-world basket-case under the Mandela and early Mbeki administrations) was clearly slowing down, and indeed we have even heard reports of White South African refugees considering returning to that beleaguered land.
But what is the reason for all this? A clue may well be found in an article written by Naomi Klein, a leftist Canadian journalist, which has recently been forwarded to us. In this article Klein castigates Mbeki for, inter alia, supporting the free-market system, failing to deliver the ANC's promises to the country's Blacks, and "tainting" Mandela's legacy (and we all know what that is - over 2100 terrorist-style murders in the platteland alone!). Has Mbeki therefore fallen totally out of favour with the more extreme left-wing ANC faction (the SACP) and their international backers, and is now trying to curry favour with South Africa's Whites in order to shore up his position? If so then White South Africans should be extremely wary. Mbeki may not have been a "hands on" terrorist like the evil Mandela, but he is even so still part of the same ANC terrorist apparatus. Furthermore, Mbeki's successors seem far more likely to be throw-backs to the dark Mandela era rather than to Mbeki's RELATIVELY benign reign.
Our advice to our fellow White South Africans is therefore still the same. The struggle to restore TRUE civilised rule in South Africa can only be achieved "in exile", by organising and by lobbying the powers-that-be in the West, and it is therefore your duty to assist in every way possible in this struggle. To contemplate returning to South Africa, furthermore, even during the current RELATIVELY safe Mbeki interlude, is potentially like signing your own death certificate.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
Details of the Springbok Club/ELC's annual UDI Day celebration buffet are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 24th November 2007
Times : Assemble from 17.00 hrs onwards, main activities to commence at 18.00 hrs.
Venue : THE STAR TAVERN (the upstairs function room), 6 Belgrave Mews West, Belgravia, London SW1X 8HT. (Nearest underground stations: Knightsbridge [5 minutes walk], Sloane Square [7 minutes walk] and Victoria [10 minutes walk].)
Guest of Honour : Mr. NEIL THAIN
Neil Thain was born at Bulawayo in 1953, but moved to Salisbury, Rhodesia, in 1968. He worked for RTV from 1973 until 1981, rising to the position of senior producer. He completed his national service in the Guard Force Signals Division, and saw active service in the north-eastern sector (Operation Hurricane) during the Rhodesian Bush War, helping to guard protected villages in the Mount Darwin and Urungwe area. In 1984 he moved to South Africa where he worked as a freelance film-maker, before founding Msasa Enterprises with a colleague in 1997, with support and assistance from the Rhodesians Worldwide organisation. He is currently a managing director of Msasa Enterprises, running their UK office since 2004. Msasa Enterprises specialises in the production and retail of videos and DVDs about Rhodesia, particularly relating to military operations during the Bush War. Mr Thain will not only be giving a brief outline of his Rhodesian experiences and the work of Msasa Enterprises during this meeting, but will also be showing a number of film clips from the productions which the company markets.
A succulent array of buffet snacks will be provided at this event, and the cost will be £10.00 per head for Full Members of the Springbok Club/ELC, £12.50 per head for Associate Members of the Springbok Club/ELC, and £15.00 per head for non-members. To confirm a booking, or for further information, please 'phone: 07711-188430.
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The Springbok Club/ELC are also planning their annual Day of the Vow commemoration buffet for late December, when a most interesting guest of honour is anticipated to be present. Full details will be given in next month's SCN.
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SPRINGBBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
The Kent Branch of the SC/ELC is planning an informal pub gathering in the north Kent area sometime during early 2008 (probably during February). Again further details will be given in next month's SCN.
The London Branch of the SC/ELC is planning to hold a spring get-together, which hopefully will take the form of a braai. The branch is also planning a trip to see the finish of the Doggett's Coat & Badge race on the Thames in July/August next year. [Robert Crouch who spoke so magnificently at last month's New Britain Trafalgar Lunch, and who is a past winner of the Doggett's Coat & Badge race, has written a most fascinating book about the race in novel-form entitled "The Coat". It is priced £12.50 (including p.& p.) and can be obtained by e-mailing Robert at: robert.crouch@ntlworld.com].
Two members of the ExCo of the Springbok Club/ELC anticipate being in Belfast during April of next year, and it is hoped that this will provide a good opportunity to re-constitute the Northern Ireland Branch of the organisation. Could all Ulster-based supporters who might be interested in attending an informal gathering in this respect please contact us at: springbok@falklands.org
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle held a very well attended autumn buffet earlier this month, at which the guest speaker was Mr. Roger Helmer MEP (Conservative, East Midlands). Mr. Helmer gave a masterful speech of great insight, in which, inter alia, he revealed many of the outrages of the EU and brought home to those at the meeting the current extent of all the corrupt systems now operated by the EU.
The London Swinton Circle will be holding two very interesting meetings during January 2008. The first will be held on Friday 11th January and will be addressed by Mr. Nigel Farage MEP, the Leader of UKIP. The second will be held later during the month either in a committee room of the House of Commons or in Portcullis House, and will be addressed by Mr. Peter Bone MP (Conservative, Wellingborough). Full details of both these meetings will be appearing in future editions of the SCN.
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
As in previous years, Mr. Dennis Delderfield laid a wreath on behalf of New Britain at the Royal Naval War Memorial in Chatham on Remembrance Sunday earlier this month. A number of members of the Springbok Club/ELC were also present for this solemn occasion this year, when thoughts were especially centred on those who have died in recent months during the War against Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. We know also that many supporters attended the annual Rhodesian Forces Remembrance Service outside Westminster Abbey at the same time, when those who fought and died in an earlier War against Terror were also remembered.
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SOUTHERN AFRICAN AND OTHER MEMORABILIA FOR SALE
The following flags and other items of Southern African interest are for sale :-
Queen Mother's Royal Standard £60
WW2 Red Ensign, large £80
SA Naval Ensign £80
SA State President's Guard plaque Lt.Grobler 1980 1981 £15
Flag of Malaysia £35
Knitted Picture of Tudor house and church in picture frame £5
Enchanted Glade picture, female deer and baby deer £5
Instruments in Gold record set £10
British Way and Purpose book 1940s £7
Oil rig jig-saw puzzle £5
Jersey Flag £8
Huge White Ensign, good condition £150
Borough of Woolwich George VI 1937 Coronation Book £5
Gothic Painting II book, Michel Herubel £10
Aladdin book £3
Russian Constitutional Monarchy 1905 to 1917 £5
HMS Bronington guide book £10
Statutes at Large 47 Geo III to 49 Geo III £25
HMS Coventry £15
Queen Elizabeth II copper ashtray £10
Presentation case of ships ropes £10
British Empire Flag £10
OHMS Southern Rhodesia envelope postmarked Salisbury £5
China bowls white, blue and gold £5 each
NI District badge £5
Pictorial History of South Africa book £20
Guide to RN ships and badges £5
Game parks and reserves of Southern Africa £10
Empire Youth Annual 1951 £10
RCAF Station Greenwood NS match cover £5
King George and Queen Elizabeth book £10
Oar maces of Admiralty HMSO 8S 6D £10
Three Midshipmen £15
S.H.Behrman Duveen £5
Rule Britannia by Daphne du Maurier £3
Elections by P.Lane £5
1991 Kuwait Medal £5
City of Bath, Somerset, guide £1.50
Britain's Fighting Forces £5
Admiralty Orders in Council Volumes III XIV IX V and index £55
All items Postage & Packaging included. No reasonable offer refused. To make orders or for more details 'phone 07748194373, or e-mail: robertshipley1729@yahoo.co.uk
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GREAT NEWS FROM ICELAND
We are delighted to be able to report that Iceland's government has stated that, as a result of the low demand for whale meat, no more whaling quotas will be allowed at the current time. We applaud this decision by the Icelandic government, which we believe has the full support of the majority of Icelandic people. The killing of highly advanced mammals such as whales is abhorrent to all those with any sense of civilised decency, and the fact that a Western nation such as Iceland has allowed such a detestable practice to continue for so long has been a serious stain on that country's reputation, which we trust is now ended for ever. It is just a tragedy that the Japanese nation can't experience a similar enlightenment.
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BONFIRE
A small contingent of SC/ELC members and supporters attended the Lewes Bonfire celebrations again this year. Although following the proceedings of both the Cliffe Bonfire Society and the South Street Bonfire Society for most of the evening, circumstances alas prevented attending the firesite ceremonies of either of these societies this year, so instead the firesite of the Waterloo Bonfire Society was patronised instead. The Waterloo B.S. certainly provided an excellent aerial pyrotechnics display, but unfortunately they did not seem to remain steadfast to the true traditions of Bonfire, with incomplete Bonfire Prayers being recited, no orations by the clergy, and limited effigies being burnt. Next year it is hoped that a larger contingent of supporters will be able to attend the Bonfire celebrations, where we will endeavour to attend the firesite ceremonies of either the Cliffe or the South Street Bonfire Societies, or possibly that of the Commercial Square B.S., all of which societies definitely remain true to the traditions of Bonfire.
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MESSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA
Bob Vinnicombe, the "One Nation" Publicity Officer for New South Wales, writes as follows :-
"Do you know of any South Africans here in Sydney who might be interested in giving a talk to my One Nation branch meeting here in Sydney about South Africa?"
If anyone can help Bob in this regard please contact him direct on: triumph@zipworld.com.au
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ENCYLOPAEDIA RHODESIA
The 1973 Version Reprint.
This was the first book of its kind to be published on Rhodesia and contains nearly 500 pages of alphabetical entries and numerous appendices covering many important aspects of Rhodesia. Information on Rhodesian history, geography, flora and fauna, the way of life of its peoples, law, central Government and various other aspects of Rhodesia is given in a clear, concise, form. This enables the reader to absorb the facts quickly, and makes possible the coverage of a large range of subjects. Numerous photographs, drawings and maps help to re-enforce many of the topics described. Encyclopaedia Rhodesia will go a long way in satisfying the need for a simple reference work on Rhodesia. This is an invaluable aid to those with an interest in Rhodesia.
Pre-order special #1. Book alone with cd $49.95
Pre-order #2. Book with cd, Rhodesian coat of arms embroidered display towel and leather keychain $74.95
Available at either: www.Flamelilybooks.com or www.Lekkerwear.com
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LATEST SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL LOTTERY NEWS
We have recently received the following SAPA report regarding the current South African National Lottery debacle:-
"Cape Town - The Democratic Alliance lodged a complaint with the Public Services Commission on Monday over what it said were 'unjustified' performance bonuses being paid to National Lotteries Board (NLB) officials. 'Today, I lodged a complaint with the Public Service Commission over the unjustifiable increase in staff performance bonuses at the National Lotteries Board in the year that must rate as the most disastrous for the Lotto ever,' DA spokesperson on Trade and Industry Pierre Rabie said in a statement.
"Staff performance bonuses at the NLB soared by 42.4% to more than R1.3m for the past financial year, despite there being no staff performance appraisal systems at the organisation, through which this increase could be justified, Rabie said.
"'If (Trade and Industry) minister Mandisi Mpahlwa is unable to whip this chaotic organisation into shape, then perhaps a finding from the Public Service Commissioner will clear the way forward,' he said.
"Rabie lodges his complaint at a time when there is dithering over the appointment of a new lotto operator following the suspension of the national lottery by Mpahlwa early this year.
"Despite numerous assurances from Mpahlwa's office that the announcement of the new operator was imminent, it did not materialise.
"'The NLB failed to advise the Minister properly with respect to the issuing of a licence to conduct the national lottery. It is impossible that this increase in performance bonuses could be deemed reasonable, since the NLB has either failed to or could not carry out its mandate in a number of instances,' Rabie said.
"Mpahlwa, Rabie said, appears to be turning a blind eye when NLB staff members were richly rewarded for their disastrous management of the national lottery system during 2006/2007."
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club/ELC now retails Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each (plus 20% p&p).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
[It is hoped to produce the next edition of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile, No.37, early next year. We would, however, like to clear as much of our existing stock of back-issues as possible prior to publication. Supporters can help us in two ways in this regard, either by making donations which will enable us to distribute more copies, and/or by providing address details of people who might be interesting in receiving copies.]
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BOOK OFFERS
"WAY OUT OF LINE" by Trisha Jackson is a novel which tells the story of the profound impact that an innocent youthful love affair has on the lives of two young lovers. The plot moves from a cult and a maximum security prison in the US to the savannah grasslands of Mozambique and Zimbabwe - this makes for adventure, suspense and melodrama. Packed with conflict and sexual tension, anyone who loves romance, passion and excitement should enjoy reading this story.
Trisha Jackson was born and grew up in Rhodesia. She immigrated to the USA with her husband and three children in 1990. She and her husband live in a unique, rural community in the Tonto National Forest in the eastern mountains of Arizona.
Copies of "Way Out of Line" can be ordered from Amazon.com.
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"GOVERNMENT BY DECEPTION" by Jan Lamprecht details the disasters of Mugabe's Zimbabwe, and illustrates the similarities between Mugabe's rule and that of Mandela/Mbeki in South Africa. It can be ordered on-line at: www.AfricanCrisis.org
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"OF RICE AND MEN", by Jimmy Walker
111 pages. Illustrated. With excellent cartoons by Fusilier Norman Lambert, produced whilst in captivity. Soft-back £5.00 (cover price £10.00)
An irreverent, left of centre, look at life as a POW by Jimmy Walker, who was captured by the Japanese following the fall of Singapore in 1942. Jimmy takes us through incarceration at the notorious Changi jail, forced labour on the railroad, and deportation to Japan, where the Japanese exploited the mining skills of the boys from Northumberland. Norman Lambert’s sketches are both amusing and frightening at the same time. Through the bitterness and resentment, and physical trauma of captivity shines the humour and the indomitable spirit of the British soldier. An enjoyable and educational read, with a surprise ending.
Prices include p&p. Payment can be made by credit or debit card. To order on line, log on to www.paypal.com and enter postmaster@gcartwright.demon.co.uk as payment destination.
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"THE BLIGHT OF BLAIRISM" by Francis Bennion is a devastating indictment of the "new" Labour administration. For more details about the book visit: www.francisbennion.com
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"THE THOUSAND STEPS" by Dr Helen Anderson
Dr Anderson spent what she describes as "26 privileged years in Africa, privileged because life was never dull and medical practice never ceased to be truly exciting and fulfilling." It is a personal account of practice, both in Entebbe, Uganda, and the Sudan, Congo and Botswana. She describes her fascinating experiences. She married in Gulu, Uganda, where she ran the local Hospital, dealing with surgical cases never before described in textbooks. She also describes her time in Serowe, Botswana, and the problems with the resident ghost in the Residency.
The book is copiously and superbly illustrated with numerous colour photographs. Available at £20.00 direct from the author at Lake Hawea, R.D.2., Wanaka, 9382, New Zealand, by cheque or money order.
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"THE RAPE OF ZIMBABWE" by Ricky Wilson - which tells it like it was (and is)!
Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
You can order this book via http://www.diadembooks.com/zimbabwe.htm
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Glenn MacAskill and Michael Bowery of Crest Publishing have written three books each. Glenn MacAskill is ex-BSAP Special Branch and still working (as Mugabe has denied him any pension) and Michael Bowery is ex-South African Special Forces. Due to the difficulties confronting White writers in the "new" South Africa they launched Crest Publishing to self-publish their own books, and have been doing this since October 2006. Michael Bowery is author of: "Canham's Run", "The Sligo Piper" and "Kill the President", whilst Glenn MacAskill is author of: "King's Gold", "Crime Lords" and "Of Royal Blood".
For more information, or to make an order, please contact Crest Publishing at: P.O.Box, 97910, Petervale, Transvaal, 2151, South Africa, or e-mail: crestbooks@mweb.co.za
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DVD versions of the book about the history of the RLI, "The Saints", are now available from Msasa Enterprises. Contact: msasasa@iafrica.com or UK tel.: 07732 685400.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.108 : Mr. CARL JUTA of Kingsburgh
Carl Juta was a computer expert who lived at Kingsburgh of the Natal south coast. He was a very philosophical man, and also a committed South African patriot. A number of former colleagues would like to know what has happened to him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
New Britain now has its own web-site, which details up-to-date information about future New Britain activities. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.newbritain.org.uk
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WISE MOVE
Sir,
Please could you e-mail me the latest news on South Africa. I was a resident in Johannesburg for twenty eight years, but returned to Scotland seven years ago due to the violence.
Yours etc.,
M.C.S., Scotland, U.K.
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POINTING THE FINGER
Sir,
There have been several more attacks in Bryanston since last I wrote. Last night (20 August 2007) there was a robbery off Bryanston Drive near Perivale Road. What I find most intriguing is that in this modern day and age I have not heard of a single instance where the SAPS have taken finger-prints and reported that at least one perpetrator has burgled or attacked in more than one place.
Even if they are unable to identify the person, they should surely be able to say that there are common finger-prints. By alas no!
ADT [a private security company] called at the scene last night. They found a bag of credit cards and other stolen items from the burgled house on the adjacent property. The first thing they contributed to the future of the investigation was to pick the bag up and finger the contents, including the credit cards. When challenged about this they confidently announced that you could not take finger-prints from a credit card. Is there any hope I wonder? One would have thought that they would have some basic law enforcement training.
Surely some basic training for our investigators and our guard companies would not be too much to ask for.
I have to say that the most obvious conclusion to the problem of tampering with evidence is that, if any of their buddies are implicated, one could never prosecute. It's hard not to attribute some meaning behind the apparent ignorance of basic investigative procedures. Finger-prints that would most likely not be on record would be those of illegal immigrants. Finger-prints that would definitely be on record would be those of the SAPS and the guard companies. So what do you do when you come across evidence - just in case?
There must be a larger and very powerful force controlling the crime. How many 300cm television sets and 500 Mercs have you seen in Alexandra? I doubt that is where the stolen goods are disposed of.
Yours etc.,
S.A.Holmes, Bryanston, Transvaal.
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DEATH OF A NATION
Sir,
On today's news on-line, in Pretoria a mother mourns the loss of her son. Murdered by burglars. One of the four criminals slit the boy's throat. The young man was shortly after pronounced dead. Another victim in this horrific, ongoing, rising crime rate.
How many more deaths as a result of this out of control crime wave must there be?
Yours etc.,
Paul, Pretoria, Transvaal.
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SCRAP METAL (I)
Sir,
I cannot believe what I am seeing on Sky News today. A six foot high statue of Mandela outside our glorious parliament!!!!
Has the world finally gone mad or is it just me?
Will someone go and visit this hideous insult to all victims of terrorist violence and pour white paint on it, or better still borrow a JCB and bash it a few times.
Please don't let this vile insult go unnoticed, otherwise next year they will be erecting a statue in honour of Osama Bin Laden.
Yours etc.,
Ned, London, U.K.
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SCRAP METAL (II)
Sir,
I am not normally one for advocating vandalism, but could some sort of arrangement be made to raze the newly-erected statue in Parliament Square?
Yours etc.,
Arthur Norman., Kapiti, New Zealand.
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ROGUES GALLERY
A supporter has recently informed us of a couple of quite odious messages which have evidently been posted on the appalling "Conservative Democratic Alliance" discussion forum. The first, from the repulsive Francis "Fruitcake" Andrew, claims that the Springbok Club are "pro-Mandela buddies", whereas the second, from somebody going under the name of Brin Jenkins, suggests that the Springbok Club should be renamed the "Mugabe Supporters' Club".
We have of course unfortunately been subjected to an irrational hate-campaign from "Fruitcake" Andrew for several years now, and have come to the firm conclusion that the man is totally deranged. This latest piece of lunacy from him therefore only confirms this opinion. The Brin Jenkins character is a completely new name to us however. We wonder therefore whether anyone knows anything about him? Is this a real name we wonder, or is it a pseudonym for someone previously known to us? Be this as it may, we believe that in the present climate to make such a wild unsubstantiated allegation that we are supporters of the unreconstructed terrorist Mugabe is potentially libellous. Mr. Jenkins (or whatever his real name is) should therefore be careful. Very careful.
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OBITUARIES
RAY GRAVELL
Ray Gravell, the Llanelli, Wales and British Lions centre-threequarter who died at a tragically early age of a diabetes-related illness earlier this month, was not only a great rugby player, but was also a great Welshman and a great Briton. He had been prepared to stand up to be counted by taking part in the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa at a time when it was not considered "politically correct" so to do. His picture featured twice in the second ever edition of S.A.Patriot, where in the accompanying article "Pride of Lions" it was stated: "Ray Gravell, the Welsh centre .... was prepared to put at risk his position in the British civil service by announcing his willingness to tour, though in the end managed to save his job through accepting the set-back of taking unpaid leave." By all accounts Ray Gravell was one of rugby's gentlemen, who off pitch didn't have an enemy in the world. After his playing days were over he carved out a successful new career as a rugby commentator and as an actor, before illness struck him down at a far too young age. Although he took great pride in Welsh culture and traditions he was never a secessionist-nationalist, as his great pride in representing the British Lions well illustrates. All the time that Britain can continue producing men like Ray Gravell then the country has nothing to worry about for the future.
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NORMAN MAILER
Norman Mailer, the American author who also died earlier this month, was not only probably the greatest American writer of the twentieth century, but also probably the greatest writer in the English language during the twentieth century. Born to a South African father, Norman Mailer's politics were extremely complex - so complex in fact that it was very difficult to pigeon-hole him. Certainly we would take radical issue with him on a number of issues, but equally we could find ourselves in full agreement with him on a number of other matters. Be this as it may, few can surely doubt that he was the towering literary genius of his age, and it is simply regrettable - and greatly surprising - that he was never awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was surely infinitely more worthy of this accolade than many of the nonentities who have been handed this award during recent years.
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November 2007 edition
No sooner had the October edition of the SCN been circulated than one of the predictions in the editorial of this issue was proved totally - and completely surprisingly - wrong, for the Mbeki government announced that not only would they not be enforcing a "quota system" in all national sporting teams as earlier threatened, but they would even be abolishing this requirement at lower levels!
This complete u-turn in their previous policy caught everybody totally by surprise - ourselves included. It is probably the first meaningful concession to White South Africa since the ANC-regime were handed power in 1994. It came at a time, moreover, when we had started to receive reports that the rate of decline in South African society (which had seen the country rapidly descend from being an advanced first-world nation to being a third-world basket-case under the Mandela and early Mbeki administrations) was clearly slowing down, and indeed we have even heard reports of White South African refugees considering returning to that beleaguered land.
But what is the reason for all this? A clue may well be found in an article written by Naomi Klein, a leftist Canadian journalist, which has recently been forwarded to us. In this article Klein castigates Mbeki for, inter alia, supporting the free-market system, failing to deliver the ANC's promises to the country's Blacks, and "tainting" Mandela's legacy (and we all know what that is - over 2100 terrorist-style murders in the platteland alone!). Has Mbeki therefore fallen totally out of favour with the more extreme left-wing ANC faction (the SACP) and their international backers, and is now trying to curry favour with South Africa's Whites in order to shore up his position? If so then White South Africans should be extremely wary. Mbeki may not have been a "hands on" terrorist like the evil Mandela, but he is even so still part of the same ANC terrorist apparatus. Furthermore, Mbeki's successors seem far more likely to be throw-backs to the dark Mandela era rather than to Mbeki's RELATIVELY benign reign.
Our advice to our fellow White South Africans is therefore still the same. The struggle to restore TRUE civilised rule in South Africa can only be achieved "in exile", by organising and by lobbying the powers-that-be in the West, and it is therefore your duty to assist in every way possible in this struggle. To contemplate returning to South Africa, furthermore, even during the current RELATIVELY safe Mbeki interlude, is potentially like signing your own death certificate.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
Details of the Springbok Club/ELC's annual UDI Day celebration buffet are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 24th November 2007
Times : Assemble from 17.00 hrs onwards, main activities to commence at 18.00 hrs.
Venue : THE STAR TAVERN (the upstairs function room), 6 Belgrave Mews West, Belgravia, London SW1X 8HT. (Nearest underground stations: Knightsbridge [5 minutes walk], Sloane Square [7 minutes walk] and Victoria [10 minutes walk].)
Guest of Honour : Mr. NEIL THAIN
Neil Thain was born at Bulawayo in 1953, but moved to Salisbury, Rhodesia, in 1968. He worked for RTV from 1973 until 1981, rising to the position of senior producer. He completed his national service in the Guard Force Signals Division, and saw active service in the north-eastern sector (Operation Hurricane) during the Rhodesian Bush War, helping to guard protected villages in the Mount Darwin and Urungwe area. In 1984 he moved to South Africa where he worked as a freelance film-maker, before founding Msasa Enterprises with a colleague in 1997, with support and assistance from the Rhodesians Worldwide organisation. He is currently a managing director of Msasa Enterprises, running their UK office since 2004. Msasa Enterprises specialises in the production and retail of videos and DVDs about Rhodesia, particularly relating to military operations during the Bush War. Mr Thain will not only be giving a brief outline of his Rhodesian experiences and the work of Msasa Enterprises during this meeting, but will also be showing a number of film clips from the productions which the company markets.
A succulent array of buffet snacks will be provided at this event, and the cost will be £10.00 per head for Full Members of the Springbok Club/ELC, £12.50 per head for Associate Members of the Springbok Club/ELC, and £15.00 per head for non-members. To confirm a booking, or for further information, please 'phone: 07711-188430.
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The Springbok Club/ELC are also planning their annual Day of the Vow commemoration buffet for late December, when a most interesting guest of honour is anticipated to be present. Full details will be given in next month's SCN.
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SPRINGBBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
The Kent Branch of the SC/ELC is planning an informal pub gathering in the north Kent area sometime during early 2008 (probably during February). Again further details will be given in next month's SCN.
The London Branch of the SC/ELC is planning to hold a spring get-together, which hopefully will take the form of a braai. The branch is also planning a trip to see the finish of the Doggett's Coat & Badge race on the Thames in July/August next year. [Robert Crouch who spoke so magnificently at last month's New Britain Trafalgar Lunch, and who is a past winner of the Doggett's Coat & Badge race, has written a most fascinating book about the race in novel-form entitled "The Coat". It is priced £12.50 (including p.& p.) and can be obtained by e-mailing Robert at: robert.crouch@ntlworld.com].
Two members of the ExCo of the Springbok Club/ELC anticipate being in Belfast during April of next year, and it is hoped that this will provide a good opportunity to re-constitute the Northern Ireland Branch of the organisation. Could all Ulster-based supporters who might be interested in attending an informal gathering in this respect please contact us at: springbok@falklands.org
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle held a very well attended autumn buffet earlier this month, at which the guest speaker was Mr. Roger Helmer MEP (Conservative, East Midlands). Mr. Helmer gave a masterful speech of great insight, in which, inter alia, he revealed many of the outrages of the EU and brought home to those at the meeting the current extent of all the corrupt systems now operated by the EU.
The London Swinton Circle will be holding two very interesting meetings during January 2008. The first will be held on Friday 11th January and will be addressed by Mr. Nigel Farage MEP, the Leader of UKIP. The second will be held later during the month either in a committee room of the House of Commons or in Portcullis House, and will be addressed by Mr. Peter Bone MP (Conservative, Wellingborough). Full details of both these meetings will be appearing in future editions of the SCN.
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
As in previous years, Mr. Dennis Delderfield laid a wreath on behalf of New Britain at the Royal Naval War Memorial in Chatham on Remembrance Sunday earlier this month. A number of members of the Springbok Club/ELC were also present for this solemn occasion this year, when thoughts were especially centred on those who have died in recent months during the War against Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. We know also that many supporters attended the annual Rhodesian Forces Remembrance Service outside Westminster Abbey at the same time, when those who fought and died in an earlier War against Terror were also remembered.
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SOUTHERN AFRICAN AND OTHER MEMORABILIA FOR SALE
The following flags and other items of Southern African interest are for sale :-
Queen Mother's Royal Standard £60
WW2 Red Ensign, large £80
SA Naval Ensign £80
SA State President's Guard plaque Lt.Grobler 1980 1981 £15
Flag of Malaysia £35
Knitted Picture of Tudor house and church in picture frame £5
Enchanted Glade picture, female deer and baby deer £5
Instruments in Gold record set £10
British Way and Purpose book 1940s £7
Oil rig jig-saw puzzle £5
Jersey Flag £8
Huge White Ensign, good condition £150
Borough of Woolwich George VI 1937 Coronation Book £5
Gothic Painting II book, Michel Herubel £10
Aladdin book £3
Russian Constitutional Monarchy 1905 to 1917 £5
HMS Bronington guide book £10
Statutes at Large 47 Geo III to 49 Geo III £25
HMS Coventry £15
Queen Elizabeth II copper ashtray £10
Presentation case of ships ropes £10
British Empire Flag £10
OHMS Southern Rhodesia envelope postmarked Salisbury £5
China bowls white, blue and gold £5 each
NI District badge £5
Pictorial History of South Africa book £20
Guide to RN ships and badges £5
Game parks and reserves of Southern Africa £10
Empire Youth Annual 1951 £10
RCAF Station Greenwood NS match cover £5
King George and Queen Elizabeth book £10
Oar maces of Admiralty HMSO 8S 6D £10
Three Midshipmen £15
S.H.Behrman Duveen £5
Rule Britannia by Daphne du Maurier £3
Elections by P.Lane £5
1991 Kuwait Medal £5
City of Bath, Somerset, guide £1.50
Britain's Fighting Forces £5
Admiralty Orders in Council Volumes III XIV IX V and index £55
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GREAT NEWS FROM ICELAND
We are delighted to be able to report that Iceland's government has stated that, as a result of the low demand for whale meat, no more whaling quotas will be allowed at the current time. We applaud this decision by the Icelandic government, which we believe has the full support of the majority of Icelandic people. The killing of highly advanced mammals such as whales is abhorrent to all those with any sense of civilised decency, and the fact that a Western nation such as Iceland has allowed such a detestable practice to continue for so long has been a serious stain on that country's reputation, which we trust is now ended for ever. It is just a tragedy that the Japanese nation can't experience a similar enlightenment.
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BONFIRE
A small contingent of SC/ELC members and supporters attended the Lewes Bonfire celebrations again this year. Although following the proceedings of both the Cliffe Bonfire Society and the South Street Bonfire Society for most of the evening, circumstances alas prevented attending the firesite ceremonies of either of these societies this year, so instead the firesite of the Waterloo Bonfire Society was patronised instead. The Waterloo B.S. certainly provided an excellent aerial pyrotechnics display, but unfortunately they did not seem to remain steadfast to the true traditions of Bonfire, with incomplete Bonfire Prayers being recited, no orations by the clergy, and limited effigies being burnt. Next year it is hoped that a larger contingent of supporters will be able to attend the Bonfire celebrations, where we will endeavour to attend the firesite ceremonies of either the Cliffe or the South Street Bonfire Societies, or possibly that of the Commercial Square B.S., all of which societies definitely remain true to the traditions of Bonfire.
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MESSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA
Bob Vinnicombe, the "One Nation" Publicity Officer for New South Wales, writes as follows :-
"Do you know of any South Africans here in Sydney who might be interested in giving a talk to my One Nation branch meeting here in Sydney about South Africa?"
If anyone can help Bob in this regard please contact him direct on: triumph@zipworld.com.au
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ENCYLOPAEDIA RHODESIA
The 1973 Version Reprint.
This was the first book of its kind to be published on Rhodesia and contains nearly 500 pages of alphabetical entries and numerous appendices covering many important aspects of Rhodesia. Information on Rhodesian history, geography, flora and fauna, the way of life of its peoples, law, central Government and various other aspects of Rhodesia is given in a clear, concise, form. This enables the reader to absorb the facts quickly, and makes possible the coverage of a large range of subjects. Numerous photographs, drawings and maps help to re-enforce many of the topics described. Encyclopaedia Rhodesia will go a long way in satisfying the need for a simple reference work on Rhodesia. This is an invaluable aid to those with an interest in Rhodesia.
Pre-order special #1. Book alone with cd $49.95
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LATEST SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL LOTTERY NEWS
We have recently received the following SAPA report regarding the current South African National Lottery debacle:-
"Cape Town - The Democratic Alliance lodged a complaint with the Public Services Commission on Monday over what it said were 'unjustified' performance bonuses being paid to National Lotteries Board (NLB) officials. 'Today, I lodged a complaint with the Public Service Commission over the unjustifiable increase in staff performance bonuses at the National Lotteries Board in the year that must rate as the most disastrous for the Lotto ever,' DA spokesperson on Trade and Industry Pierre Rabie said in a statement.
"Staff performance bonuses at the NLB soared by 42.4% to more than R1.3m for the past financial year, despite there being no staff performance appraisal systems at the organisation, through which this increase could be justified, Rabie said.
"'If (Trade and Industry) minister Mandisi Mpahlwa is unable to whip this chaotic organisation into shape, then perhaps a finding from the Public Service Commissioner will clear the way forward,' he said.
"Rabie lodges his complaint at a time when there is dithering over the appointment of a new lotto operator following the suspension of the national lottery by Mpahlwa early this year.
"Despite numerous assurances from Mpahlwa's office that the announcement of the new operator was imminent, it did not materialise.
"'The NLB failed to advise the Minister properly with respect to the issuing of a licence to conduct the national lottery. It is impossible that this increase in performance bonuses could be deemed reasonable, since the NLB has either failed to or could not carry out its mandate in a number of instances,' Rabie said.
"Mpahlwa, Rabie said, appears to be turning a blind eye when NLB staff members were richly rewarded for their disastrous management of the national lottery system during 2006/2007."
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club/ELC now retails Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each (plus 20% p&p).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
[It is hoped to produce the next edition of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile, No.37, early next year. We would, however, like to clear as much of our existing stock of back-issues as possible prior to publication. Supporters can help us in two ways in this regard, either by making donations which will enable us to distribute more copies, and/or by providing address details of people who might be interesting in receiving copies.]
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"THE RAPE OF ZIMBABWE" by Ricky Wilson - which tells it like it was (and is)!
Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
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For more information, or to make an order, please contact Crest Publishing at: P.O.Box, 97910, Petervale, Transvaal, 2151, South Africa, or e-mail: crestbooks@mweb.co.za
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DVD versions of the book about the history of the RLI, "The Saints", are now available from Msasa Enterprises. Contact: msasasa@iafrica.com or UK tel.: 07732 685400.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.108 : Mr. CARL JUTA of Kingsburgh
Carl Juta was a computer expert who lived at Kingsburgh of the Natal south coast. He was a very philosophical man, and also a committed South African patriot. A number of former colleagues would like to know what has happened to him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
New Britain now has its own web-site, which details up-to-date information about future New Britain activities. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.newbritain.org.uk
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WISE MOVE
Sir,
Please could you e-mail me the latest news on South Africa. I was a resident in Johannesburg for twenty eight years, but returned to Scotland seven years ago due to the violence.
Yours etc.,
M.C.S., Scotland, U.K.
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POINTING THE FINGER
Sir,
There have been several more attacks in Bryanston since last I wrote. Last night (20 August 2007) there was a robbery off Bryanston Drive near Perivale Road. What I find most intriguing is that in this modern day and age I have not heard of a single instance where the SAPS have taken finger-prints and reported that at least one perpetrator has burgled or attacked in more than one place.
Even if they are unable to identify the person, they should surely be able to say that there are common finger-prints. By alas no!
ADT [a private security company] called at the scene last night. They found a bag of credit cards and other stolen items from the burgled house on the adjacent property. The first thing they contributed to the future of the investigation was to pick the bag up and finger the contents, including the credit cards. When challenged about this they confidently announced that you could not take finger-prints from a credit card. Is there any hope I wonder? One would have thought that they would have some basic law enforcement training.
Surely some basic training for our investigators and our guard companies would not be too much to ask for.
I have to say that the most obvious conclusion to the problem of tampering with evidence is that, if any of their buddies are implicated, one could never prosecute. It's hard not to attribute some meaning behind the apparent ignorance of basic investigative procedures. Finger-prints that would most likely not be on record would be those of illegal immigrants. Finger-prints that would definitely be on record would be those of the SAPS and the guard companies. So what do you do when you come across evidence - just in case?
There must be a larger and very powerful force controlling the crime. How many 300cm television sets and 500 Mercs have you seen in Alexandra? I doubt that is where the stolen goods are disposed of.
Yours etc.,
S.A.Holmes, Bryanston, Transvaal.
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DEATH OF A NATION
Sir,
On today's news on-line, in Pretoria a mother mourns the loss of her son. Murdered by burglars. One of the four criminals slit the boy's throat. The young man was shortly after pronounced dead. Another victim in this horrific, ongoing, rising crime rate.
How many more deaths as a result of this out of control crime wave must there be?
Yours etc.,
Paul, Pretoria, Transvaal.
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SCRAP METAL (I)
Sir,
I cannot believe what I am seeing on Sky News today. A six foot high statue of Mandela outside our glorious parliament!!!!
Has the world finally gone mad or is it just me?
Will someone go and visit this hideous insult to all victims of terrorist violence and pour white paint on it, or better still borrow a JCB and bash it a few times.
Please don't let this vile insult go unnoticed, otherwise next year they will be erecting a statue in honour of Osama Bin Laden.
Yours etc.,
Ned, London, U.K.
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SCRAP METAL (II)
Sir,
I am not normally one for advocating vandalism, but could some sort of arrangement be made to raze the newly-erected statue in Parliament Square?
Yours etc.,
Arthur Norman., Kapiti, New Zealand.
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ROGUES GALLERY
A supporter has recently informed us of a couple of quite odious messages which have evidently been posted on the appalling "Conservative Democratic Alliance" discussion forum. The first, from the repulsive Francis "Fruitcake" Andrew, claims that the Springbok Club are "pro-Mandela buddies", whereas the second, from somebody going under the name of Brin Jenkins, suggests that the Springbok Club should be renamed the "Mugabe Supporters' Club".
We have of course unfortunately been subjected to an irrational hate-campaign from "Fruitcake" Andrew for several years now, and have come to the firm conclusion that the man is totally deranged. This latest piece of lunacy from him therefore only confirms this opinion. The Brin Jenkins character is a completely new name to us however. We wonder therefore whether anyone knows anything about him? Is this a real name we wonder, or is it a pseudonym for someone previously known to us? Be this as it may, we believe that in the present climate to make such a wild unsubstantiated allegation that we are supporters of the unreconstructed terrorist Mugabe is potentially libellous. Mr. Jenkins (or whatever his real name is) should therefore be careful. Very careful.
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OBITUARIES
RAY GRAVELL
Ray Gravell, the Llanelli, Wales and British Lions centre-threequarter who died at a tragically early age of a diabetes-related illness earlier this month, was not only a great rugby player, but was also a great Welshman and a great Briton. He had been prepared to stand up to be counted by taking part in the 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa at a time when it was not considered "politically correct" so to do. His picture featured twice in the second ever edition of S.A.Patriot, where in the accompanying article "Pride of Lions" it was stated: "Ray Gravell, the Welsh centre .... was prepared to put at risk his position in the British civil service by announcing his willingness to tour, though in the end managed to save his job through accepting the set-back of taking unpaid leave." By all accounts Ray Gravell was one of rugby's gentlemen, who off pitch didn't have an enemy in the world. After his playing days were over he carved out a successful new career as a rugby commentator and as an actor, before illness struck him down at a far too young age. Although he took great pride in Welsh culture and traditions he was never a secessionist-nationalist, as his great pride in representing the British Lions well illustrates. All the time that Britain can continue producing men like Ray Gravell then the country has nothing to worry about for the future.
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NORMAN MAILER
Norman Mailer, the American author who also died earlier this month, was not only probably the greatest American writer of the twentieth century, but also probably the greatest writer in the English language during the twentieth century. Born to a South African father, Norman Mailer's politics were extremely complex - so complex in fact that it was very difficult to pigeon-hole him. Certainly we would take radical issue with him on a number of issues, but equally we could find ourselves in full agreement with him on a number of other matters. Be this as it may, few can surely doubt that he was the towering literary genius of his age, and it is simply regrettable - and greatly surprising - that he was never awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was surely infinitely more worthy of this accolade than many of the nonentities who have been handed this award during recent years.
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Friday, 26 October 2007
October 2007 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
October 2007 edition
There can have been few if any previous sporting championships where the winning team received less enthusiasm from their home nation than was the case with South Africa's victory in the recent Rugby World Cup.
Most Blacks, of course, are not in the slightest bit interested in Rugby and by all accounts greeted the result with massive indifference. For the ANC hierarchy, however, the so-called Springbok side was far too White for their liking, and in spite of Mbeki and co. milking the beano in Paris for all it was worth they were really seething with anger that even after 13 years in power it was mainly Afrikaners who had given the country its biggest sporting triumph. On the other hand for South African Whites - who are daily confronted with escalating crime, collapse in national infrastructure and threats of hijackings, rapes and murder under the current ANC regime - there was little to celebrate in seeing their team win whilst sucking up to this same terrorist regime.
It seems, however, that the ANC's next move will quickly be forthcoming, and that the World Cup win will prove to be White South Africa's "last hoorah". It has been well reported that a quota system for all national teams similar to those already imposed at provincial and club level will shortly be enforced - and that the Springbok badge and name will have to be dropped in Rugby just as it has already been dropped in all other sports.
As far as we are concerned the sooner the second of these predicted moves comes about the better. It was the late, great Dr. Dannie Craven who asserted that only Whites should be allowed to represent Springbok teams - and he was right. South Africa may be a single piece of geography, but it comprises many nations, and each one of them has the right to their own national teams competing in international competitions - rather than the single mish-mash of the so-called "rainbow nation" which few can take any pride in. Under the ANC regime multi-racial sporting teams are inevitable, so let them play under a new name such as "The Proteas" or some other insipid nomenclature, rather than defiling the historic and much loved Springbok title.
Our movement will then be able to guard and hold in trust the holy Springbok name - guard and hold it in trust until such time as civilised rule is restored in South Africa, when authentic Springbok sides can once more run out onto the field with true pride and honour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC AND LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE JOINT MEETING
The Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club and the London Swinton Circle joined forces under the banner of the Patriotic Forum last month in order to host a meeting addressed by Mr. Dennis Delderfield, the National Chairman of New Britain.
Mr. Delderfield gave a most enthralling and optimistic speech on the theme of "The Commonwealth" in which he illustrated how the British Commonwealth of nations still provided a viable alternative to EU integration which was full of great potential. He further emphasised how there was still a strong pool of sentiment for closer ties with the UK around the Commonwealth in spite of the fact that so many British politicians seem to have turned their backs on their Commonwealth brother nations over recent decades, and how this sentiment was closely linked to the Royal Family. In addition Mr. Delderfield also gave most encouraging news about the great progress which New Britain has been making over recent months, and how increased support was being obtained even up to the highest levels in the land.
Alas the turnout for this meeting was somewhat lower than had been hoped and expected, which most put down to the fact that it had unfortunately been arranged for the same time as the important England v. Tonga match in the World Cup - but perhaps the fact so many people put taking pride in their national team in front of attending a meeting isn't such a discouraging manifestation! Be this as it may, a number excellent new contacts were made as a result of this meeting, and it is hoped that the SC/ELC and the LSC will be working increasingly closely together with New Britain in the days ahead.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
Alas circumstances have prevented the planned guest of honour for this year's Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club UDI Day celebration buffet, a direct descendant of one of the most prominent original Rhodesian pioneers, from attending this particular event, although it is anticipated that he will still be the SC/ELC's guest of honour at next year's Rhodes & Founders celebration buffet.
Instead we are happy to be able to announce that the guest of honour for this year's UDI Day celebration buffet will be a prominent Rhodesian memorabilia entrepreneur, who will be showing extracts from some of the many inspiring Rhodesian video recordings which his company markets. This buffet will probably take place on Saturday 24th November, but full details will be given in next month's SCN.
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SPRINGBBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
The Kent Branch of the SC/ELC is planning an informal pub gathering in the north Kent area sometime during late November/early December. Again full details will be given in next month's SCN.
The London Branch of the SC/ELC is planning a trip to see the finish of the Doggett's Coat & Badge race on the Thames in July/August next year - although it is anticipated that there will be another branch function before then.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle held a most interesting meeting earlier this month at which the guest speaker was Mr. Tim Akers, the Grassroots Co-ordinator of the Taxpayers' Alliance. Mr. Akers gave a masterful speech in which he illustrated how the general burden of taxation was far too high in the UK, and advocated "flat taxes" as a solution. He also condemned the level of both Government and EU waste, and concluded that it was imperative that the UK left the EU. A strong Atlanticist, Mr.Akers furthermore emphasised how important it was that a grassroots movement in favour of low taxes was built in the UK similar to that in the US.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting (its Autumn Buffet) are as follows :-
Date : Friday 9th November
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Counting House (the upstairs function room), 50 Cornhill, London EC3 (nearest tube station: Bank - leave by Exit 5)
Guest Speaker : Mr. Roger Helmer MEP (Conservative, East Midlands)
[Tickets for this event are priced £15.00 per head - which includes a buffet - and can be obtained by writing to: London Swinton Circle, P.O.Box 29208, London SE8 3ZU. All cheques should be made payable to "The London Swinton Circle".]
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
New Britain held a most important pro-Gibraltar meeting in the City of London earlier this month. Alas the planned guest speaker, Mr. Albert Poggio OBE, the official Gibraltar Representative in the UK, was unable to attend this event at the last moment because of an unexpected pressing engagement in his official capacity at the EU in Brussels. Instead, after Mr. Dennis Delderfield the National Chairman of New Britain had said a few words about his own experiences of the Rock, Mr. Alan Harvey, the Organiser/Secretary of the Springbok Club/ELC and current Chairman of the London Swinton Circle, gave an unscripted talk about his own experiences from several visits to Gibraltar, and about its history and constitutional position and development. This speech was extremely well received, particularly for its depth and the fact that it was prepared at such short notice.
New Britain also held their traditional wreath-laying ceremony at Nelson's tomb in St.Paul's Cathedral to mark Trafalgar Day this year, and the following day held a most well-attended Trafalgar Dinner in Weymouth. This was followed by a special Trafalgar Lunch held at the historic Trafalgar Tavern in Greenwich, at which the after-dinner speaker was Mr. Robert Crouch MVO, who for 12 years had been the official Bargemaster to HM The Queen, a past Master of the Company of Watermen & Lightermen, and winner of the Doggett's Coat & Badge Race in 1958. Mr. Crouch gave a most enthralling address about the history of the Company of Watermen & Lightermen and about the history of the Doggett's Coat & Badge Race in particular, and also explained the close connection between the watermen and lightermen of the Thames and the Royal Navy, especially during Nelson's Day. It was most encouraging to see a large percentage of members and supporters of both the SC/ELC and the LSC at both these events, thus demonstrating the increasing close links between all three patriotic organisations.
[ Robert Crouch has written a most fascinating book about the Doggett's Coat & Badge Race in novel form entitled "The Coat". It is priced £12.50 (including p.& p.) and can be obtained by e-mailing Robert at: robert.crouch@ntlworld.com ]
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SOUTHERN AFRICAN AND OTHER MEMORABILIA FOR SALE
The following flags and other items of Southern African interest are for sale :-
Queen Mother's Royal Standard £60
WW2 Red Ensign, large £80
SA Naval Ensign £80
SA State President's Guard plaque Lt.Grobler 1980 1981 £15
Flag of Malaysia £35
Knitted Picture of Tudor house and church in picture frame £5
Enchanted Glade picture, female deer and baby deer £5
Instruments in Gold record set £10
British Way and Purpose book 1940s £7
Oil rig jig-saw puzzle £5
Postcard The Mall, Armagh, to R.B.Lloyd College of Music, Johannesburg, 1906 £5
Sam Browne's Cavalry postcard £10
Jersey Flag £8
Huge White Ensign, good condition £150
Borough of Woolwich George VI 1937 Coronation Book £5
Gothic Painting II book, Michel Herubel £10
Aladdin book £3
Russian Constitutional Monarchy 1905 to 1917 £5
HMS Bronington guide book £10
Statutes at Large 47 Geo III to 49 Geo III £25
HMS Coventry £15
Queen Elizabeth II copper ashtray £10
Presentation case of ships ropes £10
British Empire Flag £10
OHMS Southern Rhodesia envelope postmarked Salisbury £5
China bowls white, blue and gold £5 each
NI District badge £5
Pictorial History of South Africa book £20
Guide to RN ships and badges £5
Game parks and reserves of Southern Africa £10
Empire Youth Annual 1951 £10
Southend, Essex, postcard, 18 August 1919 £5
The Guildhall, Exeter, postcard £5
RCAF Station Greenwood NS match cover £5
Nice Promenade des Anglais postcard £5
King George and Queen Elizabeth book £10
Oar maces of Admiralty HMSO 8S 6D £10
Three Midshipmen £15
S.H.Behrman Duveen £5
Rule Britannia by Daphne du Maurier £3
Elections by P.Lane £5
1991 Kuwait Medal £5
City of Bath, Somerset, guide £1.50
Britain's Fighting Forces £5
Admiralty Orders in Council Volumes III XIV IX V and index £55
All items Postage & Packaging included. To make orders or for more details 'phone 07748194373, or e-mail: robertshipley1729@yahoo.co.uk
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ZIMBABWE CONSERVATION TASK FORCE REPORT
There is once again a critical shortage of fuel to pump water into the pans for the animals in Hwange (Wankie) National Park which is not surprising in view of the extreme shortage of basic commodities in Zimbabwe. The park needs 20,000 litres of diesel to ensure that there is enough water for the animals to drink during the dry season (August to November) if we are to avoid a repetition of the water crisis of 2005.
We realize that with the enormous difficulties we are experiencing in Zimbabwe at the moment with simple day to day living, most people will not be able to assist the wildlife as they have done in the past, much as they may want to, but if anyone is in a position to help with either fuel or the funds to buy fuel, please contact us. We would be extremely grateful. Our contact details are below.
Johnny Rodrigues - Chairman for Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force
Tel: 263 4 336710
Fax/Tel: 263 4 339065
Mobile: 263 11 603213
e-mail: galorand@mweb.co.zw
Website: www.zctf.mweb.co.zw
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INTERESTING BEELD REPORT
We have recently been sent the following most revealing news report from "Beeld" by a supporter in the Transvaal:-
"The chief of the Ekuhuleni [sic] Metro Police, Robert McBride, is scheduled to appear in court on Friday on charges of drunk driving and
defeating the ends of justice. A source close to the judicial process says that McBride has been informed that he will appear in the Pretoria Regional Court on charges of, among others, drunk driving and defeating the ends of justice, after rolling his official vehicle near Centurion [Verwoerdburg] in December last year.
"'There are other charges as well' the source said, but declined to give details.
"McBride was returning from a metro police year-end function at Oberon resort near Hartebeespoort Dam on December 21 when he rolled his blue Chevrolet Lumina.
"Witnesses told Beeld that McBride had been roaring drunk when they tried to speak to him that same evening.
"He was led away from the scene by Ekurhuleni [sic] Metro Police before any tests were done to determine his blood alcohol level.
"The metro officials also threatened to shoot bystanders if they dared to call the police.
"A decision on whether McBride would be prosecuted was postponed for months while his dossier was passed back and forth between the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the police for further investigation.
"The process was further delayed when three of McBride's confidants, Chief Superintendent Stanley Sagathevan, Chief Inspector Patrick Johnson and Superintendent Itumeleng Koko turned against him in May and released information to the NPA.
"The Star reported recently that all three, who were expected to appear as state witnesses, said in their statements to the NPA on May 30 that McBride had drunk a large amount of whisky at the year-end function. They also said that after the crash, they took McBride to a doctor, a
relative of Sagathevan's, to be examined.
"They later also visited doctors on the East Rand in search of a false doctor's certificate and after visiting an attorney and a pathologist in
Durban, they managed to get a false certificate from a GaRankuwa doctor.
"The three were granted an urgent interdict in court last week to prevent McBride and five others from threatening them."
[It should be remembered, of course, that this same scumbag McBride was convicted of carrying out the terrorist bombing of Magoo's Bar on the Durban beachfront in 1986, when 3 innocents died and scores (including our good friends Keith Hulse and Alan Mountford - whose courageous action in rushing Keith to hospital undoubtedly saved his life) were injured. McBride, furthermore, was the grandson of the notorious Sean McBride, an evil IRA terrorist who fornicated with non-White women and who was instrumental in the UN plan to seize SWA from South Africa and to give it the ridiculous name on "Namibia". Deformed genes certainly seem to run in the McBride bloodstream therefore! From personal experience we can recall the younger McBride inadvertently gate-crashing a Save Rhodesia Campaign meeting at the Cafe Geneve in Durban with his White-trash girlfriend circa 1978, when after being confronted he made a hasty retreat down the stairs uttering some anti-White sentiments as he went. It was good therefore to learn that this filthy terrorist at last seems to be getting his come-uppance! - ed.]
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CAN YOU HELP?
Malcolm McNichol writes as follows :-
"I am researching for a book on my late father Douglas James (Pat) McNicol. He was from New Zealand and served in the SAAF in the 1930’s and worked as a flying instructor for De Havilland in Rhodesia. He met my late mother Barbara Pasker (born Barbara Sheard) at the Light Plane Club in Bulawayo. He lost a leg in a plane crash in Rhodesia approx. 1939, in an incident similar to that of 'Pat' Judson, I believe.
"I would appreciate any information that you think may help or perhaps an indication where I might look.
"Regards,
"Malcolm McNicol, mmcnicol@xtra.co.nz"
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Sheila Blamire writes as follows :-
"Is there any association who can provide help and advice for South Africans who need accommodation - this is for my mother-in-law who is 80 years old and is dependant on family in Zimbabwe as she cannot live alone in South Africa. The situation there is now so sensitive that we feel she may have to come here and we need to try and find her accommodation and support. She is ex-South African army, and ex-Rhodesian Army.
"Many thanks,
"Sheila Blamire, stuart.blamire@tesco.net"
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club/ELC now retails Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each (plus 20% p&p).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.107 : Mr. JEFF TRIBE of Maidstone
Jeff Tribe was a keen member of the Roundhead Association English Civil War re-enactment society during the early 1970s, and subsequently became very active in patriotic British politics in Kent. He made good contact with our movement in South Africa during the late 1970s and early 1980s, but then alas all liaison suddenly ceased. We would be very keen to learn where he is now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The "Deadline S.A." web-site details not only the impact of the escalating crime epidemic in South Africa, but also demonstrates how the present South African government is benefiting financially as a direct result of crime. All those still living in South Africa or who still have connections with the country should have a good look at this site, which can be accessed at :-
http://www.deadlinesa.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
NUMBERS GAME
Sir,
There was talk of the Lotto starting up again two Saturdays ago in the papers and on radio - nothing happened, and since that announcement not one word again. Makes you wonder ???
Yours etc.,
Rodger, Johannesburg, Transvaal.
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LIBERAL ENLIGHTENMENT
Sir,
Stumbled across your web-site this morning. Reading all the news articles featured is nothing new to me. I live in a suburb of Johannesburg - middle-class, nothing fancy, but comfortable. I would like to tell your readers that the news reports and personal stories portrayed therein are indeed true and there is no exaggeration of facts.
I was brought here in 1980 from the UK by my parents and consider myself South African. I have had three children here in South Africa - and time is running out! We have made the heart-rending decision to leave the country. My husband has been pressuring me since 2001 to leave, but I was a "liberal" and thought all would be good and sorted, but things are bad here and you definitely have to have major "street smarts" to survive in South Africa today. I am tired of it all now and plan to move to a first-world country where I don't have to watch my back at all times and wonder if I am going to be car-jacked everytime I pull in or out of my driveway.
To be honest and fair, there are a lot of good, decent, hard-working people in South Africa of all colours: Black, White, Indians, Coloureds, who just want peace and health and a little bit of money to keep them going. But the criminals who have, literally, this country on its knees are running rampant and unhindered and do as they please.
My children's job prospects are poor in South Africa as they are "Whiteys", and my daughter who is six has the highest chance in the WORLD of being raped, just because of the country we live in!
Good luck, and keep on bringing South African news to the world.
Yours etc.,
"Saffer", Johannesburg, Transvaal.
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CRIME BY THE SEA
Sir,
Crime is so out of control now, I cannot see this useless Government ever doing anything about it, or gaining the upper hand. Very depressing to us normal law-abiding citizens. Every conversation eventually leads to this subject.
As you know the Blacks are a very vengeful nation and if you say or do something they do not like they just kill you! Nobody is safe anymore.
Keep up the good work.
Yours etc.,
ACS, Durban, Natal.
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CONSERVATIVE WAY FORWARD
Sir,
The new Conservative Government of Canada has approved the flying of our traditional Red Ensign from all Royal Canadian Legion offices, and the one near me has done so - it is the original ensign with the green leaves on the crest. It looks impressive!
Yours etc.,
James Alcock, United Commonwealth Society, Toronto, Canada
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Mr. NICK MAINE
In the April 2004 edition of the SCN we reported how our long-standing friend and supporter Nick Maine from Australia had decided to retire from active politics. This of course was a big disappointment at the time, but it transpired that he intended to continue his political commitment by running an e-mail circulation list, and accordingly added us to this list. Although many of the postings which he circulated were very informative and interesting, they alas also contained quite a number of items of an ultra-defeatist nature, as well as some increasingly objectionable cranky conspiratorial material, so eventually by mutual consent he agreed to remove us from his list.
Shortly prior to this, however, he circulated a posting - complete with gruesome pictures - which read as follows :-
"This girl was chopped up in broad daylight in front of a crowd in Hillbrow , JOHANNESBURG , SOUTH AFRICA May 13, 2007 - A man in his 30s is set to be charged later this week in the shocking beheading of a 21-year-old woman at a mini bus depot in JHB central Monday.
"Stacy Wilson was pulled off a bus and chopped to death by a man police later identified as Samuel. Up to last night , cops here gave no motive for the horrendous murder, which happened before dozens of stunned onlookers.
"Wilson sustained several chops to her body before her head was severed along with her right hand by the machete-wielding Samuel, who held the head for a bit before dropping it.
"He was soon after nabbed by Metro Cops. He is set to be charged following a post mortem on Wilson later this week.
"(Hillbrow had been a high class suburb before Black rule)"
Accepting the bona fides of this report which Mr. Maine had sent we therefore added it to our "Latest News from South Africa" web-page - only to be informed a few weeks later by a reader that this atrocity had not taken place in South Africa, but in Kingstown, St.Vincent! - something which can be confirmed by accessing:-
http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Caribbean/Stories/2006/12/15/NEWS0000003844.html
Needless to say the publication of this erroneous information caused us huge embarrassment, and we apologise to all readers who may have read this report on our web-site and been similarly misled. We subsequently wrote to Mr. Maine asking for an explanation, but alas to date haven't received the decency of any reply. Mr. Maine is now an old man aged 85, so we will leave it to our readers to judge his motivation for having circulated such a misleading doctored piece of information.
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ROGUES GALLERY
Most readers will be familiar with the problems which we have been faced with over the years from Mr. Arthur Kemp, a former seemingly close friend of our movement who subsequently turned against us. Kemp currently tries to convey an overtly neo-Nazi image (even now writing for the neo-fascist so-called "British National Party"), though further information which we have received from a number of reliable sources suggests that he is actually working for the ANC regime. A colleague has however informed us about a most interesting article which recently appeared in "The Mail & Guardian" which seems to confirm both Kemp's neo-fascist connections and his links to the South African security services. This can be accessed at :-
http://www.mg.co.za/articledirect.aspx?area=%2Finsight%2Finsight__national&articleid=131007
We must admit, however, that even though we thought we knew all there was to know about young Mr. Kemp, we never realised before that he had a "supercilious sneer"!
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OBITUARY
PETER WHITELAW
It was with great sadness that we learnt of the recent death of Peter Whitelaw. Peter was born in Somerset in 1937, and worked in a solicitor's office before gaining a high-ranking position in the administration of the Post Office. A prominent member of the Streatham Constituency Conservative Party, Peter Whitelaw had a zest for life, and was a keen crossword-puzzler. He had been a loyal and dedicated member of both the London Swinton Circle and the Springbok Club/ELC for many years, and will be sorely missed.
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October 2007 edition
There can have been few if any previous sporting championships where the winning team received less enthusiasm from their home nation than was the case with South Africa's victory in the recent Rugby World Cup.
Most Blacks, of course, are not in the slightest bit interested in Rugby and by all accounts greeted the result with massive indifference. For the ANC hierarchy, however, the so-called Springbok side was far too White for their liking, and in spite of Mbeki and co. milking the beano in Paris for all it was worth they were really seething with anger that even after 13 years in power it was mainly Afrikaners who had given the country its biggest sporting triumph. On the other hand for South African Whites - who are daily confronted with escalating crime, collapse in national infrastructure and threats of hijackings, rapes and murder under the current ANC regime - there was little to celebrate in seeing their team win whilst sucking up to this same terrorist regime.
It seems, however, that the ANC's next move will quickly be forthcoming, and that the World Cup win will prove to be White South Africa's "last hoorah". It has been well reported that a quota system for all national teams similar to those already imposed at provincial and club level will shortly be enforced - and that the Springbok badge and name will have to be dropped in Rugby just as it has already been dropped in all other sports.
As far as we are concerned the sooner the second of these predicted moves comes about the better. It was the late, great Dr. Dannie Craven who asserted that only Whites should be allowed to represent Springbok teams - and he was right. South Africa may be a single piece of geography, but it comprises many nations, and each one of them has the right to their own national teams competing in international competitions - rather than the single mish-mash of the so-called "rainbow nation" which few can take any pride in. Under the ANC regime multi-racial sporting teams are inevitable, so let them play under a new name such as "The Proteas" or some other insipid nomenclature, rather than defiling the historic and much loved Springbok title.
Our movement will then be able to guard and hold in trust the holy Springbok name - guard and hold it in trust until such time as civilised rule is restored in South Africa, when authentic Springbok sides can once more run out onto the field with true pride and honour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC AND LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE JOINT MEETING
The Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club and the London Swinton Circle joined forces under the banner of the Patriotic Forum last month in order to host a meeting addressed by Mr. Dennis Delderfield, the National Chairman of New Britain.
Mr. Delderfield gave a most enthralling and optimistic speech on the theme of "The Commonwealth" in which he illustrated how the British Commonwealth of nations still provided a viable alternative to EU integration which was full of great potential. He further emphasised how there was still a strong pool of sentiment for closer ties with the UK around the Commonwealth in spite of the fact that so many British politicians seem to have turned their backs on their Commonwealth brother nations over recent decades, and how this sentiment was closely linked to the Royal Family. In addition Mr. Delderfield also gave most encouraging news about the great progress which New Britain has been making over recent months, and how increased support was being obtained even up to the highest levels in the land.
Alas the turnout for this meeting was somewhat lower than had been hoped and expected, which most put down to the fact that it had unfortunately been arranged for the same time as the important England v. Tonga match in the World Cup - but perhaps the fact so many people put taking pride in their national team in front of attending a meeting isn't such a discouraging manifestation! Be this as it may, a number excellent new contacts were made as a result of this meeting, and it is hoped that the SC/ELC and the LSC will be working increasingly closely together with New Britain in the days ahead.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
Alas circumstances have prevented the planned guest of honour for this year's Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club UDI Day celebration buffet, a direct descendant of one of the most prominent original Rhodesian pioneers, from attending this particular event, although it is anticipated that he will still be the SC/ELC's guest of honour at next year's Rhodes & Founders celebration buffet.
Instead we are happy to be able to announce that the guest of honour for this year's UDI Day celebration buffet will be a prominent Rhodesian memorabilia entrepreneur, who will be showing extracts from some of the many inspiring Rhodesian video recordings which his company markets. This buffet will probably take place on Saturday 24th November, but full details will be given in next month's SCN.
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SPRINGBBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
The Kent Branch of the SC/ELC is planning an informal pub gathering in the north Kent area sometime during late November/early December. Again full details will be given in next month's SCN.
The London Branch of the SC/ELC is planning a trip to see the finish of the Doggett's Coat & Badge race on the Thames in July/August next year - although it is anticipated that there will be another branch function before then.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle held a most interesting meeting earlier this month at which the guest speaker was Mr. Tim Akers, the Grassroots Co-ordinator of the Taxpayers' Alliance. Mr. Akers gave a masterful speech in which he illustrated how the general burden of taxation was far too high in the UK, and advocated "flat taxes" as a solution. He also condemned the level of both Government and EU waste, and concluded that it was imperative that the UK left the EU. A strong Atlanticist, Mr.Akers furthermore emphasised how important it was that a grassroots movement in favour of low taxes was built in the UK similar to that in the US.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting (its Autumn Buffet) are as follows :-
Date : Friday 9th November
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Counting House (the upstairs function room), 50 Cornhill, London EC3 (nearest tube station: Bank - leave by Exit 5)
Guest Speaker : Mr. Roger Helmer MEP (Conservative, East Midlands)
[Tickets for this event are priced £15.00 per head - which includes a buffet - and can be obtained by writing to: London Swinton Circle, P.O.Box 29208, London SE8 3ZU. All cheques should be made payable to "The London Swinton Circle".]
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
New Britain held a most important pro-Gibraltar meeting in the City of London earlier this month. Alas the planned guest speaker, Mr. Albert Poggio OBE, the official Gibraltar Representative in the UK, was unable to attend this event at the last moment because of an unexpected pressing engagement in his official capacity at the EU in Brussels. Instead, after Mr. Dennis Delderfield the National Chairman of New Britain had said a few words about his own experiences of the Rock, Mr. Alan Harvey, the Organiser/Secretary of the Springbok Club/ELC and current Chairman of the London Swinton Circle, gave an unscripted talk about his own experiences from several visits to Gibraltar, and about its history and constitutional position and development. This speech was extremely well received, particularly for its depth and the fact that it was prepared at such short notice.
New Britain also held their traditional wreath-laying ceremony at Nelson's tomb in St.Paul's Cathedral to mark Trafalgar Day this year, and the following day held a most well-attended Trafalgar Dinner in Weymouth. This was followed by a special Trafalgar Lunch held at the historic Trafalgar Tavern in Greenwich, at which the after-dinner speaker was Mr. Robert Crouch MVO, who for 12 years had been the official Bargemaster to HM The Queen, a past Master of the Company of Watermen & Lightermen, and winner of the Doggett's Coat & Badge Race in 1958. Mr. Crouch gave a most enthralling address about the history of the Company of Watermen & Lightermen and about the history of the Doggett's Coat & Badge Race in particular, and also explained the close connection between the watermen and lightermen of the Thames and the Royal Navy, especially during Nelson's Day. It was most encouraging to see a large percentage of members and supporters of both the SC/ELC and the LSC at both these events, thus demonstrating the increasing close links between all three patriotic organisations.
[ Robert Crouch has written a most fascinating book about the Doggett's Coat & Badge Race in novel form entitled "The Coat". It is priced £12.50 (including p.& p.) and can be obtained by e-mailing Robert at: robert.crouch@ntlworld.com ]
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SOUTHERN AFRICAN AND OTHER MEMORABILIA FOR SALE
The following flags and other items of Southern African interest are for sale :-
Queen Mother's Royal Standard £60
WW2 Red Ensign, large £80
SA Naval Ensign £80
SA State President's Guard plaque Lt.Grobler 1980 1981 £15
Flag of Malaysia £35
Knitted Picture of Tudor house and church in picture frame £5
Enchanted Glade picture, female deer and baby deer £5
Instruments in Gold record set £10
British Way and Purpose book 1940s £7
Oil rig jig-saw puzzle £5
Postcard The Mall, Armagh, to R.B.Lloyd College of Music, Johannesburg, 1906 £5
Sam Browne's Cavalry postcard £10
Jersey Flag £8
Huge White Ensign, good condition £150
Borough of Woolwich George VI 1937 Coronation Book £5
Gothic Painting II book, Michel Herubel £10
Aladdin book £3
Russian Constitutional Monarchy 1905 to 1917 £5
HMS Bronington guide book £10
Statutes at Large 47 Geo III to 49 Geo III £25
HMS Coventry £15
Queen Elizabeth II copper ashtray £10
Presentation case of ships ropes £10
British Empire Flag £10
OHMS Southern Rhodesia envelope postmarked Salisbury £5
China bowls white, blue and gold £5 each
NI District badge £5
Pictorial History of South Africa book £20
Guide to RN ships and badges £5
Game parks and reserves of Southern Africa £10
Empire Youth Annual 1951 £10
Southend, Essex, postcard, 18 August 1919 £5
The Guildhall, Exeter, postcard £5
RCAF Station Greenwood NS match cover £5
Nice Promenade des Anglais postcard £5
King George and Queen Elizabeth book £10
Oar maces of Admiralty HMSO 8S 6D £10
Three Midshipmen £15
S.H.Behrman Duveen £5
Rule Britannia by Daphne du Maurier £3
Elections by P.Lane £5
1991 Kuwait Medal £5
City of Bath, Somerset, guide £1.50
Britain's Fighting Forces £5
Admiralty Orders in Council Volumes III XIV IX V and index £55
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ZIMBABWE CONSERVATION TASK FORCE REPORT
There is once again a critical shortage of fuel to pump water into the pans for the animals in Hwange (Wankie) National Park which is not surprising in view of the extreme shortage of basic commodities in Zimbabwe. The park needs 20,000 litres of diesel to ensure that there is enough water for the animals to drink during the dry season (August to November) if we are to avoid a repetition of the water crisis of 2005.
We realize that with the enormous difficulties we are experiencing in Zimbabwe at the moment with simple day to day living, most people will not be able to assist the wildlife as they have done in the past, much as they may want to, but if anyone is in a position to help with either fuel or the funds to buy fuel, please contact us. We would be extremely grateful. Our contact details are below.
Johnny Rodrigues - Chairman for Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force
Tel: 263 4 336710
Fax/Tel: 263 4 339065
Mobile: 263 11 603213
e-mail: galorand@mweb.co.zw
Website: www.zctf.mweb.co.zw
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INTERESTING BEELD REPORT
We have recently been sent the following most revealing news report from "Beeld" by a supporter in the Transvaal:-
"The chief of the Ekuhuleni [sic] Metro Police, Robert McBride, is scheduled to appear in court on Friday on charges of drunk driving and
defeating the ends of justice. A source close to the judicial process says that McBride has been informed that he will appear in the Pretoria Regional Court on charges of, among others, drunk driving and defeating the ends of justice, after rolling his official vehicle near Centurion [Verwoerdburg] in December last year.
"'There are other charges as well' the source said, but declined to give details.
"McBride was returning from a metro police year-end function at Oberon resort near Hartebeespoort Dam on December 21 when he rolled his blue Chevrolet Lumina.
"Witnesses told Beeld that McBride had been roaring drunk when they tried to speak to him that same evening.
"He was led away from the scene by Ekurhuleni [sic] Metro Police before any tests were done to determine his blood alcohol level.
"The metro officials also threatened to shoot bystanders if they dared to call the police.
"A decision on whether McBride would be prosecuted was postponed for months while his dossier was passed back and forth between the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the police for further investigation.
"The process was further delayed when three of McBride's confidants, Chief Superintendent Stanley Sagathevan, Chief Inspector Patrick Johnson and Superintendent Itumeleng Koko turned against him in May and released information to the NPA.
"The Star reported recently that all three, who were expected to appear as state witnesses, said in their statements to the NPA on May 30 that McBride had drunk a large amount of whisky at the year-end function. They also said that after the crash, they took McBride to a doctor, a
relative of Sagathevan's, to be examined.
"They later also visited doctors on the East Rand in search of a false doctor's certificate and after visiting an attorney and a pathologist in
Durban, they managed to get a false certificate from a GaRankuwa doctor.
"The three were granted an urgent interdict in court last week to prevent McBride and five others from threatening them."
[It should be remembered, of course, that this same scumbag McBride was convicted of carrying out the terrorist bombing of Magoo's Bar on the Durban beachfront in 1986, when 3 innocents died and scores (including our good friends Keith Hulse and Alan Mountford - whose courageous action in rushing Keith to hospital undoubtedly saved his life) were injured. McBride, furthermore, was the grandson of the notorious Sean McBride, an evil IRA terrorist who fornicated with non-White women and who was instrumental in the UN plan to seize SWA from South Africa and to give it the ridiculous name on "Namibia". Deformed genes certainly seem to run in the McBride bloodstream therefore! From personal experience we can recall the younger McBride inadvertently gate-crashing a Save Rhodesia Campaign meeting at the Cafe Geneve in Durban with his White-trash girlfriend circa 1978, when after being confronted he made a hasty retreat down the stairs uttering some anti-White sentiments as he went. It was good therefore to learn that this filthy terrorist at last seems to be getting his come-uppance! - ed.]
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CAN YOU HELP?
Malcolm McNichol writes as follows :-
"I am researching for a book on my late father Douglas James (Pat) McNicol. He was from New Zealand and served in the SAAF in the 1930’s and worked as a flying instructor for De Havilland in Rhodesia. He met my late mother Barbara Pasker (born Barbara Sheard) at the Light Plane Club in Bulawayo. He lost a leg in a plane crash in Rhodesia approx. 1939, in an incident similar to that of 'Pat' Judson, I believe.
"I would appreciate any information that you think may help or perhaps an indication where I might look.
"Regards,
"Malcolm McNicol, mmcnicol@xtra.co.nz"
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Sheila Blamire writes as follows :-
"Is there any association who can provide help and advice for South Africans who need accommodation - this is for my mother-in-law who is 80 years old and is dependant on family in Zimbabwe as she cannot live alone in South Africa. The situation there is now so sensitive that we feel she may have to come here and we need to try and find her accommodation and support. She is ex-South African army, and ex-Rhodesian Army.
"Many thanks,
"Sheila Blamire, stuart.blamire@tesco.net"
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club/ELC now retails Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each (plus 20% p&p).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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"THE RAPE OF ZIMBABWE" by Ricky Wilson - which tells it like it was (and is)!
Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.107 : Mr. JEFF TRIBE of Maidstone
Jeff Tribe was a keen member of the Roundhead Association English Civil War re-enactment society during the early 1970s, and subsequently became very active in patriotic British politics in Kent. He made good contact with our movement in South Africa during the late 1970s and early 1980s, but then alas all liaison suddenly ceased. We would be very keen to learn where he is now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The "Deadline S.A." web-site details not only the impact of the escalating crime epidemic in South Africa, but also demonstrates how the present South African government is benefiting financially as a direct result of crime. All those still living in South Africa or who still have connections with the country should have a good look at this site, which can be accessed at :-
http://www.deadlinesa.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
NUMBERS GAME
Sir,
There was talk of the Lotto starting up again two Saturdays ago in the papers and on radio - nothing happened, and since that announcement not one word again. Makes you wonder ???
Yours etc.,
Rodger, Johannesburg, Transvaal.
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LIBERAL ENLIGHTENMENT
Sir,
Stumbled across your web-site this morning. Reading all the news articles featured is nothing new to me. I live in a suburb of Johannesburg - middle-class, nothing fancy, but comfortable. I would like to tell your readers that the news reports and personal stories portrayed therein are indeed true and there is no exaggeration of facts.
I was brought here in 1980 from the UK by my parents and consider myself South African. I have had three children here in South Africa - and time is running out! We have made the heart-rending decision to leave the country. My husband has been pressuring me since 2001 to leave, but I was a "liberal" and thought all would be good and sorted, but things are bad here and you definitely have to have major "street smarts" to survive in South Africa today. I am tired of it all now and plan to move to a first-world country where I don't have to watch my back at all times and wonder if I am going to be car-jacked everytime I pull in or out of my driveway.
To be honest and fair, there are a lot of good, decent, hard-working people in South Africa of all colours: Black, White, Indians, Coloureds, who just want peace and health and a little bit of money to keep them going. But the criminals who have, literally, this country on its knees are running rampant and unhindered and do as they please.
My children's job prospects are poor in South Africa as they are "Whiteys", and my daughter who is six has the highest chance in the WORLD of being raped, just because of the country we live in!
Good luck, and keep on bringing South African news to the world.
Yours etc.,
"Saffer", Johannesburg, Transvaal.
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CRIME BY THE SEA
Sir,
Crime is so out of control now, I cannot see this useless Government ever doing anything about it, or gaining the upper hand. Very depressing to us normal law-abiding citizens. Every conversation eventually leads to this subject.
As you know the Blacks are a very vengeful nation and if you say or do something they do not like they just kill you! Nobody is safe anymore.
Keep up the good work.
Yours etc.,
ACS, Durban, Natal.
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CONSERVATIVE WAY FORWARD
Sir,
The new Conservative Government of Canada has approved the flying of our traditional Red Ensign from all Royal Canadian Legion offices, and the one near me has done so - it is the original ensign with the green leaves on the crest. It looks impressive!
Yours etc.,
James Alcock, United Commonwealth Society, Toronto, Canada
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Mr. NICK MAINE
In the April 2004 edition of the SCN we reported how our long-standing friend and supporter Nick Maine from Australia had decided to retire from active politics. This of course was a big disappointment at the time, but it transpired that he intended to continue his political commitment by running an e-mail circulation list, and accordingly added us to this list. Although many of the postings which he circulated were very informative and interesting, they alas also contained quite a number of items of an ultra-defeatist nature, as well as some increasingly objectionable cranky conspiratorial material, so eventually by mutual consent he agreed to remove us from his list.
Shortly prior to this, however, he circulated a posting - complete with gruesome pictures - which read as follows :-
"This girl was chopped up in broad daylight in front of a crowd in Hillbrow , JOHANNESBURG , SOUTH AFRICA May 13, 2007 - A man in his 30s is set to be charged later this week in the shocking beheading of a 21-year-old woman at a mini bus depot in JHB central Monday.
"Stacy Wilson was pulled off a bus and chopped to death by a man police later identified as Samuel. Up to last night , cops here gave no motive for the horrendous murder, which happened before dozens of stunned onlookers.
"Wilson sustained several chops to her body before her head was severed along with her right hand by the machete-wielding Samuel, who held the head for a bit before dropping it.
"He was soon after nabbed by Metro Cops. He is set to be charged following a post mortem on Wilson later this week.
"(Hillbrow had been a high class suburb before Black rule)"
Accepting the bona fides of this report which Mr. Maine had sent we therefore added it to our "Latest News from South Africa" web-page - only to be informed a few weeks later by a reader that this atrocity had not taken place in South Africa, but in Kingstown, St.Vincent! - something which can be confirmed by accessing:-
http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Caribbean/Stories/2006/12/15/NEWS0000003844.html
Needless to say the publication of this erroneous information caused us huge embarrassment, and we apologise to all readers who may have read this report on our web-site and been similarly misled. We subsequently wrote to Mr. Maine asking for an explanation, but alas to date haven't received the decency of any reply. Mr. Maine is now an old man aged 85, so we will leave it to our readers to judge his motivation for having circulated such a misleading doctored piece of information.
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ROGUES GALLERY
Most readers will be familiar with the problems which we have been faced with over the years from Mr. Arthur Kemp, a former seemingly close friend of our movement who subsequently turned against us. Kemp currently tries to convey an overtly neo-Nazi image (even now writing for the neo-fascist so-called "British National Party"), though further information which we have received from a number of reliable sources suggests that he is actually working for the ANC regime. A colleague has however informed us about a most interesting article which recently appeared in "The Mail & Guardian" which seems to confirm both Kemp's neo-fascist connections and his links to the South African security services. This can be accessed at :-
http://www.mg.co.za/articledirect.aspx?area=%2Finsight%2Finsight__national&articleid=131007
We must admit, however, that even though we thought we knew all there was to know about young Mr. Kemp, we never realised before that he had a "supercilious sneer"!
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OBITUARY
PETER WHITELAW
It was with great sadness that we learnt of the recent death of Peter Whitelaw. Peter was born in Somerset in 1937, and worked in a solicitor's office before gaining a high-ranking position in the administration of the Post Office. A prominent member of the Streatham Constituency Conservative Party, Peter Whitelaw had a zest for life, and was a keen crossword-puzzler. He had been a loyal and dedicated member of both the London Swinton Circle and the Springbok Club/ELC for many years, and will be sorely missed.
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