SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
August 2007 edition
During recent weeks we have received many positive comments about the popularity of the "De la Rey Song" in today's South Africa, and the inspiration which it is evidently bringing to so many beleaguered Whites still trapped inside that fallen country. This mesmerising song by Bok van Blerk, which can easily be accessed via YouTube etc, has furthermore become an iconic rallying-call for the internal South African resistance movement - both among Afrikaners and British South Africans. Even so, however, there was unexpected glee when the editor of the SCN was greeted with a recording of the "De la Rey Song" when he 'phoned a company in Randfontein on personal business a few weeks ago!
General Jacobus de la Rey, "The Lion of the West", is perhaps an ideal figure to act as an icon for all South African Whites in their resistance struggle against the present suppression by the ANC-terrorist regime. Although a leading and accomplished Boer commander during the fratricidal Anglo-Boer War, de la Rey was not a "bitter-ender", and supported Louis Botha and Jan Smuts in their subsequent quest for White unity and the establishment of the Union of South Africa. If this song written in his memory can help inspire today's South Africans to rise up against the evils of the ANC regime which currently confront them, then perhaps General de la Rey's greatest achievement will take place almost 100 years after his death.
As we have observed and often stated ever since de Klerk's treasonable "Black Tuesday" speech of 1990 however, the South African struggle is NOT going to be won internally (or certainly not by internal resistance alone). This has been the thinking of so many South African patriotic activists who have relocated to Britain and elsewhere in the Western World over the past 17 despondent years, who have realised that just like our ANC enemies during previous decades the main battleground to win back our country will be "in exile". The resistance movement "in exile" is already in place, with the Springbok Club being its main instrument of operation. The potential is certainly present "in exile", and the manpower is definitely in place - all that is lacking are the necessary financial resources. Let us hope therefore that the "De la Rey Song" will not only prove to be an inspiration for those who have no alternative other than to fight the internal battle, but also to those who are able and capable of assisting the main front of the struggle externally.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB'S RHODES & FOUNDERS CELEBRATION GATHERING
The Springbok Club was most honoured to be able to welcome Mr. Albert Weidemann, the hard-working and persistent Zimbabwe human rights activist, as guest speaker for this year's Rhodes & Founders Celebration buffet. In a wide-ranging speech entitled "Zimbabwe - the forgotten land, the forgotten people", Mr. Weidemann detailed the true horrific state of affairs - many of them harrowing in the extreme - which exists in Mugabe's Zimbabwe, and furthermore castigated those with influence who have refused to take any effective action to relieve the suffering of that decaying land. It was most encouraging to see quite a number of new faces at this gathering, which was further enhanced by musical entertainment provided by Mr. Robin Willow, who inter alia sang his composition "One Man All Alone" about the lone protestor who stood defiantly in front of the PLA tanks in Tiananmen Square during 1989 - an incident which has great resonance when compared to the situation in today's Zimbabwe.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC LONDON BRANCH GET-TOGETHER
The London Branch of the Springbok Club/ELC will be holding an informal social get-together early next month, the details of which are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 8th September 2007
Time : from 19.30 onwards (no hard and fast start and finish time).
Venue : The Founders Arms, Hopton Street (NOT Hopton Road), Southwark (on the south bank of the Thames immediately to the west of the Millennium Bridge and the Tate Modern art gallery - nearest tube station for the Millennium Bridge: Mansion House).
An inside table has been reserved for this event, but if the weather is fine the gathering will take place in the outside area alongside the Thames. A warm welcome is extended to all members, supporters and friends to join the London Branch for this convivial event.
[It is anticipated that the planned London Branch braai in Canning Town will still take place in the near future.]
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
A new branch of the Springbok Club/ELC is being formed in the Surrey/Sussex area. Members and supporters in this region have already been contacted in this regard, but if anyone else is interested in becoming actively involved please e-mail : springbok@falklands.org
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club/ELC is planning another pub gathering during the autumn in north Kent, full details of which will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
During late September the SC/ELC hopes to be welcoming a prominent former Conservative MP who has recently published a series of empirical books about the Royal Houses of Europe as guest speaker. More precise details will be given in next month's SCN.
In November the Springbok Club will be staging their annual UDI Day celebration buffet, at which it is hoped to welcome a direct descendant of one of the most prominent original Rhodesian pioneers as guest of honour.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM NEWS
The Patriotic Forum (an umbrella grouping of patriotic organisations including the SC/ELC and the London Swinton Circle) will be holding an important meeting to be addressed by Prof. David Marsland during October.
The Patriotic Forum will also be supporting a special Trafalgar Lunch to be staged by New Britain to celebrate the 202nd anniversary of victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, details of which are as follows :-
Date : Sunday 21st October 2007
Time : 14.30 hrs.
Venue : the historic Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich.
Cost : £20.00 per head for a full two-course roast lunch (tickets are limited, so please book early).
Mr. Robert Crouch MVO will reply to the toast "The Immortal Memory". Mr. Crouch was for 12 years the Bargemaster to HM The Queen, and is also a past Master of the Company of Watermen & Lightermen, and won the Doggett's Coat and Badge Race in 1958.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle has an exciting series of meetings planned for the autumn, including a one to be addressed by Mr. Nick Seaton of the Campaign for Real Education and another by Mr. Roger Helmer MEP (Conservative, East Midlands). Full details will be given in next month's SCN.
Membership of the London Swinton Circle is open to all those who support Conservative and Unionist principles, which includes those who are members of not only the Conservative Party and the various Unionist parties of Northern Ireland, but also members of other democratic patriotic parties such as UKIP and New Britain. Membership of extremist parties on either wing of the political spectrum is however incompatible with membership of the London Swinton Circle.
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
New Britain held a very successful event on Saturday 28 July to remind people of the freedom for which men and women have died in the past. Councillor David James, the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, had been challenged to a game of bowls on Plymouth Hoe by Dennis Delderfield, National Chairman of New Britain (Sir Francis Drake was playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe when he heard the news that the Spanish Armada which threatened to conquer the country and take away its freedom had been sighted, and famously observed "We have time to finish this game and defeat the Spaniards too!". The Lord Mayor was very supportive of this event and a crowd watched as he and Mr. Delderfield played their game of bowls, which resulted in a draw. This game was followed by a match between two leading bowls teams from Devon, which included David Cutler, the former England international and English Singles Champion. Plymouth Sea Cadets paraded the St.George's flag of England (the Spanish Armada was defeated prior to the Union of the English and Scottish crowns and flag) and Mr. Brian Whipp, dressed as Sir Francis Drake, added a colourful touch to the proceedings. Toasts to "Freedom" were then drunk in Devon wine, and Mr. Delderfield gave a rousing speech about the freedom which had been won in the past by Drake and Nelson and their crews and those who fought and won the Battle of Britain in 1940, but warned that freedom was nowadays in danger from the EU which wants to control the nation. Proceedings ended with a procession to the statue of Sir Francis Drake on Plymouth Hoe, where a wreath was laid and the National Anthem sung.
New Britain will shortly be staging a special pro-Gibraltar meeting to be addressed by Mr. Albert Poggio MBE, the official UK Representative of the Government of Gibraltar, details of which are as follows :-
Date : Monday 8th October
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : St.Catherine Cree Hall, Leadenhall Street, London EC3 (nearest tube stations: Bank and Aldgate).
On Friday 19th October New Britain will be laying a wreath on the tomb of Horatio Nelson in the crypt of St.Paul's Cathedral at the official Royal Navy ceremony. The public are admitted to this ceremony, which will take place at 11.30 hrs. On Saturday 20th October New Britain will be holding a Trafalgar Lunch at the historic Northe Fort in Weymouth, Dorset, commencing at 13.00 hrs. Councillor David Harris, the Mayor of Weymouth, will attend this event, and the cost will be £15.00 per head. As detailed above, New Britain will also be holding a special Trafalgar lunch in Greenwich on Sunday 21st October.
For more information on any of these New Britain activities, or to make a booking, please 'phone: 0207-2472524.
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SOUTHERN AFRICAN AND OTHER MEMORABILIA FOR SALE
The following flags and other items of Southern African interest are for sale :-
270cm x 180cm real South African National Flag, £130
South African Naval Ensign (Scandinavian Cross version), £80
South African Police Flag, £50
Transvaal South African Republic Flag, £110
Rhodesia Flag 1968 to 1979 design, £10
Republic of Venda official book, £25
Union of South Africa High Commissioner package, brochures, newspapers and other documentation, £30
South African Navy Badge, £55
British Red Ensign WWII, £80
Queen's Golden Jubilee Union Jack, £10
An Empire Youth Annual, £15
A Pictorial History of South Africa Book, £20
The booklet "The Art of War" issued by the Military Information Bureau of the SADF, £15
A Picture of Table Mountain and Cape Town Harbour, with the Orange White and Blue flying, £5
A copper ashtray from the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, £10
(all prices include postage and packaging - all reasonable offers will be considered)
For more details, or to place an order, please contact Mr. Robert Lee Shipley on: 07748-194373, or e-mail: robertshipley1729@yahoo.co.uk
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REPORT FROM SEAL-ALERT S.A.
With less than 30 days to go to the start of Namibia's 2007 annual baby seal cull, the second largest Seal Slaughter in the world, Seal Alert-SA raises some serious questions that need answering by the Namibian Fisheries Ministry.
Unlike the commercial seal hunt in Canada, the Cape Fur Seal population has always been culled and not hunted. There is no fair chase, instead baby seals are rounded up on Namibia's beaches with their nursing cow mothers and clubbed to death. "Cull" is a term conservation managers use in relation to the control of a wild animal populations. Scientifically therefore it should have no basis for a commercial sealing industry. Furthermore, numbering less than 1/5th of the Canadian seal population, the Cape Fur Seal population can hardly be considered large (not even Canadian Fisheries uses that excuse for their hunt).
Considering that the domestic cat has become the largest predator of marine fish, would any civilised country allow their feral cat population to be rounded up and clubbed to death on their beaches or in public streets?
Although the Cape Fur Seal, the only species of seal found breeding on the whole African continent, was classified by the Convention In Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) as an endangered species since 1977, the southern African countries of South Africa and Namibia (the distribution range of this species) have instituted an annual 50% population reduction or cull of its new-born pups and adult bulls by the inhumane and internationally illegal practice of clubbing seals in their nursery habitats.
As far back as 1971, the US banned imports of Seal Products from South Africa and Namibia, as under the US Marine Mammal Protection Act regulations it is a crime to club or kill seal pups still nursing or suckling in their breeding habitats. Europe likewise banned baby seal imports in 1983, as did the remaining sealing countries (Canada, Greenland, Russia and Norway) who wrote into their sealing regulations the banning of clubbing "baby seals in nurseries". A Commission on Sealing enquiry held in 1990 in South Africa, where 11 top marine scientists recommended that Cape Fur Seals be managed by both countries (Namibia and South Africa) as one population under one management policy, lead to South Africa ending its commercial seal culling policy in 1990.
The world had hoped this practice of clubbing nursing baby seals had ended worldwide. Through a loop-hole in European legislation imports of baby Cape Fur Seal products had been omitted, primarily due to the fact that most European legislators had never heard of Cape Fur Seals or the culling policies in southern Africa. A Namibian fisheries official (Dr. B.J. van Zyl) has stated that upon Namibia's independence in 1990 "when the current concessionaires became involved in sealing", the industry was non-existent. No market existed for any of the raw product, other than male genitals.
Last year the group CEO Stephen Lussier of De Beers Diamonds (the largest contributor to Namibia's GDP) wrote to Seal Alert-SA stating, "De Beers does not support any seal culling activities, and like you I cannot help but be moved by the images you have seen". Shortly thereafter Germany became the third country to ban imports of specifically Cape Fur Seal products - one of the largest tourism countries to Namibia.
In response Namibia's Fishery Minister Abraham Iyambo replied, "If Culling seals is a problem, the solution is to eat them".
Seal Alert-SA has just received confirmation that the fourth largest tourism country to Namibia, the Netherlands, will be implementing a Cape Fur Seal product import ban within the coming weeks.
The Seal Alert-SA web-site can be accessed at: www.sealalert.org
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DISTURBING REPORT ABOUT THE CULLINAN REHABILITATION CENTRE
We have recently received a most disturbing report about the current conditions which prevail in the Cullinan Rehabilitation Centre for the mentally disabled in the Transvaal in the "new" South Africa. This report can be accessed at :-
http://crimexposouthafrica.net/crimexp/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1871&Itemid=2
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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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BOOK OFFERS
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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.
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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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A small stock of this book, which makes an ideal gift, are still available from : Yesterdays Books, 6 Cecil Avenue, Bournemouth, BH8 9EH, UK at £15.00 - plus £3.50 or £6.50 (airmail) for postage and packing.
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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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Glenn MacAskill and Michael Bowery of Crest Publishing have written three books each. Glenn MasAskill 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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COPIES OF SOUTH AFRICAN PANORAMA MAGAZINE AVAILABLE
Bob Vinnicombe from New South Wales, Australia, writes as follows :-
"I have a big quantity of South African Panorama magazines (about 40) from the 1960s & 70s, published by the South African Government. If anyone locally in Sydney who would like them they are welcome to them. I am sure some expatriate South Africans would find them of great interest, as they are full of very good articles and photos (with no ad's) about South Africa at the time. Anyone interested should contact me on 96454910/0407949963, or e-mail triumph@zip.com.au "
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.105 : Dr. GEOFF WALLIS of Amanzimtoti.
Geoff Wallis held a doctorate in music, and was a keen and active member of both the Durban Parliamentary Debating Society and the Patriotic Forum in Natal during the late 1980s. He remained in very good written contact with our movement after we were forced into exile in 1990, and indeed we were helping him to publish a novel which he had written in the UK. Alas, however, all communications with him ceased abruptly about a couple of years ago before his book publishing venture could come to fruition, and all subsequent efforts to re-contact him have met with failure. We have therefore become increasingly concerned about what has happened to him, so would be very grateful if anyone could give us any news about him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
Keir Heath has recently informed us about the excellent "British Imperial Ensigns" web-site which he has constructed, which illustrates flag designs from throughout the British Empire and Commonwealth, and indeed from around the world where the Union Flag is or has been featured. This site is therefore well worth a visit, and can be accessed at :-
http://imperialflags.blogspot.com/
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
AXIS OF EVIL
Sir,
Do you suppose Arthur Kemp and Francis Andrew are connected?
Yours etc.,
Mike Turner, London U.K.
[See "The Plot Thickens" below - Ed.]
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ZIMBABWE AS IT REALLY IS
Sir,
The situation is becoming untenable here, with no power, no water and the rising inflation. It is such a shame that we live in a country where we are more scared of the police than the criminal element. The other day they (the police) were stopping motorists and asking them to produce their driving licences (mainly White) and if they could not produce it they were told they had to drive a policeman to the police station, and when he got into the car he said to the driver that if he gave him Z$150,000.00 he would let him/her go. This is how they subsidise their income, nice isn't it.
Yours etc.,
Derrick, Zimbabwe.
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SOUTH AFRICA AS IT REALLY IS
Sir,
You know, I came back to South Africa just 2 months ago, I was home sick and missed everything South African! But there is no other reality, Africa is lost, there is no future here for a White face! We might be able to stay here for 10 more years, but after that you would be stupid to stay! No-one wants to leave a country as beautiful and diverse as this one, but what good is the beauty if you're dead? - or raped, or high-jacked?
I don't want to start a family in a place where your baby might get raped by 5 men with AIDS who are ignorant enough to think it will cure them. I don't want to live behind burglar bars and electric fencing and still know I am not safe.
Last year in April I came home for a short visit; all the security guards where on strike, I got stuck in a riot where 6000 men where running down the street with sticks and pangas, burning cars that got in their way. Who do you call? It's the security guards that are on strike!
Right now everyone except the private sector is on strike, the teachers the police, everyone. How does an economy stay on track if no-one will work? When people do decide to go to work, we have power breaks - on the coldest night in 52 years we had no electricity!
Let's face it, there is no future here! Not in Africa. The sooner you can face the facts the better it is!
Yours etc.,
E.C. (ex Sussex)
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FRIENDLY FLAGS
Sir,
We have added a photograph of the national flags in our United Commonwealth Society office in Toronto. The big one on the far right of the picture is the UCS flag which is the Union Jack with the Maple Leaf, the Australian Commonwealth star and the Southern Cross Stars superimposed on it. We are using this for now until we agree on a design. You will notice the proper South African flag is present.
Regards,
James Alcock, United Commonwealth Society, Toronto, Canada
[ The UCS web-site can be accessed at: www.unitedcommonwealth.org ]
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THE PLOT THICKENS
When we first read Mike Turner's theory (see letter "Axis of Evil" above) that Arthur Kemp and Francis Andrew (two trouble-makers who have caused us considerable problems in the past) might be connected we rejected the idea out of hand. Kemp, after all, is a Rhodesian-born South African who was a close colleague when our movement was still based in South Africa during the 1980's, but who alas turned traitor against us during the mid-1990's, when it was revealed by the "Mail & Guardian" that he was working for the "new" South African security services (see April 2000 SCN). Andrew, on the other hand, is an Aberdeen-born Arabist with apparently no South African connections whatsoever, who has spent the past 20 or so years living in Arab lands (first the Sudan, then Saudi Arabia and now Jordan) where he has earned a living by teaching Arab boys to speak English, and who judging from his outspoken opposition to the West's War against Terror in Iraq now identifies himself far more with the lands of his residence rather than with the land of his birth.
More recent revelations, however, have suggested that there could well be a connection between these two enemies of our movement. Most readers will probably remember that we were threatened with legal action by Mr. Mike Smith (aka Michael Keith-Smith) following criticisms of him and his "Conservative Democratic Alliance" outfit which were made in the June 2006 edition of the SCN, which were the result of an earlier vile, offensive and irrational smear campaign which had been waged against us on the CDA discussion forum by both Mr. Smith and the aforementioned Mr. Andrew. Although Mr. Smith now appears to have backed-down from his original threat to sue us, we are still keeping our options open regarding whether to counter-sue both him and Mr. Andrew for the original libellous comments which they made against us which initiated the whole dispute, so we therefore feel it best not to go into any further details about these two antagonistic individuals at this stage. Significantly, however, in a recent mischief-making letter to our lawyers Mr. Smith (who also has no apparent South African connections) quotes from an alleged former South African colleague of ours - who judging from the phraseology and the unsubstantiated smears and lies contained, is none other than Mr. Arthur Kemp!
So how are Smith and Kemp connected? A clue comes from an article in the July 2007 edition of the renowned anti-fascist magazine "Searchlight", which as well as confirming that Kemp "went on to pursue a career in the intelligence services of the new post-apartheid South Africa", also reveals that Kemp "is now living in England and is active in the [neo-fascist] BNP." Two of Smith's close CDA associates also turn out to be members of this odious party - Gregory Lauder-Frost (who was revealed as a BNP member by an expose in "The Guardian" towards the end of last year), and Mr. Sam Swerling, who makes no secret of his membership.
It would appear therefore that what we are seeing here is a pathetic little international network of trouble-makers stretching from the apparent ANC agent Kemp, through a clique of phoney-fascists in the UK, to the fanatical Arabist Andrew in Jordan. Perhaps not so surprising when it is remembered how the ANC-regime supported their fellow-terrorists from the Ba'athist regime during the West's War against Terror in Iraq, and how all three facets of this putrid little network have anti-Semitic connotations.
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OBITUARY
BILL ANDREWS
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Bill Andrews, just a couple of months after the death of his dear wife Eileen. Bill Andrews was born in London in 1919, and served with distinction in the Royal Engineers during World War II. Immediately after WWII he emigrated to southern Africa however, living first in Durban, then moving to Port Elizabeth, before finally settling in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. He soon became a true and loyal Rhodesian, founding his own successful plumbing and sheet-metal working business in Bulawayo, before accepting a position as senior lecturer in plumbing and sheet-metal work at the Bulawayo Technical College. He loved fishing and the Rhodesian bush, and enjoyed many holidays travelling around the country on fishing expeditions. He was also a keen and active Freemason, and a leading member of the Sons of England, rising to become head of that esteemed organisation in Rhodesia. In 1983, following the fall of Rhodesia, Bill returned to the UK with his family and settled on the Isle of Sheppey. His commitment to the Rhodesian cause was still not finished however, as he became increasingly involved with the Rhodesians Worldwide organisation, becoming the Chairman of the Kent Branch of this movement and helping to build it into one of the most dynamic branches in the country. Bill Andrews was a great Rhodesian and a great man, and will be greatly missed. Our sincerest condolences are extended to his daughter Barbara, son-in-law Nigel, and the rest of his family.
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