SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
April 2013 edition
We have occasionally been criticized – by very few we happily add, though from some who should know better – for our attachment to the real South African flag. These critics state with almost robotic reaction that we should “forget the past” and “accept the current realities”. What these shallow people seem to fail to understand, however, is that the primary concern of our movement is not to hanker over the pre-ANC past, but rather to strive towards the post-ANC future.
The true South African national flag isn’t solely a symbol of the past, it is an eternal symbol of the South African nation in a way which the currently-accepted ANC party-flag can never possibly be. It is a flag of the past yes – but it is also a flag which lives in our hearts today, and a flag which historical dynamics will surely ensure will become the official national flag again in the future.
We have commented in the past about how former national flags which defeatists and “know-alls” previously claimed would never be seen again have been resurrected from apparent oblivion to become the officially recognized flags of their nations once again. The flag of Russia Afghanistan Libya
More recently, moreover, we have received a most interesting news report regarding another flag very dear to our hearts which has seemingly been re-born in a somewhat surprising way – namely the real flag of Hong Kong . This news article, which appeared in the South China Morning Post during late January, read in part as follows :-
“The British Council has removed eye-catching train station advertisements bearing the UK GREAT Britain Hong Kong government. On FaceBook, one user wrote: ‘Yes! This is Hong Kong , here is Great Britain Great Britain UK Hong Kong flags, which have a prominent image of the British flag.”
If the people of Hong Kong realize the importance of such symbols identifying with their infinitely better past then why shouldn’t the people of South Africa Hong Kong people.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Springbok Club’s planned visit to the Cabinet War Rooms in Whitehall
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Because of the clash of dates with the Springbok Club’s Kent Branch’s planned visit to the Rochester Sweeps’ Festival (see “Springbok Club Branch News” section) it has been decided to postpone the organisation’s anticipated trip to Newmarket Races until the autumn.
In early summer the Springbok Club is planning a visit to a scenic garden in Surrey which has strong Rhodesian connections, and in September 2013 will be participating in the “Hoisting of the Flag Ceremony” in Norfolk
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH NEWS
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club will be organising another trip to the famous Rochester Sweeps’ Festival this year, either on Saturday 4th, Sunday 5th or Monday 6th May, to which all friends and supporters are heartily invited. Details of the exact date and rendezvous arrangements will be notified as soon as they have been finalised.
The London Branch of the Springbok Club is also hoping to organise an event towards the end of May, the precise details of which will included in next month’s SCN.
It is now anticipated that the Hampshire Branch of the Springbok Club will be holding a re-launch meeting during the middle of the year. Again further details will be given in next month’s SCN.
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The Swinton Circle’s March meeting, which was addressed by John Skeffington, the 14th Viscount Massereene & Ferrard, proved a great success. The sizable audience were treated to a highly informative and inspirational speech by Viscount Massereene & Ferrard in which he gave a chronological outline of British history from the Battle of Bosworth until the current day, emphasising how in times of previous national crises men (and women!) of ability, vision and destiny had always arisen to save the nation, and expressed hope that the same would happen today to rescue the nation from EU entanglement and the problems posed by unwanted immigration.
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Detail’s of the Swinton Circle’s forthcoming Spring Buffet are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 23rd April 2013 – St.George’s Day
Time : assemble from 18.30 hrs. onwards, buffet to be served at 19.00 hrs., and meeting to commence at approx. 19.45 hrs.
Venue : The MELTON MOWBRAY (the downstairs function room), 18 Holborn, London Chancery Lane Chancery Lane
The guest speaker at this meeting will be :-
Dr. SIMON HEFFER Ph.D.
Simon Heffer was born in Essex and educated at King Edward VI School Chelmsford Corpus Christi College Cambridge
Having previously worked for the Daily Telegraph, where he held the posts of chief leader writer, political correspondent, parliamentary sketchwriter, comment editor and deputy editor, he currently works for the Daily Mail, where he is a columnist and edits the paper’s on-line comment section, RightMinds (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnist-1069309/Simon-Heffer.html).
He has written many acclaimed books, including Moral Desperado: A Life of Thomas Carlyle; Power and Place: The Political Consequences of King Edward VII; Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell and Nor Shall My Sword: The Reinvention of England. His recreational interests include music and watching cricket, and he is a member of the MCC.
In his talk, which will celebrate St.George’s Day, he will recount something of his close association with John Enoch Powell.
The price for attending this sumptuous buffet will be only £10.00 per head, which as The Melton Mowbray is renowned for the extremely high standard of its food will provide excellent value for money. Although payments may be made on the day, it would help to guage numbers if all those intending to attend could inform us in advance, either by e-mail or by ‘phoning: 07711188430.
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The organisation’s May meeting will take place on Wednesday 8th May, and will be addressed by a sitting DUP MP. More precise details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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S.A.PATRIOT-IN-EXILE No.37
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LATEST REPORTS FROM THE ZIMBABWE
We have recently received the following informative though worrying reports from the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF) :-
“UPDATE ON ELEPHANTS EXPORTED TO CHINA
“Further to our December report on the 4 elephants exported to China Xinjiang Tianshan Safari Park Xinjiang Tianshan Safari Park
“There are apparently still another 14 elephants waiting to be exported and we have to try and stop this from happening. Please help us by spreading the word about this cruel and disgusting practice.
“We have been told that a lady by the name of Candy has been involved in the exportation of the elephants. Her phone number is 27 826 768 968.
“FOUR RHINOS KILLED BY POACHERS
“On New Years Day, 4 white rhino were killed by poachers on Thetford Estate in the Northern Mazowe District despite the fact that the estate is securely fenced and guarded. The dead rhino were 2 adult males, an adult female and a sub-adult male. Eight horns taken from the carcasses were recovered.”
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"THE SEVEN WATCHMEN" by David Ruppert
A new fascinating novel titled "The Seven Watchmen" by David Ruppert should appeal to South Africans and ex-Rhodesians. It can be ordered from Crest Publishing in South Africa
Glenn MacAskill and Michael Bowery of Crest Publishing have also 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
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"THE SAINTS" - DVD versions of the book about the history of the RLI
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.173: Mr. BILL DUNNETT of Durban
Bill Dunnett was an Orcadian by birth, and indeed participated in the famous Kirkwall Ba’ mass football events during his youth. He emigrated to South Africa Durban
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sir,
I might suggest that all the Whites in troubled South Africa Mexico USA
Yours etc.,
Dennis McCabe, Weymouth , Massachusetts , USA
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Sir,
I predict that 2013 will be a year of turmoil in South Africa
Yours etc.,
Johan Geelvink, Pretoria , South Africa
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AUSSIE SOLIDARITY
Sir,
Wonderful news about New Britain Tasmania Tasmania
Yours etc.,
Reg A. Watson, Lindisfarne , Tasmania , Australia
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OBITUARY
BARONESS THATCHER OF KESTEVEN
It would be no exaggeration to state that Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, who sadly died earlier this month, was one of the best British leaders and one of the greatest global forces for good of all time.
Baroness Thatcher’s life story from her humble origins as a grocer’s daughter in Grantham to becoming the most respected leader in the world is well known, so there is therefore no need to details her biography once again. We would however like to remind everyone briefly of her most notable achievements, which brought freedom, opportunity and a better life to not only all in the United Kingdom, but also to so many around the world :-
- Liberating our kith and kin in the
- Together with President Reagan winning the Cold War and thereby destroying the evil Soviet empire and liberating all the peoples of
- Giving all Britons the right and opportunity to purchase their own homes
- Freeing so many workers from the intimidation of Trade Union subversives
- Deregulating the Stock Exchange and thereby giving all Britons the opportunity to benefit from the wealth and growth of the national economy
- Being prepared to oppose terrorism of all varieties around the world in spite of personal risk – as demonstrated by the attempted Brighton Bomb assassination attempt by IRA vermin
- Quietly but effectively reducing foreign immigration into the
To be sure she made some mistakes during her term in office, the most notable of course being the signing of both the Anglo-Irish Agreement and the Single European Act, and probably the most reprehensible of all the sell-out of Hong Kong . It should always be remembered in this regard, however, that she inherited a Conservative Party dominated by liberal “wets”, and in order to retain her leadership she therefore had to appoint a broad-based cabinet, where alas “wets” tended to dominate the Foreign Office. It should be remembered, furthermore, that she subsequently openly admitted her mistake in signing the Single European Act, and stated that the Anglo-Irish Agreement would be written across her heart as her greatest error.
For those in South Africa South Africa
Baroness Thatcher was of course never defeated politically – she was stabbed-in-the-back by her own cabinet of political pigmies. The overwhelming dominance which the Conservative Party enjoyed throughout the 1980s soon dissipated, and under John Major the number of foreign immigrants again increased. The result of course was Tony Blair’s New Labour landslide of 1997 – but here ironically was perhaps Baroness Thatcher’s greatest achievement, for in order to obtain power Blair had to reject so many of the Labour Party’s traditional socialist policies, and few can doubt that bad though the Blair/Brown years proved to be, they were nowhere near as disastrous for the British nation as the Wilson/Callaghan era.
On the wreath carried on Baroness Thatcher’s coffin there was a card from her twin children Sir Mark and Carol Thatcher which read simply “Beloved Mother – Always in our Hearts”. These were not only the sentiments of her biological children; they were the sentiments of a grateful country to the mother of their nation.
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