SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
July 2013 edition
This year’s British Lions rugby tour to Australia Australia British Isles – united behind one national team in one shirt – endeared themselves to their Australian hosts, and despite the competitive nature on the pitch there was evidently nothing but friendly banter and bonhomie in the clubs and bars once the matches were over. This spirit of brotherhood can only enhance Commonwealth strength and solidarity.
Alas there were a few quite worrying aspects about the tour however. As we observed in the May 2013 edition of the SCN, the frequent use of the politically-correct term “The British and Irish Lions” was not only objectionable, it was also plain silly. Just look at any map and you will see that the island of Ireland British Isles as any other island in the group. Political differences just don’t enter into it!
In addition, prior to the Test matches, although the Australian national flag was displayed on the pitch and Advance Australia Fair was sung, the Union Flag was not displayed and God Save the Queen was not sung. Why was this, as the Union Flag is the national flag of three and a quarter of the four teams comprising the British Lions side, and God Save the Queen is the national anthem of three and a quarter of the teams! The answer can only be that some neanderthal Irish nationalists objected. The British Lions management should have stood firm on these matters of course. Whilst still staying true to the traditional policy of selecting players from all parts of the island of Ireland they should have made it plain to those from Leinster, Munster and Connaught that if they were not prepared to play under the Union Flag and to stand for God Save the Queen then they should decline the invitation to play. We believe that the number so doing would be very, very small, if indeed any – after all the Queen herself recently made a very successful trip to the Republic of Irelend, and Brian O’Driscoll was more than willing to accept an invitation to attend the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge!
In spite of these unfortunate aspects, this year’s British Lions tour of Australia Australia British Isles themselves. It was an explosion of patriotism which capitalized upon the euphoria of the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics, when again the whole nation was united in supporting a victorious united British team.
It would be marvelous, furthermore, if the concept of the British Lions could be extended to other team sports. With Eoin Morgan and Boyd Rankin now fully ensconced in the England Cricket squad, is it not time for “England” to be rebranded “Britain” for Test Matches – if not for limited overs internationals? This whole exciting idea was actually explored in greater depth by this current writer in an article entitled “Let the Lions Roar”. Although originally written several years ago now, it is still just as valid today. It can be accessed at :-
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
Unfortunately the planned Kent Branch Springbok Club event for last month had to be cancelled at the last moment because of the non-appearance of the anticipated guest of honour, Mr. Lars Karnestam from Sweden UK Canterbury Kent
Now it could well have been the case that Mr. Karnestam had a valid reason for his last minute alteration of plans, but it would have been nice if he had ‘phoned – either before or afterwards – to give his apologies.
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The Springbok Club will be holding a most important meeting towards the end of July which will be addressed by the son of a very influential Rhodesian Front MP. This meeting will probably be staged on Saturday 27th July at a venue in central London
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On 10th August the Springbok Club is planning a visit to a scenic garden in Surrey which has strong Rhodesian connections, and in September will be participating in the annual Rhodesian “Hoisting of the Flag Ceremony” in Norfolk
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The planned Springbok Club meeting to be addressed by a leading campaigner for Afrikaner rights in Europe has alas had to be postponed yet again. It is now hoped that this meeting will be staged in October, and of course full details will be given in future editions of the SCN
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The details of July's Swinton Circle meeting, to which all readers are warmly invited, are as follows:-
Date : Wednesday 10th July 2013
Time : Assemble from 18.30 hrs, meeting to commence at 19.00 hrs.
Venue : The TWO CHAIRMEN, (the upstairs Sedan Room), 39 Dartmouth Street , Westminster London
(The Two Chairman is positioned where Dartmouth Street Old Queen Street
Guest Speaker : Mr. RORY BROOMFIELD M.A., M.Sc., B.A.
Rory Broomfield was born in London Rugby School University of York Warwick Business School London
The Freedom Association is a centre-right libertarian pressure group that was established in 1975 by the McWhirter brothers and Viscount De L'Isle. It is a membership-based group that has seven principles for a free society. The Better Off Out campaign is a non-partisan campaign that looks at the benefits that the UK
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Membership fees and donations to the Swinton Circle can be paid via PayPal on the organisation’s web-site home page at:-
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Although last month’s New Britain London York London
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APPEAL FROM THE SANWILD LION RESCUE PROJECT
We have recently received the following appeal from the SanWild Wildlife Trust, and hope that some of our readers may find themselves in a position to help :-
“Lions need our help as they themselves cannot change the situation of imposition and it is essential once again to put the spotlight on the continued abuse.
“We need once again to ask for your urgent financial support for the SanWild Lions. We have depleted all our funds to continue to care for these beautiful creatures and will appreciate your donations.
“As many of you will know, we have in our care a number of magnificent lions that were confiscated by the authorities way-back in 2003 from the commercial lion breeding and hunting industries. Feeding the lions over the last 10 years has cost between five hundred and six hundred thousand Rand per year.
“The SanWild Lions have lived a life of safety and protection with the generous support of many animal loving people around the world. The SanWild Lion Rescue Project is the only one of its kind that has specialized in giving new hope to the victims of South Africa’s captive lion breeding and illegal hunting industry; no other animal welfare charities have chosen to take on this daunting and very expensive challenge.
“As life’s living expenses increase so has the costs for continuing to care for our lions, and we need urgent financial support to continue to ensure that they may live out the rest of their lives in large natural habitat enclosures where they have learnt to trust and not fear mankind.
“Online donations can be made via PayPal or PayFast. You will find full details and the relevant links on our website at . http://www.sanwild.org/page12.html
”Donations can also be made by means of direct internet or banking transfers into the SanWild Wildlife Trust account with ABSA,Danie Joubert Street , Tzaneen , South Africa
”Donations can also be made by means of direct internet or banking transfers into the SanWild Wildlife Trust account with ABSA,
“You can also choose to adopt a lion for a year by donating $500 per month x 12 months. More details can be found at: http://lionexploitation.wordpress.com/category/adoptions/
“All private or company donations are fully tax deductable in South Africa
“For more information please e-mail Louise Joubert on louise@sanwild.org”
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Channel 5 are currently showing a most praiseworthy series entitled “Gibraltar : Britain Gibraltar and the unique British culture of the people of the Rock. This series is well worth making a special effort to view, and is currently being screened at 20.00 hrs each Tuesday.
It was also most pleasing to see that the Gibraltar National Cricket Team were featured as the guest team of the week on Sky Sports’ Cricket A.M. programme on 6th July. Both Channel 5 and Sky Sports are therefore to be congratulated upon giving such good publicity to the loyal people of Gibraltar .
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RHODESIAN SINGER ON YOUTUBE
Bulawayo-born singer Rochelle Beattie is trying to get into Australian recordings. Please help her by leaving a comment on her demo recording which can be accessed on YouTube at :-
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MORE NEWS OF COLLAPSING HEALTH SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA
The following most revealing article illustrating yet more evidence of the collapsing health service in the “new” South Africa was recently sent to us by Mr. Boris Grig from Russia :-
“The Chris Hani Baragwanath, Charlotte Maxeke and Helen Joseph hospitals have banned evening visits to patients as hospital staff fear for their safety, the Sunday Times reports.
“According to the paper, visitors had been turned away. Some camped outside the hospitals, waiting
for the gates to open for day visits. The move came after a series of attacks on doctors and nurses, despite the health department paying millions for security for each hospital.
“Dr Richard Nethononda of the Baragwanath Doctors' Forum told the Sunday Times doing away with the night visits was not the solution. ’People work, so getting time off [to visit patients during the day] is not always possible. We need to be flexible,’ he said.
“The Democratic Alliance criticised the hospitals for spending large sums of money on unproductive security systems. ‘The health department spends about R140m a year on hospital security, but gets poor value from security companies who don't do a proper job,’ DA spokesperson Jack Bloom said in a statement. He said despite security shortfalls, the hospitals continued to renew contracts of security companies who failed to deliver. ‘Corruption is suspected in the award of the contracts, which are being investigated by the special investigating unit,’ he added.
“The health department could not be reached for comment.”
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.176: Mrs. ELEANOR LITTLEJOHN of Durban
Eleanor Littlejohn was a vivacious beauty who was a much loved member of the Durban
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
A supporter has recently recommended the web-site of the International Capitalist Party to us. We don’t know too much about this organization, but it certainly looks very interesting. It’s web-site can be accessed at :-
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
ONE TERM WALLER
Sir,
I think you were far too kind to Tony Waller (Obituary, SCN March 2013 – Ed.). Far from gaining “a very high reputation for his diligence” on Sevenoaks District Council, he was actually renowned for his “couldn’t care less” attitude towards council business, and a laid-back approach which bordered on laziness. Having been elected to the council as an official Conservative candidate in 2007 he was not re-adopted by the party in 2011 because of his lack-lustre performance. He then decided to stand as an independent candidate, but the vote which he obtained was derisory. Evidently the electors in the Swanley Ward were not too impressed by their “do nothing” councilor.
Yours etc.,
BPN, Kent, U.K.
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PAINTING OF PARIS
Sir,
Can’t you just hear the metropolitan chattering classes, “well, we did not mean this much rich diversity, blocking the streets, welfare benefits for multiple wives, Shari law, riots in the streets, we just meant it was OK as long it did not affect us.” Friends be very afraid. For those with courage and their descendents welfare at heart please send this to your MP and every one you know. Your silence will not buy freedom from the rapidly growing Islamic dominance and the shameful political cowards who by their silence are as guilty as those that wish to inflict these indignities upon us.
The choice is yours
Yours etc.,
Roy Painter, Hertfordshire , U.K.
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TAILORED AID
Sir,
Charity begins at home. We should look after our own people before handing out overseas aid. It should be cut to 0.2% of GDP and divided between wildlife preservation and birth control. The Third World countries' problems are due to incompetent governments and people having too many children. If Archbishop Tutu would care to examine the history of his own country in recent years, he'll see what I mean.
Yours etc.,
M. Taylor London , U.K.
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NICKED
Sir,
I am just scared to be arrested. The Black police look for every reason to arrest us here. On Saturday two Black policemen came to my workshop to arrest me for threatening the owner of “Wheel and Steel”. A White policeman friend of mine intervened for me.
Yours etc.,
N. Lamprecht, Durban Natal , South Africa
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ROGUES GALLERY
As readers will know, we have absolutely no time for “off the edge” parties such as the so-called British National Party (BNP) – and neither do we have any time for their mirror-image outfits from the extreme Left. We have recently been informed about a potentially disturbing development involving both the BNP and their anti-fascist opponents from the Searchlight magazine which does concern us however.
Evidently this Searchlight magazine recently divulged that they had placed an infiltrator inside the BNP by the name of Duncan Robertson, whose true affiliations they have now exposed following his recent death. As our contact who drew our attention to this news pointed out, not only does this deceased Duncan Robertson character possess the same surname as Mr. Allan Robertson, but he also evidently hailed from the same part of western Scotland – and also bore the same overweight physical appearance.
Allan Robertson of course caused considerable disruption within the Swinton Circle
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