September 2023 edition
The recent death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the private Russian army known as the Wagner Group, has not only focused attention on the Wagner Group themselves, but also on Russian military and strategic involvement in the African continent.
When the great European nation states abandoned their duties and opportunities in Africa a vacuum was created – and as is well-known nature abhors a vacuum. Initially during the post-colonial years Communist China seemed to be stepping into the void, and this of course led to widespread fears and anxiety in the West that the People’s Republic of China was engaging in a policy of global expansionism. Happily the early years of the twenty-first century have shown that this hasn’t been the case, as the Chinese soon became totally exasperated with the utter incompetence of the African Negroes, and swiftly started to scale-back their activities in the African continent – and in the case of the Tazara Railway (which the Chinese Communists financed and built) they abandoned all direct involvement entirely.
Only France of the great European Colonial powers maintained any significant presence in their former African colonies, but this presence was only in order to safeguard their own interests, and rather than restoring order and some form of civilized rule they gave their de facto backing to some of the most despotic post-colonial rulers. Not surprisingly therefore the local natives lost all confidence in the French and wanted them out, so with France discredited and China losing interest a vacuum was once more created across the dark continent – and into this vacuum stepped Russian interests in the form of the Wagner Group, and for this all those who wish to see an orderly, civilized and environmentally-friendly planet can only be thankful.
Russia however has never had any historical experience of ruling in the African continent. Unique amongst the great European Colonial powers Russia’s Imperial expansion was contiguous, stretching eastwards and southwards into Asia. At the moment of course – tragically - the Russian Federation is engaged in a fratricidal civil war with their Ukrainian ethnic brothers. We can only hope and pray that this tragic conflict can speedily be brought to a conclusion, hopefully with neither side losing face and thereby enabling reconciliation, extremely difficult though it will undoubtedly prove, to be negotiated.
If such a desirable termination of the current terrible military conflict does come about then we wonder whether it might be possible for the Wagner Group combatants and Ukrainian troops to stand together in west and central Africa striving to bring about order and stability in that sorry part of the world. Even more desirable in the long run, of course, would be if the seven historical European powers in Africa could resume their traditional roles and to take over from the Wagner Group, so that All the Russias could then likewise resume their involvement in their traditional spheres of influence in eastern Asia and the eastern Caucasus.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Springbok Club held a most enjoyable and memorable informal gathering in central London last month in order to welcome Mrs. Susan Beresford, the scion of a prominent patriotic South African family, to the UK. Special thanks are due to Mr. Peter Lindsay who attended this event and brought along a world globe from circa. 1950, which enabled all present to point out places of their own personal interest and significance. It is hoped that once fully established in the UK Mrs. Beresford will become actively involved with the Springbok Club.
The Springbok Club will be organising the annual “Raising of the Flag” ceremony at Sudbury in Suffolk this year. This venue has been chosen because it was the childhood home of Leander Starr Jameson, “Dr. Jim”, who of course was a close colleague and loyal assistant to Cecil Rhodes, and thus played a significant and most praise-worthy role in the foundation of Rhodesia in 1890. The details of this event are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 30th September 2023
Times : Assemble between 12.00 noon and 14.30 hrs at Painters at the Angel, 43 Friars Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2AG. Ceremony to commence outside Leander Starr Jameson’s boyhood home at approximately 15.00 hrs.
Following the flag-raising ceremony and the singing of the national anthems the party will proceed to the near-by venue where two speeches will be given by prominent personalities, and a PowerPoint presentation will be given about the life and achievements of Leander Starr Jameson.
All members and supporters of the Springbok Club will be informed about the precise details of this ceremony in due course, but if you would like to receive more information e-mail: springbk@netcomuk.co.uk or ‘phone: 07711188430.
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In October the Springbok Club plans to attend a Rugby match featuring a club with strong South African connections, in November it will be holding its annual UDI Day celebration buffet-meeting to be addressed by a prominent expatriate Rhodesian, and in December will be marking the Day of the Vow with a gathering in the Southend area. More details about all these events will of course be announced in future editions of the SCN.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM NEWS
The Patriotic Forum will be holding two informal get-togethers in order to welcome two supporters from Australia who will be visiting the UK later this month. In October the Patriotic Forum plans to hold a meeting to be addressed by a significant British political figure.
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THE IMPERIAL PATRIOT
Edition No.43 of The Imperial Patriot has now been published, and copies have been circulated to most subscribers around the world, receiving many favourable reactions. We hope that all supporters will therefore consider purchasing bulk quantities of this edition to circulate among their friends, colleagues and workmates. Bulk quantities are available at £9.00 for 10 copies, £18.00 for 25 copies, £28.00 for 50 copies or £45.00 for 100 copies. Payments may be made by cheque made payable to “Patriotic Press” and sent to: Patriotic Press, BM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, U.K., or by direct bank transfer, the details for which being given at the end of this SCN.
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ENCOURAGING NEWS FROM THE SANWILD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
Long-standing readers will undoubtedly remember the name of Louise Joubert, the most remarkable woman who founded and ran the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary in the Northern Transvaal. Louise tragically died in 2018, and even though those who she left behind at SanWild pledged that they would continue her magnificent work for wildlife conservation we feared that the task might have been beyond them. Now however comes the uplifting news that not only has SanWild survived but is actually thriving, and indeed is now advertising for volunteers to help with their work. The encouraging message which we have recently received from them reads as follows :
“We are thrilled to announce the launch of our volunteer programme at the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary, and we would love for you to join us!
“Our programme offers an immersive experience like no other, where you can get up close and personal with Africa's magnificent wildlife and contribute to their protection and rehabilitation.
“Imagine living in the heart of the South African bush with like-minded individuals, learning from experienced conservationists and field guides on wildlife conservation and ecology. You will have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of hands-on activities, including tracking, monitoring, and caring for wildlife, building enclosures, and much more.
“But that's not all. You will also have the chance to make a real difference in the conservation of African wildlife by contributing to the long-term sustainability of the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary.
“Your participation in our programme helps us to continue our vital work in rescuing and releasing animals back into the wild, supporting research into endangered wildlife species, understanding poacher prevention, and restoring the landscape to wild Savannah conditions.
“Your involvement not only provides you with a life-changing experience but also helps support the vital work that we do.
“If you are excited about the prospect of joining our volunteer programme, please let us know, and we will send you more information, including the rates for the programme, or feel free to download the brochure.
“Thank you for considering SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary as your destination for making a meaningful contribution to the long-term sustainability of wildlife conservation in Africa.
“We look forward to welcoming you to our programme soon!
“Kind regards “The SanWild Team “volunteers@sanwild.org “Tel:+27 15-023 0340 “www.sanwild.org”
If any reader takes up this offer to volunteer for SanWild we would certainly be most pleased to hear from them!
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YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS ……
The Spanish Women’s Soccer side is of course to be congratulated upon winning this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, but alas this tournament will probably be remembered mainly for controversies off the pitch.
The obscene gesture made by Luis Rubiales, the President of the Spanish Football Federation, by grabbing his crotch when Spain secured victory in the tournament was disgusting, and was rightly subject to widespread condemnation. But it wasn’t this revolting act which attracted most odium however, but rather his subsequent innocent action of kissing the leading Spanish player Jenni Hermoso during the victory ceremony.
So what was so wrong about a kiss – particularly when taking place at a moment of high emotional ecstasy following an outstanding national triumph? If it was a man kissing a man or a woman kissing a woman then it would rightly have been criticized, but this was a man kissing a woman – a natural expression of heterosexual respect. There therefore seems to be something rather sinister about all the following venom which was heaped upon Luis Rubiales. Women’s Soccer – indeed many women’s sports – have for long been plagued by the curse of lesbianism. Is this attack upon Luis Rubiales therefore in reality just a perverted attack upon normal healthy heterosexual sentiments in women’s sports?
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MESSAGE FROM JOHN REDFERN
In the December 2022 SCN we reported the sad news that our very good friends John and Mary Redfern would be scaling-down their active involvement with the estimable ex-Rhodesian organization the Flame Lily Foundation because of failing health, and were about to relocate from Pretoria to East London. We have now received a further message from them in which John announces his formally resignation as National Secretary of the Flame Lily Foundation. It reads as follows :-
“It is with a heavy heart that I decided to resign as Honorary National Secretary of the Flame Lily Foundation (incorporating RASA) on 31 July 2023.
“As some of you may know, Mary and I relocated to the East London area in August 2022 because of my deteriorating health. I was already on "home oxygen" 24/7 due to chronic lung fibrosis and both our daughters thought that I would benefit from living at sea level. The fact that I am still alive shows that they were right. However, I am no longer able to carry out my duties and responsibilities formulated over the past 40 years. John Parsons and Lawrie Marshall have undertaken to take these over jointly. They can be reached by email as follows:
“John Parsons: johnparsons@flf-rasa.co.za “Lawrie Marshall: lmarshall@flf-rasa.co.za
“I am blessed with wonderful daughters who undertook to provide a home for Mary and me when it was time for us to ‘retire’. And I thank God for prolonging my days and granting me the extra time to spend with my family.
“May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
“Yours in keeping the Flame alive,
“John Redfern”
We pass on our very best wishes to John, Mary and the rest of their family, and congratulate them on their sterling work keeping the Rhodesian Flame alive for so many years, and trust that John Parsons and Lawrie Marshall will continue this excellent work for many years ahead.
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PETITION TO DEFUND THE BBC
We have recently received a most interesting circular from the British Freedom Party arguing that because of its chronic anti-British bias the ‘British’ Broadcasting Corporation should be de-funded. This posting, together with a link to the petition site which the BFP has set-up on this matter, reads as follows :-
“This year is the BBC's 100th Birthday - but it is NOT a date to be celebrated.
“The 'British Broadcasting Corporation' is arguably one of the most corrupt and biased news channels in the world ... and it is funded by public money! “The BBC have repeatedly proven themselves to be anti-white, anti-Christian and anti-British. They even bully people in their own homes to extort a whopping £3.8 Billion per year in 'TV Licence' fees. They should be defunded, NOW!
“Instead of wishing them a 'Happy Birthday', we wish to see them DEFUNDED and cancelled! After all of the child abuse scandals, political bias and discrimination against White Britons, the BBC officials should be put on trial! Please make sure you sign, share and support this petition!
“Here is the link to send to everyone you know :-
“www.britishfreedomparty.com/defund_the_bbc
“Yours sincerely,
“British Freedom Party H.Q.”
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SEARCH SERVICES FOR THOSE SEEKING LOST RELATIVES
Find any South African, even those who have emigrated. We also search Botswana, Namibia and ex-Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Please use the search request form at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/emails.php?id=emails_from_SCN
Also check the list of South African expatriates/emigrants web-sites, which can be found at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/uruguay/uruguay.php?id=uruguay_from_springbk
and
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/expatriates/toplist_expatriates.php?id=toplist_expatriates_from_springbk
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BOOK OFFERS
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
The latest book published by Crest Publishing is entitled: “BOWLS - QUIRKS, CHIRPS AND ANECDOTES". This is not an instruction manual but rather a cheerful, humourous and sometimes controversial chronicle about the game and its history worldwide. Written to celebrate 40 years in the sport by the author, Glenn MacAskill, it should be of interest to all bowlers and other sports enthusiasts.
For more information about all books published, or to make an order, please contact Crest Publishing at: P.O.Box, 4178, Honeydew, Johannesburg, 2040, South Africa, e-mail: glennallanmacaskill@gmail.com, or visit the Crest Publishing web-site at: www.crestpublishing.co.za. Special discounts are available to ex-servicemen, Rhodies and Springboks!
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"THE SAINTS" – a unique documentary in support of the book on the brief history of the RLI.
DVD available along with other premium titles of historical interest from Msasa Enterprises. Visit www.rhodesianvideos.co.za or write to msasasa@mweb.co.za for more information. UK contact telephone: 07415 753 340.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.298: Mr. PAUL KINGSLEY of Hull, Birmingham, Southsea and Coleraine
Paul Kingsley came from Hull and studied Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. He was very active with the patriotic movement in the UK during the 1970s when he was a keen founding member of the National Party of the United Kingdom. Upon coming down from varsity he moved to Southsea near Portsmouth, where he worked for the local council and continued his patriotic activism by founding and running the Institute of National Studies think-tank, which published a number of educative publications under the imprint of the Wessex Study Group. He took a particular interest in the struggles of Ulster and Rhodesia, which he saw as very similar against the same internationalist enemies. When a number of his colleagues emigrated to southern Africa and became actively involved with the Save Rhodesia Campaign and founded the magazine S.A.Patriot, he became a staunch long-distance supporter of their endeavours. At much the same time he expertly organized a protest march through Bridgwater, then the constituency of Tom King, who at the time was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in protest against the increasing betrayal of the loyalist cause in Ulster. As a result of his strong support for Northern Ireland he was offered – and accepted – a position as lecturer in philosophy and modern history at the University of Ulster in Coleraine. Alas his acceptance of this academic appointment meant that he had to curtail his political activities, and as a result he sadly lost contact with our movement. Recent copies of The Imperial Patriot (the successor magazine of S.A.Patriot of course) have however been returned to us as he has evidently now retired as a lecturer, and alas nobody at the University of Ulster seems to know where he is now living. It would be most encouraging to be able to re-make contact with him of course, especially if he could be persuaded to resume his patriotic activities with our movement.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
A supporter recently recommended the Daily Sceptic web-site to us. Run by the highly respected British social commentator Toby Young, who established the Free Speech Union in 2020, the web-site started life as the Lockdown Sceptic during the Covid-1984 paranoia, but subsequently broadened its scope by questioning a number of controversial issues which have been championed by the establishment, most notably belief in man-made climate change. Their web-site is highly informative and well worth regular visits, and can be accessed at :-
https://dailysceptic.org
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DESPERATE DAN
Sir,
I have a suspicion Dan Andrews dumped the Commonwealth Games because he is anti-the Commonwealth and sees this as a way of weakening it. Dan Andrews is a quasi-Communist.
Yours etc.,
Bob Vinnicombe, Sedron, New South Wales, Australia.
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INDIAN ROBBER MAN
Sir,
Charles III is unlikely to be a hero, but he won't rock the boat either.
I have more worries about your current Prime Minister Rishni Sunak. (How did he get there?!)
Yours etc.,
H.K.H., Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
(This is a puzzle to us as well! – Ed.)
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PROPHETIC PROFESSOR
Sir,
I suggest you take a look at a YouTube show called Redacted with Clayton & Natali Morris, as well as The Dive with Jackson Hinckle. Yesterday, they covered mounting attempts by those evil, lunatic internationalists to do the same in Denmark by closing 3,000 farms who cannot meet insane goals on reducing nitrogen. With no nitrogen, there's no fertilizer. Without modern fertilizers or pesticides, crop yields crash by up to 50% which is precisely what happened in Sri Lanka.
However, these lunatics have somewhat learned from Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's mistake was going 100% organic and banning fertilizers/pesticides overnight. So, Greta Thunberg and her fellow lunatics are going a little slower. I'm very worried about food shortages in America within the next year, and Europe may be much earlier. I've spoken to Europeans here (particularly from Poland) who are confirming the news I am getting through shows banned and demonetized in the West is not only true, but actually understating how bad it is.
So, that all said, when I told you that America is now really 1933 Germany all over again, I was quite correct. It looks to me like Nazi-like governing is also spreading through Europe. In Denmark, many of those 3,000 farmers protested and I have video of police using heavy machinery to try and turn their tractors over with farmers still inside, as well as men in black vans hauling the farmers about to lose their livelihoods away.
Yet, I suppose this was inevitable when the internationalists started the mass-immigration and mass-indoctrination which was really intended to wipe out Caucasians from the beginning. I mean, honestly, when you look at how far gone this is really is, how long is it going to be until we're taken to concentration camps?
Well, I have to work soon, but I will tell you the next step is they'll putting writers like me in jail. I already know I'll be in jeopardy someday, so I really do commend the Bangkok Post for publishing me so often.
Yours etc.,
Prof. Jason Jellison, Bangkok, Thailand
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THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER
Sir,
I agree - there seem to be more and more people who are becoming increasingly critical of the government's response to the pandemic. I am very grateful that my wife discovered Toby Young's Lockdown Sceptics website (now the Daily Sceptic) in September 2020 which helped me to see what was going on. How much was sheer incompetence and how much was something worse we will never know. I'm also so pleased that we were able to resist all the propaganda about the so-called vaccines. You did well to stop at one dose. They are neither safe nor effective. In the past, previously trialed medial products which have caused ten times less fatalities than these experimental substances have been withdrawn due to safety concerns.
As I also mentioned, I am utterly fed up with Tory talk but no action. There are some very good MPs and party activists but somehow they can't seem to set the party in the right direction. I fear that we are heading for a Labour government in 2024, which will be an utter catastrophe for the country, but the fault lies at the very top of the Conservative Party and the failure to be truly Conservative.
The lunacy of the Left has reached such extremes that surely a bout of common sense must break out sooner or later!
Yours etc.,
J.P.Y., Heathfield, Sussex, U.K.
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WHO IS OR WAS ANTHONY TRAVERS?
The recent sad death of our good friend Jani Allan (see Obituary in August 2023 SCN) has reminded us of a very strange and sinister incident which took place during Jani’s “Libel Case of the Century”, when she sued Channel 4 Television for libel after they had screened a bizarre programme in which the unbelievable insinuation was made that she once had a sexual relationship with the hideous Afrikaner-separatist leader Eugene Terre’Blanche.
During the lunch interval of the 11th day of this case, which was heard at the Royal Courts of Justice in The Strand, London, a man who gave his name as Anthony Travers was stabbed in the gents toilets of The George pub on the opposite side of the road to the Royal Courts of Justice. Travers was then rushed to hospital, but shortly thereafter discharged himself against medical advice. Travers had evidently been observing the court case, and made a number of very strange and unsubstantiated statements both about why he was attending the case (he claimed that he was the “British representative” of Terre’Blanche’s tin-pot Afrikaans-separatist outfit known as the AWB) and about who he thought was responsible for the stabbing (claiming at various times that it had been carried out by a supporter of the AWB who believed that he was about to disclose some damaging information about Terre’Blanche, and then that it was conducted by an operative of the ANC terrorist organisation who thought that he was spying on them!).
Travers proved a complete enigma however. Nobody in political circles in either the UK or South Africa knew anything about him prior to the stabbing incident, and indeed his name was never heard of again. His background was investigated by various media outlets, but their findings proved inconclusive. One story was that he was an EastEnder involved in the criminal underworld, whereas another less convincing account claimed that he was a gun-dealer from Twickenham. The weirdest aspect about Travers, however, was his farcical claim to be the “British representative” of the AWB outfit (the AWB was a virulently anti-British organisation, advocating that “all English-speakers should be driven into the sea”, so they therefore would surely never have had a “representative” in “enemy territory” – and neither would they have had sufficient resources to send a supporter over to that “enemy territory” to carry out a stabbing!). Quite obviously therefore the man Travers – if that was indeed his real name – was a complete Walter Mitty!
There have been several explanations for the stabbing. One was that Travers was mistaken for one of the main legal counsels involved in the case, either Peter Carter-Ruck who represented Jani Allan, or George Carman who represented Channel 4 - but this is highly unlikely as nobody in their right mind would have believed that a leading lawyer in such an important high-profile case would have spent his lunchtime in a pub! Jani Allan herself once told us that she believed that there was a “political” motivation behind the stabbing, though she never specified any details about what this motivation could have been. We ourselves, however, believe that the stabbing had nothing whatsoever to do with Jani’s libel case, but rather was simply the result of a gangland feud.
Press reports at the time (1992) stated that Travers was “in his 60s”, meaning that if he was still alive he would now be in his 90s. If any reader has any information or theories about who the mysterious Travers was and/or why he was stabbed then we would be very keen to hear from them.
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