SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
March 2004 edition
Mbeki is very fond of talking about an "African Renaissance", a so-called "return" to a mythical era of Black-ruled progress in Africa. But what is the truth of the matter?
The world's oldest Black-ruled state is Haiti, which "celebrated" it's 200th anniversary of independence from France this year. Haiti, however, is by far the poorest and most backward nation in the Western Hemisphere, and throughout its 200 year history has constantly "progressed" from one bloody revolution followed by a tyrannical dictatorship, to another equally savage coup followed by an equally despotic ruler. Haiti's latest president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was hailed as an exception just a few years ago when he obtained power with popular support, but in reality he proved just as corrupt, incompetent and power-hungry as all his predecessors, so that his recent overthrow became inevitable. Significantly, however, one of the few overseas leaders to visit Haiti in order to give Aristide support at the time of his anniversary celebrations was South Africa's Mbeki!
The original blame for Haiti's sorry state of affairs rests squarely with Napoleonic France, for although Napoleon Bonaparte was eager to invade practically every neighbouring White European state, he was not prepared to send troops to defend an existing and rightful part of the French Empire. How far much better the world would be today if the situation had been reversed! Present-day France has however been prepared to send troops to help restore order in this traditional sphere of French influence (which comes as a welcomed change after France's refusal to support the necessary Western intervention in Iraq), albeit in conjunction with Canada and the United States. The American assistance in this regard is particularly pleasing however, and confirms that under Pres. George W. Bush the United States is definitely prepared to "take up the White Man's burden".
Meanwhile the despot and former Catholic priest Aristide has fled, and is rumoured to be seeking sanctuary with Mbeki in South Africa. This would seem to be a logical move as the two tyrants are like peas in a pod. They deserve each other.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB FEBRUARY MEETING
The Springbok Club was most privileged to be able to welcome Mr. Frank Maloney, the famous boxing manager, as their guest speaker in February. As well as being the manager of such well-known boxing champions as Lennox Lewis, Paul Ingle and Scott Harrison, Mr. Maloney is also the official UKIP candidate in the forthcoming London Mayoral Election. In a powerful speech and a lively question-and-answer session Mr. Maloney clearly outlined his visionary plans for London if he was to be elected Mayor, which seemed to meet with the full approval of those in attendance. Before the meeting begun, however, a brief moment's silence was observed for Mr. Maurice Owen, the well-known Durban-based boxing promoter, who was also a strong supporter of the Springbok Club and a friend of Mr. Maloney, who sadly died at the end of last year.
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MARCH SPRINGBOK CLUB MEETING
The Springbok Club will be staging a short-notice meeting at the end of March when the guest speaker will be Dr. Philip du Toit, the author of the acclaimed book "The Great South African Land Scandal". The details are as follows:-
Date : Wednesday 24th March 2004
Time : 19.00 hrs for 19.30 hrs.
Venue : The Clarence (the upstairs Function Room), 4 Dover Street, Mayfair, London W1 (just off Piccadilly, practically opposite the Ritz Hotel - nearest tube station: Green Park).
Dr. Philip du Toit is an attorney who practises in Pretoria. He completed his doctorate in Labour Law (with emphasis on the agricultural sector) at the Pacific Western University in California, and now lectures on industrial and commercial law at the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Pretoria. He shot to prominence when his book "The Great South African Land Scandal", which chronicles the Zimbabwe-style farm seizures and intimidation campaign in South Africa, was published earlier this year. This book greatly angered the ANC-regime, and various attempts have been made to suppress it. Dr. du Toit will be talking about the crisis currently facing South African farmers, and the facts concerning the publication of his book.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH NEWS
The Inaugural meeting of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club (which will also act as an initial AGM) has now been finalised, and details are as follows:-
Date : Saturday 27th March 2004
Time : Assemble at 12 noon (when light refreshments will be available). The meeting itself will commence at 13.00 hrs.
Venue : The Burnside Orange Hall, Burnside Road, Burnside, Co.Antrim (exit the M2 at Junction 6, turn left onto Loughanmore Road then second right onto Burnside Road).
This Inaugural meeting is being organised by founding N.I. Branch Chairman/Secretary Nigel Owens, who can be contacted on: 079808-56105. An exciting itinerary of items has been drawn up for discussion at this meeting, and it is hoped that as many members and supporters of the Springbok Club from Northern Ireland (and from anywhere else who can make the journey) as possible will be able to attend this important event.
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In view of the short-notice meeting arranged for March 24th, and the fact that the anticipated visit of Springbok Club US joint co-ordinator Ferdi Fourie to the UK still hasn't been confirmed, it has been decided to postpone the date of the informal pub-gathering of the Chilterns Branch of the Springbok Club until Saturday 11th April. This will be held at "The Bell", Frogmoor, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and if Ferdi Fourie is in the UK at the time he will be present to meet everyone at this event.
The river trip along the Thames at Richmond by the London (Capital) Branch of the Springbok Club has now been finalised for early May. Full details will be given in the April edition of the SCN.
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JOINT MEETING
On Wednesday 21st April the Springbok Club will be one of several patriotic organisations giving active support to a meeting to be addressed by Mr. Philip Benwell MBE of the Australian Constitutional Monarchy League at the House of Lords, commencing at 19.00 hrs. Because of heightened security arrangements it is alas now necessary to know the names of all those wishing to attend this event in advance. If you are interested in attending then please let us know your details as soon as possible by e-mailing: springbok@falklands.org
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE EVENTS
The London Swinton Circle held a very interesting meeting last month, when the guest speaker was Mr. Nigel Farage, the UKIP MEP for South-East England. In a most informative address Mr. Farage recounted the disasters which EU membership had been to the UK, and also outlined details of UKIP's plans for complete withdrawal.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows:-
Date : Wednesday 31st March 2004
Time : 18.45 hrs for 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Clarence (the upstairs Parliament Room), 53 Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1 (nearest tube stations: Charing Cross and Embankment.)
Guest Speaker : Mr. David Midgley, the founder of "The Campaign against Political Correctness".
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GIBRALTAR 300th ANNIVERSARY SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING & CELEBRATION
Senior officials of the Springbok Club and the London Swinton Circle were most honoured to be invited to attend a Thanksgiving Service and subsequent reception to mark the 300th Anniversary of Gibraltar becoming British. The Thanksgiving Service was held at St.Clement Danes Church in the Strand and was attended, inter alia, by HRH the Duke of Kent (representing HM The Queen), Baroness Thatcher and the Rt. Hon. Iain Duncan Smith MP. Lessons were read by Mr. Albert Poggio MBE (official UK Representative of the Government of Gibraltar), Baroness Symons (Minister of State at the FCO) and the Rt. Hon. Michael Howard MP (Leader of the Opposition). In a most inspiring address the Hon. Peter Caruana QC (the Chief Minister of Gibraltar) stated that Gibraltar wanted nothing but friendship with her neighbour Spain, but that this friendship must be reciprocated. At the reception held at the Savoy Hotel afterwards speeches were made by the Mayor of Westminster and by Peter Caruana, who emphasised how Gibraltar was proud to be part of the Great British Family, and would remain so for at least another 300 years. Good contacts were also made at this reception with a number of old and new friends, including Sir Bob Peliza (former Chief Minister of Gibraltar), Maurice Xiberras (former Deputy Chief Minister of Gibraltar), and Nathan Payas and Andrea Martin, the soloists who sang so beautiful at the Service.
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MEETING WITH JACK LOGGENBERG
Mr. Jack Loggenberg, a leading official of the Transvaal Agricultural Union (TLU/TAU), met with three leading members of the Springbok Club during a recent visit to London. This proved to be a most fruitful meeting, and close contacts were established between the two organisations as a result. It was also agreed that Mr. Loggenberg would speak at a Springbok Club meeting during his next visit to London later this year.
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RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
The Rhodesian on-line Store supplies Rhodesian and South African flags (full, mid-size and table-top) CDs including Wrex Tarr, John Edmonds and many more, and other Rhodesiana.
Based in Canada, their web-site can be accessed at: www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
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BOOK OFFERS
The Springbok Club is now retailing copies of the book "AFRICA PAR ADVENTURE", an anthology of African stories edited by Peter Ward. The book is priced at £14.95 per copy, plus 20% for p.& p. (though copies may be collected at Springbok Club activities for no extra cost.) Payments should be made payable to "The Springbok Club" and forwarded to: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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"GOODBYE OZ CULTURE" by Nick Maine is a well illustrated and easy to read expose of what certain politicians have done to the Australia we loved as a homogeneous and peaceful society. Several suburbs have now lost all semblance of being "Australian", whilst meanwhile the families of servicemen have been threatened by strangers in our midst.
"HEY! WAIT FOR ME" by Nick Maine is a humorous story which relates how fate kept avoiding a 17-year-old in his endeavours to join his school-mates during the Second World War. Eventually in early 1944, after having served one year in New Guinea and about to be repatriated home, one of his many applications for a transfer finally came through just as the 2/2nd battalion was arriving back in New Guinea. This resulted in the now 21-year-old remaining in action for the final year of the war.
Nick Maine was born in Newcastle NSW Australia in July 1922. During his third year his parents moved to Armidale NSW where he made many friends during his school years prior to enlisting in Brisbane. Nick served for six years during the war years and this story relates to his trials and tribulations in his attempts to get to the front to be with his school-mates which involved age misrepresentations, forged parents' signatures, three enlistments and two desertions and stowing away 3,000 miles. But on the positive side he obtained three trade groupings to become the highest paid infantry private. After WWII, being aware of the loss of so many good young lives during the war, Nick became disgusted with scheming politicians who were betraying these young men who had given their all to keep the alien from our shores, so during the mid 1950s he formed a political union. At 81 Nick is still involved with politics in his attempts to expose corruption in politics - but that's another story!
Both books are priced Aus $12.00 including postage. Send to: Nick Maine, 5/40 Duet Drive, Mermaid Waters, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4218, Australia - or e-mail: nmaine@optusnet.com.au
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"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.
For more information visit Trisha's web-site at:-
www.youngarizonarealestate.com
or you can order a copy of the book directly from the publishers at www.publishamerica.com - in the "search" sector, type in the title "Way out of Line" or "Trisha Jackson". NOTE: It is case sensitive and you should not include quote marks. You may also order by phone at 877 333-7422
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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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"THE GREAT SOUTH AFRICAN LAND SCANDAL" by Dr. Philip du Toit is a vital piece of work. South Africa can do without many things, but it cannot survive without its farmers. Thirty-five thousand commercial farmers feed 45 million people. Read what has happened to many productive farms which have already been handed over under the government's restitution and redistribution programmes. It is priced R150.00 in South Africa and can be obtained from: Jack Loggenberg, TLU/TAU, P.O.Box 91251, Silverton, Pretoria, 0127, Transvaal, South Africa (payments to 'TLU/TAU'), or alternatively you can order on-line at: www.salandscandal.co.za)
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"BETRAYAL IN HIGH PLACES" by James Mackay.
271 pages, some illustrations. Softback £5.00 including P.& P. (r.r.p. £10.00)
The compelling story of what really happened in a defeated Japan following the end of World War II.
Merchant seaman James Mackay, whilst travelling in the east, started to hear stories of massacres and other atrocities committed by Japanese forces, not just against enemy troops, but against innocent civilian populations. His subsequent investigations revealed reluctance amongst Allied governments to discuss these incidents that seemed to amount almost to a cover-up. Why would the Allies want to overlook the crimes of a former enemy, especially when the leadership of another former enemy was being liquidated at Nuremburg?
Using his own research, as well as material prepared by Australian Army war crimes investigator Capt. J.G. Goodwin, Mackay exposes the cover-up and names the guilty.
Not only were the Japanese keen to sweep the past under the carpet, but the US government of the time also had its own reasons for preserving the political and industrial elite in Japan. A provocative book, which calls into question the morality of US policy towards Japan after WWII.
Payment can be made by credit or debit card. To order on line, log onto www.paypal.com and enter postmaster@gcartwright.demon.co.uk as payment destination. Prices include p+p.
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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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"KING'S GOLD" is a novel set in modern day Zimbabwe and South Africa (1983 to 2000) and is fiction (80%) set against fact (20%). It involves espionage against the ZANU-PF regime and the exciting quest to unravel the secret of an ancient priceless relic. Considerable historical research has been done to make the work informative as well as entertaining.
It can be ordered at: www.geocities.com/goldking992000/index.html
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.64 : Mr. DANNY GRANT
Although originating from the UK, Danny Grant became a leading jockey in Rhodesia, riding at both the Borrowdale and Bulawayo courses. After the fall of Rhodesia he first centred himself in Natal, before moving to stables at the Bloemfontein track. Nothing is known of him since then, but a number of old contacts would be pleased to meet up with him again.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The Livingstonia organisation is a very interesting and intriguing movement which seeks to unite all those "British Africans" with roots in, inter alia, Kenya, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Natal and the Cape. It is therefore an organisation which we feel has an extremely useful role to play, and may be contacted at: www.freewebs.com/livingstonia
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
MOSCOW BLACKOUT
I want to tell you, as a South African living in Moscow for four years, that the Russians
are not interested in South Africa anymore. They hate Black people with a passion. We
heard a rumour that the South African ambassador's wife had a cigarette stubbed out on
her chest when in public once. At least two South Afrcan ambassadors have been mugged,
once was mugged twice. Most Black people are too frightened to go out in public. The Russians are probably the best racists on earth. This is so ironic considering the impact that the Soviet Union once had on South Africa's destiny. What they really wanted was the wealth of South Africa and other African countries. They now know that their country is probably the richest country in the world with regard to oil and mineral wealth - so why bother with South Africa? They have plenty of problems of their own before they can start thinking of expansion - that was a Brezhnev dream. The sooner Black people in South Africa know that the Russians are not and never will be their friends, the better for everyone involved.
Yours etc.,
M.S., Moscow, Russia.
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SWEET F.A.
Francis Andrew, golly you really do get some odd characters don't you? - and teaching little Arab boys English, and a Roman Catholic attached to an odd group and not supporting the Iraq War! You may have had some doubts about the War, but once your own troops are involved you should keep quiet.
Yours etc.,
T.D., Southampton, U.K.
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FOLK FROM HOME
I've lived in Folkestone since I left the "new" South Africa joke. I have spent 2 hours reading your web-site and it is the only truth about the "new" South Africa I have found in years. I do get the monthly SCN from the Springbok Club. I think there are many White South Africans who live in Britain looking for partners from South Africa. Maybe you could help? Also this could help White South Africans to start a new life in Britain away from the hell the ANC has created for Whites in this "new" South Africa.
Yours etc.,
Guy Levi, Folkestone, U.K. (guylevi45@hotmail.com)
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ROGUES GALLERY
Alas we must report that Mr. Francis Andrew, the bachelor who now resides in Jordan where he teaches litle Arab boys to speak English, continues to bombard us with infantile and insulting e-mails - many of them of a deranged lavatorial nature - in spite of constant requests by us to cease all contact.
We have recently been informed, however, that Andrew is involved with the "Conservative Democratic Alliance" web-site (an organisation, incidently, which is neither Conservative nor Democratic, and which contains several characters of a similar obnoxious anti-British nature as Andrew himself), where he likes to send very long and boring extracts from the Bible or other early Christian writings.
As we said in the previous edition of the SCN, Mr. Francis Andrew is certainly a lunatic character who we advise everyone to avoid at all costs.
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SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
February 2004 edition
Towards the end of January the Natal rugby side made a short trip to London to play a friendly match against Harlequins. A number of officials of the Springbok Club were initially offered tickets for this match, but alas circumstances eventually prevented attendance, so the match was therefore only viewed on TV.
There had been the fear, however, that there would also be a number of traitors and sell-outs in the crowd who would be waving the blood-stained flag of the ANC regime, which could have led to nasty confrontations. In the event, however, it seemed we had little to worry about, as only one example of the hideous ANC flag was ever viewed on the screen. For the most part the Natal supporters were proudly displaying the emblems and colours of the Natal team, and although we could see no examples of the Natal flag (the beautiful "red ensign" design, which alas must now be very hard to come by under the present dispensation) it was clear that the sentiments of the crowd were fully behind the ideals of "the Last Outpost of the British Empire". Furthermore, it was also most encouraging to note that the team still play as NATAL, and not under the abominable title of "KwaZulu-Natal" (and in this regard it should be remembered that several members of today's Springbok Club were active supporters of Action White Natal during the mid-1980s, an organisation which SUCCESSFULLY campaigned against the establishment of a joint KwaZulu/Natal authority at the time).
It has of course been a constant source of anger for all true South African patriots to see traitors and those who Lenin accurately described as "useful idiots" waving the obnoxious terrorist flag at overseas sporting events where South African competitors take part - probably much to the embarrassment of these competitors themselves. Perhaps the demonstration of more patriotic sentiments displayed by the Natal supporters indicates that these days are gradually coming to an end.
With the terrorist regime now being in power in South Africa for over a decade maybe we are at last seeing the first manifestations of genuine patriotic resistance. In this respect it is more important than ever that the real South African flag (and indeed the Natal flag and those of the other three provinces) are displayed more and more frequently. The Springbok Club will certainly be in the vanguard of this campaign.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB AGM
The Springbok Club held their 2004 AGM at the end of January, which proved to be a most happy and successful event, with a larger than ever turnout, thus confirming the continuing growth of the movement.
Allan Robertson presented the Treasurer's report for 2003, Alan Harvey the Organiser's report, and Daniel Wilkinson the Branch Development report - copies of the first two of which are available upon request.
After this David Wedgwood temporarily took the chair for the election of the Executive Committee for 2004, and the out-going committee were subsequently re-elected en bloc.
Although there were no offical motions tabled for debate, an informal and most useful discussion then took place regarding the conditions of membership and branch structures.
At the end of the meeting Allan Robertson gave a most enlightening talk about developments among patriotic organisations in the UK, and the way in which the Springbok Club plans to co-operate with them.
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FEBRUARY SPRINGBOK CLUB MEETING
The Springbok Club will be staging a most interesting meeting later this month at which the guest speaker will be Mr. Frank Maloney, the boxing promotor and official UKIP candidate for Mayor of London. The details are as follows:-
Date : Tuesday 24th February 2004
Time : 19.00 hrs for 19.30 hrs.
Venue : The Clarence (the upstairs Function Room), 4 Dover Street, Mayfair, London W1 (just off Piccadilly, practically opposite the Ritz Hotel - nearest tube station: Green Park).
Frank Maloney was born at Peckham, south-east London, of British-Irish parentage. A keen sportsman from an early age, he toyed with the idea of becoming both a jockey and a professional footballer, before concentrating upon his main love - boxing. He fought 67 times as an amateur in the flyweight division, but subsequently made his name as a leading and highly successful professional manager, managing such famous champions as Lennox Lewis, Paul Ingle and Alex Arthur. He has visited South Africa on a number of occasions during his boxing career, and gained a great love for the country. A proud Londoner, Frank has become alarmed by the city’s deterioration and loss of traditional character during recent years, and as a result has been adopted as the official UKIP candidate for the forthcoming London Mayoral election, where his campaign has attracted unprecedented media attention.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH ACTIVITIES
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club staged a most enjoyable trip to the Zulu War “Special Living History Event” at the Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham last month, which marked the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Rorke's Drift. Inter alia they witnessed a re-enactment of the drill and weaponry of the time of the Zulu Wars by “The Die Hards” historical re-enactment society, and a riveting talk on the Battle of Isandhlwana by Julian Wybra. After the visit to the museum a convivial and highly useful informal get-together was held at the near-by historic King George V pub in Old Brompton - which possesses a massive collection of wall-plaque badges from ships of the Royal Navy, and which was the venue for countless send-offs and welcome-homes for servicemen servicing in various parts of the British Empire in days gone by.
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The date of the informal pub-gathering to be staged by the Chilterns Branch of the Springbok Club in High Wycombe has been put back to later during March.
The planned river trip along the Thames at Richmond by the London (Capital) Branch of the Springbok Club now looks like being held in early May.
The official launch of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club is anticipated to take place during late March. Contact nispringbokclub@hotmail.com for more details.
Unfortunately we still do not have any definite details concerning the Sussex Branch's official launch.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE EVENTS
The London Swinton Circle was most honoured to welcome Sir Teddy Taylor MP, the Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East, as their guest speaker in January. Sir Teddy gave a masterful exposure of the damage which membership of the EU was doing to Britain and its economy, and why negotiated withdrawal would be in the country's best interests. He also emphasised the fact that the media was not as antagonistic to our aims and ideals as many pessimists would have us believe, and that with a bit of effort it was always easy to obtain media publicity. During question time a number of people emphasised the fact that many life-long Conservatives were preparing to vote for UKIP in the forthcoming Euro Elections, if only to convince the new Conservative leadership to take a more Euro-sceptic stance.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows:-
Date : Thursday 19th February 2004
Time : 18.45 hrs for 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Clarence Public Inn (the upstairs Parliament Room), 53 Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1 (nearest tube stations: Charing Cross and Embankment.)
Guest Speaker : Mr. Nigel Farage MEP (the UKIP MEP for south-east England).
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HOME BILTONG MAKERS
Biltongmakers.Com! runs a monthly competition which is free for anyone to enter. There are some great prizes to be won each month. Some of the prizes during the last couple of months have included a Skottel Braai, Biltongmakers, Barbecue Utensil sets and Potjies!
To enter please go to: www.biltongmakers.com and follow the competition link!
Biltongmakers.Com! have created a special order page just for readers of the SCN at:-
http://www.biltongmakers.com/biltong09_sc_orderplacing.html
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RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
The Rhodesian on-line Store supplies Rhodesian and South African flags (full, mid-size and table-top) CDs including Wrex Tarr, John Edmonds and many more, and other Rhodesiana.
Based in Canada, their web-site can be accessed at: www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
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BOOK OFFERS
The Springbok Club is now retailing copies of the book "AFRICA PAR ADVENTURE", an anthology of African stories edited by Peter Ward. The book is priced at £14.95 per copy, plus 20% for p.& p. (though copies may be collected at Springbok Club activities for no extra cost.) Payments should be made payable to "The Springbok Club" and forwarded to: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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"GOODBYE OZ CULTURE" by Nick Maine is a well illustrated and easy to read expose of what certain politicians have done to the Australia we loved as a homogeneous and peaceful society. Some suburbs have now lost most semblance of being "Australian". Meanwhile the families of servicemen have been threatened by strangers in our midst.
"HEY! WAIT FOR ME" by Nick Maine is a humorous story which relates how fate kept avoiding a 17-year-old in his endeavours to join his school-mates during the Second World War. Eventually in early 1944, after having served one year in New Guinea and about to be repatriated home, one of his many applications for a transfer finally came through just as the 2/2nd battalion was arriving back in New Guinea. This resulted in the now 21-year-old remaining in action for the final year of the war.
Nick Maine was born in Newcastle NSW Australia in July 1922. During his third year his parents moved to Armidale NSW where he made many friends during his school years prior to enlisting in Brisbane. Nick served for six years during the war years and this story relates to his trials and tribulations in his attempts to get to the front to be with his school-mates which involved age misrepresentations, forged parents' signatures, three enlistments and two desertions and stowing away 3,000 miles. But on the positive side he obtained three trade groupings to become the highest paid infantry private. After WWII, being aware of the loss of so many good young lives during the war, Nick became disgusted with scheming politicians who were betraying these young men who had given their all to keep the alien from our shores, so during the mid 1950s he formed a political union. At 81 Nick is still involved with politics in his attempts to expose corruption in politics - but that's another story!
Both books are priced Aus $12.00 including postage. Send to: Nick Maine, 5/40 Duet Drive, Mermaid Waters, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4218, Australia - or e-mail: nmaine@optusnet.com.au
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"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.
For more information visit Trisha's web-site at:-
www.youngarizonarealestate.com
or you can order a copy of the book directly from the publishers at www.publishamerica.com - in the "search" sector, type in the title "Way out of Line" or "Trisha Jackson". NOTE: It is case sensitive and you should not include quote marks. You may also order by phone at 877 333-7422
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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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"MY PLACE IN THE SUN" by Margaret Peach (nee Pearce) is written very much from the perspective of a resourceful wife and mother who was closely involved in life out in the bush at a critical and interesting time in the history of Southern Rhodesia. Her account of the triumphs, tragedies and daily incidents takes the reader through twenty years of a somewhat nomadic existence in a wild and beautiful country which, for most of the time, was going through a period of great unrest. It is even more poignant to read about it today in the context of the current political situation in Zimbabwe.
It is priced £6.99 (plus £1.50 for postage) and can be ordered from: Jennifer Barclay-Coulder, 62 Westfields Avenue, Barnes, London SW13 0AU, or e-mail: polyphrenos@ukonline.co.uk
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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. Softback £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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BILTONG SALES IN THE UK
Biltong Brother produces top quality, handcrafted biltong. 100% British beef is used, no artificial flavourings or preservatives.
There are 5 types, Traditional, Garlic, Pepper, Hot & Spicy and Ostrich.
To order, just click on: www.biltong-brother.co.uk
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BOERWORS AND BILTONG
From deep in the heart of Africa to you...
CAMPBELLS ORIGINAL FARM STYLE BILTONG, BOEREWORS, BOERE BURGER PATTIES & DRY-WORS.
Made from our tried and tested recipes in both Rhodesia and South Africa since 1965. Now made in the UK from 100% pure British meats, with no glutens or ingredients added, just our own secret blend of spices.
We would love to be of service to you too, so please give us a call on: 01803-380712, e-mail us at : ron@biltong-boereforafrica.co.uk, or visit our web-site at: www.biltong-boereforafrica.co.uk
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LEAFLET DISTRIBUTION
A supporter plans to attend the Conservative Party Spring Forum at Harrogate over the weekend of 5th/7th March, and intends to distribute leaflets on behalf of the "Tory Radical Right" on that occasion. He would like to have some assistance in this task however, so if anyone is willing and able to help please contact him via us at : springbok@falklands.org
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CAN YOU HELP ?
The Springbok Club has recently been informed of a new potential supporter named Daan Olivier from Hampshire. Unfortunately we cannot discover his full address, other than the fact that he lives on Hayling Island. If anyone could supply us with more complete details of his address then we would be most grateful.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.63 : Mr. MARK BAWDEN of Islington.
Mark Bawden's mother, Reita Bawden, is becoming very worried as she has heard no word from Mark for over 6 weeks now, and his last known 'phone number seems to be disconnected. He was last known to be living in Islington, north London, so if anyone knows of his present whereabouts please contact Reita at: davidbee@telkomsa.net.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The Campaign for UK Conservatism maintains an excellent web-site in support of Conservative principles and the sovereignty of the British people. It can be accessed at:
www.ukconservatism.freeuk.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
VOORTREKKER MEMORY
Sir,
I refer to your recent circular regarding the "Day of the Vow Commemoration" to be held on 16th December.
Both my wife and I would very much like to be there but the current press of business makes this impossible, so I would ask you to tender our apologies and drink a toast to the spirit and the memory of the Voortrekkers and Andries Pretorius.
Yours etc.,
G. Shugg, London, U.K.
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CANADIAN SPIRIT
Sir,
Thank you very much for your very valuable cyber-newsletter and its straight-forward truth. You are creating great value by highlighting the plight of Whites in South Africa who have been largely forgotten by the rest of the world as South Africa slides down into the likeness of Zimbabwe.
Please let your readers know that we help South African and Rhodesian immigrants coming
to Canada to get into their own businesses. We are ex-South Africans who, for the past
six years, have been able to assist new immigrants, whose biggest challenge is finding work here. We are able to get them into their own, viable and proven businesses for under $30,000. South Africans and Rhodesians don't need to accept minimum wage jobs. More information is available at: www.dollarmakers.com
Yours etc.,
Robin J. Elliott, Vancouver, Canada
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GOLF LINKS
Sir,
I watched South Africa win the World Golf tournament at the Ocean Course, Kiawah, South Carolina, USA last month. England came second!
Yours etc.,
Barry Harding, Sussex, U.K.
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Correction
In the letter from Mark Taylor which was published under the title of "Film Circle" in the January edition of the SCN we gave the impression that the remark "Whatever Rhodesia's faults - I wouldn't have voted RF before 1977 - it did at least function!" was made by Michael Readman. We have subsequently been informed that this remark was actually made by Mark Taylor himself, and not by Mr. Readman. We apologise to both Mr. Taylor and to Mr. Readman for any confusion and embarrassment which this may have caused.
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ROGUES GALLERY
British-born Francis Andrew made contact with us several years ago, and assured us not only that he fully supported the aims and objectives of the Springbok Club, but also that he was a proud neo-Imperialist. A bachelor who has spent the past twenty or so years living in the Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Jordan where he's taught little Arab boys to speak English, there have however proved to be many ambiguities about Mr. Andrew - not least the fact that he is a devout Roman Catholic whilst at the same time still claiming to support the Act of Settlement and the DUP in Northern Ireland!
We initially accepted Mr. Andrew's claims of support at face value, but were absolutely dumbfounded when he subsequently told us that he did not support his own country during the recent War Against Terrorism in Iraq! When we criticised him for his unpatriotic stance in this regard his reaction was to send us a number of insulting and extremely childish e-mails. Quite clearly, therefore, when the crunch came Mr. Andrew decided that his loyalties lay with the societies where he resided rather than with the country which gave him birth.
Although we at first thought that Mr. Andrew was simply a straight-forward traitor who had "conned" us for a number of years, some of his subsequent outpourings tend to suggest that he may suffer from serious psychiatric problems. Inter alia he has claimed to be in contact with Enoch Powell from beyond the grave, and that the great man supports his anti-British stance on Iraq (FACT: Enoch Powell was a lifelong British patriot who voluntarily enlisted in the ranks at the start of WWII), that Iraq is not an Islamic country (FACT: Iraq is 93% Muslim), and that the population of the UK is "12 to 14% ethnic" (FACT: even the biased government 2001 Census only tried to claim that 6.9% of the population was non-White; it has been estimated that a more accurate figure is only 2.8%). Not only does Mr. Andrew apparently possess an extreme hatred for his own country (as demonstrated by his bizarre claim that it is "12 to 14% ethnic"), but he also holds a totally paranoiac hatred for the United States, believing in weird "conspiracy theories" regarding the CIA which would make even the most extreme Leftist proud, and failing to comprehend the seismic shift in policies which take place on the change of US administrations.
So bizarre did many of Mr. Andrew's communications become (involving many wild mood swings) that we eventually asked him to cease all contact - but in spite of these simple requests he continues to bombard us with increasingly deranged and infantile e-mails. Has anyone else been plagued by this wretched man in this way we wonder, and does anyone know anything more about his background? In any case, Mr. Francis Andrew certainly appears to be a character best to be avoided!
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THE CURSE OF SPRINGBOK
In the December 2003 edition of the SCN we exposed the fact that John "Porky" Hiddleston, the original "nominal" editor of "S.A.Patriot" who ran away with significant funds in 1981, had been selected as an official (though happily unsuccessful) UUP candidate for Belfast South during the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections. Our astonishment in this regard, moreover, was magnified by the fact that we knew that "Porky" Hiddleston had for long harboured anti-Semitic sentiments - which were confirmed by the contents of his short-lived "Ulster Watchman" broadsheet.
We have subsequently learnt that "Porky's" disreputable past has now also been exposed by the well-known anti-fascist magazine "Searchlight" - which fully revealed his neo-fascist credentials! Let us hope therefore that this will be the end of this loathsome creature's attempts to enter public life, and that he will crawl back into the sewer from whence he came.
Other troublemakers such as Tuohy, Waring, Scholtz and Andrew should take note!
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February 2004 edition
Towards the end of January the Natal rugby side made a short trip to London to play a friendly match against Harlequins. A number of officials of the Springbok Club were initially offered tickets for this match, but alas circumstances eventually prevented attendance, so the match was therefore only viewed on TV.
There had been the fear, however, that there would also be a number of traitors and sell-outs in the crowd who would be waving the blood-stained flag of the ANC regime, which could have led to nasty confrontations. In the event, however, it seemed we had little to worry about, as only one example of the hideous ANC flag was ever viewed on the screen. For the most part the Natal supporters were proudly displaying the emblems and colours of the Natal team, and although we could see no examples of the Natal flag (the beautiful "red ensign" design, which alas must now be very hard to come by under the present dispensation) it was clear that the sentiments of the crowd were fully behind the ideals of "the Last Outpost of the British Empire". Furthermore, it was also most encouraging to note that the team still play as NATAL, and not under the abominable title of "KwaZulu-Natal" (and in this regard it should be remembered that several members of today's Springbok Club were active supporters of Action White Natal during the mid-1980s, an organisation which SUCCESSFULLY campaigned against the establishment of a joint KwaZulu/Natal authority at the time).
It has of course been a constant source of anger for all true South African patriots to see traitors and those who Lenin accurately described as "useful idiots" waving the obnoxious terrorist flag at overseas sporting events where South African competitors take part - probably much to the embarrassment of these competitors themselves. Perhaps the demonstration of more patriotic sentiments displayed by the Natal supporters indicates that these days are gradually coming to an end.
With the terrorist regime now being in power in South Africa for over a decade maybe we are at last seeing the first manifestations of genuine patriotic resistance. In this respect it is more important than ever that the real South African flag (and indeed the Natal flag and those of the other three provinces) are displayed more and more frequently. The Springbok Club will certainly be in the vanguard of this campaign.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB AGM
The Springbok Club held their 2004 AGM at the end of January, which proved to be a most happy and successful event, with a larger than ever turnout, thus confirming the continuing growth of the movement.
Allan Robertson presented the Treasurer's report for 2003, Alan Harvey the Organiser's report, and Daniel Wilkinson the Branch Development report - copies of the first two of which are available upon request.
After this David Wedgwood temporarily took the chair for the election of the Executive Committee for 2004, and the out-going committee were subsequently re-elected en bloc.
Although there were no offical motions tabled for debate, an informal and most useful discussion then took place regarding the conditions of membership and branch structures.
At the end of the meeting Allan Robertson gave a most enlightening talk about developments among patriotic organisations in the UK, and the way in which the Springbok Club plans to co-operate with them.
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FEBRUARY SPRINGBOK CLUB MEETING
The Springbok Club will be staging a most interesting meeting later this month at which the guest speaker will be Mr. Frank Maloney, the boxing promotor and official UKIP candidate for Mayor of London. The details are as follows:-
Date : Tuesday 24th February 2004
Time : 19.00 hrs for 19.30 hrs.
Venue : The Clarence (the upstairs Function Room), 4 Dover Street, Mayfair, London W1 (just off Piccadilly, practically opposite the Ritz Hotel - nearest tube station: Green Park).
Frank Maloney was born at Peckham, south-east London, of British-Irish parentage. A keen sportsman from an early age, he toyed with the idea of becoming both a jockey and a professional footballer, before concentrating upon his main love - boxing. He fought 67 times as an amateur in the flyweight division, but subsequently made his name as a leading and highly successful professional manager, managing such famous champions as Lennox Lewis, Paul Ingle and Alex Arthur. He has visited South Africa on a number of occasions during his boxing career, and gained a great love for the country. A proud Londoner, Frank has become alarmed by the city’s deterioration and loss of traditional character during recent years, and as a result has been adopted as the official UKIP candidate for the forthcoming London Mayoral election, where his campaign has attracted unprecedented media attention.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH ACTIVITIES
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club staged a most enjoyable trip to the Zulu War “Special Living History Event” at the Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham last month, which marked the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Rorke's Drift. Inter alia they witnessed a re-enactment of the drill and weaponry of the time of the Zulu Wars by “The Die Hards” historical re-enactment society, and a riveting talk on the Battle of Isandhlwana by Julian Wybra. After the visit to the museum a convivial and highly useful informal get-together was held at the near-by historic King George V pub in Old Brompton - which possesses a massive collection of wall-plaque badges from ships of the Royal Navy, and which was the venue for countless send-offs and welcome-homes for servicemen servicing in various parts of the British Empire in days gone by.
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The date of the informal pub-gathering to be staged by the Chilterns Branch of the Springbok Club in High Wycombe has been put back to later during March.
The planned river trip along the Thames at Richmond by the London (Capital) Branch of the Springbok Club now looks like being held in early May.
The official launch of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club is anticipated to take place during late March. Contact nispringbokclub@hotmail.com for more details.
Unfortunately we still do not have any definite details concerning the Sussex Branch's official launch.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE EVENTS
The London Swinton Circle was most honoured to welcome Sir Teddy Taylor MP, the Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East, as their guest speaker in January. Sir Teddy gave a masterful exposure of the damage which membership of the EU was doing to Britain and its economy, and why negotiated withdrawal would be in the country's best interests. He also emphasised the fact that the media was not as antagonistic to our aims and ideals as many pessimists would have us believe, and that with a bit of effort it was always easy to obtain media publicity. During question time a number of people emphasised the fact that many life-long Conservatives were preparing to vote for UKIP in the forthcoming Euro Elections, if only to convince the new Conservative leadership to take a more Euro-sceptic stance.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows:-
Date : Thursday 19th February 2004
Time : 18.45 hrs for 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Clarence Public Inn (the upstairs Parliament Room), 53 Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1 (nearest tube stations: Charing Cross and Embankment.)
Guest Speaker : Mr. Nigel Farage MEP (the UKIP MEP for south-east England).
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HOME BILTONG MAKERS
Biltongmakers.Com! runs a monthly competition which is free for anyone to enter. There are some great prizes to be won each month. Some of the prizes during the last couple of months have included a Skottel Braai, Biltongmakers, Barbecue Utensil sets and Potjies!
To enter please go to: www.biltongmakers.com and follow the competition link!
Biltongmakers.Com! have created a special order page just for readers of the SCN at:-
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RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
The Rhodesian on-line Store supplies Rhodesian and South African flags (full, mid-size and table-top) CDs including Wrex Tarr, John Edmonds and many more, and other Rhodesiana.
Based in Canada, their web-site can be accessed at: www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
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BOOK OFFERS
The Springbok Club is now retailing copies of the book "AFRICA PAR ADVENTURE", an anthology of African stories edited by Peter Ward. The book is priced at £14.95 per copy, plus 20% for p.& p. (though copies may be collected at Springbok Club activities for no extra cost.) Payments should be made payable to "The Springbok Club" and forwarded to: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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"GOODBYE OZ CULTURE" by Nick Maine is a well illustrated and easy to read expose of what certain politicians have done to the Australia we loved as a homogeneous and peaceful society. Some suburbs have now lost most semblance of being "Australian". Meanwhile the families of servicemen have been threatened by strangers in our midst.
"HEY! WAIT FOR ME" by Nick Maine is a humorous story which relates how fate kept avoiding a 17-year-old in his endeavours to join his school-mates during the Second World War. Eventually in early 1944, after having served one year in New Guinea and about to be repatriated home, one of his many applications for a transfer finally came through just as the 2/2nd battalion was arriving back in New Guinea. This resulted in the now 21-year-old remaining in action for the final year of the war.
Nick Maine was born in Newcastle NSW Australia in July 1922. During his third year his parents moved to Armidale NSW where he made many friends during his school years prior to enlisting in Brisbane. Nick served for six years during the war years and this story relates to his trials and tribulations in his attempts to get to the front to be with his school-mates which involved age misrepresentations, forged parents' signatures, three enlistments and two desertions and stowing away 3,000 miles. But on the positive side he obtained three trade groupings to become the highest paid infantry private. After WWII, being aware of the loss of so many good young lives during the war, Nick became disgusted with scheming politicians who were betraying these young men who had given their all to keep the alien from our shores, so during the mid 1950s he formed a political union. At 81 Nick is still involved with politics in his attempts to expose corruption in politics - but that's another story!
Both books are priced Aus $12.00 including postage. Send to: Nick Maine, 5/40 Duet Drive, Mermaid Waters, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4218, Australia - or e-mail: nmaine@optusnet.com.au
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"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.
For more information visit Trisha's web-site at:-
www.youngarizonarealestate.com
or you can order a copy of the book directly from the publishers at www.publishamerica.com - in the "search" sector, type in the title "Way out of Line" or "Trisha Jackson". NOTE: It is case sensitive and you should not include quote marks. You may also order by phone at 877 333-7422
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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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"MY PLACE IN THE SUN" by Margaret Peach (nee Pearce) is written very much from the perspective of a resourceful wife and mother who was closely involved in life out in the bush at a critical and interesting time in the history of Southern Rhodesia. Her account of the triumphs, tragedies and daily incidents takes the reader through twenty years of a somewhat nomadic existence in a wild and beautiful country which, for most of the time, was going through a period of great unrest. It is even more poignant to read about it today in the context of the current political situation in Zimbabwe.
It is priced £6.99 (plus £1.50 for postage) and can be ordered from: Jennifer Barclay-Coulder, 62 Westfields Avenue, Barnes, London SW13 0AU, or e-mail: polyphrenos@ukonline.co.uk
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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. Softback £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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BILTONG SALES IN THE UK
Biltong Brother produces top quality, handcrafted biltong. 100% British beef is used, no artificial flavourings or preservatives.
There are 5 types, Traditional, Garlic, Pepper, Hot & Spicy and Ostrich.
To order, just click on: www.biltong-brother.co.uk
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BOERWORS AND BILTONG
From deep in the heart of Africa to you...
CAMPBELLS ORIGINAL FARM STYLE BILTONG, BOEREWORS, BOERE BURGER PATTIES & DRY-WORS.
Made from our tried and tested recipes in both Rhodesia and South Africa since 1965. Now made in the UK from 100% pure British meats, with no glutens or ingredients added, just our own secret blend of spices.
We would love to be of service to you too, so please give us a call on: 01803-380712, e-mail us at : ron@biltong-boereforafrica.co.uk, or visit our web-site at: www.biltong-boereforafrica.co.uk
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LEAFLET DISTRIBUTION
A supporter plans to attend the Conservative Party Spring Forum at Harrogate over the weekend of 5th/7th March, and intends to distribute leaflets on behalf of the "Tory Radical Right" on that occasion. He would like to have some assistance in this task however, so if anyone is willing and able to help please contact him via us at : springbok@falklands.org
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CAN YOU HELP ?
The Springbok Club has recently been informed of a new potential supporter named Daan Olivier from Hampshire. Unfortunately we cannot discover his full address, other than the fact that he lives on Hayling Island. If anyone could supply us with more complete details of his address then we would be most grateful.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.63 : Mr. MARK BAWDEN of Islington.
Mark Bawden's mother, Reita Bawden, is becoming very worried as she has heard no word from Mark for over 6 weeks now, and his last known 'phone number seems to be disconnected. He was last known to be living in Islington, north London, so if anyone knows of his present whereabouts please contact Reita at: davidbee@telkomsa.net.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The Campaign for UK Conservatism maintains an excellent web-site in support of Conservative principles and the sovereignty of the British people. It can be accessed at:
www.ukconservatism.freeuk.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
VOORTREKKER MEMORY
Sir,
I refer to your recent circular regarding the "Day of the Vow Commemoration" to be held on 16th December.
Both my wife and I would very much like to be there but the current press of business makes this impossible, so I would ask you to tender our apologies and drink a toast to the spirit and the memory of the Voortrekkers and Andries Pretorius.
Yours etc.,
G. Shugg, London, U.K.
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CANADIAN SPIRIT
Sir,
Thank you very much for your very valuable cyber-newsletter and its straight-forward truth. You are creating great value by highlighting the plight of Whites in South Africa who have been largely forgotten by the rest of the world as South Africa slides down into the likeness of Zimbabwe.
Please let your readers know that we help South African and Rhodesian immigrants coming
to Canada to get into their own businesses. We are ex-South Africans who, for the past
six years, have been able to assist new immigrants, whose biggest challenge is finding work here. We are able to get them into their own, viable and proven businesses for under $30,000. South Africans and Rhodesians don't need to accept minimum wage jobs. More information is available at: www.dollarmakers.com
Yours etc.,
Robin J. Elliott, Vancouver, Canada
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GOLF LINKS
Sir,
I watched South Africa win the World Golf tournament at the Ocean Course, Kiawah, South Carolina, USA last month. England came second!
Yours etc.,
Barry Harding, Sussex, U.K.
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Correction
In the letter from Mark Taylor which was published under the title of "Film Circle" in the January edition of the SCN we gave the impression that the remark "Whatever Rhodesia's faults - I wouldn't have voted RF before 1977 - it did at least function!" was made by Michael Readman. We have subsequently been informed that this remark was actually made by Mark Taylor himself, and not by Mr. Readman. We apologise to both Mr. Taylor and to Mr. Readman for any confusion and embarrassment which this may have caused.
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ROGUES GALLERY
British-born Francis Andrew made contact with us several years ago, and assured us not only that he fully supported the aims and objectives of the Springbok Club, but also that he was a proud neo-Imperialist. A bachelor who has spent the past twenty or so years living in the Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Jordan where he's taught little Arab boys to speak English, there have however proved to be many ambiguities about Mr. Andrew - not least the fact that he is a devout Roman Catholic whilst at the same time still claiming to support the Act of Settlement and the DUP in Northern Ireland!
We initially accepted Mr. Andrew's claims of support at face value, but were absolutely dumbfounded when he subsequently told us that he did not support his own country during the recent War Against Terrorism in Iraq! When we criticised him for his unpatriotic stance in this regard his reaction was to send us a number of insulting and extremely childish e-mails. Quite clearly, therefore, when the crunch came Mr. Andrew decided that his loyalties lay with the societies where he resided rather than with the country which gave him birth.
Although we at first thought that Mr. Andrew was simply a straight-forward traitor who had "conned" us for a number of years, some of his subsequent outpourings tend to suggest that he may suffer from serious psychiatric problems. Inter alia he has claimed to be in contact with Enoch Powell from beyond the grave, and that the great man supports his anti-British stance on Iraq (FACT: Enoch Powell was a lifelong British patriot who voluntarily enlisted in the ranks at the start of WWII), that Iraq is not an Islamic country (FACT: Iraq is 93% Muslim), and that the population of the UK is "12 to 14% ethnic" (FACT: even the biased government 2001 Census only tried to claim that 6.9% of the population was non-White; it has been estimated that a more accurate figure is only 2.8%). Not only does Mr. Andrew apparently possess an extreme hatred for his own country (as demonstrated by his bizarre claim that it is "12 to 14% ethnic"), but he also holds a totally paranoiac hatred for the United States, believing in weird "conspiracy theories" regarding the CIA which would make even the most extreme Leftist proud, and failing to comprehend the seismic shift in policies which take place on the change of US administrations.
So bizarre did many of Mr. Andrew's communications become (involving many wild mood swings) that we eventually asked him to cease all contact - but in spite of these simple requests he continues to bombard us with increasingly deranged and infantile e-mails. Has anyone else been plagued by this wretched man in this way we wonder, and does anyone know anything more about his background? In any case, Mr. Francis Andrew certainly appears to be a character best to be avoided!
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THE CURSE OF SPRINGBOK
In the December 2003 edition of the SCN we exposed the fact that John "Porky" Hiddleston, the original "nominal" editor of "S.A.Patriot" who ran away with significant funds in 1981, had been selected as an official (though happily unsuccessful) UUP candidate for Belfast South during the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections. Our astonishment in this regard, moreover, was magnified by the fact that we knew that "Porky" Hiddleston had for long harboured anti-Semitic sentiments - which were confirmed by the contents of his short-lived "Ulster Watchman" broadsheet.
We have subsequently learnt that "Porky's" disreputable past has now also been exposed by the well-known anti-fascist magazine "Searchlight" - which fully revealed his neo-fascist credentials! Let us hope therefore that this will be the end of this loathsome creature's attempts to enter public life, and that he will crawl back into the sewer from whence he came.
Other troublemakers such as Tuohy, Waring, Scholtz and Andrew should take note!
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Sunday, 11 January 2004
January 2004 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
January 2004 edition
The result of the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections, which saw the DUP emerging as the largest single party, and the overall Unionist vote increasing compared to the overall Nationalist vote, was a highly significant and highly encouraging event. When the subsequent defection of Jeffrey Donaldson and two elected colleagues from the UUP to the DUP is also taken into account then the situation gives even more reason for optimism concerning Ulster's future.
In spite of over three decades of attacks by terrorist scum and weakness on the part of their national leaders, the Ulster people have continued to display their traditional spirit of "No Surrender" and "Not an Inch", which has assured their survival and prosperity over the centuries. It is just a pity that their kith and kin in southern Africa couldn't have displayed the same spirit of defiance and determination when faced by the same twin enemies during the final three decades of the last century, in which case they would undoubtedly still control their own countries to this day.
But it is against the broader picture of worldwide developments that this electoral triumph should be viewed. Following the victory of the pro-monarchy forces in the Australian constitutional referendum, the overwhelming vote by the Gibraltar people to remain British, and perhaps most significantly of all the military triumphs of the Western nations in the War Against Terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq, it shows that the pendulum of world history has well and truly swung, and that the British people around the world - and indeed the West in general - have awoken from their slumber and are now once again defending themselves and asserting their rights and natural position.
The "politically correct" days of the 1990s, and indeed the whole era of appeasement and surrender which typified the post-WWII years, are now a thing of the past. The future for the pan-British people therefore looks both bright and beckoning.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB'S DAY OF THE VOW COMMEMORATIONS
The Springbok Club held what was probably their most successful Day of the Vow commemoration function ever at the end of 2003, when they were extremely honoured to welcome Mr. Andrew Hunter MP as their Guest of Honour. Mr. Hunter is of course the MP for Basingstoke, having been elected for the Conservative Party, though now sitting as an Independent Conservative following his decision to contest the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections on behalf of the DUP, where he was only narrowly defeated in the Lagan Valley constituency. As well as being a good friend of Ulster he has also proved to be an extremely good and long-standing friend of South Africa, having sat on both the British-South Africa and the British-Bophuthatswana Parliamentary Groups. In his riveting speech Mr. Hunter recounted his own experiences from his many visits to South Africa, and told of the inspiration which he had gained both from the Battle of Blood River and from his trips to the Voortrekker Memorial in Pretoria.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB ACTIVITIES
The Springbok Club's 2004 AGM will be held on Saturday 17 January, and all fully paid-up members will have been informed of the precise details by now.
Unfortunately the Springbok Club's planned trip to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol during February has now had to be postponed until June. An alternative event for February involving a most interesting high-profile guest speaker is at the moment being finalised, and full details will be given in February's SCN.
On 21 April the Springbok Club will be joining forces with the London Swinton Circle and a number of other patriotic organisations to host a meeting to be addressed by Philip Benwell MBE, the Chairman of the "Australian Constitutional Monarchy League".
In May the Springbok Club will be holding their annual Empire Day Buffet, at which a prominent academic will be the Guest of Honour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH ACTIVITIES
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club will be staging a trip to the Zulu War “Special Living History Event” at the Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham, to which all friends and supporters are invited to join them. Details are as follows:-
Date : Saturday 24th January 2004
Venue : The Royal Engineers Museum, Prince Arthur Road, Gillingham, Kent
Time : Assemble in the main foyer at approximately 12.00 noon.
[ There will be a charge of £5.00 to enter the museum (concession charge of £2.50), which of course should be paid directly to the museum on the day. If, however, a party of 10 or more is present then a group discount can be negotiated.]
This event is being staged to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, and will include a re-enactment of the drill and weaponry of the time by “The Die Hards” historical re-enactment society, models and dioramas by the Gravesham (Gravesend) Military Modelling Society, artefacts, militaria, films and sounds, and talks and discussions by experts on the Battles of Rorke’s Drift, Isandhlwana and Ulundi.
After the visit to the museum a convivial informal get-together will take place at the near-by King George V pub in Old Brompton (opposite the Main Gate and church of Chatham Historical Dockyard).
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On Saturday 1st March the Chilterns Branch of the Springbok Club will be celebrating St. David's Day with an informal pub-gathering in High Wycombe.
Following a very pleasant and successful Yuletide social gathering shortly prior to the New Year, the London (Capital) Branch of the Springbok Club are planning a river trip along the Thames at Richmond during the spring.
Both the Northern Ireland and Sussex Branches of the Springbok Club are planning official inaugural meetings during the next few months. If you live in either of these two areas and would like to become actively involved then please let us know. Contact the usual address, namely: springbok@falklands.org
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NEW SPRINGBOK CLUB DETAILS
The Springbok Club is pleased to announce that it now has a new and shorter domain name for its web-site, namely :-
http://www.springbokclub.co.uk
Please try to circulate this new address as widely as possible.
The Springbok Club now also has its own distinct bank account, so all future payments and donations should be made payable to "The Springbok Club". All subscriptions and contributions to the magazine "S.A.Patriot-in-Exile" should however continue to be made payable to "Patriotic Press" at BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE EVENTS
The London Swinton Circle was most privileged to welcome Mr. Roger Gale MP, the Conservative MP for Thanet North, as their guest speaker in December. In a most enthralling address Mr. Gale, who was formerly a BBC producer, did not so much dwell upon the problems facing the country, but rather gave tips and advice about how Conservatives at grass-roots level could counteract these problems, particularly through media contact.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows:-
Date : Wednesday 4th February 2004
Time : 18.45 hrs for 19.00 hrs
Venue : The McMillan Room, Portcullis House, Westminster, London SW1
Guest Speaker : Sir Teddy Taylor MP
Sir Teddy Taylor is the MP for Rochford and Southend East. Born and educated in Glasgow, he was a former Minister in the Scottish Office, and is one of the most prominent Euro-sceptics in Parliament, having been one of the rebels who voted against the financial provisions of the Maastricht Treaty which almost brought down the Major Government.
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HOME BILTONG MAKERS
Biltongmakers.Com! runs a monthly competition which is free for anyone to enter. There are some great prizes to be won each month. Some of the prizes during the last couple of months have included a Skottel Braai, Biltongmakers, Barbecue Utensil sets and Potjies!
To enter please go to: www.biltongmakers.com and follow the competition link!
Biltongmakers.Com! have created a special order page just for subscribers to the SCN at:-
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RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
The Rhodesian on-line Store supplies Rhodesian and South African flags (full, mid-size and table-top) CDs including Wrex Tarr, John Edmonds and many more, and other Rhodesiana.
Based in Canada, their web-site can be accessed at: www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
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BOOK OFFERS
The Springbok Club is now retailing copies of the book "AFRICA PAR ADVENTURE", an anthology of African stories edited by Peter Ward. The book is priced at £14.95 per copy, plus 20% for p.& p. (though copies may be collected at Springbok Club activities for no extra cost.) Payments should be made payable to "The Springbok Club" and forwarded to: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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"GOODBYE OZ CULTURE" is a well illustrated and easy to read expose of what politicians have done to the Australia we loved as a homogeneous and peaceful society. Many of our suburbs have now lost all semblance of being "Australian". Meanwhile the families of servicemen have been threatened by strangers in our midst, we now need an army in the rear to protect the backs of our troops.
Price Aus $12.00 including postage. Send to: Nick Maine, 2/30 Holland Court, Broadbeach Waters, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4218, Australia - or e-mail: nmaine@optusnet.com.au
[Nick Maine's earlier book "HEY! WAIT FOR ME", an account of his army experiences during WWII, is shortly to be re-published. Contact him direct for more details.]
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"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.
For more information visit Trisha's web-site at:-
www.youngarizonarealestate.com
or you can order a copy of the book directly from the publishers at www.publishamerica.com - in the "search" sector, type in the title "Way out of Line" or "Trisha Jackson". NOTE: It is case sensitive and you should not include quote marks. You may also order by phone at 877 333-7422
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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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Margaret Peach (nee Pearce) was born in Pietermaritzburg and spent her early years on a farm at Winterton in Natal. After completing her training and travelling around Europe she accepted a nursing post in 1960 at Kariba Hospital in what was then Southern Rhodesia. There she met and married Tinkey Haslam, one of the game wardens involved in "Operation Noah", which was a huge exercise in nature conservation, rescuing animals as the waters of the Zambezi began to fill up the massive newly-constructed Kariba Dam.
"MY PLACE IN THE SUN" is written very much from the perspective of a resourceful wife and mother who was closely involved in life out in the bush at a critical and interesting time in the history of this particular part of Africa. Her account of the triumphs, tragedies and daily incidents takes the reader through twenty years of a somewhat nomadic existence in a wild and beautiful country which, for most of the time, was going through a period of great unreast. It is even more poignant to read about it today in the context of the current political situation in Zimbabwe.
"MY PLACE IN THE SUN" is priced £6.99 (plus £1.50 for postage) and can be ordered from: Jennifer Barclay-Coulder, 62 Westfields Avenue, Barnes, London SW13 0AU, or e-mail: polyphrenos@ukonline.co.uk
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"BETRAYAL IN HIGH PLACES" by James Mackay.
271 pages, some illustrations.
Softback £5.00 including P.& P. (r.r.p. £10.00)
The compelling story of what really happened in a defeated Japan following the end of World War II.
Merchant seaman James Mackay, whilst travelling in the east, started to hear stories of massacres and other atrocities committed by Japanese forces, not just against enemy troops, but against innocent civilian populations. His subsequent investigations revealed reluctance amongst Allied governments to discuss these incidents that seemed to amount almost to a cover-up. Why would the Allies want to overlook the crimes of a former enemy, especially when the leadership of another former enemy was being liquidated at Nuremburg?
Using his own research, as well as material prepared by Australian Army war crimes investigator Capt. J.G. Goodwin, Mackay exposes the cover-up and names the guilty.
Not only were the Japanese keen to sweep the past under the carpet, but the US government of the time also had its own reasons for preserving the political and industrial elite in Japan. A provocative book, which calls into question the morality of US policy towards Japan after WWII.
Payment can be made by credit or debit card. To order on line, log onto www.paypal.com and enter postmaster@gcartwright.demon.co.uk as payment destination.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.62 : Mr. DARREN COPELAND, Mr. MARK SLEEMAN and Ms. HEATHER TAYLOR
Recently three pieces of correspondence sent to supporters in the UK have been returned to us as all the people in question have evidently moved. As two of these were as a result of e-mail addresses also becoming obsolete we now therefore have no means of being able to contact them. We would like to keep them all updated about events and developments however, so if anyone could inform us of their new whereabouts we would be most grateful. The three people involved are:-
a) Mr. DARREN COPELAND, formerly of Ashdown Road, Worthing, Sussex (no known e-mail address).
b) Mr. MARK SLEEMAN, formerly of Sussex Place, Hyde Park, London W2 (e-mail: majiba@aol.com), and
c) Ms. HEATHER TAYLOR, formerly of Wood Street, Chelmsford, Essex (e-mail: HeatherTaylor5@activemail.co.uk)
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
A supporter from Canada has recently drawn our attention to an excellent web-site run by the "Empire Club of Canada Foundation". This contains a complete database of speeches made to the "Empire Club of Canada" over the past 100 years by some of the most famous names from throughout the British Empire and the United States. This site can be accessed at :-
http://www.empireclubfoundation.com
Once there 'click' on "speeches" and select the topic which you would like to search for. Of particular interest, of course, are those on the subject of the British Empire, with that delivered by Lieut. H. Gladstone Hill having been specifically recommended to us.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
END OF THE RAINBOW
Sir,
But you might be interested in the following item :-
South Africa: Beyond Democracy (Intelligence Analysis for: 2003-2010)
The following document was produced by Dr Jan du Plessis a geostrategic analyst in Pretoria. I attended a conference in Pretoria in September 2003, where Dr du Plessis presented a most fascinating analysis of where he believes South Africa is going in the next ten years.
These documents below are open source documents from Dr du Plessis. As you will see, these are proper analyses aimed at management of companies who are in South Africa, or who may wish to invest here. These documents describe the major forces which Dr du Plessis believes will drive South Africa in the next decade.
The reason he calls this "Beyond Democracy" is because the major forces now taking control of South Africa are things which cannot be controlled at the ballot box any more.
Among the interesting things he told during his talk were the following :-
o AIDS is killing teachers faster than they are being trained
o 400,000 people out of 44 million pay 65% of the total taxes in the country
o AIDS killed 600,000 South Africans in 2002 and is expected to kill 700,000 in 2004.
The full series of documents can be read in HTML or downloaded in PDF format at this link:-
http://www.africancrisis.org/InSearch01.asp
Yours etc.,
Jan Lamprecht, Randburg, Transvaal.
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FILM CIRCLE
Sir,
I went to the London Film Festival on October 28 and saw two documentaries, one after the other. The first was titled "Rhodesia Countdown", made in the late 1960s, and anti-Smith. The second was called "Zimbabwe Countdown", made recently, and anti-Mugabe. Both were made by Michael Readman who said that Zimbabwe was now in a "catastrophic state". He went on to say "Whatever Rhodesia's faults - I wouldn't have voted RF before 1977 - it did at least function!". What was that about a sinner who repenteth?
By the way, you'll be surprised(!) to know that he's found it difficult to get his new film shown in South Africa. SABC's been told not to show anything anti-Mugabe. I also expect you've heard the news from Namibia - or Zimbabwe Mark-2?
Yours etc.,
Mark Taylor, London, UK.
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ROGUES GALLERY
We are most grateful to the supporter who sent us an article from the "Sunday Times" confirming that the rumours which we reported in the October 2003 edition of the SCN about Mr. Carl Werth joining the ANC were correct.
As we remarked on that occasion, Werth becomes the second former leading member of the Conservative Party to throw in his lot with the ANC, following the earlier revelation that former CP journalist Arthur Kemp was now aligned to the ANC. It is not known whether Werth and Kemp are directly connected in their defections, although they were both top English-speaking personalities in the CP at the same time during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and it is believed that they were in close contact at that time.
It was of course in the March 2000 edition of the SCN that we first exposed young Mr. Kemp's association with the ANC-controlled "new" South African security service in an article titled "The Plot Thickens", although it subsequently transpired that this revelation had earlier been reported in the "Mail & Guardian"! This resulted in a quite hysterical and paranoid reaction from young Mr. Kemp, in which he tried to smear one leading member of the Springbok Club with a number of easily disprovable lies.
At the time we were uncertain how young Mr. Kemp had become aware of this article as he was not on the SCN circulation list, but it was subsequently revealed that his source was an obscure Swedish individual by the name of Tommy Ryden, who was at the time on our circulation list, and who evidently was a close confident of young Mr. Kemp.
Ryden subsequently started circulating the same pathetic smears as Kemp, although he had never met the Springbok Club member in question, neither did he know anything about him!
We heard the rumour that Ryden had a criminal conviction in Sweden, though at the time we knew no details. A number of Swedish supporters have recently told us a few more facts about this Ryden character however, who is described as coming from "Planet Pluto". Evidently he did serve a prison sentence in Sweden for libel of a racial nature (whatever that might mean?), but in view of the very liberal nature of Swedish society it must have been something very extreme which Ryden had written in order to merit a prison sentence!
We wonder if the ANC hierarchy are aware of the weird and unsavoury nature of the overseas contacts of their new apparatchiks?
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OBITUARY
MAURICE OWEN
It was with great sadness that we recently learnt of the death of Maurice Owen.
Maurice Owen was a former Natal Heavyweight Amateur Boxing champion, and after he retired from the ring became a renowned Boxing promoter, as well as running his own highly successful floor and wall tiling business in Durban. He was also a keen patron of the turf, and owned several race-horses.
Maurice was also a great South African patriot. He became actively involved in the Conservative Party and the Patriotic Forum during the late 1980s, and was also a greatly popular and much respected member of the Durban Parliamentary Debating Society, where he was elected "State President" in 1990.
Alas the demise of South Africa had a bad effect upon him, and his aim was constantly to be able to leave the country, but unfortunately his business commitments always prevented this. He was greatly encouraged to learn of the growing success of the Springbok Club, and was in regular written contact with S.A.Patriot-in-Exile magazine until a few years ago, when failing health alas meant that he was no longer able to correspond.
We extend our sincerest condolences to his wife Barbara and to the rest of his family. His memory will however live on, and will encourage us to re-double our efforts for the patriotic cause which he so believed in during the years to come.
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January 2004 edition
The result of the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections, which saw the DUP emerging as the largest single party, and the overall Unionist vote increasing compared to the overall Nationalist vote, was a highly significant and highly encouraging event. When the subsequent defection of Jeffrey Donaldson and two elected colleagues from the UUP to the DUP is also taken into account then the situation gives even more reason for optimism concerning Ulster's future.
In spite of over three decades of attacks by terrorist scum and weakness on the part of their national leaders, the Ulster people have continued to display their traditional spirit of "No Surrender" and "Not an Inch", which has assured their survival and prosperity over the centuries. It is just a pity that their kith and kin in southern Africa couldn't have displayed the same spirit of defiance and determination when faced by the same twin enemies during the final three decades of the last century, in which case they would undoubtedly still control their own countries to this day.
But it is against the broader picture of worldwide developments that this electoral triumph should be viewed. Following the victory of the pro-monarchy forces in the Australian constitutional referendum, the overwhelming vote by the Gibraltar people to remain British, and perhaps most significantly of all the military triumphs of the Western nations in the War Against Terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq, it shows that the pendulum of world history has well and truly swung, and that the British people around the world - and indeed the West in general - have awoken from their slumber and are now once again defending themselves and asserting their rights and natural position.
The "politically correct" days of the 1990s, and indeed the whole era of appeasement and surrender which typified the post-WWII years, are now a thing of the past. The future for the pan-British people therefore looks both bright and beckoning.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB'S DAY OF THE VOW COMMEMORATIONS
The Springbok Club held what was probably their most successful Day of the Vow commemoration function ever at the end of 2003, when they were extremely honoured to welcome Mr. Andrew Hunter MP as their Guest of Honour. Mr. Hunter is of course the MP for Basingstoke, having been elected for the Conservative Party, though now sitting as an Independent Conservative following his decision to contest the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections on behalf of the DUP, where he was only narrowly defeated in the Lagan Valley constituency. As well as being a good friend of Ulster he has also proved to be an extremely good and long-standing friend of South Africa, having sat on both the British-South Africa and the British-Bophuthatswana Parliamentary Groups. In his riveting speech Mr. Hunter recounted his own experiences from his many visits to South Africa, and told of the inspiration which he had gained both from the Battle of Blood River and from his trips to the Voortrekker Memorial in Pretoria.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB ACTIVITIES
The Springbok Club's 2004 AGM will be held on Saturday 17 January, and all fully paid-up members will have been informed of the precise details by now.
Unfortunately the Springbok Club's planned trip to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol during February has now had to be postponed until June. An alternative event for February involving a most interesting high-profile guest speaker is at the moment being finalised, and full details will be given in February's SCN.
On 21 April the Springbok Club will be joining forces with the London Swinton Circle and a number of other patriotic organisations to host a meeting to be addressed by Philip Benwell MBE, the Chairman of the "Australian Constitutional Monarchy League".
In May the Springbok Club will be holding their annual Empire Day Buffet, at which a prominent academic will be the Guest of Honour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH ACTIVITIES
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club will be staging a trip to the Zulu War “Special Living History Event” at the Royal Engineers Museum in Gillingham, to which all friends and supporters are invited to join them. Details are as follows:-
Date : Saturday 24th January 2004
Venue : The Royal Engineers Museum, Prince Arthur Road, Gillingham, Kent
Time : Assemble in the main foyer at approximately 12.00 noon.
[ There will be a charge of £5.00 to enter the museum (concession charge of £2.50), which of course should be paid directly to the museum on the day. If, however, a party of 10 or more is present then a group discount can be negotiated.]
This event is being staged to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, and will include a re-enactment of the drill and weaponry of the time by “The Die Hards” historical re-enactment society, models and dioramas by the Gravesham (Gravesend) Military Modelling Society, artefacts, militaria, films and sounds, and talks and discussions by experts on the Battles of Rorke’s Drift, Isandhlwana and Ulundi.
After the visit to the museum a convivial informal get-together will take place at the near-by King George V pub in Old Brompton (opposite the Main Gate and church of Chatham Historical Dockyard).
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On Saturday 1st March the Chilterns Branch of the Springbok Club will be celebrating St. David's Day with an informal pub-gathering in High Wycombe.
Following a very pleasant and successful Yuletide social gathering shortly prior to the New Year, the London (Capital) Branch of the Springbok Club are planning a river trip along the Thames at Richmond during the spring.
Both the Northern Ireland and Sussex Branches of the Springbok Club are planning official inaugural meetings during the next few months. If you live in either of these two areas and would like to become actively involved then please let us know. Contact the usual address, namely: springbok@falklands.org
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NEW SPRINGBOK CLUB DETAILS
The Springbok Club is pleased to announce that it now has a new and shorter domain name for its web-site, namely :-
http://www.springbokclub.co.uk
Please try to circulate this new address as widely as possible.
The Springbok Club now also has its own distinct bank account, so all future payments and donations should be made payable to "The Springbok Club". All subscriptions and contributions to the magazine "S.A.Patriot-in-Exile" should however continue to be made payable to "Patriotic Press" at BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE EVENTS
The London Swinton Circle was most privileged to welcome Mr. Roger Gale MP, the Conservative MP for Thanet North, as their guest speaker in December. In a most enthralling address Mr. Gale, who was formerly a BBC producer, did not so much dwell upon the problems facing the country, but rather gave tips and advice about how Conservatives at grass-roots level could counteract these problems, particularly through media contact.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows:-
Date : Wednesday 4th February 2004
Time : 18.45 hrs for 19.00 hrs
Venue : The McMillan Room, Portcullis House, Westminster, London SW1
Guest Speaker : Sir Teddy Taylor MP
Sir Teddy Taylor is the MP for Rochford and Southend East. Born and educated in Glasgow, he was a former Minister in the Scottish Office, and is one of the most prominent Euro-sceptics in Parliament, having been one of the rebels who voted against the financial provisions of the Maastricht Treaty which almost brought down the Major Government.
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HOME BILTONG MAKERS
Biltongmakers.Com! runs a monthly competition which is free for anyone to enter. There are some great prizes to be won each month. Some of the prizes during the last couple of months have included a Skottel Braai, Biltongmakers, Barbecue Utensil sets and Potjies!
To enter please go to: www.biltongmakers.com and follow the competition link!
Biltongmakers.Com! have created a special order page just for subscribers to the SCN at:-
http://www.biltongmakers.com/biltong09_sc_orderplacing.html
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RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
The Rhodesian on-line Store supplies Rhodesian and South African flags (full, mid-size and table-top) CDs including Wrex Tarr, John Edmonds and many more, and other Rhodesiana.
Based in Canada, their web-site can be accessed at: www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
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BOOK OFFERS
The Springbok Club is now retailing copies of the book "AFRICA PAR ADVENTURE", an anthology of African stories edited by Peter Ward. The book is priced at £14.95 per copy, plus 20% for p.& p. (though copies may be collected at Springbok Club activities for no extra cost.) Payments should be made payable to "The Springbok Club" and forwarded to: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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"GOODBYE OZ CULTURE" is a well illustrated and easy to read expose of what politicians have done to the Australia we loved as a homogeneous and peaceful society. Many of our suburbs have now lost all semblance of being "Australian". Meanwhile the families of servicemen have been threatened by strangers in our midst, we now need an army in the rear to protect the backs of our troops.
Price Aus $12.00 including postage. Send to: Nick Maine, 2/30 Holland Court, Broadbeach Waters, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4218, Australia - or e-mail: nmaine@optusnet.com.au
[Nick Maine's earlier book "HEY! WAIT FOR ME", an account of his army experiences during WWII, is shortly to be re-published. Contact him direct for more details.]
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"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.
For more information visit Trisha's web-site at:-
www.youngarizonarealestate.com
or you can order a copy of the book directly from the publishers at www.publishamerica.com - in the "search" sector, type in the title "Way out of Line" or "Trisha Jackson". NOTE: It is case sensitive and you should not include quote marks. You may also order by phone at 877 333-7422
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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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Margaret Peach (nee Pearce) was born in Pietermaritzburg and spent her early years on a farm at Winterton in Natal. After completing her training and travelling around Europe she accepted a nursing post in 1960 at Kariba Hospital in what was then Southern Rhodesia. There she met and married Tinkey Haslam, one of the game wardens involved in "Operation Noah", which was a huge exercise in nature conservation, rescuing animals as the waters of the Zambezi began to fill up the massive newly-constructed Kariba Dam.
"MY PLACE IN THE SUN" is written very much from the perspective of a resourceful wife and mother who was closely involved in life out in the bush at a critical and interesting time in the history of this particular part of Africa. Her account of the triumphs, tragedies and daily incidents takes the reader through twenty years of a somewhat nomadic existence in a wild and beautiful country which, for most of the time, was going through a period of great unreast. It is even more poignant to read about it today in the context of the current political situation in Zimbabwe.
"MY PLACE IN THE SUN" is priced £6.99 (plus £1.50 for postage) and can be ordered from: Jennifer Barclay-Coulder, 62 Westfields Avenue, Barnes, London SW13 0AU, or e-mail: polyphrenos@ukonline.co.uk
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"BETRAYAL IN HIGH PLACES" by James Mackay.
271 pages, some illustrations.
Softback £5.00 including P.& P. (r.r.p. £10.00)
The compelling story of what really happened in a defeated Japan following the end of World War II.
Merchant seaman James Mackay, whilst travelling in the east, started to hear stories of massacres and other atrocities committed by Japanese forces, not just against enemy troops, but against innocent civilian populations. His subsequent investigations revealed reluctance amongst Allied governments to discuss these incidents that seemed to amount almost to a cover-up. Why would the Allies want to overlook the crimes of a former enemy, especially when the leadership of another former enemy was being liquidated at Nuremburg?
Using his own research, as well as material prepared by Australian Army war crimes investigator Capt. J.G. Goodwin, Mackay exposes the cover-up and names the guilty.
Not only were the Japanese keen to sweep the past under the carpet, but the US government of the time also had its own reasons for preserving the political and industrial elite in Japan. A provocative book, which calls into question the morality of US policy towards Japan after WWII.
Payment can be made by credit or debit card. To order on line, log onto www.paypal.com and enter postmaster@gcartwright.demon.co.uk as payment destination.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.62 : Mr. DARREN COPELAND, Mr. MARK SLEEMAN and Ms. HEATHER TAYLOR
Recently three pieces of correspondence sent to supporters in the UK have been returned to us as all the people in question have evidently moved. As two of these were as a result of e-mail addresses also becoming obsolete we now therefore have no means of being able to contact them. We would like to keep them all updated about events and developments however, so if anyone could inform us of their new whereabouts we would be most grateful. The three people involved are:-
a) Mr. DARREN COPELAND, formerly of Ashdown Road, Worthing, Sussex (no known e-mail address).
b) Mr. MARK SLEEMAN, formerly of Sussex Place, Hyde Park, London W2 (e-mail: majiba@aol.com), and
c) Ms. HEATHER TAYLOR, formerly of Wood Street, Chelmsford, Essex (e-mail: HeatherTaylor5@activemail.co.uk)
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
A supporter from Canada has recently drawn our attention to an excellent web-site run by the "Empire Club of Canada Foundation". This contains a complete database of speeches made to the "Empire Club of Canada" over the past 100 years by some of the most famous names from throughout the British Empire and the United States. This site can be accessed at :-
http://www.empireclubfoundation.com
Once there 'click' on "speeches" and select the topic which you would like to search for. Of particular interest, of course, are those on the subject of the British Empire, with that delivered by Lieut. H. Gladstone Hill having been specifically recommended to us.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
END OF THE RAINBOW
Sir,
But you might be interested in the following item :-
South Africa: Beyond Democracy (Intelligence Analysis for: 2003-2010)
The following document was produced by Dr Jan du Plessis a geostrategic analyst in Pretoria. I attended a conference in Pretoria in September 2003, where Dr du Plessis presented a most fascinating analysis of where he believes South Africa is going in the next ten years.
These documents below are open source documents from Dr du Plessis. As you will see, these are proper analyses aimed at management of companies who are in South Africa, or who may wish to invest here. These documents describe the major forces which Dr du Plessis believes will drive South Africa in the next decade.
The reason he calls this "Beyond Democracy" is because the major forces now taking control of South Africa are things which cannot be controlled at the ballot box any more.
Among the interesting things he told during his talk were the following :-
o AIDS is killing teachers faster than they are being trained
o 400,000 people out of 44 million pay 65% of the total taxes in the country
o AIDS killed 600,000 South Africans in 2002 and is expected to kill 700,000 in 2004.
The full series of documents can be read in HTML or downloaded in PDF format at this link:-
http://www.africancrisis.org/InSearch01.asp
Yours etc.,
Jan Lamprecht, Randburg, Transvaal.
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FILM CIRCLE
Sir,
I went to the London Film Festival on October 28 and saw two documentaries, one after the other. The first was titled "Rhodesia Countdown", made in the late 1960s, and anti-Smith. The second was called "Zimbabwe Countdown", made recently, and anti-Mugabe. Both were made by Michael Readman who said that Zimbabwe was now in a "catastrophic state". He went on to say "Whatever Rhodesia's faults - I wouldn't have voted RF before 1977 - it did at least function!". What was that about a sinner who repenteth?
By the way, you'll be surprised(!) to know that he's found it difficult to get his new film shown in South Africa. SABC's been told not to show anything anti-Mugabe. I also expect you've heard the news from Namibia - or Zimbabwe Mark-2?
Yours etc.,
Mark Taylor, London, UK.
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ROGUES GALLERY
We are most grateful to the supporter who sent us an article from the "Sunday Times" confirming that the rumours which we reported in the October 2003 edition of the SCN about Mr. Carl Werth joining the ANC were correct.
As we remarked on that occasion, Werth becomes the second former leading member of the Conservative Party to throw in his lot with the ANC, following the earlier revelation that former CP journalist Arthur Kemp was now aligned to the ANC. It is not known whether Werth and Kemp are directly connected in their defections, although they were both top English-speaking personalities in the CP at the same time during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and it is believed that they were in close contact at that time.
It was of course in the March 2000 edition of the SCN that we first exposed young Mr. Kemp's association with the ANC-controlled "new" South African security service in an article titled "The Plot Thickens", although it subsequently transpired that this revelation had earlier been reported in the "Mail & Guardian"! This resulted in a quite hysterical and paranoid reaction from young Mr. Kemp, in which he tried to smear one leading member of the Springbok Club with a number of easily disprovable lies.
At the time we were uncertain how young Mr. Kemp had become aware of this article as he was not on the SCN circulation list, but it was subsequently revealed that his source was an obscure Swedish individual by the name of Tommy Ryden, who was at the time on our circulation list, and who evidently was a close confident of young Mr. Kemp.
Ryden subsequently started circulating the same pathetic smears as Kemp, although he had never met the Springbok Club member in question, neither did he know anything about him!
We heard the rumour that Ryden had a criminal conviction in Sweden, though at the time we knew no details. A number of Swedish supporters have recently told us a few more facts about this Ryden character however, who is described as coming from "Planet Pluto". Evidently he did serve a prison sentence in Sweden for libel of a racial nature (whatever that might mean?), but in view of the very liberal nature of Swedish society it must have been something very extreme which Ryden had written in order to merit a prison sentence!
We wonder if the ANC hierarchy are aware of the weird and unsavoury nature of the overseas contacts of their new apparatchiks?
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OBITUARY
MAURICE OWEN
It was with great sadness that we recently learnt of the death of Maurice Owen.
Maurice Owen was a former Natal Heavyweight Amateur Boxing champion, and after he retired from the ring became a renowned Boxing promoter, as well as running his own highly successful floor and wall tiling business in Durban. He was also a keen patron of the turf, and owned several race-horses.
Maurice was also a great South African patriot. He became actively involved in the Conservative Party and the Patriotic Forum during the late 1980s, and was also a greatly popular and much respected member of the Durban Parliamentary Debating Society, where he was elected "State President" in 1990.
Alas the demise of South Africa had a bad effect upon him, and his aim was constantly to be able to leave the country, but unfortunately his business commitments always prevented this. He was greatly encouraged to learn of the growing success of the Springbok Club, and was in regular written contact with S.A.Patriot-in-Exile magazine until a few years ago, when failing health alas meant that he was no longer able to correspond.
We extend our sincerest condolences to his wife Barbara and to the rest of his family. His memory will however live on, and will encourage us to re-double our efforts for the patriotic cause which he so believed in during the years to come.
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Monday, 8 December 2003
December 2003 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
December 2003 edition
South Africa's poor performance in the recent Rugby World Cup came as no great surprise.
The blame for this should not however be pinned upon Rudi Straeuli's notorious and bizarre "Kamp Staaldraad" boot-camp training methods, but more because of the rapid decline of South Africa as a nation and society.
The complete breakdown of law and order and infrastructure in South Africa has not only caused massive and increasing emigration from the country, particularly among the young, but has also meant that great dangers entail from merely venturing out of "fortress" homes at night, even to attend training sessions. As a result the potential "pool" of world-class players for the Springbok squad has diminished significantly.
From the dizzy heights of being World Cup winners (albeit controversially) on home soil in 1995, South Africa were eliminated in the semi-finals in 1999, and only reached the quarter-finals this year. In future competitions they will probably fare even more badly.
This is no idle speculation. Both South-West Africa and Rhodesia (when playing as provinces in the Currie Cup competition during the good old days) always fared well against visiting national touring sides. In this year's World Cup competition, however, SWA (now forced to play under the nomenclature of "Namibia") were slaughtered 142-0 by Australia. "Zimbabwe", moreover, didn't even qualify for the finals, losing out to such other traditional rugby powers as Georgia and Uruguay. South Africa's decline may not be so pronounced, but even so in the long-run is inevitable.
The only way by which the Springboks can return to rugby's elite is by the restoration of civilised rule in the country - but of course there are other far more important reasons apart from sporting excellence why this is essential.
Meanwhile President Chirac of France had the gall to claim that England's magnificent triumph in the competition was somehow "a victory for Europe". It was of course no such thing, but just as in all other Rugby World Cup competitions a victory for the British Commonwealth. If France had somehow beaten England in the semi-final then President Chirac should be assured that the vast majority of British rugby fans would have supported their Commonwealth brothers Australia in the final, rather than the French!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB UDI DAY DINNER
This year's Springbok Club UDI Day Dinner proved to be an encouragingly successful occasion, with a high turnout and a most enjoyable atmosphere. The Guest of Honour, former Rhodesian cabinet minister the Hon. W. Denis Walker, gave an interesting and well-received after-dinner speach in which he outlined how he first became involved in Rhodesian politics and entered Parliament, and went on to tell something about his ongoing work for the Rhodesian cause through such organisations as the "Rhodesian Christian Group" and the "Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Relief Fund". Special thanks are due to Jim Sinclair who produced and presented a signed framed picture of the Hon. Ian Douglas Smith to Denis Walker, Joan Simpson who organised a magnificent bouquet of flowers for Mrs. Jill Walker, and Mike Harrison-Graeme who took a series of photographs of the event, one of which now appears on the Springbok Club web-site.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB'S DAY OF THE VOW COMMEMORATIONS
The Springbok Club will be holding its annual Day of Vow celebrations on the actual anniversary of the Battle of Blood River this year, December 16th, and are most honoured to be able to welcome as Guest of Honour Mr. Andrew Hunter MP. The details of this event are as follows:-
Date : Tuesday 16th December 2003
Times : Assemble from 17.30 hrs onwards, main activities to start at approx. 19.15 hrs.
Venue : The CLARENCE (the upstairs Function Room), 4 Dover Street, Mayfair, London W1 (just off Piccadilly - nearest underground station: Green Park).
Andrew Hunter has represented Basingstoke in Parliament since 1983, being elected for the Conservative Party, though now sitting as an Independent Conservative. He contested the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections on behalf of the Democratic Unionist Party, only narrowly failing to gain a seat in the Lagan Valley constituency. As well as being a good friend of Ulster he has also proved to be a good and long-standing friend of South Africa, having sat on both the British-South Africa and the British-Bophuthatswana Parliamentary Groups.
A splendid array of buffet-snacks will be provided at this function, and admission charges will be £5.00 per head for Life, Honorary and Full Members of the Springbok Club, £7.50 per head for Associate Members, and £10.00 per head for non-members. Although payment may be made on the night, it would help to gauge numbers if all those interested in attending could let this be known in advance. This can be done either by writing to: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, or by ‘phoning: 07711-188430. [All payments for this function should be made payable to "Patriotic Press".]
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB ACTIVITIES
The Springbok Club's 2004 AGM is due to take place in January, and all fully paid-up members of the organisation will be informed of the precise details in due course.
In February 2004 the Springbok Club will be staging a visit to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol, probably over the weekend of 8th February. This will be a weekend activity for all those who are interested, and for overnight accommodation it is intended to patronise a hotel run by an ex-Rhodesian friend in south Gloucestershire.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH ACTIVITIES
The London Branch of the Springbok Club is planning an informal Yuletide social gathering during the afternoon/early evening of Sunday 28th December. This will take place in the main bar of the Morpeth Arms, 58 Millbank, Westminster, London SW1, and it is anticipated that the visiting U.S. co-ordinator of the Springbok Club, Ferdi Fourie, will be in attendance.
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club is planning a trip to a re-enactment of the Zulu Wars which will be taking place at Brompton Barracks, Gillingham, from 22nd to 25th January 2004. The precise date of the Springbok Club's visit has still to be finalised, but full details will be given in next month's SCN.
The Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club now provide an excellent internet news and commentary service. If you would like to be added to their circulation list then e-mail them at: nispringbokclub@hotmail.com
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE EVENTS
The London Swinton Circle staged three most enlightening meetings last month, which were addressed respectively by John Whittingdale MP (the Shadow Cabinet spokesman for Media, Culture and Sport), the Rt. Hon. John Redwood MP (the former Secretary of State for Wales and Conservative Party leadership contender), and Mr. Nick Seaton (Chairman of the "Campaign for Real Education").
The most significant of these was probably that addressed by John Redwood MP, which was very well attended and illustrated by a "PowerPoint" display (copies of which are available from the LSC on request). Speaking on the theme of "Labour's constitutional vandalism and how to clear up the mess", Mr. Redwood demonstrated that threats to democracy and parliamentary government in the UK did not lie entirely from the European Union, but also from actions initiated by the Blair government, such as the rise of consultants and "spin doctors", the sidelining of Parliament and the growth of "quangos".
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows:-
Date : Monday 8th December
Time : 18.45 hrs for 19.00 hrs
Venue : Room W1, Westminster Hall (enter the Houses of Parliament via the St. Stephen's entrance, then once passed through security turn sharp left into Westminster Hall, where the various committee rooms are situated down a small stairway halfway along the Hall on the left).
Guest Speaker : Mr. Roger Gale MP
Roger Gale is the highly-respected Conservative member for Thanet North, having originally been elected in 1983 (when interestingly he defeated Cherie Blair). A former BBC producer (specialising in children's programmes, and having produced such series's as "Blue Peter"), he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party under Iain Duncan Smith. He sits on the Parliamentary Chairmen's Panel and on the Broadcasting Select Committee, and takes a keen interest in animal welfare, sporting and media affairs. He has a good "Euro-sceptic" voting record, and has twice introduced bills attempting to restore the death penalty.
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CONSERVATIVE MONDAY CLUB MEETING
The Conservative Monday Club staged a most informative meeting last week which was addressed by Gregory Campbell MP, the DUP member for East Londonderry. Mr. Campbell spoke about the implications resulting from the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections, and the significance of the DUP's triumph. His overall attitude was one of great optimism for the future, for, as he emphasised, not only had the DUP emerged as clearly the most dominant party of Unionism, thus putting a halt to Trimble's appeasement of SF/IRA, but also whereas the broad Nationalist vote had declined slightly, the broad Unionist vote had increased substantially.
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To enter please go to: www.biltongmakers.com and follow the competition link!
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RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
The Rhodesian on-line Store supplies Rhodesian and South African flags (full, mid-size and table-top) CDs including Wrex Tarr, John Edmonds and many more, and other Rhodesiana.
Based in Canada, their web-site can be accessed at: www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
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BOOK OFFERS
The Springbok Club is now retailing copies of the book "AFRICA PAR ADVENTURE", an anthology of African stories edited by Peter Ward. The book is priced at £14.95 per copy, plus 20% for p.& p. (though copies may be collected at Springbok Club activities for no extra cost.) Payments should be made payable to "Patriotic Press" and forwarded to: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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"GOODBYE OZ CULTURE" is a well illustrated and easy to read expose of what politicians have done to the Australia we loved as a homogeneous and peaceful society. Many of our suburbs have now lost all semblance of being "Australian". Meanwhile the families of servicemen have been threatened by strangers in our midst, we now need an army in the rear to protect the backs of our troops.
Price Aus $12.00 including postage. Send to: Nick Maine, 2/30 Holland Court, Broadbeach Waters, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4218, Australia - or e-mail: nmaine@optusnet.com.au
[Nick Maine's earlier book "HEY! WAIT FOR ME", an account of his army experiences during WWII, is shortly to be re-published. Contact him direct for more details.]
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"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.
For more information visit Trisha's web-site at:-
www.youngarizonarealestate.com
or you can order a copy of the book directly from the publishers at www.publishamerica.com - in the "search" sector, type in the title "Way out of Line" or "Trisha Jackson". NOTE: It is case sensitive and you should not include quote marks. You may also order by phone at 877 333-7422
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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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Margaret Peach (nee Pearce) was born in Pietermaritzburg and spent her early years on a farm at Winterton in Natal. After completing her training and travelling around Europe she accepted a nursing post in 1960 at Kariba Hospital in what was then Southern Rhodesia. There she met and married Tinkey Haslam, one of the game wardens involved in "Operation Noah", which was a huge exercise in nature conservation, rescuing animals as the waters of the Zambezi began to fill up the massive newly-constructed Kariba Dam.
"MY PLACE IN THE SUN" is written very much from the perspective of a resourceful wife and mother who was closely involved in life out in the bush at a critical and interesting time in the history of this particular part of Africa. Her account of the triumphs, tragedies and daily incidents takes the reader through twenty years of a somewhat nomadic existence in a wild and beautiful country which, for most of the time, was going through a period of great unreast. It is even more poignant to read about it today in the context of the current political situation in Zimbabwe.
"MY PLACE IN THE SUN" is priced £6.99 (plus £1.50 for postage) and can be ordered from: Jennifer Barclay-Coulder, 62 Westfields Avenue, Barnes, London SW13 0AU, or e-mail: polyphrenos@ukonline.co.uk
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Biltong Brother produces top quality, handcrafted biltong. 100% British beef is used, no artificial flavourings or preservatives.
There are 5 types, Traditional, Garlic, Pepper, Hot & Spicy and Ostrich.
To order, just click on:-
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ZIMERICK COLUMN
For Zim it could be the last ditch
When Bob's team takes it's stand on the pitch.
They might lose each wicket
Playing his brand of cricket
To embarrass the son of a bitch.
- Johan Geelvink
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From deep in the heart of Africa to you...
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Made from our tried and tested recipes in both Rhodesia and South Africa since 1965. Now made in the UK from 100% pure British meats, with no glutens or ingredients added, just our own secret blend of spices.
We would love to be of service to you too, so please give us a call on: 01803-380712, e-mail us at : ron@biltong-boereforafrica.co.uk, or visit our web-site at: www.biltong-boereforafrica.co.uk
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.61 : Mrs. JENNY TOMS
Jenny Toms came from Bulawayo and was once runner-up in the Miss Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland competition. After the fall of Rhodesia she moved to Natal, where she became active with both the Durban and Ballito/Stanger branches of the "Save Rhodesia Campaign". She was a highly successful P.R. woman, and had a son and two beautiful daughters. A number of people would very much like to know where she and her family members are now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
All those who weren't able to attend any bonfire celebrations this year might be keen to get a bit of the flavour of the festivities by visiting an excellent bonfire photographs web-site which we have been recommended. It can be accessed at:-
www.bonfirepics.cjb.net
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BLACK WAVES
Sir,
Early every weekday morning two minitaxis (the local name for VW Combis) coast silently down the hill to a small thicket of pine trees not far from the nearest houses. The twenty or so Black occupants emerge, and sitting under the trees, devour their substantial breakfasts. They then arise, lock up the minitaxis, and splitting up into ten gangs set to work. Their prey is the many White housewives trying to get their children to school in time. They ring the bell, wield the knocker, then, if the door is not immediately opened, kick it hard. When opened they address the lady of the house in hoarse tones "I'm hungry!", repeated as necessary. The embattled housewife may give them a piece of bread and butter. Then it turns out they are thirsty as well. A glass of water is produced and spurned. They want tea! Contact having been made they now make it known that they want money. The housewife is by now terrified by these primitive louts. Once the money is in their pockets they take their departure without saying thanks or goodbye, and try their luck at the next house.
These Black tramps made their way to civilisation shortly after 1994. Prior to this there was hardly a Black to be seen in the Western Province. Many Whites think they would be better off where they came from. An idle dream brother. 'Here we are and here we stay. If the Whites don't like us so much the better.'
Naturally the situation could not be allowed to remain as it was. Appeals to authority drew the reply that these Blacks were simply exercising their democratic rights. Rights to do what were discreetly veiled. So those residents who could afford it raised huge walls not only in front of their houses but all round. But as Blacks can climb just as well as the marsupials they so closely resemble, great coils of razor-edge wiring had to be placed at the top of the wall. However only about half of the owners can afford such monstrosities as these walls. All the same, many houses once well known for their wonderful gardens are now secured from the public gaze by them.
H.G. Wells once told us that we were living in the best of all possible worlds. It is to be wondered what he would say were he living in it now!
Yours etc.,
Richard Deane, Cape Town.
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HOWARD'S WAY
Sir,
You cannot possibly say that Michael Howard leans towards the Romanian political culture as opposed to the British political culture. Bernat Hecht escaped Romania in the 1930s as it was moving towards totalitarian rule. He believed Britain to be a beacon of freedom in a hostile and dark world. Michael Howard was born in Llanelli in 1941 and has never lived in Romania. He was a candidate for the Tory pary at Liverpool Edgehill in 1966 and 1970, so he has been a conservative for 40 years.
Personally, I have always enjoyed hearing Michael Howard speak and am willing him to give him the benefit of the doubt until proved otherwise. I did lose confidence in IDS myself. His mistakes continued well beyond his first year in office.
Yours etc.,
Allan Robertson, Treasurer, the Springbok Club.
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ROGUES GALLERY
It was with disbelief that we say the name of a certain John Hiddleston appearing as an official candidate for the Ulster Unionist Party in the Belfast South constituency during the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections.
Long-standing subscribers to "S.A.Patriot" will undoubtedly remember Hiddleston's notorious name well. When the magazine was founded by the original "White Rhino Club" in 1980 none of the WRC ExCo members were in a position to take on the editorship officially, either because of their employment positions or because they were slating for South African citizenship. Two de facto editors were appointed however, an Afrikaans gentleman and a British emigrant who had been in South Africa for four years. Hiddleston had only arrived in the country a few weeks earlier, and was known to the British emigrant through their earlier mutual membership of the [British] National Front. At the time the NF had two distinct factions, a democratic wing that the British emigrant belonged to, and a neo-fascist wing that it transpired Hiddleston was associated with. As Hiddleston had previously been editor of the NF's Northern Ireland magazine "The British Ulsterman" he was therefore approached to become the nominal editor of "S.A.Patriot", a position which he readily accepted. Would-be power soon went to Hiddleston's head however. He unilaterally opened up a separate bank account for the magazine, with himself as sole signatory, independent of the WRC, which caused many misgivings. He also started to try to influence editorial decisions, becoming an "instant expert" in South African affairs after only being in the country for a few short months! Matters came to a head, however, when he bretrayed his neo-fascist sympathies by advocating that anti-Semitic items should be included in the magazine, an idea which was of course vetoed by the others on the editorial board. Shortly after this Hiddleston mysteriously disappeared down to Cape Town - and immeditately withdrew all of the magazine's funds from the bank account for his own personal use! To make matters worse he even issued a "bouncing" cheque to the magazine's printers! "S.A.Patriot" of course managed to survive this disaster, but Hiddleston sinisterly re-appeared in Durban a couple of years later, and attempted (unsuccessfully) to cause yet more troubles for the magazine.
It might be supposed that Hiddleston could have matured and moderated his views over the years, but we have recently learnt that he now edits a broadsheet called the "The Ulster Watchman" which has clear anti-Semitic undertones, albeit in the guise of anti-Israelism.
Quite clearly, therefore, the UUP's vetting processes must be non-existent, and they must be scrapping the bottom of the barrel if they are prepared to adopt a proven scumbag such as Hiddleston as one of their candidates. We advise all readers who may have any relevant contacts or influence to make these facts about Hiddleston's disreputable past known as widely as possible.
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December 2003 edition
South Africa's poor performance in the recent Rugby World Cup came as no great surprise.
The blame for this should not however be pinned upon Rudi Straeuli's notorious and bizarre "Kamp Staaldraad" boot-camp training methods, but more because of the rapid decline of South Africa as a nation and society.
The complete breakdown of law and order and infrastructure in South Africa has not only caused massive and increasing emigration from the country, particularly among the young, but has also meant that great dangers entail from merely venturing out of "fortress" homes at night, even to attend training sessions. As a result the potential "pool" of world-class players for the Springbok squad has diminished significantly.
From the dizzy heights of being World Cup winners (albeit controversially) on home soil in 1995, South Africa were eliminated in the semi-finals in 1999, and only reached the quarter-finals this year. In future competitions they will probably fare even more badly.
This is no idle speculation. Both South-West Africa and Rhodesia (when playing as provinces in the Currie Cup competition during the good old days) always fared well against visiting national touring sides. In this year's World Cup competition, however, SWA (now forced to play under the nomenclature of "Namibia") were slaughtered 142-0 by Australia. "Zimbabwe", moreover, didn't even qualify for the finals, losing out to such other traditional rugby powers as Georgia and Uruguay. South Africa's decline may not be so pronounced, but even so in the long-run is inevitable.
The only way by which the Springboks can return to rugby's elite is by the restoration of civilised rule in the country - but of course there are other far more important reasons apart from sporting excellence why this is essential.
Meanwhile President Chirac of France had the gall to claim that England's magnificent triumph in the competition was somehow "a victory for Europe". It was of course no such thing, but just as in all other Rugby World Cup competitions a victory for the British Commonwealth. If France had somehow beaten England in the semi-final then President Chirac should be assured that the vast majority of British rugby fans would have supported their Commonwealth brothers Australia in the final, rather than the French!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB UDI DAY DINNER
This year's Springbok Club UDI Day Dinner proved to be an encouragingly successful occasion, with a high turnout and a most enjoyable atmosphere. The Guest of Honour, former Rhodesian cabinet minister the Hon. W. Denis Walker, gave an interesting and well-received after-dinner speach in which he outlined how he first became involved in Rhodesian politics and entered Parliament, and went on to tell something about his ongoing work for the Rhodesian cause through such organisations as the "Rhodesian Christian Group" and the "Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Relief Fund". Special thanks are due to Jim Sinclair who produced and presented a signed framed picture of the Hon. Ian Douglas Smith to Denis Walker, Joan Simpson who organised a magnificent bouquet of flowers for Mrs. Jill Walker, and Mike Harrison-Graeme who took a series of photographs of the event, one of which now appears on the Springbok Club web-site.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB'S DAY OF THE VOW COMMEMORATIONS
The Springbok Club will be holding its annual Day of Vow celebrations on the actual anniversary of the Battle of Blood River this year, December 16th, and are most honoured to be able to welcome as Guest of Honour Mr. Andrew Hunter MP. The details of this event are as follows:-
Date : Tuesday 16th December 2003
Times : Assemble from 17.30 hrs onwards, main activities to start at approx. 19.15 hrs.
Venue : The CLARENCE (the upstairs Function Room), 4 Dover Street, Mayfair, London W1 (just off Piccadilly - nearest underground station: Green Park).
Andrew Hunter has represented Basingstoke in Parliament since 1983, being elected for the Conservative Party, though now sitting as an Independent Conservative. He contested the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections on behalf of the Democratic Unionist Party, only narrowly failing to gain a seat in the Lagan Valley constituency. As well as being a good friend of Ulster he has also proved to be a good and long-standing friend of South Africa, having sat on both the British-South Africa and the British-Bophuthatswana Parliamentary Groups.
A splendid array of buffet-snacks will be provided at this function, and admission charges will be £5.00 per head for Life, Honorary and Full Members of the Springbok Club, £7.50 per head for Associate Members, and £10.00 per head for non-members. Although payment may be made on the night, it would help to gauge numbers if all those interested in attending could let this be known in advance. This can be done either by writing to: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, or by ‘phoning: 07711-188430. [All payments for this function should be made payable to "Patriotic Press".]
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB ACTIVITIES
The Springbok Club's 2004 AGM is due to take place in January, and all fully paid-up members of the organisation will be informed of the precise details in due course.
In February 2004 the Springbok Club will be staging a visit to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol, probably over the weekend of 8th February. This will be a weekend activity for all those who are interested, and for overnight accommodation it is intended to patronise a hotel run by an ex-Rhodesian friend in south Gloucestershire.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH ACTIVITIES
The London Branch of the Springbok Club is planning an informal Yuletide social gathering during the afternoon/early evening of Sunday 28th December. This will take place in the main bar of the Morpeth Arms, 58 Millbank, Westminster, London SW1, and it is anticipated that the visiting U.S. co-ordinator of the Springbok Club, Ferdi Fourie, will be in attendance.
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club is planning a trip to a re-enactment of the Zulu Wars which will be taking place at Brompton Barracks, Gillingham, from 22nd to 25th January 2004. The precise date of the Springbok Club's visit has still to be finalised, but full details will be given in next month's SCN.
The Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club now provide an excellent internet news and commentary service. If you would like to be added to their circulation list then e-mail them at: nispringbokclub@hotmail.com
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE EVENTS
The London Swinton Circle staged three most enlightening meetings last month, which were addressed respectively by John Whittingdale MP (the Shadow Cabinet spokesman for Media, Culture and Sport), the Rt. Hon. John Redwood MP (the former Secretary of State for Wales and Conservative Party leadership contender), and Mr. Nick Seaton (Chairman of the "Campaign for Real Education").
The most significant of these was probably that addressed by John Redwood MP, which was very well attended and illustrated by a "PowerPoint" display (copies of which are available from the LSC on request). Speaking on the theme of "Labour's constitutional vandalism and how to clear up the mess", Mr. Redwood demonstrated that threats to democracy and parliamentary government in the UK did not lie entirely from the European Union, but also from actions initiated by the Blair government, such as the rise of consultants and "spin doctors", the sidelining of Parliament and the growth of "quangos".
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows:-
Date : Monday 8th December
Time : 18.45 hrs for 19.00 hrs
Venue : Room W1, Westminster Hall (enter the Houses of Parliament via the St. Stephen's entrance, then once passed through security turn sharp left into Westminster Hall, where the various committee rooms are situated down a small stairway halfway along the Hall on the left).
Guest Speaker : Mr. Roger Gale MP
Roger Gale is the highly-respected Conservative member for Thanet North, having originally been elected in 1983 (when interestingly he defeated Cherie Blair). A former BBC producer (specialising in children's programmes, and having produced such series's as "Blue Peter"), he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party under Iain Duncan Smith. He sits on the Parliamentary Chairmen's Panel and on the Broadcasting Select Committee, and takes a keen interest in animal welfare, sporting and media affairs. He has a good "Euro-sceptic" voting record, and has twice introduced bills attempting to restore the death penalty.
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CONSERVATIVE MONDAY CLUB MEETING
The Conservative Monday Club staged a most informative meeting last week which was addressed by Gregory Campbell MP, the DUP member for East Londonderry. Mr. Campbell spoke about the implications resulting from the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections, and the significance of the DUP's triumph. His overall attitude was one of great optimism for the future, for, as he emphasised, not only had the DUP emerged as clearly the most dominant party of Unionism, thus putting a halt to Trimble's appeasement of SF/IRA, but also whereas the broad Nationalist vote had declined slightly, the broad Unionist vote had increased substantially.
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RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
The Rhodesian on-line Store supplies Rhodesian and South African flags (full, mid-size and table-top) CDs including Wrex Tarr, John Edmonds and many more, and other Rhodesiana.
Based in Canada, their web-site can be accessed at: www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
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BOOK OFFERS
The Springbok Club is now retailing copies of the book "AFRICA PAR ADVENTURE", an anthology of African stories edited by Peter Ward. The book is priced at £14.95 per copy, plus 20% for p.& p. (though copies may be collected at Springbok Club activities for no extra cost.) Payments should be made payable to "Patriotic Press" and forwarded to: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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"GOODBYE OZ CULTURE" is a well illustrated and easy to read expose of what politicians have done to the Australia we loved as a homogeneous and peaceful society. Many of our suburbs have now lost all semblance of being "Australian". Meanwhile the families of servicemen have been threatened by strangers in our midst, we now need an army in the rear to protect the backs of our troops.
Price Aus $12.00 including postage. Send to: Nick Maine, 2/30 Holland Court, Broadbeach Waters, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4218, Australia - or e-mail: nmaine@optusnet.com.au
[Nick Maine's earlier book "HEY! WAIT FOR ME", an account of his army experiences during WWII, is shortly to be re-published. Contact him direct for more details.]
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"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.
For more information visit Trisha's web-site at:-
www.youngarizonarealestate.com
or you can order a copy of the book directly from the publishers at www.publishamerica.com - in the "search" sector, type in the title "Way out of Line" or "Trisha Jackson". NOTE: It is case sensitive and you should not include quote marks. You may also order by phone at 877 333-7422
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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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Margaret Peach (nee Pearce) was born in Pietermaritzburg and spent her early years on a farm at Winterton in Natal. After completing her training and travelling around Europe she accepted a nursing post in 1960 at Kariba Hospital in what was then Southern Rhodesia. There she met and married Tinkey Haslam, one of the game wardens involved in "Operation Noah", which was a huge exercise in nature conservation, rescuing animals as the waters of the Zambezi began to fill up the massive newly-constructed Kariba Dam.
"MY PLACE IN THE SUN" is written very much from the perspective of a resourceful wife and mother who was closely involved in life out in the bush at a critical and interesting time in the history of this particular part of Africa. Her account of the triumphs, tragedies and daily incidents takes the reader through twenty years of a somewhat nomadic existence in a wild and beautiful country which, for most of the time, was going through a period of great unreast. It is even more poignant to read about it today in the context of the current political situation in Zimbabwe.
"MY PLACE IN THE SUN" is priced £6.99 (plus £1.50 for postage) and can be ordered from: Jennifer Barclay-Coulder, 62 Westfields Avenue, Barnes, London SW13 0AU, or e-mail: polyphrenos@ukonline.co.uk
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ZIMERICK COLUMN
For Zim it could be the last ditch
When Bob's team takes it's stand on the pitch.
They might lose each wicket
Playing his brand of cricket
To embarrass the son of a bitch.
- Johan Geelvink
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BUSINESS CONSULTANCY SERVICES
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.61 : Mrs. JENNY TOMS
Jenny Toms came from Bulawayo and was once runner-up in the Miss Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland competition. After the fall of Rhodesia she moved to Natal, where she became active with both the Durban and Ballito/Stanger branches of the "Save Rhodesia Campaign". She was a highly successful P.R. woman, and had a son and two beautiful daughters. A number of people would very much like to know where she and her family members are now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
All those who weren't able to attend any bonfire celebrations this year might be keen to get a bit of the flavour of the festivities by visiting an excellent bonfire photographs web-site which we have been recommended. It can be accessed at:-
www.bonfirepics.cjb.net
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BLACK WAVES
Sir,
Early every weekday morning two minitaxis (the local name for VW Combis) coast silently down the hill to a small thicket of pine trees not far from the nearest houses. The twenty or so Black occupants emerge, and sitting under the trees, devour their substantial breakfasts. They then arise, lock up the minitaxis, and splitting up into ten gangs set to work. Their prey is the many White housewives trying to get their children to school in time. They ring the bell, wield the knocker, then, if the door is not immediately opened, kick it hard. When opened they address the lady of the house in hoarse tones "I'm hungry!", repeated as necessary. The embattled housewife may give them a piece of bread and butter. Then it turns out they are thirsty as well. A glass of water is produced and spurned. They want tea! Contact having been made they now make it known that they want money. The housewife is by now terrified by these primitive louts. Once the money is in their pockets they take their departure without saying thanks or goodbye, and try their luck at the next house.
These Black tramps made their way to civilisation shortly after 1994. Prior to this there was hardly a Black to be seen in the Western Province. Many Whites think they would be better off where they came from. An idle dream brother. 'Here we are and here we stay. If the Whites don't like us so much the better.'
Naturally the situation could not be allowed to remain as it was. Appeals to authority drew the reply that these Blacks were simply exercising their democratic rights. Rights to do what were discreetly veiled. So those residents who could afford it raised huge walls not only in front of their houses but all round. But as Blacks can climb just as well as the marsupials they so closely resemble, great coils of razor-edge wiring had to be placed at the top of the wall. However only about half of the owners can afford such monstrosities as these walls. All the same, many houses once well known for their wonderful gardens are now secured from the public gaze by them.
H.G. Wells once told us that we were living in the best of all possible worlds. It is to be wondered what he would say were he living in it now!
Yours etc.,
Richard Deane, Cape Town.
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HOWARD'S WAY
Sir,
You cannot possibly say that Michael Howard leans towards the Romanian political culture as opposed to the British political culture. Bernat Hecht escaped Romania in the 1930s as it was moving towards totalitarian rule. He believed Britain to be a beacon of freedom in a hostile and dark world. Michael Howard was born in Llanelli in 1941 and has never lived in Romania. He was a candidate for the Tory pary at Liverpool Edgehill in 1966 and 1970, so he has been a conservative for 40 years.
Personally, I have always enjoyed hearing Michael Howard speak and am willing him to give him the benefit of the doubt until proved otherwise. I did lose confidence in IDS myself. His mistakes continued well beyond his first year in office.
Yours etc.,
Allan Robertson, Treasurer, the Springbok Club.
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ROGUES GALLERY
It was with disbelief that we say the name of a certain John Hiddleston appearing as an official candidate for the Ulster Unionist Party in the Belfast South constituency during the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections.
Long-standing subscribers to "S.A.Patriot" will undoubtedly remember Hiddleston's notorious name well. When the magazine was founded by the original "White Rhino Club" in 1980 none of the WRC ExCo members were in a position to take on the editorship officially, either because of their employment positions or because they were slating for South African citizenship. Two de facto editors were appointed however, an Afrikaans gentleman and a British emigrant who had been in South Africa for four years. Hiddleston had only arrived in the country a few weeks earlier, and was known to the British emigrant through their earlier mutual membership of the [British] National Front. At the time the NF had two distinct factions, a democratic wing that the British emigrant belonged to, and a neo-fascist wing that it transpired Hiddleston was associated with. As Hiddleston had previously been editor of the NF's Northern Ireland magazine "The British Ulsterman" he was therefore approached to become the nominal editor of "S.A.Patriot", a position which he readily accepted. Would-be power soon went to Hiddleston's head however. He unilaterally opened up a separate bank account for the magazine, with himself as sole signatory, independent of the WRC, which caused many misgivings. He also started to try to influence editorial decisions, becoming an "instant expert" in South African affairs after only being in the country for a few short months! Matters came to a head, however, when he bretrayed his neo-fascist sympathies by advocating that anti-Semitic items should be included in the magazine, an idea which was of course vetoed by the others on the editorial board. Shortly after this Hiddleston mysteriously disappeared down to Cape Town - and immeditately withdrew all of the magazine's funds from the bank account for his own personal use! To make matters worse he even issued a "bouncing" cheque to the magazine's printers! "S.A.Patriot" of course managed to survive this disaster, but Hiddleston sinisterly re-appeared in Durban a couple of years later, and attempted (unsuccessfully) to cause yet more troubles for the magazine.
It might be supposed that Hiddleston could have matured and moderated his views over the years, but we have recently learnt that he now edits a broadsheet called the "The Ulster Watchman" which has clear anti-Semitic undertones, albeit in the guise of anti-Israelism.
Quite clearly, therefore, the UUP's vetting processes must be non-existent, and they must be scrapping the bottom of the barrel if they are prepared to adopt a proven scumbag such as Hiddleston as one of their candidates. We advise all readers who may have any relevant contacts or influence to make these facts about Hiddleston's disreputable past known as widely as possible.
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