September 2004 edition
The 2004 Athens Olympic Games proved to be a most exciting and enjoyable event. In spite of fears that the infrastructure for the Games would not be ready in time, the Greeks pulled out all the stops to ensure that the target dates were all eventually met, and deserve full congratulations for organising such a massive gathering so efficiently. There were a number of unfortunate hiccups of course (most notably the appalling lack of security during the Men's Marathon), and quite clearly they did not reach the incredibly high standards set by Sydney in 2000, but even so the Greek people can be justifiably proud of what they achieved.
There are still a number of serious problems which must be confronted by the Olympic movement as a whole however. The Olympic Games were a specifically Western invention (both in their ancient and modern forms) rather than a universal manifestation - and furthermore have become far too big and cumbersome over recent decades. A number of sports must clearly be eliminated therefore, most notably the eastern-orientated disciplines (judo and the obscure taekwondo) and those events which rely upon the opinions of judges rather than sporting excellence. More fundamentally, however, it is quite obvious that the equalitarian idea of allowing all races to compete against each other on an equal footing is a mistake. As we said in "S.A.Patriot" No.24 (published at the time of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games) "The present multi-racial structure of pitting unlike against unlike has proved to be a disaster. Either the Olympics should be staged on a smaller ethnically-orientated scale, or else they should be scrapped." Quite obviously such a radical change is not going to come about during the present tail-end of the politically-correct era, but it is still possible that in a few decades time sanity may prevail and that ethnic groups worldwide will compete in their own individual global sporting contests.
But what of South Africa's 2004 performance? South Africa first competed at the 1908 London Olympics and won one gold medal (Reggie Walker in the 100 metres). That was a time when South Africa was still overcoming the trauma of the Anglo-Boer War, intercontinental travel was very difficult, there were far fewer events, and South Africa of course competed with a pure White team. In 2004, however, with all the hype of the "new" South Africa and none of the previous disadvantages, South Africa managed to obtain a grand total of, eh, one gold medal. Quite obviously, therefore, Olympic sports have suffered just as much as all other sports from the chaos and collapse of South African society under the present ANC terrorist regime.
During the days of civilised rule South Africa consistantly did as well as, if not better than, those other great White Commonwealth pioneer nations of Australia, New Zealand and Canada in sporting competitions. It has been interesting to note in this regard that it has been calculated that Australia won far more medals per head of population than any other country during the 2004 Olympics. There is no reason to doubt that once civilised government is restored in South Africa that the nation will once again be able to compete on a par with Australia as one of the world's leading sporting powers.
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AUGUST SPRINGBOK CLUB MEETING
The Springbok Club was most privileged to be able to welcome a leading international political and economic analyst who is closely involved with the forthcoming transition of power in Zimbabwe as guest speaker last month. In a highly enlightening and very optimistic talk he outlined the probable unfolding of events which will shortly take place in Zimbabwe, and the opportunities which the new dispensation will present as soon as the transfer of power is complete - both for those still resident there, and for others with connections to the country who wish to return and/or invest.
Once again, therefore, the Springbok Club has proved to be an important player and catalyst for unfolding developments in southern Africa, and will continue to play an increasingly leading role in this regard in the days to come.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB LONDON BRANCH RIVER TRIP
Although the Springbok Club will not be holding any events at national UK level during September, the London Branch will be staging a scenic riverboat trip along the Thames from Westminster to Richmond and back, to which all friends and supporters are warmly invited. The details of this event are as follows :-
Date : Sunday 12th September 2004
Rendezvous venue : Café Nero, Bridge Street, Westminster SW1.
Nearest tube station : Westminster (Jubilee, Circle and District Lines – walk towards Westminster Bridge, and Café Nero is on left-hand side in a small parade of shops)
Time : An informal gathering will take place at Nero’s between 11:00 and 11:30, and the riverboat trip to Richmond will start at 12:00.
Price : The cost of the trip should be less than £10 per person for a return ticket to Richmond.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH NEWS
The Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club have already finalised arrangements for their UDI Day celebrations this year, which will take place on Saturday 6th November, and at which a prominent Unionist MP will be guest of honour. Fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
John Beattie, the Springbok Club's Canadian Co-ordinator, is now producing his own "Springbok Canada" cyber-newsletter. Anyone interested in receiving copies regularly in future should contact him direct at : agentj@on.aibn.com
A joint Kent and London Branches braai is being planned for the spring of 2005.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB EVENTS
A delegation of Springbok Club members will be visiting Gibraltar in October of this year, in order to help celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Rock becoming British. This will take place during the week of 17th to 24th October, so if any other members or supporters would like to join this trip they should e-mail the Springbok Club in this regard at: springbok@falklands.org
Arrangements for the Springbok Club's annual UDI Day Dinner are now well advanced, and this is provisionally planned to take place during the third weekend of November at a prestigious restaurant in central London, and at which a prominent member of the expatriate Rhodesian community will be guest of honour. Again fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE SUMMER BUFFET
The London Swinton Circle staged a most successful and well-attended summer buffet at a renowned venue in central London last month, at which the guest of honour was Mr. Ashley Mote MEP, the independent UKIP MEP for the South-East of England. Mr. Mote gave a most rivetting account of the workings of the European Parliament and the European Commission, and demonstrated the grave dangers which the EU poses to national independence and the freedoms of us all. Most encouragingly, however, he revealed that the European Commission had already drawn up contingency plans ready for the UK's withdrawal from the EU!
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HELP SAVE THE TAIPING FOUR
Four young gorillas, known as the "Taiping Four", first aroused suspicions in early 2002 when they appeared at Taiping Zoo in Malaysia, allegedly from a captive breeding programme in Nigeria. However there are no such breeding programmes in Nigeria, and the animals had in fact been smuggled from Cameroon on falsified papers.
Cameroon repeatedly asked Malaysia to send the gorillas back home, as required under international law. Malaysia, however, has recently sent the animals to South Africa - which is not even a gorilla range state - apparently on the basis that South African Airways had been used to transport the gorillas on their illegal journey.
The International Primate Protection League (IPPL), which has extensively investigated this case since the start, has cast severe doubts on the [South African] zoo's ability to care for gorillas, saying that three out of its four wild-born adult gorillas died between 1995 and 1998, while two newborns also died in 1989 and 1990. The sole remaining male has been alone for six years and there is concern that he may not accept any newcomers.
Please write to the South African authorities urging them to do the honourable thing and send the gorillas back home - not just for the sake of these individuals, but for their species as a whole. Letters can be sent c/o : 'Save the Taiping Four', IFAW, 87-90 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7UD, UK. More information can also be found on the IFAW web-site at : www.ifaw.org
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RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
The Rhodesia Was Super "Rhodie Rag" is now out. This Rhodesia Was Super e-newsletter is dedicated to Rhodesians globe-wide - to re-establish lost contacts, along with some news and memories.
It can be read at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhodesiawassuper/
Join, and help with the Search - you never know who's looking for you. This is not a "chat" based group; all posted messages are forwarded on in a monthly newsletter, and your contact information is kept private and you can withdraw from the group at any time. If you have any problems logging into the group or confirming your e-mail address simply reply back to Rhodesia@shaw.ca and we will add you to the group and send the newsletter via e-mail.
The Rhodie On-line Super-Store currently has in stock custom embroidered apparel (including Rhodesian Rugby Jerseys), Land Tenure maps, CD's from John Edmonds, Wrex Tarr and Four Jacks and a Jill, DVD's, books and much more, and can be contacted at : www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
Shipping is worldwide from Canada, with secure online processing.
Also now available is the "Rhodesia, the War Years" DVD
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club is now retailing full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags. They are priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (please add £1.00 for p.& p.).
Also now available are copies of an excellent 8-page magazine published by Glenwood Publications in Northern Ireland entitled "The 2004 Twelfth: Celebration - not Provocation" price 50p (please add 25p for p.& p.).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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BOOK OFFERS
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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 available priced R150.00 in South Africa from: Jack Loggenberg, TLU/TAU, P.O.Box 91251, Silverton, Pretoria, 0127, Transvaal, South Africa (payments to "TLU/TAU"), or priced £9.95 (+ 15% p.& p.) in the UK from: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX (payments to "The Springbok Club").
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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.
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"KING'S GOLD" by Glenn Macaskill, a former member of the Rhodesian BSA Police, is an adventure novel set in Zimbabwe and South Africa in 1983 and 2000, involving espionage against Mugabe's regime and the exciting quest to unravel the secret of an ancient pricless relic. Considerable historical research makes the work informative and entertaining and current sales show interest by all Southern Africans. Sells at £9.95 plus registered p&p. Contact Glenn at mjmac@mweb.co.za or order on-line at: www.geocities.com/goldking992000/index.html
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FREE THE CONSTANTIA ONE!
Since the coming to power of the ANC regime it has been a complete mystery why anybody able to leave South Africa has been willing to remain in that disintegrating land. It has been even more of a mystery why anyone would volutarily have wished to move there.
Several prominent British personalities have done just that however, most famously Sir Mark Thatcher and his family. Sir Mark evidently bought his Constantia property during the mid-to-late 1980s, when of course South Africa was still an advanced "first world" nation (no doubt under the influence of his pro-South African father Sir Dennis Thatcher). Sir Mark, however, chose to move to his new South African home only after the ANC terrorists came to power, and in an apparent state of complete "denial" (which alas seems far too typical of so many Whites still remaining in the country), simply refused to recognise the new dispensation which had taken control of the country. Alas Sir Mark has recently had to pay an extremely high price for this "denial".
The recent arrest of Sir Mark in connection with the alleged coup plot to overthrow the despotic regime governing Equatorial Guinea (formerly Spanish Guinea) seems to lack any form of hard evidence whatsoever. Could it be, therefore, that Sir Mark's arrest has been prompted by the ANC regime's bitter loathing of his mother, the former great British prime minister Baroness Thatcher, who of course was one of White-ruled South Africa's best overseas friends during the 1980s? Sir Mark's decision to live in South Africa has therefore proved to be very foolish, and has cost him his freedom of movement for the foreseeable future.
But what of the alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea itself? Mark Taha wrote a brilliant letter to the "Daily Telegraph" which was published on August 28th in which he said: "Frederick Forsyth's 'The Dogs of War' was said to have been based on an abortive coup in Equatorial Guinea. I wish it had succeeded. This unfortunate country was ruled by the world's worst dictatorship in the 1970s. Since the current regime in Equatorial Guinea seems similar to that it replaced, I wish the latest coup had come off. Am I defending mercenaries? In a word - yes." We couldn't have put it any better ourselves.
Sir Mark Thatcher may have been very foolish to live in the "new" South Africa where Western standards of justice seem completely to have broken down, but even so - regardless of whether he was or was not involved in the coup plot - he is a good upstanding man who should never be subject to the present victimisation which he is experiencing at the hands of the "new" South African authorities. All lovers of freedom around the world should therefore campaign that all charges against him be dropped completely, and that he should be allowed to leave South Africa immediately in order to be re-united with his wife and family.
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ANNUAL RHODESIAN REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE
The Cape Rhodes Society has asked us to assist by informing as many folk as possible about this year's Annual Rhodesian Remembrance Day Service in Fish Hoek. It is the one occasion where all Rhodesians, regardless of any affiliations, get together and honour those who sacrificed their lives for us all.
Date : Sunday 7th November 2004
Venue : The Methodist Church - Fish Hoek, Cape Province
Time : 12 Noon.
Preacher : Pastor Brian Andersen (formerly of the Baptist Church Bulawayo, a very popular and well known Pastor and a great Rhodesian).
Addresses will be given by Col.Trevor Des Fountain and Wing Commander Eddie Wilkinson, followed by a Wreath laying and the Last Post (with Piper). Tea and Coffee will be provided in the Hall after the service.
A braai will be held afterwards at the Fish Hoek Middle School from 13.30 hrs. Bring your own meat and drinks etc. Fires will be lit, and food will be on sale, but there will be no charge for pensioners - it will be our honour and privilege to treat them. A cash bar will be available at the braai, with proceeds going to the Benevolent Fund.
Please note. If you would like to honour a loved one, would you consider giving a donation to the Cape Rhodes Benevolent Fund? This fund is for the assistance of Rhodesian Pensioners in need. It would be greatly appreciate it if you could put your donation in an envelope (sent to: The Cape Rhodes Society, P.O.Box 234, Rondebosch, Cape Province, 7701), marked with your name and address, to enable us to acknowledge receipt of same. If you would like to mention the name of the person you would like honoured it will be included on a special Honour Roll page in the service programme.
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EXOTIC HOLIDAY OPPORTUNITY
John Hardcastle writes from the Philippines with details of exciting holiday opportunities which he can provide :-
I am from Rhodesia, educated at Chaplin, Gwelo. Left in 1984 for South Africa, and then in 1995 for the Philippines. I've lived in the small village of Coron for the past eight years, and bought a dive shop "Dive Calamianes" two months ago. If you would be interested in having a holiday in this part of the world please contact me. The following is a sample list of price breakdowns :-
2 dive day US$ 45.
3 dive day US$ 60.
Equipment rental/day US$ 7.
Nitrox tank US$ 7.
Accommodation from US$ 4.5 to US$ 80
Average meal US$ 2.14
Beer/soft drinks US$ 0.45
Domestic flight US$ 46
Check our web-site for more details at : www.divecal.com (p.s. We are still working on this, so please visit occasionally to see updates.)
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.70 : PAUL WATSON, JOHN SWART and GERALD SWART
Per Nielson writes to ask whether anyone knows the present whereabouts of three of his former colleagues, Paul Watson, John Swart and Gerald Swart?
If anyone can help Per in this regard please contact him direct at : lor@xsinet.co.za
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
Supporters both from Cape Town and the United States have recently informed us about an excellent new "Volstaat" web-site, which is dedicated to protect not only Afrikaners, but also British South Africans and ex-Rhodesians. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.volkstaat.za.cx
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CAPE MESSAGE
Sir,
I saw an interesting programme a few weeks ago about the mess South Africa is in now. Cape Town city centre has many burnt-out rooms in the tower blocks and the roads are a market. Like every Black country freed from White rule it is a mess. I wonder why Blacks are SO incapable of running countries? Is it merely a lower IQ? France has been full of stupid ideas for over 200 years but it still works reasonably well. As you will have known, all the promises of the ANC were fantasies or lies. They don't make many programmes like this, of course.
Yours etc.,
I.W.N., Co.Down, U.K.
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EDITORIAL OPINION
Sir,
It was very comforting and encouraging to read the editorial in last month's SCN because it was absolutely spot-on.
I certainly and sincerely hope people will take the situation more seriously next time round.
Yours etc.,
R.Simpson, London, U.K.
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FRUITCAKE'S FANTASIES
Mr. Francis "Fruitcake" Andrew, the Jordan-based trouble-making nutcase, has been at it again. He seems totally incapable of stopping his ever more demented lies.
As may be recalled, "Fruitcake" threatened to sue me, the editor of the SCN, some months ago after I referred to him (with good and concrete justification) as being a "lunatic character". Now, in a defamatory letter which "Fruitcake" has sent to the Springbok Club, he states that he has decided not to pursue legal action against me because he'd discovered that I only live in a council house and live purely off of DSS benefits. Just like his earlier deranged claims that I have never been married and do not have a daughter these are not only lies, but easily provable lies! To make such ridiculous claims as these which can so easily be disproved simply confirms that "Fruitcake" is not only a lunatic character - but that he is a complete madman, totally round the bend, certifiably insane, a first-league loony, mentally deranged and completely lacking in any grey matter. In a word he is simply a nut.
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THE PLOT THICKENS (III)
Alas we must report that another smear e-mail has recently been circulated attacking the Springbok Club and its Chairman written by a mysterious and previously unknown character named Richard Jones.
Many of the lies contained in this smear e-mail (i.e. that the current Chairman of the Springbok Club was once "Jew-hating" and sold bulk copies of a mysterious publication called the "WAR [White Aryan Resistance] newspaper") are not only easily disprovable simply by reading through back-issues of "S.A.Patriot" and "Patriotic Press's South African Newsletter" which he edited whilst still based in South Africa during the 1980s (copies of which are incidentally still available from the usual address priced 50p each), but also seem to be word-for-word repeats of the same smears which the exposed South African security forces agent Arthur Kemp tried to spread about us in 2000.
The sinister Richard Jones also adds a new and equally disprovable lie about us however, in so much as he makes the damaging and completely unsubstantiated claim that we have referred to Afrikaners (by implication all Afrikaners) as being "White kaffirs". This publication has of course always consistantly supported the rights and well-being of ALL South Africans - Afrikaners as much as English-speakers - and although we may well have referred to certain sell-out politicians (such as F.W.de Klerk, "Pik" Botha and Marthinus van Schalkwyk) by this derogative term in private conversation, we would NEVER use it as a blanket-term against all Afrikaners as Mr. Jones implies.
Anyone can read back through past issues of the SCN and will not find any reference to the phrase "White kaffirs" - except for the "joke" heading which we gave in the August 2004 edition to a letter from a South African supporter who reminded everyone that Arthur Kemp had turned State's Witness in the case against Clive Derby-Lewis. It is here, however, where the roots to this ridiculous smear may well lie. If, as we suspect, "Richard Jones" and Arthur Kemp are one and the same person, was he so paranoid that he regarded a sarcastic jibe against himself as being an attack on the entire Afrikaner people? If so then this young man's arrogance seems to know no bounds!
p.s. Kemp is not even an Afrikaner himself - he was brought up an English-speaker, although his father was in actual fact a German who Anglocized his surname after WWII.
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Tuesday, 7 September 2004
Monday, 16 August 2004
August 2004 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
August 2004 edition
When we referred to the ANP/NP axis during the 1990s we were often pooh-poohed. Although it was surely crystal clear to all with the slightest knowledge of South African affairs that the NP and the ANC had been working hand-in-glove at least since de Klerk's notorious "Red Tuesday" speech of February 1990, there were still those who were apparently either incapable or unwilling to recognise that this was the case.
All the signs were of course there for everyone to see. De Klerk's unbanning of the terrorist ANC and subsequent hob-nobbing with their convicted criminal leader Mandela. The NP's willingness to forsake the South African national flag and national anthem and to recognise the ANC flag and a bastardised version of the national anthem in their place. More recently, moreover, has been van Schalkwyk's eager desire to get into bed with the ANC at every opportunity - both at national and provincial level - and of course the NP-darling 'Pik' Botha's open defection to the ANC. Surely, therefore, it must have been obvious to all but the most stupid that the NP of Botha, de Klerk and van Schalkwyk was a completely different animal to the NP of Malan, Strydom and Verwoerd!
Now, of course, comes the simple confirmation of this fact through van Schalkwyk's decision to disband the "New" NP completely and to encourage all members to join the terrorist ANC. To us the biggest surprise is that it's taken so long for this logical development to come about - yet incredibly there are STILL people who appear to be shocked by this move!
We of course warned South Africans during general election after general election and during referendum after referendum through the pages of S.A.Patriot/S.A.Patriot-in-Exile throughout the 1980s and 1990s that the NP was not to be trusted and should be rejected at the polls at the earliest opportunity. Regretfully the South African people chose not listen to our warnings, so are now therefore paying a very heavy price for their refusal to take heed of our advice.
At times we feel very much like Cassandra, but our consciences are completely clear. Hopefully, however, South Africans will now start to pay more attention to our advice in the days to come as we continue to lay out plans for the South African resistance struggle in exile!
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KWV UKKASIEFEES
This year's UKkasiefees proved to be a great success. The opening concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 10th July, at which many prominent Afrikaner artists performed, was a huge triumph, and it is anticipated that this will become a regular event in years to come. The festivities the following day at "Zulus Bar" in Leytonstone, which were attended by a large contingent of Springbok Club supporters, were an equal success, and featured many stalls and refreshment outlets retailing traditional South African products. The crowds were entertained by many leading South African artists, most prominently by Dozi, the highly popular Afrikaans singer, and by the Anglo-Gold Mine Choir. Dozi, who performed superbly in concert later during the evening, was moreover very keen to socialise with everyone, and established a good rapport with Springbok Club secretary David Williams. Everyone involved with UKkasie therefore deserves the highest congratulations upon organising such an enjoyable and successful weekend.
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AUGUST SPRINGBOK CLUB MEETING
Details of the next Springbok Club meeting in London have now been finalised, and are as follows :-
Date : Friday 20th August 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).
Guest Speaker : Mr. ALBERT WEIDEMANN
Albert Weidemann was of course the Springbok Club's guest of honour for their 2002 UDI Day Dinner, where he gave a most enthralling and enlightening speech regarding the current situation in Zimbabwe. Since then many significant events have taken place in that beleaguered land, and Mr. Weidemann is in a unique position to give an update about the present situation there and likely future developments. Albert Weidemann was born at Broken Hill (Kabwe) in the then Northern Rhodesia where he spent most of his early life, before moving to Bulawayo and from there to Gwelo. He subsequently moved to South Africa where he founded his own highly successful transport company, before relocating to the UK in 1998. Since arriving in the UK he has risen to prominence as a leading Zimbabwe human rights campaigner, and has served as Deputy Chairman of the Manchester Branch of the Movement for Democratic Change. He has also organised a number of mass demonstrations against the draconian policies of the ZANU-PF government outside the Zimbabwe High Commission in London, and has spoken extensively about the tyrannical nature of the Mugabe regime both on radio and in university debates.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH NEWS
The London Branch of the Springbok Club will be staging another river trip along the Thames in September, this time travelling from Westminster to Richmond and back. This will probably take place on Sunday 19th September, assembling at approximately mid-day. Full details will of course be given in next month's SCN.
The Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club have already finalised arrangements for their UDI Day celebrations this year, which will take place on Saturday 6th November, and at which a prominent Unionist MP will be the guest of honour. Again fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB EVENTS
A delegation of Springbok Club members will be visiting Gibraltar in October of this year, in order to help celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Rock becoming British. This will take place during the week of 17th to 24th October, so if any other members or supporters would like to join this trip they should e-mail the Springbok Club in this regard at: springbok@falklands.org
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SPRINGBOK CLUB COMMITTEE DECISION
At a recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the Springbok Club it was decided that in future membership would be accepted from those still living in South Africa itself. In the past it was always felt that there were too many potential dangers involved for members living under the current dispensation in South Africa, but it is now accepted that as long as potential South African-based members are made aware of the possible problems involved under present circumstances then their membership will in future be welcomed. In view of the weakness and decline in the value of the Rand it was furthermore decided that membership rates would be the same as in the UK (i.e. £20 for Full Membership and £10.00 for Associate Membership) at current Rand/Sterling exchange rates.
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ESCAPE TO THE LEGION
Matt Ward of Diverse TV writes as follows :-
"I’m researching for a new historical television programme.
"I’m specifically looking for an ex-military man with a commonwealth connection. If you know of anyone or can suggest a good area to target these individuals then please could you let me know.
"'Escape to the Legion' is Channel 4’s new prime-time history/reality series, giving 12 ordinary men a taste of life in the French Foreign Legion at a desert fort run by ex-Legionnaires in the vast expanse of the Sahara.
"The training will last for one month and will of course be tough - but achievable. It will reflect many of the real training practices of the Legion from fitness to military skills and discipline. Our aim is to make it a demanding experience but one that will be highly rewarding for those taking part. Your aim will be simply to finish the course. There are no prizes, just a sense of pride if you and your brothers in arms successfully complete the challenge.
"We are recruiting now. We are looking for men from all backgrounds and from across the UK. It doesn’t matter why you want to join, whether you are escaping something in your personal life, looking for adventure or just fancy a change and the chance to spend a month in one of the great wildernesses in the world.
"If you are aged between 18 and 40 and can take 4 weeks off you could be running away to join the Foreign Legion.
"To complete a questionnaire log to www.diverse.tv"
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RHODESIAN BRAAI/FUNDAY
A Rhodesian braai/funday will be held at the Burghclere Sports Club, Harts Lane, Burghclere, Newbury, Berkshire on Sunday 29th August.
This is a bring-and-braai, and will take place from 12 noon to approx. 17.00 hrs. The club-room and bar will be open selling Castle Lager, boerewors and biltong, and braai fires will be lit and available for all to use. There are swings and slides and a great play area for kids, and a 20/20 Cricket match will also be staged during the afternoon. All raffle proceeds and donations will go towards the Rhodesians Worldwide Assistance Fund.
For more details please contact John O'Brien on: John@dovetailhrs.co.uk
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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
It's our second anniversary sale! Get a Rhodesian Rugby Jersey, land Tenure map, Rhodesia was Super hat, flag bumper sticker, RWS Double memories CD and Surprise DVD all for $139.95 - a saving of over $100.00!
Rhodesian custom apparel, CDs, maps, videos, books and more. The online Rhodie store shipping worldwide: www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
Chris Cocks' best sellers "FireForce and Survival Course" are being re-printed as one book. Chris is currently re-editing them to include new stories, photos and a final chapter. First 500 copies will be available autographed with inscriptions. Don't be disappointed, so add yourself to the want list. E-mail us at Rhodesia@shaw.ca and in the subject line place: ADD TO WANT LIST FOR FIREFORCE, SURVIVAL COURSE. We are shooting at a retail price of $39.95.
New!! Jonty Winch, Rhodesian Rugby and Cricket is also being re-printed as one book and will include updated material! E-mail us at Rhodesia@shaw.ca and in the subject line place: ADD TO WANT LIST FOR RHODESIAN RUGBY/CRICKET. We are shooting at a retail price of $39.95. [Please note we are seeking any Rhodesian Rugby or Cricket Video footage which we will transfer onto DVD to include with the book for free, if you have any please contact Bill at Rhodesia@shaw.ca]
The Rhodesia was Super 'Rhodie Rag' can be read online at www.Rhodesiawassuper.com. Stroll down to the left, under additional info and click on RWS newsletter. Includes info on RW UK and international braai's.
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club is now retailing full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags. They are priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (please add £1.00 for p.& p.).
Also now available are copies of an excellent 8-page magazine published by Glenwood Publications in Northern Ireland entitled "The 2004 Twelfth: Celebration - not Provocation" price 50p (please add 25p for p.& p.).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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 15% 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: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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.
Copies of WAY OUT OF LINE can be ordered from Amazon.com.
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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 available priced R150.00 in South Africa from: Jack Loggenberg, TLU/TAU, P.O.Box 91251, Silverton, Pretoria, 0127, Transvaal, South Africa (payments to "TLU/TAU"), or priced £9.95 (+ 15% p.& p.) in the UK from: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX (payments to "The Springbok Club").
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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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"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" by Glenn Macaskill, a former member of the Rhodesian BSA Police, is an adventure novel set in Zimbabwe and South Africa in 1983 and 2000, involving espionage against Mugabe's regime and the exciting quest to unravel the secret of an ancient pricless relic. Considerable historical research makes the work informative and entertaining and current sales show interest by all Southern Africans. Sells at £9.95 plus registered p&p. Contact Glenn at mjmac@mweb.co.za or order on-line at: www.geocities.com/goldking992000/index.html
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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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CAN U HELP?
We've recently learnt that Keith Knott's excellent "Crime Busters of South Africa" web-site is no longer accessible, and furthermore that both of Keith's e-mail addresses (wotknott@email.com and crimebustersza@email.com) are no longer recognised. Does anyone know of the new web-site address for this excellent service we therefore wonder, or where Keith can now be contacted?
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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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THE TIMES THEY ARE A'CHANGING
Belgian students have demanded the withdrawal of an honorary degree awarded to Mandela at Antwerp University. Students at Antwerp University published a press release demanding the withdrawal of the university's decision to award an honorary degree to convicted terrorist and subsequent "new" South African president Nelson Mandela on May 26. Student leader Gert Gillis said the NSV (the student society publishing the press release) opposed awarding the honorary degree to the veteran ANC leader - because they see him as being co-responsible for the farm attacks due his "inaction' during his presidency to stop them. The students said Mandela, as the ex-president of South Africa and still a highly influential veteran ANC leader, undertook nothing effectively to stop the killing of White farmers, which started in 1991.
The statement read: “As former president of South Africa, and still an influential veteran leader of the communist ANC, Mandela is and indeed must be seen as co-responsible for this horrendous ethnic-cleansing campaign targeting Afrikaner farmers, and which the international news media remains so silent about."
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.69 : Mr. NEIL SMITH of Johannesburg
Neil Smith was born in the UK, but emigrated to South Africa at an early age. He subsequently returned to live in Harlow during the early 1970s, but couldn't settle, and returned to South Africa round about 1980, living in the Kibler Park area of south Jo'burg. He was an IT expert, being a leading authority on several advanced programming languages in Suth Africa. Although never politically active, he was even so a true and dedicated patriot both in the British and South African contexts. A number of former friends would be very keen to learn where he is living now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The International Campaign to Stop South African Genocide is run by Don Pengelly from Texas. They maintain a very informative and praiseworthy web-site detailing what is really happening in South Africa at the moment, which is well worth a visit. It can be accessed at:-
http://groups.msn.com/stopsouthafricangenocide
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TAXING ISSUE
Sir,
The following farm killings and attacks occurred in South Africa in just 14 days :-
Saturday 15 May 2004: Mrs Tertia Momber (47). Killed with a tent-peg and a rake.
Thursday 20 May 2004: Mr Henk Fourie (29) shot in the back.
Friday 21 May 2004: Mr Eddie Jordaan (71) shot in a maizefield on his farm.
Saturday 22 May 2004: Mrs Rina de Klerk (59) shot and killed. Her husband was shot and suffered a crushed jawbone and knee-wound.
Monday 24 May 2004: Mrs Anne McCondochie (58) killed. Her husband John (63) wounded.
Tuesday 25 May 2004: Mr Hennie van der Merwe (56) shot and wounded. His son Henk (22) was also wounded.
Tuesday 25 May 2004: Mr Johan van Reenen-Bergman (61) attacked and shot.
For each of these farm attacks the South African Government gained financially. If not through Death Taxes and Estate Duties in the cases where farmers died, then in Valued Added Tax (14%) on all expenses (medical as well as replacement of stolen items or repair of damages to property) as a direct result of these crimes.
I am pleading with the International Community to assist us in motivating the South African Government to forgo this immoral and unconsitutional "income" as a direct result of crime. We need to test this issue before the Consitutional Courts of this country, but are lacking funding to do so. While we have already made provision for legal expenses to the tune of R500 000,00, we need to double that amount before we can proceed with constitutional court action. The moment we have such surities in place we can immediately proceed with a constitutional court action to make crime and criminal activity "non-profitable" to government.
We are of opinion that all expenses towards self-protection and preservation should be tax-deductible, even to the ordinary salaried person in South Africa. Every single expense as a direct result of crime should be VAT zero-rated, and if one dies as a result of a criminal activity one's entire estate should be excluded from any form of Death Taxes or Estate Duties, since the government of this country has failed in protecting the victim's basic right to life, as per the constitution.
Yours etc.,
Johann Marx, Randburg, Transvaal
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BUILDING COLLAPSE
Sir,
A prominent building firm in Cape Town is about to bite the dust as a result of black verneukery.
The contract was for several million, but shortly after the tenders had been opened, the successful tenderer (White) was told that he had to go into partnership with a second (Black) builder, as well as form an association with COSATU, the Black trade union body, as there were two hundred Blacks on his staff. The White builder began to have his doubts, but decided to sign the contract. In due course a certificate was prepared for two milion Rand. This was awarded, not to the White builder but to the Black. The latter saw no necessity to notify his White colleague thereof, but paid the entire amount into his own bank account instead of that of the White builder, who had of course single handedly financed the undertaking. When the White builder advised the Public Works Department that he now had no option but to go into liquidation, he was immediately told he could not do this without the consent of his "partner "and the Trades Union Congress! Such consent was not of course forthcoming. He has given the Public Works Department notice that he is now winding up his business. He was told that he could not do this either, but of course he has no alternative.
This is one of the inevitable results of Mr. MacMillan's 'Winds of Change' speech. He cheerfully consigned South African Whites to wholesale victimisation in order to preserve his "democratic" image. A large amount of the blame must also be laid at the doors of those Whites who put the interests of the Blacks before that of their own White fellow countrymen.
Yours etc.,
Richard Deane, Cape Town, Cape Province
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WHITE KAFFIR
Sir,
Your report on the history of the notorious Arthur Kemp [July's SCN - Ed.] contained one important omission. Kemp turned State's Witness in the trial of that great South African patriot Clive Derby-Lewis in 1993, when his admission that he supplied a "hit-list" of leading ANC politicians led without doubt to the conviction of this clearly innocent man.
Kemp has simply been doing the bidding of his Black masters for many years now. Down with the traitor Kemp!
Yours etc.,
A.G., Durban, Natal
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Sir,
May I thank you so very much for your assistance in sending out our appeal for help for the poor people of the Lochvaal/Vanderbijlpark Transit Camp. Unfortunately these people are victims of mostly affirmative action policies being implemented at the Iscor Works in Vanderbijlpark. They are all blue collar workers and they have little understanding of the greater political picture which is playing itself out here. They don't understand that if you lose your job, you lose your job, period. The rules have changed and this has been having a terrible negative impact on these guys, who just don't understand. If they are lucky enough to land in the transit camp, they at least have a roof over their head, a bed to sleep in and food to eat. After a time, it is understandable that they fear going back into the outside world, a world which they feel, has betrayed them. They have no confidence in themselves. It takes a lot of understanding and discipline to keep everyone in check. The Welfare Officer who is in charge there has her hands full. There are approximately 27 children there together with 60 adults, so a huge group to take care of and feed.
Last night I received an e-mail from a friend who told me of two Afrikaner boys who were 'taken in' by someone in Alexandra Township, because their mother did not look after them anymore. I was incensed by this. On Monday I'll try to track these boys down through some contacts I have in the police. I'm hoping to get them moved to Vanderbijlpark. These things are happening here, and it is a harsh reality that many Afrikaners are unable to take the political pressure because they simply don't understand who or where to turn to. The Dutch Reformed Church, in my eyes, has betrayed its people. They fill me with disgust. If what I hear from the Transvaal Agricultural Union that they are urging farmers to 'give' their farms to Blacks in the spirit of reconciliation is true, they are the arch-hypocrites! But I guess we all knew that much betrayal would be going on during this time, and this has come about. We'll probably hear more of it as time goes on.
Thank you again for keeping the flags flying and for your wonderful work.
Yours etc.,
M.L., Sandton, Transvaal
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FRUITCAKE'S FANTASIES
Most readers will be familiar with all the problems which we have encountered from Mr. Francis "Fruitcake" Andrew, the Jordan-based trouble-making nutcase, for well over a year now.
In his ongoing vendetta campaign against us "Fruitcake" has evidently been making wilder and wilder claims and accusations. Perhaps the most deranged of these, however, is his apparent consistant claim that this present writer, the editor of the SCN, has never been married and does not have a daughter. I would guess that at least 10% of readers of the SCN either knew my late wife or have had contact with my daughter, and so can therefore testify from personal experience that this bizarre claim of "Fruitcake's" is totally bonkers. What else does "Fruitcake" need in order to convince him that he is talking total demented nonsense - copies of all the relevant marriage and birth certificates and wedding pictures?
Readers will probably also recall that "Fruitcake" once threatened to sue us for calling him a "lunatic character", though predictably nothing ever happened as a result of this ridiculous threat. The fact that he is now apparently trying to circulate claims which are not only lies, but easily provable lies, would certainly seem to suggest that he is not only a "lunatic character" but certifiably insane!
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See you again next month!
August 2004 edition
When we referred to the ANP/NP axis during the 1990s we were often pooh-poohed. Although it was surely crystal clear to all with the slightest knowledge of South African affairs that the NP and the ANC had been working hand-in-glove at least since de Klerk's notorious "Red Tuesday" speech of February 1990, there were still those who were apparently either incapable or unwilling to recognise that this was the case.
All the signs were of course there for everyone to see. De Klerk's unbanning of the terrorist ANC and subsequent hob-nobbing with their convicted criminal leader Mandela. The NP's willingness to forsake the South African national flag and national anthem and to recognise the ANC flag and a bastardised version of the national anthem in their place. More recently, moreover, has been van Schalkwyk's eager desire to get into bed with the ANC at every opportunity - both at national and provincial level - and of course the NP-darling 'Pik' Botha's open defection to the ANC. Surely, therefore, it must have been obvious to all but the most stupid that the NP of Botha, de Klerk and van Schalkwyk was a completely different animal to the NP of Malan, Strydom and Verwoerd!
Now, of course, comes the simple confirmation of this fact through van Schalkwyk's decision to disband the "New" NP completely and to encourage all members to join the terrorist ANC. To us the biggest surprise is that it's taken so long for this logical development to come about - yet incredibly there are STILL people who appear to be shocked by this move!
We of course warned South Africans during general election after general election and during referendum after referendum through the pages of S.A.Patriot/S.A.Patriot-in-Exile throughout the 1980s and 1990s that the NP was not to be trusted and should be rejected at the polls at the earliest opportunity. Regretfully the South African people chose not listen to our warnings, so are now therefore paying a very heavy price for their refusal to take heed of our advice.
At times we feel very much like Cassandra, but our consciences are completely clear. Hopefully, however, South Africans will now start to pay more attention to our advice in the days to come as we continue to lay out plans for the South African resistance struggle in exile!
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KWV UKKASIEFEES
This year's UKkasiefees proved to be a great success. The opening concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 10th July, at which many prominent Afrikaner artists performed, was a huge triumph, and it is anticipated that this will become a regular event in years to come. The festivities the following day at "Zulus Bar" in Leytonstone, which were attended by a large contingent of Springbok Club supporters, were an equal success, and featured many stalls and refreshment outlets retailing traditional South African products. The crowds were entertained by many leading South African artists, most prominently by Dozi, the highly popular Afrikaans singer, and by the Anglo-Gold Mine Choir. Dozi, who performed superbly in concert later during the evening, was moreover very keen to socialise with everyone, and established a good rapport with Springbok Club secretary David Williams. Everyone involved with UKkasie therefore deserves the highest congratulations upon organising such an enjoyable and successful weekend.
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AUGUST SPRINGBOK CLUB MEETING
Details of the next Springbok Club meeting in London have now been finalised, and are as follows :-
Date : Friday 20th August 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).
Guest Speaker : Mr. ALBERT WEIDEMANN
Albert Weidemann was of course the Springbok Club's guest of honour for their 2002 UDI Day Dinner, where he gave a most enthralling and enlightening speech regarding the current situation in Zimbabwe. Since then many significant events have taken place in that beleaguered land, and Mr. Weidemann is in a unique position to give an update about the present situation there and likely future developments. Albert Weidemann was born at Broken Hill (Kabwe) in the then Northern Rhodesia where he spent most of his early life, before moving to Bulawayo and from there to Gwelo. He subsequently moved to South Africa where he founded his own highly successful transport company, before relocating to the UK in 1998. Since arriving in the UK he has risen to prominence as a leading Zimbabwe human rights campaigner, and has served as Deputy Chairman of the Manchester Branch of the Movement for Democratic Change. He has also organised a number of mass demonstrations against the draconian policies of the ZANU-PF government outside the Zimbabwe High Commission in London, and has spoken extensively about the tyrannical nature of the Mugabe regime both on radio and in university debates.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH NEWS
The London Branch of the Springbok Club will be staging another river trip along the Thames in September, this time travelling from Westminster to Richmond and back. This will probably take place on Sunday 19th September, assembling at approximately mid-day. Full details will of course be given in next month's SCN.
The Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club have already finalised arrangements for their UDI Day celebrations this year, which will take place on Saturday 6th November, and at which a prominent Unionist MP will be the guest of honour. Again fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB EVENTS
A delegation of Springbok Club members will be visiting Gibraltar in October of this year, in order to help celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Rock becoming British. This will take place during the week of 17th to 24th October, so if any other members or supporters would like to join this trip they should e-mail the Springbok Club in this regard at: springbok@falklands.org
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SPRINGBOK CLUB COMMITTEE DECISION
At a recent meeting of the Executive Committee of the Springbok Club it was decided that in future membership would be accepted from those still living in South Africa itself. In the past it was always felt that there were too many potential dangers involved for members living under the current dispensation in South Africa, but it is now accepted that as long as potential South African-based members are made aware of the possible problems involved under present circumstances then their membership will in future be welcomed. In view of the weakness and decline in the value of the Rand it was furthermore decided that membership rates would be the same as in the UK (i.e. £20 for Full Membership and £10.00 for Associate Membership) at current Rand/Sterling exchange rates.
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ESCAPE TO THE LEGION
Matt Ward of Diverse TV writes as follows :-
"I’m researching for a new historical television programme.
"I’m specifically looking for an ex-military man with a commonwealth connection. If you know of anyone or can suggest a good area to target these individuals then please could you let me know.
"'Escape to the Legion' is Channel 4’s new prime-time history/reality series, giving 12 ordinary men a taste of life in the French Foreign Legion at a desert fort run by ex-Legionnaires in the vast expanse of the Sahara.
"The training will last for one month and will of course be tough - but achievable. It will reflect many of the real training practices of the Legion from fitness to military skills and discipline. Our aim is to make it a demanding experience but one that will be highly rewarding for those taking part. Your aim will be simply to finish the course. There are no prizes, just a sense of pride if you and your brothers in arms successfully complete the challenge.
"We are recruiting now. We are looking for men from all backgrounds and from across the UK. It doesn’t matter why you want to join, whether you are escaping something in your personal life, looking for adventure or just fancy a change and the chance to spend a month in one of the great wildernesses in the world.
"If you are aged between 18 and 40 and can take 4 weeks off you could be running away to join the Foreign Legion.
"To complete a questionnaire log to www.diverse.tv"
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RHODESIAN BRAAI/FUNDAY
A Rhodesian braai/funday will be held at the Burghclere Sports Club, Harts Lane, Burghclere, Newbury, Berkshire on Sunday 29th August.
This is a bring-and-braai, and will take place from 12 noon to approx. 17.00 hrs. The club-room and bar will be open selling Castle Lager, boerewors and biltong, and braai fires will be lit and available for all to use. There are swings and slides and a great play area for kids, and a 20/20 Cricket match will also be staged during the afternoon. All raffle proceeds and donations will go towards the Rhodesians Worldwide Assistance Fund.
For more details please contact John O'Brien on: John@dovetailhrs.co.uk
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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
It's our second anniversary sale! Get a Rhodesian Rugby Jersey, land Tenure map, Rhodesia was Super hat, flag bumper sticker, RWS Double memories CD and Surprise DVD all for $139.95 - a saving of over $100.00!
Rhodesian custom apparel, CDs, maps, videos, books and more. The online Rhodie store shipping worldwide: www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
Chris Cocks' best sellers "FireForce and Survival Course" are being re-printed as one book. Chris is currently re-editing them to include new stories, photos and a final chapter. First 500 copies will be available autographed with inscriptions. Don't be disappointed, so add yourself to the want list. E-mail us at Rhodesia@shaw.ca and in the subject line place: ADD TO WANT LIST FOR FIREFORCE, SURVIVAL COURSE. We are shooting at a retail price of $39.95.
New!! Jonty Winch, Rhodesian Rugby and Cricket is also being re-printed as one book and will include updated material! E-mail us at Rhodesia@shaw.ca and in the subject line place: ADD TO WANT LIST FOR RHODESIAN RUGBY/CRICKET. We are shooting at a retail price of $39.95. [Please note we are seeking any Rhodesian Rugby or Cricket Video footage which we will transfer onto DVD to include with the book for free, if you have any please contact Bill at Rhodesia@shaw.ca]
The Rhodesia was Super 'Rhodie Rag' can be read online at www.Rhodesiawassuper.com. Stroll down to the left, under additional info and click on RWS newsletter. Includes info on RW UK and international braai's.
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club is now retailing full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags. They are priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (please add £1.00 for p.& p.).
Also now available are copies of an excellent 8-page magazine published by Glenwood Publications in Northern Ireland entitled "The 2004 Twelfth: Celebration - not Provocation" price 50p (please add 25p for p.& p.).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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 15% 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: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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.
Copies of WAY OUT OF LINE can be ordered from Amazon.com.
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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 available priced R150.00 in South Africa from: Jack Loggenberg, TLU/TAU, P.O.Box 91251, Silverton, Pretoria, 0127, Transvaal, South Africa (payments to "TLU/TAU"), or priced £9.95 (+ 15% p.& p.) in the UK from: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX (payments to "The Springbok Club").
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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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"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" by Glenn Macaskill, a former member of the Rhodesian BSA Police, is an adventure novel set in Zimbabwe and South Africa in 1983 and 2000, involving espionage against Mugabe's regime and the exciting quest to unravel the secret of an ancient pricless relic. Considerable historical research makes the work informative and entertaining and current sales show interest by all Southern Africans. Sells at £9.95 plus registered p&p. Contact Glenn at mjmac@mweb.co.za or order on-line at: www.geocities.com/goldking992000/index.html
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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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CAN U HELP?
We've recently learnt that Keith Knott's excellent "Crime Busters of South Africa" web-site is no longer accessible, and furthermore that both of Keith's e-mail addresses (wotknott@email.com and crimebustersza@email.com) are no longer recognised. Does anyone know of the new web-site address for this excellent service we therefore wonder, or where Keith can now be contacted?
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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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THE TIMES THEY ARE A'CHANGING
Belgian students have demanded the withdrawal of an honorary degree awarded to Mandela at Antwerp University. Students at Antwerp University published a press release demanding the withdrawal of the university's decision to award an honorary degree to convicted terrorist and subsequent "new" South African president Nelson Mandela on May 26. Student leader Gert Gillis said the NSV (the student society publishing the press release) opposed awarding the honorary degree to the veteran ANC leader - because they see him as being co-responsible for the farm attacks due his "inaction' during his presidency to stop them. The students said Mandela, as the ex-president of South Africa and still a highly influential veteran ANC leader, undertook nothing effectively to stop the killing of White farmers, which started in 1991.
The statement read: “As former president of South Africa, and still an influential veteran leader of the communist ANC, Mandela is and indeed must be seen as co-responsible for this horrendous ethnic-cleansing campaign targeting Afrikaner farmers, and which the international news media remains so silent about."
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.69 : Mr. NEIL SMITH of Johannesburg
Neil Smith was born in the UK, but emigrated to South Africa at an early age. He subsequently returned to live in Harlow during the early 1970s, but couldn't settle, and returned to South Africa round about 1980, living in the Kibler Park area of south Jo'burg. He was an IT expert, being a leading authority on several advanced programming languages in Suth Africa. Although never politically active, he was even so a true and dedicated patriot both in the British and South African contexts. A number of former friends would be very keen to learn where he is living now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The International Campaign to Stop South African Genocide is run by Don Pengelly from Texas. They maintain a very informative and praiseworthy web-site detailing what is really happening in South Africa at the moment, which is well worth a visit. It can be accessed at:-
http://groups.msn.com/stopsouthafricangenocide
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TAXING ISSUE
Sir,
The following farm killings and attacks occurred in South Africa in just 14 days :-
Saturday 15 May 2004: Mrs Tertia Momber (47). Killed with a tent-peg and a rake.
Thursday 20 May 2004: Mr Henk Fourie (29) shot in the back.
Friday 21 May 2004: Mr Eddie Jordaan (71) shot in a maizefield on his farm.
Saturday 22 May 2004: Mrs Rina de Klerk (59) shot and killed. Her husband was shot and suffered a crushed jawbone and knee-wound.
Monday 24 May 2004: Mrs Anne McCondochie (58) killed. Her husband John (63) wounded.
Tuesday 25 May 2004: Mr Hennie van der Merwe (56) shot and wounded. His son Henk (22) was also wounded.
Tuesday 25 May 2004: Mr Johan van Reenen-Bergman (61) attacked and shot.
For each of these farm attacks the South African Government gained financially. If not through Death Taxes and Estate Duties in the cases where farmers died, then in Valued Added Tax (14%) on all expenses (medical as well as replacement of stolen items or repair of damages to property) as a direct result of these crimes.
I am pleading with the International Community to assist us in motivating the South African Government to forgo this immoral and unconsitutional "income" as a direct result of crime. We need to test this issue before the Consitutional Courts of this country, but are lacking funding to do so. While we have already made provision for legal expenses to the tune of R500 000,00, we need to double that amount before we can proceed with constitutional court action. The moment we have such surities in place we can immediately proceed with a constitutional court action to make crime and criminal activity "non-profitable" to government.
We are of opinion that all expenses towards self-protection and preservation should be tax-deductible, even to the ordinary salaried person in South Africa. Every single expense as a direct result of crime should be VAT zero-rated, and if one dies as a result of a criminal activity one's entire estate should be excluded from any form of Death Taxes or Estate Duties, since the government of this country has failed in protecting the victim's basic right to life, as per the constitution.
Yours etc.,
Johann Marx, Randburg, Transvaal
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BUILDING COLLAPSE
Sir,
A prominent building firm in Cape Town is about to bite the dust as a result of black verneukery.
The contract was for several million, but shortly after the tenders had been opened, the successful tenderer (White) was told that he had to go into partnership with a second (Black) builder, as well as form an association with COSATU, the Black trade union body, as there were two hundred Blacks on his staff. The White builder began to have his doubts, but decided to sign the contract. In due course a certificate was prepared for two milion Rand. This was awarded, not to the White builder but to the Black. The latter saw no necessity to notify his White colleague thereof, but paid the entire amount into his own bank account instead of that of the White builder, who had of course single handedly financed the undertaking. When the White builder advised the Public Works Department that he now had no option but to go into liquidation, he was immediately told he could not do this without the consent of his "partner "and the Trades Union Congress! Such consent was not of course forthcoming. He has given the Public Works Department notice that he is now winding up his business. He was told that he could not do this either, but of course he has no alternative.
This is one of the inevitable results of Mr. MacMillan's 'Winds of Change' speech. He cheerfully consigned South African Whites to wholesale victimisation in order to preserve his "democratic" image. A large amount of the blame must also be laid at the doors of those Whites who put the interests of the Blacks before that of their own White fellow countrymen.
Yours etc.,
Richard Deane, Cape Town, Cape Province
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WHITE KAFFIR
Sir,
Your report on the history of the notorious Arthur Kemp [July's SCN - Ed.] contained one important omission. Kemp turned State's Witness in the trial of that great South African patriot Clive Derby-Lewis in 1993, when his admission that he supplied a "hit-list" of leading ANC politicians led without doubt to the conviction of this clearly innocent man.
Kemp has simply been doing the bidding of his Black masters for many years now. Down with the traitor Kemp!
Yours etc.,
A.G., Durban, Natal
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Sir,
May I thank you so very much for your assistance in sending out our appeal for help for the poor people of the Lochvaal/Vanderbijlpark Transit Camp. Unfortunately these people are victims of mostly affirmative action policies being implemented at the Iscor Works in Vanderbijlpark. They are all blue collar workers and they have little understanding of the greater political picture which is playing itself out here. They don't understand that if you lose your job, you lose your job, period. The rules have changed and this has been having a terrible negative impact on these guys, who just don't understand. If they are lucky enough to land in the transit camp, they at least have a roof over their head, a bed to sleep in and food to eat. After a time, it is understandable that they fear going back into the outside world, a world which they feel, has betrayed them. They have no confidence in themselves. It takes a lot of understanding and discipline to keep everyone in check. The Welfare Officer who is in charge there has her hands full. There are approximately 27 children there together with 60 adults, so a huge group to take care of and feed.
Last night I received an e-mail from a friend who told me of two Afrikaner boys who were 'taken in' by someone in Alexandra Township, because their mother did not look after them anymore. I was incensed by this. On Monday I'll try to track these boys down through some contacts I have in the police. I'm hoping to get them moved to Vanderbijlpark. These things are happening here, and it is a harsh reality that many Afrikaners are unable to take the political pressure because they simply don't understand who or where to turn to. The Dutch Reformed Church, in my eyes, has betrayed its people. They fill me with disgust. If what I hear from the Transvaal Agricultural Union that they are urging farmers to 'give' their farms to Blacks in the spirit of reconciliation is true, they are the arch-hypocrites! But I guess we all knew that much betrayal would be going on during this time, and this has come about. We'll probably hear more of it as time goes on.
Thank you again for keeping the flags flying and for your wonderful work.
Yours etc.,
M.L., Sandton, Transvaal
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FRUITCAKE'S FANTASIES
Most readers will be familiar with all the problems which we have encountered from Mr. Francis "Fruitcake" Andrew, the Jordan-based trouble-making nutcase, for well over a year now.
In his ongoing vendetta campaign against us "Fruitcake" has evidently been making wilder and wilder claims and accusations. Perhaps the most deranged of these, however, is his apparent consistant claim that this present writer, the editor of the SCN, has never been married and does not have a daughter. I would guess that at least 10% of readers of the SCN either knew my late wife or have had contact with my daughter, and so can therefore testify from personal experience that this bizarre claim of "Fruitcake's" is totally bonkers. What else does "Fruitcake" need in order to convince him that he is talking total demented nonsense - copies of all the relevant marriage and birth certificates and wedding pictures?
Readers will probably also recall that "Fruitcake" once threatened to sue us for calling him a "lunatic character", though predictably nothing ever happened as a result of this ridiculous threat. The fact that he is now apparently trying to circulate claims which are not only lies, but easily provable lies, would certainly seem to suggest that he is not only a "lunatic character" but certifiably insane!
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Friday, 9 July 2004
July 2004 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
July 2004 edition
At the time of writing we have good information that Robert Mugabe will very shortly cease to hold power in "Zimbabwe". What happens in that beleaguered land after he departs is open to speculation - but it is very difficult to imagine that the situation will be any worse than it is at present!
Of course in current circumstances it is impossible to imagine that the country will revert to its original name of Rhodesia, but any sensible incoming administration is bound to allow the Rhodesian culture and ideals to be re-established, if only for the economic well-being of all inhabitants. Mugabe and his ZANU-PF regime may have thought that they destroyed the Rhodesian spirit for all time in 1980, but they failed completely. Organisations such as Rhodesians Worldwide, the Rhodesia Christian Group, the Rhodesian Army Association, the BSAP Association, the New Zealand-based Kamina Kawena organisation and the Flame Lily Foundation have constantly managed to keep [ex-]Rhodesians together and to keep the ideals of the country alive. Of special note in this regard is Richard Allport's "Rhodesian Government in Exile", which although only intended tongue-in-cheek has evidently recently caused consternation among the Mugabe regime!
If there seems light at the end of the tunnel as far as the Rhodesian cause is concerned, the same thing alas cannot be said about South Africa. Although the breakdown in law and order in South Africa is already far worse than that in "Zimbabwe", the situation undoubtedly has to become even nmore horrific before we can expect any form of overseas intervention to remove the ANC regime. South Africans must learn from their Rhodesian brothers and sisters however, and organise ever more effectively both internally and "in exile". Already UKkasie and the InterAfrikaanse Trust are doing excellent work among the Afrikaner Diaspora, with the Springbok Club doing likewise among British-southern Africans and their supporters around the world. Special mention should also be made of the Dorset South African Club and the Devon-based "Bottom Half" organisation, which in their own small ways are helping to keep the spirit and ideals of the 1820 Settlers alive. There needs to be more initiative for resistance within South Africa itself however, but here the more aggressive stance of Freedom Front Plus and the formation of the Livingstonians organisation and the English Cultural Front give great reason for hope.
It may still be quite some time before those southern Africans of both Afrikaans and British descent forced into exile or into internal servitude manage to regain their rightful places in the countries to which they belong, but that day WILL eventually come. When it does it will be those organisations and individuals who continued the struggle during the darkest days who will deserve the highest praise.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB JUNE MEETING
The Springbok Club was most privileged to be addressed by Professor David Marsland, the Director of Research in the Department of Health and Social Care at Brunel University, last month. Speaking to a crowded meeting Professor Marsland gave a hard-hitting and inspiring talk under the title of "Fighting for Freedom - fighting tough", which was most warmly received by all in the packed hall. Professor Marsland outlined the main threats currently facing the freedom of the West, specifically emphasising the ongoing dangers posed by expansionist Islam. He demonstrated too that what he termed "home-grown cowardice" was an equally serious threat, and was particularly scathing of all those who opposed the War against Terrorism in Iraq for whatever reason.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH NEWS
Alas the recent pub-gathering of the Kent Branch of the Springbok Club to celebrate Waterloo Day did not turn out to be a big success, and the experiment of holding such activities during weekday afternoons will probably not be repeated.
If the latest Kent Branch event proved to be a disappointment, then the latest Northern Ireland Branch meeting proved an outstanding success. This meeting took the form of a "British Empire Commemoration" and was addressed by the Rev. Martyn Smyth BA, BD, MP (UUP, South Belfast). Speaking to a high-quality audience, the Rev. Martin Smyth emphasised the success of the British Empire in bringing Christian civilisation to previously troubled parts of the globe, and demonstrated that in spite of some failings the British Empire was still one of the greatest forces for good which the world has ever seen. Quoting extensively from Niall Ferguson's book "Empire", he ended with Rudyard Kipling's famous injunction "Take Up the White Man's Burden". Special congratulations are due to Pastor Nigel Owens, the Chairman of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club, for organising such a magnificent event, and to his charming wife Gail for providing such superb refreshments.
John Beattie, the newly-appointed Canadian co-ordinator of the Springbok Club, has already initiated his own Springbok Canada Newsletter. If you would like to receive copies regularly in future (no matter where you live!) then contact John direct at: agentj@on.aibn.com
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB EVENTS
The Springbok Club will not be holding any specific event during July, but will be encouraging all members and supporters to support both the forthcoming UKkasiefees and the Dorset South African Club's summer braai (for more details about both these events see below).
In August the London and Kent Branches of the Springbok Club will be joining forces to hold a joint braai on the London/Kent border, and in September the London Branch is planning another river trip along the Thames from Richmond. Later on during the year the Springbok Club anticipates welcoming two further high-profile guest speakers. Fuller details of all these events will of course be included in future editions of the SCN.
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CONSERVATIVE MONDAY CLUB MEETING
The Conservative Monday Club recently staged a most informative meeting addressed by Mr. John Wilkinson MP (Con., Ruislip) who spoke on the subject of Defence. Mr. Wilkinson gave an expert and very detailed account of his own priorities regarding defence spending in the present environment, and during a highly-informed question-and-answer session gave in-depth replies to many of the more important matters raised concerning Britain's current defence capabilities. The leadership of the Conservative Monday Club is to be congratulated upon staging such an important and educative meeting.
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KWV UKKASIEFEES
Arrangements regarding this year's KWV UKkasiefees in London have altered somewhat since the June edition of the SCN was published. Although the special concert will still take place at the Royal Albert Hall on the evening of Saturday 10th July, the main festival itself will now take place at Zulu's Bar in Leytonstone High Road (very close to Leytonstone Underground Station - exit via Church Lane into Leytonstone High Road, and then turn right) from 8th to 11th July 2004, commencing each day at 11.00 hrs and finishing at 17.00 hrs. The Springbok Club is hoping that a large contingent of supporters will attend on Sunday 11th July, rendezvousing at approximately 12.00 hrs. For fuller details visit the UKkasie web-site at:-
http://www.ukkasie.com
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DORSET SOUTH AFRICAN CLUB SUMMER BRAAI
The Dorset South African Club will be holding their Summer Braai on Sunday 25th July, commencing at 10.00 hrs. It will be held at Anderwood near Burley in the New Forest - from either the A31 or A35 take the Burley turn-off, and once in Burley take the left turn past the pub (opposite the "Coven of Witches") and follow that road until the sign for Anderwood is reached, at which point the DSAC will have special boards giving directions to the site. All attendees are asked to bring their own food and utensils, and also any outdoor games which they may like to participate in. Keen cyclists are also asked to bring their bikes, as there will be a cycling expedition after lunch. For more details e-mail: D.S.A.C@btinternet.com
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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
Free Wrex Tarr CD with the purchase of a Rhodesian Rugby Jersey or Land Tenure Map!
Limited Time offer :-
We've just received a batch of Wrex CD's which unfortunately contain a small buffer error. The error is only 10 seconds long, that's it! The rest of the CD is in perfect shape. Contains: Exodus, Harvard Mkiia, Jame Bondi, Yeno Lo Golf, Kiri Kick it, Dear Aunty Jane, Terrorists Lament, Red Riding Hood, The Asronauts, Irish Stew, Olympic Games, Casserole, The one Legged Chicken, Cocky Robin, Macbeth and Lo Jet. 16 classic tracks valued at $25.00, and yours for free with the puchase of a Rhodesian Rugby Jersey or Land Tenure map. Order now as this is a one time limited offer. (If you do not see the offer on the front page of the website you missed out.)
http://www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
A new selection of books has also just been added.
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club is now retailing full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags. They are priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (please add £1.00 for p.& p.).
Also now available are copies of an excellent 8-page magazine published by Glenwood Publications in Northern Ireland entitled "The 2004 Twelfth: Celebration - not Provocation" price 50p (please add 25p for p.& p.).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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 15% 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: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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.
Copies of WAY OUT OF LINE can be ordered from Amazon.com.
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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 available priced R150.00 in South Africa from: Jack Loggenberg, TLU/TAU, P.O.Box 91251, Silverton, Pretoria, 0127, Transvaal, South Africa (payments to "TLU/TAU"), or priced £9.95 (+ 15% p.& p.) in the UK from: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX (payments to "The Springbok Club").
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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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"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" by Glenn Macaskill, a former member of the Rhodesian BSA Police, is an adventure novel set in Zimbabwe and South Africa in 1983 and 2000, involving espionage against Mugabe's regime and the exciting quest to unravel the secret of an ancient pricless relic. Considerable historical research makes the work informative and entertaining and current sales show interest by all Southern Africans. Sells at £9.95 plus registered p&p. Contact Glenn at mjmac@mweb.co.za or order on-line at: www.geocities.com/goldking992000/index.html
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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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VICTORY FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION!
We have just learnt that all charges against members of the Firle Bonfire Society have now been dropped! Readers will probably recall that after the FBS burnt a tableau representing an illegal squatters' caravan at last year's bonfire celebrations complaints were made by various busy-bodies and bleeding-heart liberals who claimed that it was offensive to the "travelling community". Such a claim was of course complete bunkum, as it was simply a manifestation of the best traditions of bonfire - something which even the authorities now seem to accept. You can check the official FBS statment on their website at: http://www.firlebonfire.com and click on messages. Long live bonfire and its traditions!
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.68 : HANNETTE VAN WYK of the Transvaal
Hannette van Wyk (formerly Botha) married during the late 1980s and went to live with her new husband (believed named Johan) on a farm in the Transvaal platteland. A few years ago we heard that she had tragically been seriously injured in a vehicle accident which had left her paralysed. We would be very keen to learn what has happened to her since.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
As well as publishing the excellent magazine "The 2004 Twelfth: Celebration - not Provocation" Glenwood Publications also maintain a superlative web-site on the same theme. It is well worth a visit, and can be accessed at:-
http://www.the-twelfth.org.uk
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SOUTH AFRICAN VOLUNTEER FORCE
Sir,
When the Irish wanted independence, Britain stood by the Loyalists living there, and built Northern Ireland. For years Britain, Europe and in fact the whole world have stood by the partition of Ireland. So why, oh why, wasn't the same done in Africa? Why isn't there an English state in Africa protected by the Crown? Could it be said that the British rulers haven't done their duty for those who wave the Union Jack down in Africa. We shout God Save the Queen all day and night, but the UK Government doesn't seem to notice we exist.
This isn't justice, this isn't the carrying out of their duty as miniters of Her Majesty's government to protect her people. Why wasn't there a partition of what is now called Zimbabwe? The British government was quick to send troops into the Falkland Islands, which are sparsely populated. Many British troops died to keep the sovereignty and liberty of the British living there. Why is the world's attitude so different when it comes to Africa? So, why isn't the world interested in stopping crazed land reform? Why doesn't it stand for equality? Why won't it listen to requests for English self-determination in South Africa?
We have been, and are being, betrayed?
Yours etc.,
B.C., Cape Town
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ATTACK SIGNS
Sir,
Being attacked is a sign of success. The losers only attack winners, and tall trees catch the wind. So I congratulate you on your success. Don't bother to bark back at the barking dogs. I have learnt to ignore the attackers. Jealousy and nothing else.
Yours etc.,
Robin Elliott, Vancouver, Canada.
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ROGUES GALLERY
Evidently Mr. Francis "Fruitcake" Andrew has been contacting as many people connected to the Springbok Club as possible trying to spread poison about the organisation. Happily, however, most people so contacted have completely ignored his deranged meanderings with the contempt which they deserve. Jordan-based Arabist "Fruitcake" Andrew was originally a member of the Springbok Club, but about a year ago he initiated an irrational hate campaign against the movement, sending a torrent of infantile, abusive and offensive e-mails to the organisation, many of them of a most childish lavatorial nature. As a result "Fruitcake" was expelled from the Springbok Club by a unanimous vote of the Executive Committee. Subsequently, however, he not only objected to this expulsion, but also hypocritically attacked the basic aims and objectives of the movement - thus leading all to wonder why he ever wanted to join in the first place! After an earlier account of "Fruitcake's" childish hate campaign in the SCN he threatened to sue us for libel after we termed him a "lunatic character", but predictably nothing ever resulted from this puerile threat. In view of his subsequent demented antics we therefore have no hesitation in repeating our assertion that he is a lunatic character, and remind everyone that he no longer has any connection to the Springbok Club whatsoever.
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THE PLOT THINKENS (II)
Another somewhat more sinister rogue who has plagued us in the past who long-standing readers may recall is young Mr. Arthur Kemp.
Without going into intricate details, the history of our contact with this sinister figure is as follows. Kemp (in spite of his British surname he is actually German in ancestry - his father having Anglocized the name) was an early supporter of our movement when we were still based in South Africa itself during the early 1980s, and indeed wrote several times for the original S.A.Patriot under the pseudonym of Adrian Kotze. In those days he clearly gave the impression that he was a mainstream conservative like ourselves, and indeed was an active member of the Conservative Party of South Africa. He was also then most scathing against the more paranoid conspiracy-theorists who inhabited the fringes of South African politics, particularly those of an anti-Semitic nature, and like ourselves recognised that Israel was White South Africa's best overseas friend. During the late 1980s, however, we were warned by supporters in the Transvaal to be very wary of him as he was allegedly working for the South African security forces. Initially we dismissed this speculation, but our suspicions were heightened when he wrote a most strange book about the AWB outfit (or allegedly wrote, as we have heard several rumours from South Africa that it was actually written at least in collaboration with Jani Allen, with whom he established close contacts when working for "The Citizen" newspaper) which was published in 1990. This suspicious book gave much credibility to the joke AWB outfit, and exaggerated their size and influence out of all proportion. Subsequently, of course, the "boosted" AWB was used to demonise and discredit the "Vote No" campaign during the 1992 Constitutional Referendum. All contact from Kemp then ceased, but during the mid 1990s we heard that he had moved to the UK together with the well-known South African political commentator Cliff Saunders, though surprisingly he made no attempt to re-contact us. When we managed to contact him, however, he stated that he wanted nothing further to do with us as we had allegedly "changed our political views" - but as it was Kemp who was now spouting out all forms of conspiratorial anti-Semitic nonsense this was quite clearly the antithesis of the truth! In 2000, however, a report appeared in the Afrikaans Sunday newspaper "Rapport" exposing both Jani Allen and Cliff Saunders as being in the pay of the "new" South African security services, and in the March 2000 edition of the SCN we revealed the fact that Kemp was closely connected to both these two individuals. This resulted in a quite hysterical smear e-mail being circulated by Kemp attacking us - though more importantly one of our supporters informed us that this was actually "old news", as a report showing that Kemp was an informant for the National Intelligence Service appeared in the "Mail & Guardian" of February 18, 1997!
Shortly before this year's Euro elections a smear e-mail was circulated attacking the UKIP London mayoral candidate Frank Maloney for speaking to the Springbok Club, which contained 11 vile and easily provable lies about the current Chairman of the organisation. Fortunately this smear was so far "over the top" that nobody took it seriously, but it was positively identified as having originated with a leading member of the neo-fascist British National Party (BNP). More significantly, however, the phraseology of many of the attacks in this smear bore a very close resemblance to Kemp's hysterical smear e-mail of 2000. A report then appeared in "The Guardian" of June 10 revealing that Kemp was back in the UK, and that he was working here - surprise, surprise - for the BNP!
Could it be that just as Kemp was used in South Africa to boost the credibilty of the AWB bunch of clowns and thereby discredit the "Vote No" campaign during the 1992 Referendum, so now he is being used in the UK to boost the BNP fascists in order to damage the progress of the authentic patriotic UKIP? Whatever the case both young Mr. Kemp and the BNP should clearly be avoided like the plague!
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July 2004 edition
At the time of writing we have good information that Robert Mugabe will very shortly cease to hold power in "Zimbabwe". What happens in that beleaguered land after he departs is open to speculation - but it is very difficult to imagine that the situation will be any worse than it is at present!
Of course in current circumstances it is impossible to imagine that the country will revert to its original name of Rhodesia, but any sensible incoming administration is bound to allow the Rhodesian culture and ideals to be re-established, if only for the economic well-being of all inhabitants. Mugabe and his ZANU-PF regime may have thought that they destroyed the Rhodesian spirit for all time in 1980, but they failed completely. Organisations such as Rhodesians Worldwide, the Rhodesia Christian Group, the Rhodesian Army Association, the BSAP Association, the New Zealand-based Kamina Kawena organisation and the Flame Lily Foundation have constantly managed to keep [ex-]Rhodesians together and to keep the ideals of the country alive. Of special note in this regard is Richard Allport's "Rhodesian Government in Exile", which although only intended tongue-in-cheek has evidently recently caused consternation among the Mugabe regime!
If there seems light at the end of the tunnel as far as the Rhodesian cause is concerned, the same thing alas cannot be said about South Africa. Although the breakdown in law and order in South Africa is already far worse than that in "Zimbabwe", the situation undoubtedly has to become even nmore horrific before we can expect any form of overseas intervention to remove the ANC regime. South Africans must learn from their Rhodesian brothers and sisters however, and organise ever more effectively both internally and "in exile". Already UKkasie and the InterAfrikaanse Trust are doing excellent work among the Afrikaner Diaspora, with the Springbok Club doing likewise among British-southern Africans and their supporters around the world. Special mention should also be made of the Dorset South African Club and the Devon-based "Bottom Half" organisation, which in their own small ways are helping to keep the spirit and ideals of the 1820 Settlers alive. There needs to be more initiative for resistance within South Africa itself however, but here the more aggressive stance of Freedom Front Plus and the formation of the Livingstonians organisation and the English Cultural Front give great reason for hope.
It may still be quite some time before those southern Africans of both Afrikaans and British descent forced into exile or into internal servitude manage to regain their rightful places in the countries to which they belong, but that day WILL eventually come. When it does it will be those organisations and individuals who continued the struggle during the darkest days who will deserve the highest praise.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB JUNE MEETING
The Springbok Club was most privileged to be addressed by Professor David Marsland, the Director of Research in the Department of Health and Social Care at Brunel University, last month. Speaking to a crowded meeting Professor Marsland gave a hard-hitting and inspiring talk under the title of "Fighting for Freedom - fighting tough", which was most warmly received by all in the packed hall. Professor Marsland outlined the main threats currently facing the freedom of the West, specifically emphasising the ongoing dangers posed by expansionist Islam. He demonstrated too that what he termed "home-grown cowardice" was an equally serious threat, and was particularly scathing of all those who opposed the War against Terrorism in Iraq for whatever reason.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH NEWS
Alas the recent pub-gathering of the Kent Branch of the Springbok Club to celebrate Waterloo Day did not turn out to be a big success, and the experiment of holding such activities during weekday afternoons will probably not be repeated.
If the latest Kent Branch event proved to be a disappointment, then the latest Northern Ireland Branch meeting proved an outstanding success. This meeting took the form of a "British Empire Commemoration" and was addressed by the Rev. Martyn Smyth BA, BD, MP (UUP, South Belfast). Speaking to a high-quality audience, the Rev. Martin Smyth emphasised the success of the British Empire in bringing Christian civilisation to previously troubled parts of the globe, and demonstrated that in spite of some failings the British Empire was still one of the greatest forces for good which the world has ever seen. Quoting extensively from Niall Ferguson's book "Empire", he ended with Rudyard Kipling's famous injunction "Take Up the White Man's Burden". Special congratulations are due to Pastor Nigel Owens, the Chairman of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club, for organising such a magnificent event, and to his charming wife Gail for providing such superb refreshments.
John Beattie, the newly-appointed Canadian co-ordinator of the Springbok Club, has already initiated his own Springbok Canada Newsletter. If you would like to receive copies regularly in future (no matter where you live!) then contact John direct at: agentj@on.aibn.com
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB EVENTS
The Springbok Club will not be holding any specific event during July, but will be encouraging all members and supporters to support both the forthcoming UKkasiefees and the Dorset South African Club's summer braai (for more details about both these events see below).
In August the London and Kent Branches of the Springbok Club will be joining forces to hold a joint braai on the London/Kent border, and in September the London Branch is planning another river trip along the Thames from Richmond. Later on during the year the Springbok Club anticipates welcoming two further high-profile guest speakers. Fuller details of all these events will of course be included in future editions of the SCN.
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CONSERVATIVE MONDAY CLUB MEETING
The Conservative Monday Club recently staged a most informative meeting addressed by Mr. John Wilkinson MP (Con., Ruislip) who spoke on the subject of Defence. Mr. Wilkinson gave an expert and very detailed account of his own priorities regarding defence spending in the present environment, and during a highly-informed question-and-answer session gave in-depth replies to many of the more important matters raised concerning Britain's current defence capabilities. The leadership of the Conservative Monday Club is to be congratulated upon staging such an important and educative meeting.
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KWV UKKASIEFEES
Arrangements regarding this year's KWV UKkasiefees in London have altered somewhat since the June edition of the SCN was published. Although the special concert will still take place at the Royal Albert Hall on the evening of Saturday 10th July, the main festival itself will now take place at Zulu's Bar in Leytonstone High Road (very close to Leytonstone Underground Station - exit via Church Lane into Leytonstone High Road, and then turn right) from 8th to 11th July 2004, commencing each day at 11.00 hrs and finishing at 17.00 hrs. The Springbok Club is hoping that a large contingent of supporters will attend on Sunday 11th July, rendezvousing at approximately 12.00 hrs. For fuller details visit the UKkasie web-site at:-
http://www.ukkasie.com
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DORSET SOUTH AFRICAN CLUB SUMMER BRAAI
The Dorset South African Club will be holding their Summer Braai on Sunday 25th July, commencing at 10.00 hrs. It will be held at Anderwood near Burley in the New Forest - from either the A31 or A35 take the Burley turn-off, and once in Burley take the left turn past the pub (opposite the "Coven of Witches") and follow that road until the sign for Anderwood is reached, at which point the DSAC will have special boards giving directions to the site. All attendees are asked to bring their own food and utensils, and also any outdoor games which they may like to participate in. Keen cyclists are also asked to bring their bikes, as there will be a cycling expedition after lunch. For more details e-mail: D.S.A.C@btinternet.com
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RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
Free Wrex Tarr CD with the purchase of a Rhodesian Rugby Jersey or Land Tenure Map!
Limited Time offer :-
We've just received a batch of Wrex CD's which unfortunately contain a small buffer error. The error is only 10 seconds long, that's it! The rest of the CD is in perfect shape. Contains: Exodus, Harvard Mkiia, Jame Bondi, Yeno Lo Golf, Kiri Kick it, Dear Aunty Jane, Terrorists Lament, Red Riding Hood, The Asronauts, Irish Stew, Olympic Games, Casserole, The one Legged Chicken, Cocky Robin, Macbeth and Lo Jet. 16 classic tracks valued at $25.00, and yours for free with the puchase of a Rhodesian Rugby Jersey or Land Tenure map. Order now as this is a one time limited offer. (If you do not see the offer on the front page of the website you missed out.)
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A new selection of books has also just been added.
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club is now retailing full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags. They are priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (please add £1.00 for p.& p.).
Also now available are copies of an excellent 8-page magazine published by Glenwood Publications in Northern Ireland entitled "The 2004 Twelfth: Celebration - not Provocation" price 50p (please add 25p for p.& p.).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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 15% 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: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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.
Copies of WAY OUT OF LINE can be ordered from Amazon.com.
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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 available priced R150.00 in South Africa from: Jack Loggenberg, TLU/TAU, P.O.Box 91251, Silverton, Pretoria, 0127, Transvaal, South Africa (payments to "TLU/TAU"), or priced £9.95 (+ 15% p.& p.) in the UK from: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX (payments to "The Springbok Club").
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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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"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" by Glenn Macaskill, a former member of the Rhodesian BSA Police, is an adventure novel set in Zimbabwe and South Africa in 1983 and 2000, involving espionage against Mugabe's regime and the exciting quest to unravel the secret of an ancient pricless relic. Considerable historical research makes the work informative and entertaining and current sales show interest by all Southern Africans. Sells at £9.95 plus registered p&p. Contact Glenn at mjmac@mweb.co.za or order on-line at: www.geocities.com/goldking992000/index.html
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VICTORY FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION!
We have just learnt that all charges against members of the Firle Bonfire Society have now been dropped! Readers will probably recall that after the FBS burnt a tableau representing an illegal squatters' caravan at last year's bonfire celebrations complaints were made by various busy-bodies and bleeding-heart liberals who claimed that it was offensive to the "travelling community". Such a claim was of course complete bunkum, as it was simply a manifestation of the best traditions of bonfire - something which even the authorities now seem to accept. You can check the official FBS statment on their website at: http://www.firlebonfire.com and click on messages. Long live bonfire and its traditions!
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.68 : HANNETTE VAN WYK of the Transvaal
Hannette van Wyk (formerly Botha) married during the late 1980s and went to live with her new husband (believed named Johan) on a farm in the Transvaal platteland. A few years ago we heard that she had tragically been seriously injured in a vehicle accident which had left her paralysed. We would be very keen to learn what has happened to her since.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
As well as publishing the excellent magazine "The 2004 Twelfth: Celebration - not Provocation" Glenwood Publications also maintain a superlative web-site on the same theme. It is well worth a visit, and can be accessed at:-
http://www.the-twelfth.org.uk
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SOUTH AFRICAN VOLUNTEER FORCE
Sir,
When the Irish wanted independence, Britain stood by the Loyalists living there, and built Northern Ireland. For years Britain, Europe and in fact the whole world have stood by the partition of Ireland. So why, oh why, wasn't the same done in Africa? Why isn't there an English state in Africa protected by the Crown? Could it be said that the British rulers haven't done their duty for those who wave the Union Jack down in Africa. We shout God Save the Queen all day and night, but the UK Government doesn't seem to notice we exist.
This isn't justice, this isn't the carrying out of their duty as miniters of Her Majesty's government to protect her people. Why wasn't there a partition of what is now called Zimbabwe? The British government was quick to send troops into the Falkland Islands, which are sparsely populated. Many British troops died to keep the sovereignty and liberty of the British living there. Why is the world's attitude so different when it comes to Africa? So, why isn't the world interested in stopping crazed land reform? Why doesn't it stand for equality? Why won't it listen to requests for English self-determination in South Africa?
We have been, and are being, betrayed?
Yours etc.,
B.C., Cape Town
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ATTACK SIGNS
Sir,
Being attacked is a sign of success. The losers only attack winners, and tall trees catch the wind. So I congratulate you on your success. Don't bother to bark back at the barking dogs. I have learnt to ignore the attackers. Jealousy and nothing else.
Yours etc.,
Robin Elliott, Vancouver, Canada.
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ROGUES GALLERY
Evidently Mr. Francis "Fruitcake" Andrew has been contacting as many people connected to the Springbok Club as possible trying to spread poison about the organisation. Happily, however, most people so contacted have completely ignored his deranged meanderings with the contempt which they deserve. Jordan-based Arabist "Fruitcake" Andrew was originally a member of the Springbok Club, but about a year ago he initiated an irrational hate campaign against the movement, sending a torrent of infantile, abusive and offensive e-mails to the organisation, many of them of a most childish lavatorial nature. As a result "Fruitcake" was expelled from the Springbok Club by a unanimous vote of the Executive Committee. Subsequently, however, he not only objected to this expulsion, but also hypocritically attacked the basic aims and objectives of the movement - thus leading all to wonder why he ever wanted to join in the first place! After an earlier account of "Fruitcake's" childish hate campaign in the SCN he threatened to sue us for libel after we termed him a "lunatic character", but predictably nothing ever resulted from this puerile threat. In view of his subsequent demented antics we therefore have no hesitation in repeating our assertion that he is a lunatic character, and remind everyone that he no longer has any connection to the Springbok Club whatsoever.
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Another somewhat more sinister rogue who has plagued us in the past who long-standing readers may recall is young Mr. Arthur Kemp.
Without going into intricate details, the history of our contact with this sinister figure is as follows. Kemp (in spite of his British surname he is actually German in ancestry - his father having Anglocized the name) was an early supporter of our movement when we were still based in South Africa itself during the early 1980s, and indeed wrote several times for the original S.A.Patriot under the pseudonym of Adrian Kotze. In those days he clearly gave the impression that he was a mainstream conservative like ourselves, and indeed was an active member of the Conservative Party of South Africa. He was also then most scathing against the more paranoid conspiracy-theorists who inhabited the fringes of South African politics, particularly those of an anti-Semitic nature, and like ourselves recognised that Israel was White South Africa's best overseas friend. During the late 1980s, however, we were warned by supporters in the Transvaal to be very wary of him as he was allegedly working for the South African security forces. Initially we dismissed this speculation, but our suspicions were heightened when he wrote a most strange book about the AWB outfit (or allegedly wrote, as we have heard several rumours from South Africa that it was actually written at least in collaboration with Jani Allen, with whom he established close contacts when working for "The Citizen" newspaper) which was published in 1990. This suspicious book gave much credibility to the joke AWB outfit, and exaggerated their size and influence out of all proportion. Subsequently, of course, the "boosted" AWB was used to demonise and discredit the "Vote No" campaign during the 1992 Constitutional Referendum. All contact from Kemp then ceased, but during the mid 1990s we heard that he had moved to the UK together with the well-known South African political commentator Cliff Saunders, though surprisingly he made no attempt to re-contact us. When we managed to contact him, however, he stated that he wanted nothing further to do with us as we had allegedly "changed our political views" - but as it was Kemp who was now spouting out all forms of conspiratorial anti-Semitic nonsense this was quite clearly the antithesis of the truth! In 2000, however, a report appeared in the Afrikaans Sunday newspaper "Rapport" exposing both Jani Allen and Cliff Saunders as being in the pay of the "new" South African security services, and in the March 2000 edition of the SCN we revealed the fact that Kemp was closely connected to both these two individuals. This resulted in a quite hysterical smear e-mail being circulated by Kemp attacking us - though more importantly one of our supporters informed us that this was actually "old news", as a report showing that Kemp was an informant for the National Intelligence Service appeared in the "Mail & Guardian" of February 18, 1997!
Shortly before this year's Euro elections a smear e-mail was circulated attacking the UKIP London mayoral candidate Frank Maloney for speaking to the Springbok Club, which contained 11 vile and easily provable lies about the current Chairman of the organisation. Fortunately this smear was so far "over the top" that nobody took it seriously, but it was positively identified as having originated with a leading member of the neo-fascist British National Party (BNP). More significantly, however, the phraseology of many of the attacks in this smear bore a very close resemblance to Kemp's hysterical smear e-mail of 2000. A report then appeared in "The Guardian" of June 10 revealing that Kemp was back in the UK, and that he was working here - surprise, surprise - for the BNP!
Could it be that just as Kemp was used in South Africa to boost the credibilty of the AWB bunch of clowns and thereby discredit the "Vote No" campaign during the 1992 Referendum, so now he is being used in the UK to boost the BNP fascists in order to damage the progress of the authentic patriotic UKIP? Whatever the case both young Mr. Kemp and the BNP should clearly be avoided like the plague!
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Monday, 7 June 2004
June 2004 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
June 2004 edition
Although copies of the SCN are circulated around the world, with a very high proportion going to South Africa itself, we know even so that many of our readers now live in Britain and have the vote in the UK. The forthcoming round of British elections are therefore of great importance to them, and we would encourage all who can to use their vote.
In spite of the fact that we are not by nature an overtly political movement, we have even so traditionally given our support to the respective Conservative parties in both South Africa and the UK (albeit that in South Africa the CP is now part of Freedom Front Plus.) Our natural instincts are of course still to support the British Conservative Party, but next Thursday's round of elections are far more complex than usual, and a more sophisticated view is therefore in order.
On the Euro-Election level we would argue that the most important signal to be sent is that Britain must withdraw from the inward-looking EU and resume her traditional position as a great global nation with strong links to the rest of the English-speaking world - the United States and the countries of the original, plus some newer, Commonwealth. The position of Michael Howard's CP, alas, seems very wishy-washy on this issue. Some have argued that the Labour Party should be supported because of Tony Blair's courageous leadership during the War against Terrorism in Iraq, but although this is true it should also be remembered that many within the Labour Party did not support Blair's patriotic stance on this issue, and furthermore his record on other matters - particularly concerning Europe itself - is lamentable. Others have suggested that UKIP should be supported, particularly in view of their recent rapid growth in support. There is certainly a lot of merit in this argument, as a strong UKIP showing would definitely send a strong "wake up signal" to the CP leadership. Furthermore, there has recently been some most worrying growth in support for the openly neo-fascist "British National Party", and we feel it essential that their poison should be eliminated as soon as possible. A strong showing by an authentic patriotic party such as UKIP would certainly seem to be one means of smashing the fascists. We can therefore sympathise greatly with those who advocate support for UKIP at the Euro-Elections. We shall say no more.
As far as the London Mayoral elections are concerned the position is a lot more straight forward. Mr. Frank Maloney, the UKIP candidate, has addressed both the London Swinton Circle and the Springbok Club, and greatly impressed everyone with the plans for London which he presented, his genuineness and his powerful determination. Furthermore, he showed great understanding of the problems currently plaguing South Africa, which he had encountered firsthand through the various boxing promotions which he has been involved with in the country, and indeed had developed a good friendship with the late, great, Maurice Owen whilst there, who of course was a strong supporter of the Springbok Club. In the London Mayoral Election voters will have both first and second choice votes. Alas Mr. Maloney seems unlikely to win this contest, so his votes could therefore be transferred to the official CP candidate as second choice, without conveying any practical disloyalty to the Party. We therefore have no hesitation in advocating first choice votes for Mr. Maloney, and second choice votes for Mr. Steve Norris.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB EMPIRE DAY BUFFET
The Springbok Club was greatly honoured to be able to welcome Sir Robert "Bob" Peliza, the former Chief Minister of Gibraltar and Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament, as their guest of honour for their annual Empire Day buffet last month. This turned out to be a highly successful and enjoyable event, which produced a packed function room - a considerable achievement in view of the fact that Sir Bob was a last minute replacement guest of honour, having originally been the planned guest speaker for later during the year.
Sir Bob gave a powerful and enlightening address, in which he detailed Gibraltar's history and how determined and co-ordinated resistance by the Gibraltarian people had managed to prevent attempts by various British governments to appease Spain regarding sovereignty of the Rock - something which proved inspirational to all in attendance. The Springbok Club was certainly most grateful to both Sir Bob and Lady Irma Peliza for the honour which their attendance gave to this event, and wishes them both every happiness for the future.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB JUNE MEETING
The Springbok Club will be holding a most interesting meeting later this month, which will be addressed by Professor David Marsland, the Director of Research in the Department of Health and Social Care at Brunel University. The details are as follows:-
Date : Wednesday 23rd June 2004
Time : 19.00 hrs for 19.30 hrs.
Venue : The MORPETH ARMS (the upstairs Function Room), 58 Millbank, Westminster, London SW1 (close to the Tate Gallery and Vauxhall Bridge - nearest tube station: Pimlico).
Professor Marsland was a Classics Scholar at both Christ's College, Cambridge, and LSE, before moving to Brunel University where he was Senior Tutor in Sociology and Professor of Social Sciences before gaining his present position. He has published many books on social theory, social policy and the history of ideas, including "Neglect and Betrayal" (an exposure of social scientists' prejudice against defence of their own country) and "Welfare or Welfare State?" (an analysis of the debiliating effects of socialist welfare). in 1991 he was the first recipient of the Thatcher Award, presented to him by Margaret Thatcher for contributions to the study of freedom and state oppression. His talk will be entitled "Fighting for Freedom - fighting tough", in which he will explore the spirit and the practical measures required to defeat the enemies of freedom: Islamic terrorism; internationalist utopianism; Euro-treachery; and home-grown cowardice.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH NEWS
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club will be staging an informal social gathering later this month in order to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. Details are as follows :-
Date : Friday 18 June 2004
Time : From approx. 14.30 hrs onwards
Venue : The King George V pub, Prospect Row, Old Brompton, Gillingham, Kent (Old Brompton is on the 101 bus route from both Gillingham and Chatham railway stations).
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The Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club have also finalised their next meeting which will take the form of a "British Empire Commemoration". Details are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 26th June 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).
Guest speaker : The Rev. Martyn Smyth BA, BD, MP (UUP, South Belfast)
The Rev. Martin Smyth, the MP for South Belfast and Past Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, is immensely well suited to speak on the topic of the British Empire -
given his long service to the nation in public life, his dedication to the British Commonwealth, and his intimate involvement with the loyal orders over many years.
[Non-members wishing to attend this function may do so by purchasing a ticket beforehand - costing £5 (cheques made payable to 'Northern Ireland Branch - Springbok Club'). Tickets can be obtained via post, phone or email at: NI Springbok Club, P.O. Box 35, Ballymoney, Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT53 7YE, UK - 24 Hour Answering Service: 079 808 56105 - email: nispringbokclub@hotmail.com. An information pack showing directions to Burnside Orange Hall will be sent out with all tickets.]
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Mr. John Beattie from Minden in Ontario has recently been appointed the Springbok Club's Canadian Co-ordinator, and is planning to organise a foundation meeting of the Canadian contingent of the Springbok Club in Ontario later during the year. We believe that he has already contacted most Canadian supporters of the Springbok Club directly in this regard, but anyone else who might be interested can contact him at: agentj@on.aibn.com
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE EVENTS
The Rev. Martin Smyth was the guest speaker at last month's London Swinton Circle meeting, which proved to be a most interesting and successful event. In his talk he gave an overview of the current Northern Ireland and international situations, and argued that if the same determined action against Islamic terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq had been taken against SF/IRA terrorism in Northern Ireland then the world would be a far better and safer place than it currently is.
The London Swinton Circle is also in the process of organising its annual summer buffet, at which they anticipate that a famous personality will be their guest speaker. Full details will be circulated as soon as they are finalised.
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KWV UKKASIEFEES
This year's KWV UKkasiefees will be held throughout the week of 5th/11th July, with the main events occurring over the weekend of 10th/11th July. There will be a concert staged at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 10th July, and stalls and other events at the "By the Bridge" site near Tower Bridge, London SE1. For more detailed information visit the UKkasie web-site at:-
http://www.ukkasie.com
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DORSET SOUTH AFRICAN CLUB SUMMER BRAAI
The Dorset South African Club will be holding their Summer Braai on Sunday 25th July. It will be held at Anderwood near Burley in the New Forest, and will take place from 10.00 hrs onwards. For more details e-mail: D.S.A.C@btinternet.com
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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
In October 2003 THE BATTLE FOR ZIMBABWE was released in South Africa and, within 12 weeks, 70% of the 8000 print run had been sold. Author and journalist Geoff Hill spent three years collecting data from more than a thousand interviews, and assembled more than 4 million words of material which he distilled into a 140,000-word book. Hill, who holds both a Commonwealth Prize and a John Steinbeck award for his writing, is southern Africa correspondent for daily papers in London, Sydney and Washington DC. THE BATTLE FOR ZIMBABWE opens with a short history of the Shona, Ndebele and the Pioneer Column of 1890. It details the history of Rhodesia and carries an extensive biography of Robert Mugabe, including interviews with people who knew him as a child and young adult, but the main research has gone into the post-1980 period, starting with the Gukurahundi massacres by Mugabe's Fifth Brigade and documenting the collapse of Zimbabwe. Hill has spent time with the 2-million Black Zimbabwe exiles in South Africa and the 600,000 in Britain, documenting their harrowing tales of torture and abuse at the hands of the Zimbabwe police, CIO, youth militia and "war vets". The epilogue considers whether the same problems could arise in South Africa and includes interviews with F.W de Klerk and Moeletsi Mbeki (brother of Thabo Mbeki).
Order online at www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
Also custom Rhodesian apparel, flags, CD's (Wrex Tarr, John Edmonds, Four Jacks and a Jill etc), Rhodesian Rugby jerseys, books and so much more. Shipping Worldwide from Canada.
We are also in the process of re-printing Chris Cock's best sellers "Fireforce" and "Survival Course", both as one book! The book is currently being re-edited by Chris. Watch the "Rhodesia Was Super" site for more info and how to get a personalized copy!
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FLAGS
The Springbok Club is now retailing full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags. They are priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (please add £1.00 for p.& p.). Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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 15% 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: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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.
Copies of WAY OUT OF LINE can be ordered from Amazon.com.
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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 available priced R150.00 in South Africa from: Jack Loggenberg, TLU/TAU, P.O.Box 91251, Silverton, Pretoria, 0127, Transvaal, South Africa (payments to "TLU/TAU"), or priced £9.95 (+ 15% p.& p.) in the UK from The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX (payments to "The Springbok Club").
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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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"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" by Glenn Macaskill, a former member of the Rhodesian BSA Police, is an adventure novel set in Zimbabwe and South Africa in 1983 and 2000, involving espionage against Mugabe's regime and the exciting quest to unravel the secret of an ancient pricless relic. Considerable historical research makes the work informative and entertaining and current sales show interest by all Southern Africans. Sells at £9.95 plus registered p&p. Contact Glenn at mjmac@mweb.co.za or order on-line at: www.geocities.com/goldking992000/index.html
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MORE JOY OVER ONE SINNER WHO REPENTETH ...
A quite surprising article appeared in the London "Sunday Telegraph" of May 16 concerning Helen Suzman, the erstwhile PFP MP for Houghton. Inter alia, it read as follows :-
"Helen Suzman, for years the lone anti-apartheid voice in the South African parliament, has turned her fire on the country's ANC government for being 'anti-White' and for abandoning the country's poorest Blacks. 'I had hoped for something much better,' said Mrs. Suzman, 86. 'The poor in this country have not benefited at all from the ANC. This government spends "like a drunken sailor". Instead of investing in projects to give people jobs, they spend millions buying weapons and private jets, and sending gifts to Haiti. Even though we didn't have a free press under apartheid, the government of that day seemed to be very much more accountable in Parliament'."
Helen Suzman is and always has been a very complex character. Although by far the most left-wing MP in the South African Parliament during the days of civilised rule, she actually represented one of the most affluent and wealthy South African constituencies. Even more surprising, perhaps, is the fact that although ideologically poles apart she evidently had great respect for Dr. Hendrick Verwoerd's integrity and demeanour - respect which on a personal level was apparently mutual.
Mrs. Suzman may have comprehended reality rather late in the day, but even so her awakening is most welcome. We wish her well.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.67 : Mr. JAMES SIVES of Pietersburg.
James Sives was a Rhodesian of Scottish ancestry, who subsequently ran a company called "Capricorn Paints" with his brother at Pietersburg in the Far North Transvaal. He was also very active with the "Save Rhodesia Campaign", establishing the Pietersburg Branch of the movement again with his brother. His father is known to have died in his native Scotland a few years ago, but a number of former colleagues from the SRC are very keen to know where he himself is now based.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
In the March edition of the SCN we recommended the web-site of the estimable Livingstonia organisation. A closely related site is that of the "English Cultural Front", and this can be accessed at :-
http://www.freewebs.com/englishafrican
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WHAT CAN THIS MEAN?
Sir,
Please identify what mysterious group of people you might be referring to with your references to 'whites'. Please tell me what the "white" language consists of for instance and which cultural affinities they might have. I find your jingo-style racism in fact, increasingly unacceptable. The vast majority of people in South Africa aren't "whites" and those people with ethnic affinities to the European continent, do not actually refer to themselves as whites at all. Why do you continue to use this truly denigrating, downright racist generic term which is used in exactly the same way by Mbeki and his cohorts to suppress the Afrikaner minority with?
Yours etc.,
Adriana Stuijt, Holwerd, Netherlands.
[ Eh!!! - Ed.]
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ON THE BALL
Sir,
I must congratulate you on a particularly good edition of the SCN this month, especially regarding your forecast about the FIFA World Cup in 2010. Well done, my friend. Keep up the excellent work.
Yours etc.,
Robin Elliott, Vancouver, Canada.
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OBITUARY
RONALD REAGAN
It was of course with great sadness that we learnt of the recent death of President Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan proved to be a veritable colossus not only on the American, but also on the world stage. A true hero of our times if ever there was one.
Ronald Reagan was elected US President at approximately the same time as S.A.Patriot magazine was initially founded. We immediately gave him our full backing (lampooning his predecessor Jimmy Carter in the process), and he didn't disappoint.
With full justification Ronald Reagan is credited with winning the Cold War and thereby bringing freedom and safety to millions. He also rescued the United States from the catharsis of surrender in Vietnam and a couple of generations of detrimental liberal/leftist administrations. His friendship with Margaret Thatcher was legendary, but what is probably not so widely appreciated is that he was by instinct a strong Anglophile. He had almost exclusively British ancestry, and took great pride in this fact.
When Britain's hour of need occurred in 1982 during the Falklands War he over-rode the "nominal liberal" in his administration, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and provided Britain with essential satellite tracking data and refuelling facilities. If there was one criticism of his actions then it must be his invasion of Grenada (a Commonwealth realm) without obtaining British support beforehand - but knowing the liberal control of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at the time perhaps this was understandable!
Alas Rhodesia had already fallen before Ronald Reagan (and Margaret Thatcher) came to power, but undoubtedly the NP government of P.W. Botha in South Africa didn't take the fullest advantage of this natural friend in the White House during the 1980s.
A great man who without doubt changed the world for the better has now passed into history, but his legacy and memory lives on - and in the present US President he unquestionably has a worthy successor.
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June 2004 edition
Although copies of the SCN are circulated around the world, with a very high proportion going to South Africa itself, we know even so that many of our readers now live in Britain and have the vote in the UK. The forthcoming round of British elections are therefore of great importance to them, and we would encourage all who can to use their vote.
In spite of the fact that we are not by nature an overtly political movement, we have even so traditionally given our support to the respective Conservative parties in both South Africa and the UK (albeit that in South Africa the CP is now part of Freedom Front Plus.) Our natural instincts are of course still to support the British Conservative Party, but next Thursday's round of elections are far more complex than usual, and a more sophisticated view is therefore in order.
On the Euro-Election level we would argue that the most important signal to be sent is that Britain must withdraw from the inward-looking EU and resume her traditional position as a great global nation with strong links to the rest of the English-speaking world - the United States and the countries of the original, plus some newer, Commonwealth. The position of Michael Howard's CP, alas, seems very wishy-washy on this issue. Some have argued that the Labour Party should be supported because of Tony Blair's courageous leadership during the War against Terrorism in Iraq, but although this is true it should also be remembered that many within the Labour Party did not support Blair's patriotic stance on this issue, and furthermore his record on other matters - particularly concerning Europe itself - is lamentable. Others have suggested that UKIP should be supported, particularly in view of their recent rapid growth in support. There is certainly a lot of merit in this argument, as a strong UKIP showing would definitely send a strong "wake up signal" to the CP leadership. Furthermore, there has recently been some most worrying growth in support for the openly neo-fascist "British National Party", and we feel it essential that their poison should be eliminated as soon as possible. A strong showing by an authentic patriotic party such as UKIP would certainly seem to be one means of smashing the fascists. We can therefore sympathise greatly with those who advocate support for UKIP at the Euro-Elections. We shall say no more.
As far as the London Mayoral elections are concerned the position is a lot more straight forward. Mr. Frank Maloney, the UKIP candidate, has addressed both the London Swinton Circle and the Springbok Club, and greatly impressed everyone with the plans for London which he presented, his genuineness and his powerful determination. Furthermore, he showed great understanding of the problems currently plaguing South Africa, which he had encountered firsthand through the various boxing promotions which he has been involved with in the country, and indeed had developed a good friendship with the late, great, Maurice Owen whilst there, who of course was a strong supporter of the Springbok Club. In the London Mayoral Election voters will have both first and second choice votes. Alas Mr. Maloney seems unlikely to win this contest, so his votes could therefore be transferred to the official CP candidate as second choice, without conveying any practical disloyalty to the Party. We therefore have no hesitation in advocating first choice votes for Mr. Maloney, and second choice votes for Mr. Steve Norris.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB EMPIRE DAY BUFFET
The Springbok Club was greatly honoured to be able to welcome Sir Robert "Bob" Peliza, the former Chief Minister of Gibraltar and Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament, as their guest of honour for their annual Empire Day buffet last month. This turned out to be a highly successful and enjoyable event, which produced a packed function room - a considerable achievement in view of the fact that Sir Bob was a last minute replacement guest of honour, having originally been the planned guest speaker for later during the year.
Sir Bob gave a powerful and enlightening address, in which he detailed Gibraltar's history and how determined and co-ordinated resistance by the Gibraltarian people had managed to prevent attempts by various British governments to appease Spain regarding sovereignty of the Rock - something which proved inspirational to all in attendance. The Springbok Club was certainly most grateful to both Sir Bob and Lady Irma Peliza for the honour which their attendance gave to this event, and wishes them both every happiness for the future.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB JUNE MEETING
The Springbok Club will be holding a most interesting meeting later this month, which will be addressed by Professor David Marsland, the Director of Research in the Department of Health and Social Care at Brunel University. The details are as follows:-
Date : Wednesday 23rd June 2004
Time : 19.00 hrs for 19.30 hrs.
Venue : The MORPETH ARMS (the upstairs Function Room), 58 Millbank, Westminster, London SW1 (close to the Tate Gallery and Vauxhall Bridge - nearest tube station: Pimlico).
Professor Marsland was a Classics Scholar at both Christ's College, Cambridge, and LSE, before moving to Brunel University where he was Senior Tutor in Sociology and Professor of Social Sciences before gaining his present position. He has published many books on social theory, social policy and the history of ideas, including "Neglect and Betrayal" (an exposure of social scientists' prejudice against defence of their own country) and "Welfare or Welfare State?" (an analysis of the debiliating effects of socialist welfare). in 1991 he was the first recipient of the Thatcher Award, presented to him by Margaret Thatcher for contributions to the study of freedom and state oppression. His talk will be entitled "Fighting for Freedom - fighting tough", in which he will explore the spirit and the practical measures required to defeat the enemies of freedom: Islamic terrorism; internationalist utopianism; Euro-treachery; and home-grown cowardice.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH NEWS
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club will be staging an informal social gathering later this month in order to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. Details are as follows :-
Date : Friday 18 June 2004
Time : From approx. 14.30 hrs onwards
Venue : The King George V pub, Prospect Row, Old Brompton, Gillingham, Kent (Old Brompton is on the 101 bus route from both Gillingham and Chatham railway stations).
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The Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club have also finalised their next meeting which will take the form of a "British Empire Commemoration". Details are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 26th June 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).
Guest speaker : The Rev. Martyn Smyth BA, BD, MP (UUP, South Belfast)
The Rev. Martin Smyth, the MP for South Belfast and Past Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, is immensely well suited to speak on the topic of the British Empire -
given his long service to the nation in public life, his dedication to the British Commonwealth, and his intimate involvement with the loyal orders over many years.
[Non-members wishing to attend this function may do so by purchasing a ticket beforehand - costing £5 (cheques made payable to 'Northern Ireland Branch - Springbok Club'). Tickets can be obtained via post, phone or email at: NI Springbok Club, P.O. Box 35, Ballymoney, Co.Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT53 7YE, UK - 24 Hour Answering Service: 079 808 56105 - email: nispringbokclub@hotmail.com. An information pack showing directions to Burnside Orange Hall will be sent out with all tickets.]
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Mr. John Beattie from Minden in Ontario has recently been appointed the Springbok Club's Canadian Co-ordinator, and is planning to organise a foundation meeting of the Canadian contingent of the Springbok Club in Ontario later during the year. We believe that he has already contacted most Canadian supporters of the Springbok Club directly in this regard, but anyone else who might be interested can contact him at: agentj@on.aibn.com
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE EVENTS
The Rev. Martin Smyth was the guest speaker at last month's London Swinton Circle meeting, which proved to be a most interesting and successful event. In his talk he gave an overview of the current Northern Ireland and international situations, and argued that if the same determined action against Islamic terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq had been taken against SF/IRA terrorism in Northern Ireland then the world would be a far better and safer place than it currently is.
The London Swinton Circle is also in the process of organising its annual summer buffet, at which they anticipate that a famous personality will be their guest speaker. Full details will be circulated as soon as they are finalised.
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KWV UKKASIEFEES
This year's KWV UKkasiefees will be held throughout the week of 5th/11th July, with the main events occurring over the weekend of 10th/11th July. There will be a concert staged at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 10th July, and stalls and other events at the "By the Bridge" site near Tower Bridge, London SE1. For more detailed information visit the UKkasie web-site at:-
http://www.ukkasie.com
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DORSET SOUTH AFRICAN CLUB SUMMER BRAAI
The Dorset South African Club will be holding their Summer Braai on Sunday 25th July. It will be held at Anderwood near Burley in the New Forest, and will take place from 10.00 hrs onwards. For more details e-mail: D.S.A.C@btinternet.com
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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
------------------------------------------------------------------
RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
In October 2003 THE BATTLE FOR ZIMBABWE was released in South Africa and, within 12 weeks, 70% of the 8000 print run had been sold. Author and journalist Geoff Hill spent three years collecting data from more than a thousand interviews, and assembled more than 4 million words of material which he distilled into a 140,000-word book. Hill, who holds both a Commonwealth Prize and a John Steinbeck award for his writing, is southern Africa correspondent for daily papers in London, Sydney and Washington DC. THE BATTLE FOR ZIMBABWE opens with a short history of the Shona, Ndebele and the Pioneer Column of 1890. It details the history of Rhodesia and carries an extensive biography of Robert Mugabe, including interviews with people who knew him as a child and young adult, but the main research has gone into the post-1980 period, starting with the Gukurahundi massacres by Mugabe's Fifth Brigade and documenting the collapse of Zimbabwe. Hill has spent time with the 2-million Black Zimbabwe exiles in South Africa and the 600,000 in Britain, documenting their harrowing tales of torture and abuse at the hands of the Zimbabwe police, CIO, youth militia and "war vets". The epilogue considers whether the same problems could arise in South Africa and includes interviews with F.W de Klerk and Moeletsi Mbeki (brother of Thabo Mbeki).
Order online at www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
Also custom Rhodesian apparel, flags, CD's (Wrex Tarr, John Edmonds, Four Jacks and a Jill etc), Rhodesian Rugby jerseys, books and so much more. Shipping Worldwide from Canada.
We are also in the process of re-printing Chris Cock's best sellers "Fireforce" and "Survival Course", both as one book! The book is currently being re-edited by Chris. Watch the "Rhodesia Was Super" site for more info and how to get a personalized copy!
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FLAGS
The Springbok Club is now retailing full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags. They are priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (please add £1.00 for p.& p.). Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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 15% 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: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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.
Copies of WAY OUT OF LINE can be ordered from Amazon.com.
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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 available priced R150.00 in South Africa from: Jack Loggenberg, TLU/TAU, P.O.Box 91251, Silverton, Pretoria, 0127, Transvaal, South Africa (payments to "TLU/TAU"), or priced £9.95 (+ 15% p.& p.) in the UK from The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX (payments to "The Springbok Club").
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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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"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" by Glenn Macaskill, a former member of the Rhodesian BSA Police, is an adventure novel set in Zimbabwe and South Africa in 1983 and 2000, involving espionage against Mugabe's regime and the exciting quest to unravel the secret of an ancient pricless relic. Considerable historical research makes the work informative and entertaining and current sales show interest by all Southern Africans. Sells at £9.95 plus registered p&p. Contact Glenn at mjmac@mweb.co.za or order on-line at: www.geocities.com/goldking992000/index.html
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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
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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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MORE JOY OVER ONE SINNER WHO REPENTETH ...
A quite surprising article appeared in the London "Sunday Telegraph" of May 16 concerning Helen Suzman, the erstwhile PFP MP for Houghton. Inter alia, it read as follows :-
"Helen Suzman, for years the lone anti-apartheid voice in the South African parliament, has turned her fire on the country's ANC government for being 'anti-White' and for abandoning the country's poorest Blacks. 'I had hoped for something much better,' said Mrs. Suzman, 86. 'The poor in this country have not benefited at all from the ANC. This government spends "like a drunken sailor". Instead of investing in projects to give people jobs, they spend millions buying weapons and private jets, and sending gifts to Haiti. Even though we didn't have a free press under apartheid, the government of that day seemed to be very much more accountable in Parliament'."
Helen Suzman is and always has been a very complex character. Although by far the most left-wing MP in the South African Parliament during the days of civilised rule, she actually represented one of the most affluent and wealthy South African constituencies. Even more surprising, perhaps, is the fact that although ideologically poles apart she evidently had great respect for Dr. Hendrick Verwoerd's integrity and demeanour - respect which on a personal level was apparently mutual.
Mrs. Suzman may have comprehended reality rather late in the day, but even so her awakening is most welcome. We wish her well.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.67 : Mr. JAMES SIVES of Pietersburg.
James Sives was a Rhodesian of Scottish ancestry, who subsequently ran a company called "Capricorn Paints" with his brother at Pietersburg in the Far North Transvaal. He was also very active with the "Save Rhodesia Campaign", establishing the Pietersburg Branch of the movement again with his brother. His father is known to have died in his native Scotland a few years ago, but a number of former colleagues from the SRC are very keen to know where he himself is now based.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
In the March edition of the SCN we recommended the web-site of the estimable Livingstonia organisation. A closely related site is that of the "English Cultural Front", and this can be accessed at :-
http://www.freewebs.com/englishafrican
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WHAT CAN THIS MEAN?
Sir,
Please identify what mysterious group of people you might be referring to with your references to 'whites'. Please tell me what the "white" language consists of for instance and which cultural affinities they might have. I find your jingo-style racism in fact, increasingly unacceptable. The vast majority of people in South Africa aren't "whites" and those people with ethnic affinities to the European continent, do not actually refer to themselves as whites at all. Why do you continue to use this truly denigrating, downright racist generic term which is used in exactly the same way by Mbeki and his cohorts to suppress the Afrikaner minority with?
Yours etc.,
Adriana Stuijt, Holwerd, Netherlands.
[ Eh!!! - Ed.]
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ON THE BALL
Sir,
I must congratulate you on a particularly good edition of the SCN this month, especially regarding your forecast about the FIFA World Cup in 2010. Well done, my friend. Keep up the excellent work.
Yours etc.,
Robin Elliott, Vancouver, Canada.
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OBITUARY
RONALD REAGAN
It was of course with great sadness that we learnt of the recent death of President Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan proved to be a veritable colossus not only on the American, but also on the world stage. A true hero of our times if ever there was one.
Ronald Reagan was elected US President at approximately the same time as S.A.Patriot magazine was initially founded. We immediately gave him our full backing (lampooning his predecessor Jimmy Carter in the process), and he didn't disappoint.
With full justification Ronald Reagan is credited with winning the Cold War and thereby bringing freedom and safety to millions. He also rescued the United States from the catharsis of surrender in Vietnam and a couple of generations of detrimental liberal/leftist administrations. His friendship with Margaret Thatcher was legendary, but what is probably not so widely appreciated is that he was by instinct a strong Anglophile. He had almost exclusively British ancestry, and took great pride in this fact.
When Britain's hour of need occurred in 1982 during the Falklands War he over-rode the "nominal liberal" in his administration, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and provided Britain with essential satellite tracking data and refuelling facilities. If there was one criticism of his actions then it must be his invasion of Grenada (a Commonwealth realm) without obtaining British support beforehand - but knowing the liberal control of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at the time perhaps this was understandable!
Alas Rhodesia had already fallen before Ronald Reagan (and Margaret Thatcher) came to power, but undoubtedly the NP government of P.W. Botha in South Africa didn't take the fullest advantage of this natural friend in the White House during the 1980s.
A great man who without doubt changed the world for the better has now passed into history, but his legacy and memory lives on - and in the present US President he unquestionably has a worthy successor.
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