SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
November 2004 edition
FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB ACTIVITIES
A full itinerary of events has been mapped out by the Springbok Club for 2005.
The Springbok Club is planning to stage another visit to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol during February 2005, and to stay overnight at a hotel run by good friends in south Gloucestershire. In March 2005 it is anticipated that Springbok Club honorary member Tony Waller will be giving a "report-back" on his visit to New Zealand, where he aims to meet a number of prominent and expatriate Rhodesian personalities. Again further details of both these events will be given in future SCN's.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE MEETING
The London Swinton Circle staged a most interesting and well-attended meeting last month, which was addressed by Ms. Lindsay Jenkins, a former career civil servant who is now an acclaimed political commentator and current affairs writer, specialising in exposing the true nature of the EU. In her enthralling speech Ms. Jenkins not only illustrated the dangers posed to the UK by continued EU membership, but also emphasised the insidious plot to "Balkanise" the UK (and indeed all of the great European states) in the form of so-called "regionalisation".
Details of the next most interesting London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Wednesday 17th November 2004
Time : 18.45 hrs for 19.00 hrs
Venue : The House of Commons, Committee Room 8 (enter the Houses of Parliament by the St. Stephen's Entrance)
Guest Speaker : Mr. Nigel Dodds MP (DUP, Belfast North)
(Nigel Dodds is one of the most dynamic DUP MPs, and has proved to be a very popular speaker in the past. At the 2001 General Election he won the Belfast North seat from the UUP with a majority of 6,387.)
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BONFIRE FESTIVITIES
A small contingent of Springbok Club members attended the annual Lewes Bonfire Festivities this year. Although following the Cliffe Bonfire Society for most of the evening, they attended the actual bonfire of the South Street Bonfire Society. Both societies, as well as burning the traditional effigies of the proto-terrorist Fawkes and the evil instigator of the Gunpowder Plot, Pope Paul V, also burnt more contemporary tableaux of current day villians. The Cliffe's tableau concerned last year's victimisation of the Firle Bonfire Society (whose tableau of a "pikey" caravan resulted in an unsuccessful attempt to prosecute them under the infamous "Race Relations Act"), featuring a trouble-making BBC reporter being charged down by a ram (the ram being the symbol of the village of Firle!), and the South Street's tableau representing John Prescott's plans for urban encroachment onto green-belt land.
It is planned to stage an even larger Springbok Club party to visit Lewes for Bonfire next year, which of course will mark the 400th anniversary of the Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot!
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ZIMBABWE CONSERVATION TASK FORCE REPORT
After our last tragic report about "Wholesome", the young elephant which died with a snare around his neck, we are happy to now be able to tell a story with a happy ending.
Last week in Kariba, a group of Africans noticed 3 lions in the bush, close to their township. They started taunting them and throwing rocks at them. One of the lions, a two year old male became upset and charged into the township, taking refuge in a public toilet.
The police, the army and Steve Pope, a safari operator were called in to assist. Steve managed to throw a net over the lion and called a veterinary surgeon to dart him. The vet arrived, tranquilized him and released him back into the bush.
We would like to thank all those concerned for resolving the problem without having to shoot the lion.
Steve is now appealing to the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force for funds to pay the vet for the tranquilizer which is extremely costly so if anybody is able to assist, we would be very grateful.
[ If you are able to help then please contact Johnny Rodrigues at : galorand@mweb.co.zw ]
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RHODESIAN WAS SUPER ON-LINE STORE
Rhodesia was Super online store new ddditions :-
Greenleader shirts, long and short sleeve, now available, along with "Be a Man among Men" Rhodesian Army posters. Contact :
www.Rhodesiawasuper.com
Other new items include :-
Ian Smith Plaques,
Toques,
Rhodesia 1890-1980 Volume 2 DVD,
Wind of change. Volume 1 Pamberine Zimbabwe DVD.
WANTED - kind person travelling from Canada or USA to New Zealand in the next month or two to bring goods donated by www.rhodesiawassuper.com for the Rhodesian Services Assn in New Zealand fundraiser on the Rhodesian military history museum display. Contact Bill McDonald rhodesia@shaw.ca or Hugh Bomford hbomford@clear.net.nz if you can help.
Specials :-
Order a custom Rhodesian or Northern Rhodesian rugby jersey and get the Shoulder Flag for Free, value $15.00. Get yours now as the price of the jerseys.
Free "Be a Man among Men" Rhodesian Army poster with the purchase of a Land Tenure map
Make sure to check out our new additions of books includes some rare and out of print titles, including :-
SAS Rhodesia, Rhodesia includes a free Rhodesian Bands Forces CD
SAS Rhodesia - Rhodesians and the Special Air Service, by Jonathan Pittaway and Craig Fourie, 1st edition, Dandy Agencies, 2003, South Africa. This superb illustrated reference book follows Fourie and Pittaway's LRDG Rhodesia book, and is the most comprehensive published account of the history and exploits of the Rhodesian SAS. 320 pages, pictorial hardcover, printed in full colour throughout on glazed paper, the book tells the story of the Rhodesian SAS from its origins during WWII to its dissolution in 1980 following Rhodesia's transfer to Zimbabwe. In addition to personal accounts and reminiscences by servicemen, the book contains over 600 photographs, including a number of named group pictures, over 200 colour pictures of SAS insignia and medals, full citations of Rhodesian gallantry awards and a full nominal roll of Rhodesians serving with the SAS during the various periods of the Regiment's existence. An accessible, scholarly and comprehensive work beautifully designed and laid out, which anyone with an interest in Rhodesian or British military history will find invaluable. Large format hardcover, measuring 9" x 10.5" approx; 320 pages. (Over 3lbs!)
"The Reluctant Assassin" Charles Forrester is born into a dysfunctional family in Southern Rhodesia. He grows up in a close relationship with wildlife, and the changing world around him. He becomes involved with the terrorist war, where solving problems by killing becomes normal. When he gets expelled, after the regime change in 1980, he continues his unbalanced life, until he has the chance to kill the President of Zimbabwe. This is the first of two books, which maps his life, and the beginnings of his awareness of life after death, regression and soul searching; and his understanding that animals may be more perceptive than we think.
Just arrived "Bushcat - Minstrel of the Wild", John Edmond's widely acclaimed autobiography AUTOGRAPHED! Beautifully presented in hardcover, 308 pages containing 124 unique photographs and lyrics of more than a hundred songs. Here is the full story of Rhodesia's history and the man John Edmond. It tells how many of his songs were inspired. A must for all who enjoy John's music - the ultimate gift.
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 with in the subject line place: "ADD TO WANT LIST FOR Rhodesian Rugby/Cricket". We are aiming 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
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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
"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
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There are 5 types, Traditional, Garlic, Pepper, Hot & Spicy and Ostrich.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
In the August 2004 edition of the SCN a report appeared under the heading of "The imes they are a'changing", which detailed attempts by students from Antwerp University to have the honorary degree awarded to the terrorist Mandela withdrawn. This report had previously been sent to us by a supporter with no indication whatsoever about its original source. We have subsequently been informed, however, that this article had initially appeared on the CensorBugBear web-site, and was written by Adriana Stuijt who had interviewed the student leader concerned in May 2004. We are therfore perfectly happy to put the record straight and to acknowledge both the CensorBugBear web-site (http://groups.msn.com/censorbugbear) and Mev. Stuijt as the original source of this article.
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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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EXOTIC HOLIDAY OPPORTUNITY
John Hardcastle reminds us of exciting holiday opportunities which he can provide in the Philippines :-
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" four 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.72 : Mr. JOHN ORMOWE
John Ormowe was a popular RBC presenter, specialising in military history programmes. Of Huguenot descent, following the fall of Rhodesia he moved to the UK and took up a teaching post in Sussex. Alas recent correspondence which we have sent to his last known address in Gainsborough Avenue, Worthing, has been returned to us as he has apparently moved. We wonder therefore whether anyone can tell us where he can now be contacted?
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
An excellent web-site to learn more information about all the Lewes bonfire societies is run by the Lewes Bonfire Council. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.lewesbonfirecouncil.org.uk/societies/index.html
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
GREAT SCOT!
Sir,
Many thanks for sending me the [October] SCN. I know you like feedback so I will comment on your lead article.
I think you were too extreme in your statements :-
1) [John] Howard won the election for a combination of reasons :-
a) People, though originally opposed to Iraqi involvement, recognised that pulling out now would cause more problems.
b) Economic reasons such as interest rates and the ALP's previous record of 23% rates.
c) Lack of sleaze in the Government, and Howard's personality; a man you can trust.
2) The greatest post-1945 US President was Ronald Reagan and not George W. Bush - you cannot make this judgement until he has retired from the Presidency. As for greatest ever Presidents, why not Presidents Monroe, Polk and Cleveland - America expanded the most under these Presidents.
Yours etc.,
Allan Robertson, Treasurer, the Springbok Club.
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BLACK RULE
Sir,
With only a population of 40,000 people in the small town of Theunissen, six children are raped there every week. It must be made clear, all the rapes are committed by Blacks.
If you have six babies being raped every week in a small town of only 40,000 people, it means that 312 babies are being raped there EVERY YEAR. This amounts to .78% rapes of the population occuring there alone. That also means that in our Black-ruled, sick South Africa, 961 child rapes occur every day. Shockingly, 40 children, some of them babies as young as six months old, are being raped by these depraved beasts every minute during every 24 hour day cycle. Very few of these perpetrators face prosecution under this government of criminals, for the criminals.
The above does not take into account the fact that many child and other rapes, are not being reported. Therefore, these rape statistics are only a fraction of what is actually taking place every day. Adult rapes are far more prevelant and frequent, and those statistics will make shocking reading!
However, according to the the SABC broadcasts and the press, there is very little crime in South Africa. They are in denial, just as Thabo Mbeki is in denial about the existence of AIDS, claiming that he does not know anybody with AIDS.
All the lemmings are marching in step over the cliff into the abyss, because their Judas Goat dominees are pointing them in that direction, whilst they joyfully sing their praises. As long as they are given their beloved multi-racial rugby, cricket and their six-packs, they stay subdued. They don't realise, or care, if their children and loved ones are systematically being killed by the Black beasts who are busy with ethnic cleansing.
Yours etc.,
Fred Rundle, Johannesburg, Transvaal.
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DEPARTING DIASPORA
Sir,
I have in the past referred many departing friends, colleagues and associates to your superb site, and some thanked me afterwards as they found it of great use.
I wish you all the best, and would like you to know that your efforts to assist your kith & kin to relocate to new countries are very much appreciated, even amongst those who have not yet joined the diaspora.
Yours etc.,
B.Oosthuizen, South Africa.
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FRUITCAKES' FANTASIES
Just when we thought we'd heard the last of the wretched Francis "Fruitcake" Andrew (the Jordan-based Arabist who had been plaguing us with a series of deranged and infantile e-mails) he has alas resurfaced again, this time circulating even more demented and outrageous lies.
In this latest poison which he has circulated he seems to be obsessed by the subject of homosexuality. Not only does he make vile, libellous and totally unsubstantiated claims about leading members of the Springbok Club in this regard, but he has also alleged that we have accused both a leading right-wing British journalist - AND HIMSELF - of being homosexual! Anyone can look back through all back issues of the SCN and they won't find any evidence of "Fruitcake's" bizarre claims in this respect whatsover. It is true that we have referred to "Fruitcake" as a traitor in the past (as his decision to support the society of his current residence rather than the country of his birth during the recent War against Terrorism in Iraq confirms), and a "lunatic character" (which even a cursory glance at the childish e-mails which he's sent us will show to be valid comment) - but never have we made any reference to his sex-life, something which we know nothing about and care about even less.
But why should "Fruitcake" make such a weird and false accusation that we have accused him of being homosexual when quite clearly we have done no such thing? Suggestions please, on a postcard ....
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Saturday, 13 November 2004
Monday, 11 October 2004
October 2004 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
October 2004 edition
Johnnie Howard's massive victory in the recent Australian general election has brought tremendous encouragement to all true patriots throughout the Western world. Not for the first time in recent years, Australians have set the agenda by demonstrating that Western ascendancy rather than liberal internationalism is the new zeitgeist.
Although the leftist establishment initially tried to claim that the ALP was heading for a decisive electoral win, and that it was the Liberal/National coalition's steadfast support for the War against Terrorism in Iraq which was the reason for this, the actual result was the complete opposite of course - indeed Johnnie Howard even managed to increase his majority by a significant margin! Leftist commentators then changed their stance completely, claiming that it was the economy rather than support for the War against Terrorism which was the reason for the coalition's triumph. This of course is nonsense; the War against Terrorism WAS the issue, and Australians proved that unlike the Spanish they were not appeasers and cowards.
The next big electoral battle will now of course be in the United States next month, when President George W. Bush (probably the greatest US President in our lifetimes - if not ever) will face a challenge from the sinister and dangerous Sen. John Kerry from the traditionally liberal state of Massachusetts. To paraphrase John Vorster, a victory for Kerry is too ghastly even to contemplate. Although opinion polls have recently been indicating that the result will actually be far closer than was previously imagined, hopefully the Australian general election result will have a significant "knock-on" effect in the United States, so that as a result President Bush will be comfortably returned to office in order to continue the struggle against international terrorism and to protect the freedoms of us all.
The whole Western world therefore has a great debt of gratitude to pay to the Australian people. On behalf of us all, thank you Australia.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB LONDON BRANCH RIVER TRIP
Last month the London Branch of the Springbok Club staged a river trip along the Thames from Westminster to Richmond and back. A good contingent of Springbok Club members and supporters joined the party at Westminster, and were treated to a most informative guided commentary of all the riverbank sites which they passed along the route. Once at Richmond even more Springbok Club members joined the party, and all adjourned to a splendid riverside hostelry for lunch and a congenial gathering, before most of the party then returned down river again to Westminster.
The London Branch of the Springbok Club is therefore certainly to be congratulated upon organising such a successful day's activity. The next London Branch event is planned to be a trip to the University Boat Race next spring, which will be followed by an evening braai.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB TRIP TO GIBRALTAR
A contingent of Springbok Club members will be visiting Gibraltar later this month, the main reason being to express our complete solidarity with the Loyal people of Gibraltar in their determination to remain British, and it is hoped that several prominent Gibraltarians will be met during this visit. A full report of this trip will of course be given in next month's SCN.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB UDI DAY COMMEMORATIONS
The Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club have now finalised arrangements for their UDI Day celebrations this year, which will take place during the afternoon of Saturday 6th November at Burnside in Co.Antrim, and at which a prominent Unionist MP will be guest of honour. For more details please e-mail the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club at: nispringbokclub@hotmail.com
On the mainland the Springbok Club will be staging their annual UDI Day Dinner during the evening of Monday 22nd November at a plush central London restaurant. The guests of honour this year will be prominent officials from the BSAP Association, and as it is anticipated that this event will prove to be more popular than ever we would ask all those wishing to attend to let us know as soon as possible. The evening will include a sumptuous three-course meal, and tickets are priced at £19.00 for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £22.00 for Associate Members, and £25.00 for non-members. If you would like to attend then please either e-mail us at springbok@falklands.org, or write to us (together with the appropriate payment, made payable to "The Springbok Club") at: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, U.K.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB EVENTS
The Springbok Club is planning its annual Day of the Vow commemorations at a famous central London venue as close to December 16th as possible, and it is anticipated that we will be welcoming a highly-respected personality as guest of honour. Fuller details will of course be given in next month's SCN.
The Springbok Club is also planning to stage another visit to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol early during 2005, and to stay overnight at a hotel run by good friends in south Gloucestershire. Again further details will be given in future SCN's.
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
For business opportunities which are always up to date and chock-a-block with opportunities then check-out: www.Dollarmakers.com
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE MEETING
Details of the next most interesting London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Thursday 14th October 2004
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Clarence (the upstairs "Parliament Room"), 53 Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1
Guest Speaker : Ms. Lindsay Jenkins
(Lindsay Jenkins is a famed political commentator and current affairs writer, who has written many books about the nature of the EU's "non-democracy", and who is specialist on the growing menace of "regionalisation".)
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BONFIRE FESTIVITIES
Several supporters plan to go to Lewes on November 5th in order to celebrate the annual Bonfire festivities. As November 5th falls on a Friday this year this will therefore present an ideal opportunity to organise a complete weekend's excursion. If anyone is interesting in joining this trip then please either e-mail: springbok@falklands.org or write to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX.
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ELEPHANT APPEAL
The world's elephants have been decimated over the last century, largely as a result of being hunted for their tusks. In Africa, the elephant population has shrunk from 1.3 million in 1980, to possibly as few as 400,000 today. In Asia there are fewer than 50,000 remaining in the wild.
But these tragic numbers only tell part of the story. Elephants, which are highly intelligent and socially complex animals, suffer great trauma when family groups are ripped apart by poachers. In addition, poaching for ivory can have a drastic impact on a population's ability to reproduce. This is a particularly severe problem in Asia, where only male elephants have tusks. In some areas, females already outnumber adult males by more than 100 to one.
Although the international trade in ivory was banned in 1989, at the 2002 CITES* meeting the sale of 60 tonnes of stockpiled ivory from Botswana, Namibia and South Africa was approved in principle, despite opposition from many other governments and organisations, including IFAW.
IFAW fears that such a sale will spark a wave of illegal poaching. Already the number of seizures has increased in the wake of this announcement, with the largest ever haul of poached ivory since the 1989 trade ban uncovered in Singapore in 2002. Six and a half tons of ivory was captured in this instance, which may represent as many as 300 dead elephants!
We must take action now to ensure this sale does not go ahead!
An Early Day Motion (EDM) has been tabled in Parliament to draw attention to the proposed sale and calls for urgent action to prevent this and future sales from occurring. EDMs can often attract a great deal of publicity and raise the profile of the issue to a point where it can't be ignored by the government. To date, the EDM has generated the support of 260 MPs, but we still have time to gather more momentum.
Please send a letter to your local MP asking them to support EDM No. 422 calling for the the sale of ivory to be banned.
Time is running out for elephants - every message counts!
(* CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)
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HOME BILTONG MAKERS
Biltongmakers.Com! runs a monthly competition which is free for anyone to enter. There are some great prizes to be won each month. Some of the prizes during the last couple of months have included a Skottel Braai, Biltongmakers, Barbecue Utensil sets and Potjies!
To enter please go to: www.biltongmakers.com and follow the competition link!
Biltongmakers.Com! have created a special order page just for readers of the SCN at:-
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RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
Free "Rhodesia was Super" t-shirt. Our sweetest deal yet!
Receive a free "Rhodesia was Super" t-shirt with the purchase of a Land Tenure map and/or a Rhodesian Rugby Jersey. Please note we are limited in quantity on certain sizes, so if interested order a.s.a.p. as once these are gone that's it!
New Emblems added: the Northern Rhodesian Shield and Flag (also available on rugby Jerseys) http://www.rhodesiawassuper.com/index.cfm?action=ViewDetails&ItemID=488
Coming in September: "Green Leader" shirts and "Rhodesia was Super" flags. Now in Stock: Rhodesian 4 by 6 foot Bunting Flags complete with rope and toggle.
Your Rhodie online store can be accessed at: www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
Interested in attending a Rhodie weekend with Ian Smith and either Wrex Tarr or John Edmonds? We are in the process of bringing Mr. Smith over to Canada in July 2005. If interested e-mail Bill at Rhodesia@shaw.ca (the nearest main airport will be Edmonton or Calgary). Make it part of a great vacation getaway.
Searching for someone? Try the "Rhodesia was Super" contact group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhodesiawassuper/
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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
"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.
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CAN U HELP ?
Terri Lessick writes from South Africa as follows :-
"Hi! I will be in London in December before joining a Contikki tour and need to find cheap accommodation - can you help me with a list of contacts etc.? Any other tips would be really welcome as well."
If you can help in any way then please contact Terri direct at : lessickm@mweb.co.za
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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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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.71 : Brig. PAT LAWLESS
Brig.Pat Lawless was born in 1955 and raised in Nyasaland and Rhodesia, and was educated at St.Stephen's College near Bulawayo. He was commissioned into the 1st Battalion Rhodesian African Rifles in 1975 and served on operations with the Battalion as a rifle platoon commander, mortar platoon commander and operations officer. He qualified as a paratrooper in 1977, and was awarded the Silver Cross of Rhodesia in 1980. He joined the British Army in 1981, training as an army pilot. He was posted to Germany, and completed a number of tours of duty to Northern Ireland. Promoted Lieut.Col. in 1992, Pat Lawless completed a 6-month tour in Angola working for the FCO. On his return he assumed command of 9 Regiment Army Air Corps in North Yorkshire, then part of 24 Airmobile Brigade. His tour of command ended in 1994 when he was posted to the Army Staff College as a member of the Directing Staff and Warfare Team Leader. He joined the HQ of the ACR Rapid Reaction Corps in Sarajevo in 1996 on promotion to Colonel, and conducted the Functional Review of HQ ARRC in the early half of 1997, before moving to HQ Adjutant General to take up the appointment of Col. AG O&D in December 1997. He attended the Higher Command and Staff Course in January 1999, taking up his next appointment as Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the new Joint Helicopter Command on promotion to the rank of Brigadier. He resigned from the Army in 2000, and became the Chief Executive of a UK based Defence Company, THOMRO Defence Electronics Ltd. He is married to Cherril, has 3 sons, is a qualified rugby referee, and was President of the Army Air Corps Rugby Club. He was Guest of Honour at the Springbok Club's 2000 UDI Day Dinner, but unfortunately both of his known e-mail addresses now seem to be unrecognised, and mail sent to his last known address at Durrington in Wiltshire has recently been returned. Does anyone therefore know how he can now be contacted?
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
Although Jan Lamprecht's excellent "African Crisis" web-site is regularly advertised in the SCN in the "Book Offers" section, it has never previously been our official "Recommended Web-Site of the Month". Recently, however, we have heard the most disturbing news that Jan been subjected to a vicious smear and intimidation campaign targeting his web-site, which has almost certainly been orchestrated by agents of the ANC regime (an experience, of course, not unknown to the Springbok Club). Jan's site therefore currently warrants more support than ever, but even so it is always well worth a visit, as it is justifiably referred to as "Africa's Premier Hard News Web-Site". It can be accessed at :-
http://www.AfricanCrisis.org
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
IN THE WRONG
Sir,
Appeasement is all about giving in. People like Ian Smith and Winston Churchill tried to defend their people and culture, they were few and far between. The appeasement of others has sold us all down the drain.
This is where a century of appeasement has took my family :-
When Southern Ireland was given independence my family got booted off their farm, in fact it was burnt down, they were lucky to escape with their lives! They were Irish but they were the wrong sort of Irish, like hundreds of other Irishmen they fled to Ulster, England, the USA or the colonies! My family moved first to England, then took up an opportunity to move to Kenya, where they ran a farm. My father joined the Kenya Police and became a senior officer, but he was sacked a few years after independence. It was the same old story. He was Kenyan born and bread... he just wasn't the right sort! He moved to Rhodesia with his family, bought a farm, two of his sons became farmers, I joined the BSAP. In 1982 I was sacked, I was Zimbabwean, I was just the wrong sort! I moved to South Africa and took a job in IT. In 2001 my brother lost his farm, he was Zimbabwean he was just the wrong sort! In 2002 I lost my job, the wrong sort of South African's were over represented. Decades of hard work, generations of blood, sweat and tears gone to waste!
I have set up my own business but others are less fortunate than me. My sister lives with her husband and three children in a rented house in Harare, shared with two other families. My grandmother festers in a badly run home for the elderly in Cape Town. I have family all over the world. A diaspera from not one but a half dozen different countries where they were the "wrong sort" of colour or religion!
An entire community (20-25% of the population) in Southern Ireland has been destroyed (they no longer exist as a community - 1.5% at the last census!). In Kenya the same has happened, entire villages vacated. In Zimababwe it has been taking place for the last 14 years, Whites who once made up 20% of the population now account for about 0.3%. In South Africa the same is happening, in Namibia too.
Ian Smith was right, those who sold him out, those who failed to back him, those who believe or believed he was wrong live in clowd cockoo land!
Yours etc.,
Graham, U.K.
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SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
Sir,
I live in Sunnyside, Pretoria. It is a residential area consisting of mainly blocks of flats, Pretoria's "Hillbrow".
During the last 5 years the area become 98% Black with a large percentage of foreigners, Nigerians, Kenyans, Angolans (recognized by their "African Portuguese").
Sure, I don't like my neighbours or the rest of the crowd in the area. But the area is as well maintained and peaceful as 8 years ago. The service in the banks, post office, etc. is not as prompt as it used to be and you often get helped with an "attitude". But by and large, life goes on. It is not: "... a breakdown in law and order far worse than that in "Zimbabwe..."
I live here without being hassled. Last night was month end, Friday. A friend invited me for a drink at a local restaurent a few blocks up the road. We walked there at 18h30 (dusk) and back at 19h30 (dark). I had my reservations; the streets were busy with scores of Blacks at the public phone booths and grocery stalls on the pavements. Nobody bothered us.
Do people get mugged here? Yes sometimes, especially if they look for trouble. But they also get mugged is all other big cities in the world.
A friend of mine who lived in the same block and who walked with an expensive gold chain around his neck, a revolver on his hip and an arrogant attitude. The same friend and his girlfriend got mugged while walking back from a pub 03h00 in the morning, half drunk. (Drunk people are easy targets.) His girlfriend got mugged at month end walking home with her purse under her arm.
Although you can't take your safety for granted, if you are cautious and keep a low profile, you are unlikely to be hassled.
What does the future hold? I don't know. Although South Africa is not like Zimbabwe (yet), I can't say that it won't become like that in 20, 10, 5 years. Blacks may decide to do widespread pogroms against Whites tomorrow. Who is going to stop them? The socialistic style goverment may ruin the economy the same way communism did Russia and Zimbabwe. I am not very optimistic.
Yours etc.,
H.W.K., Pretoria, Transvaal
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CARRY ON S.B. CONSTABLE
Sir,
I couldn't care less what the smear artists say.....somewhere someone is very worried about the RESPECTABLE SUCCESS the Springbok Club is having.
Let us just carry on as if we had never heard of these people......they call BUSH a nazi too......in fact anyone that uses white soap......so
THUMBS UP AND CARRY ON MATES !!!!
My thanks,
Glenn Macaskill, ex-Fort Victoria, now Transvaal.
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WHARF REPORT
Sir,
Whilst not disagreeing with the thrust of the letter and sentiments to [Jack] Straw, it should be remembered that the Israelis do engage, big time, in the release of terrorists. It is not unusual to see hundreds, yes hundreds, of Arab terrorists being released by the valiant Israelis in return for 1 or 2 of their own men, and sometimes even only for Israeli corpses.
However, I wholeheartedly agree with their attitude towards terror, hit 'em harder than they hit you. If it was seriously tried elsewhere it would pay dividends.
Yours etc.,
James D., St.Helier, Jersey
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HOME TRUTHS
Sir,
The South African Government is desperately trying to get Whites to take their skills and money back into the country. "The Home Coming Revolution" is aimed at losers who couldn't make it in their new homes after immigrating, and they go skulking back with their tails between their legs, bitter and blaming their new homes for their failure.
What they don't get told is that they are returning to a country which is more anti-White and dangerous than ever before, and that they are being lured back with ridiculous promises. They might as well be told, "Turn your lifeboat around and come party with us on the Titanic!"
We who have escaped would do well to warn people against the folly of going "home" to the slaughter.
Yours etc.,
Robin J. Elliott, Vancouver, Canada
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ROGUES GALLERY
Most readers will no doubt be aware that Arthur "White Kaffir" Kemp has been continuing with his pathetic smear campaign against us - though thankfully few if any people seem to have taken his unsubstantiated libels about us seriously. We now know for a fact that he has been using the nom-de-plume of "Richard Jones" in order to spread his poisonous lies, and believe that he has also used the pseudonyms of "Willem Steenkamp" and "Chris Els" as well - so we therefore wonder if anyone knows whether these people actually do exist?
We have not been the sole victims of this notorious young man's irrational hatred however. In the August 2001 edition of the SCN we reported that Portuguese patriots had been "up in arms" because of Kemp's claims in an esoteric paper that he had written, in which he basically libelled the entire Portuguese nation. Now comes news, however, that Greek patriots have also been greatly angered by derogative comments which Kemp made about their nation in the same work.
The full rebuttal of Kemp's attacks upon the Greek people can be found at :-
http://dienekes.angeltowns.net/articles/kemp/
and the complete demolition of Kemp's lies about the Portuguese people can be found at :-
http://www.geocities.com/refuting_kemp/index.html
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OBITUARY
TED SUTTON-PRYCE
It was with great sadness that we recently learnt of the death at the age of 83 of Edward "Ted" Sutton-Pryce.
Ted Sutton-Pryce was a Rhodesian Front MP who served in the UDI Government of Ian Smith, rising to the rank of Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, where he was charged with co-ordinating all civil aspects of the Bush War, particularly the protection of the farming community. Ted Sutton-Pryce gained a most praise-worthy reputation as being one of the more determined and strong-willed supporters of UDI, and doubtlessly if more possessed similar steely backbones the Rhodesian struggle may have obtained greater success. Even after the fall of the country to the terrorists Ted Sutton-Pryce still maintained his active support for the Rhodesian cause however, being for many years National Chairman of the Flame Lily Foundation in South Africa, and maintaining active support for the organisation until his final days.
Ted Sutton-Pryce's son Lawford was no less of a Rhodesian patriot, being a highly-respected RTV presenter and an organising genius behind the Anglo-Rhodesian Society. Patriotism therefore seemed to run in Ted Sutton-Pryce's genes. We hope that it will continue.
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October 2004 edition
Johnnie Howard's massive victory in the recent Australian general election has brought tremendous encouragement to all true patriots throughout the Western world. Not for the first time in recent years, Australians have set the agenda by demonstrating that Western ascendancy rather than liberal internationalism is the new zeitgeist.
Although the leftist establishment initially tried to claim that the ALP was heading for a decisive electoral win, and that it was the Liberal/National coalition's steadfast support for the War against Terrorism in Iraq which was the reason for this, the actual result was the complete opposite of course - indeed Johnnie Howard even managed to increase his majority by a significant margin! Leftist commentators then changed their stance completely, claiming that it was the economy rather than support for the War against Terrorism which was the reason for the coalition's triumph. This of course is nonsense; the War against Terrorism WAS the issue, and Australians proved that unlike the Spanish they were not appeasers and cowards.
The next big electoral battle will now of course be in the United States next month, when President George W. Bush (probably the greatest US President in our lifetimes - if not ever) will face a challenge from the sinister and dangerous Sen. John Kerry from the traditionally liberal state of Massachusetts. To paraphrase John Vorster, a victory for Kerry is too ghastly even to contemplate. Although opinion polls have recently been indicating that the result will actually be far closer than was previously imagined, hopefully the Australian general election result will have a significant "knock-on" effect in the United States, so that as a result President Bush will be comfortably returned to office in order to continue the struggle against international terrorism and to protect the freedoms of us all.
The whole Western world therefore has a great debt of gratitude to pay to the Australian people. On behalf of us all, thank you Australia.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB LONDON BRANCH RIVER TRIP
Last month the London Branch of the Springbok Club staged a river trip along the Thames from Westminster to Richmond and back. A good contingent of Springbok Club members and supporters joined the party at Westminster, and were treated to a most informative guided commentary of all the riverbank sites which they passed along the route. Once at Richmond even more Springbok Club members joined the party, and all adjourned to a splendid riverside hostelry for lunch and a congenial gathering, before most of the party then returned down river again to Westminster.
The London Branch of the Springbok Club is therefore certainly to be congratulated upon organising such a successful day's activity. The next London Branch event is planned to be a trip to the University Boat Race next spring, which will be followed by an evening braai.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB TRIP TO GIBRALTAR
A contingent of Springbok Club members will be visiting Gibraltar later this month, the main reason being to express our complete solidarity with the Loyal people of Gibraltar in their determination to remain British, and it is hoped that several prominent Gibraltarians will be met during this visit. A full report of this trip will of course be given in next month's SCN.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB UDI DAY COMMEMORATIONS
The Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club have now finalised arrangements for their UDI Day celebrations this year, which will take place during the afternoon of Saturday 6th November at Burnside in Co.Antrim, and at which a prominent Unionist MP will be guest of honour. For more details please e-mail the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club at: nispringbokclub@hotmail.com
On the mainland the Springbok Club will be staging their annual UDI Day Dinner during the evening of Monday 22nd November at a plush central London restaurant. The guests of honour this year will be prominent officials from the BSAP Association, and as it is anticipated that this event will prove to be more popular than ever we would ask all those wishing to attend to let us know as soon as possible. The evening will include a sumptuous three-course meal, and tickets are priced at £19.00 for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £22.00 for Associate Members, and £25.00 for non-members. If you would like to attend then please either e-mail us at springbok@falklands.org, or write to us (together with the appropriate payment, made payable to "The Springbok Club") at: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, U.K.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB EVENTS
The Springbok Club is planning its annual Day of the Vow commemorations at a famous central London venue as close to December 16th as possible, and it is anticipated that we will be welcoming a highly-respected personality as guest of honour. Fuller details will of course be given in next month's SCN.
The Springbok Club is also planning to stage another visit to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum in Bristol early during 2005, and to stay overnight at a hotel run by good friends in south Gloucestershire. Again further details will be given in future SCN's.
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE MEETING
Details of the next most interesting London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Thursday 14th October 2004
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Clarence (the upstairs "Parliament Room"), 53 Whitehall, Westminster, London SW1
Guest Speaker : Ms. Lindsay Jenkins
(Lindsay Jenkins is a famed political commentator and current affairs writer, who has written many books about the nature of the EU's "non-democracy", and who is specialist on the growing menace of "regionalisation".)
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BONFIRE FESTIVITIES
Several supporters plan to go to Lewes on November 5th in order to celebrate the annual Bonfire festivities. As November 5th falls on a Friday this year this will therefore present an ideal opportunity to organise a complete weekend's excursion. If anyone is interesting in joining this trip then please either e-mail: springbok@falklands.org or write to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX.
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ELEPHANT APPEAL
The world's elephants have been decimated over the last century, largely as a result of being hunted for their tusks. In Africa, the elephant population has shrunk from 1.3 million in 1980, to possibly as few as 400,000 today. In Asia there are fewer than 50,000 remaining in the wild.
But these tragic numbers only tell part of the story. Elephants, which are highly intelligent and socially complex animals, suffer great trauma when family groups are ripped apart by poachers. In addition, poaching for ivory can have a drastic impact on a population's ability to reproduce. This is a particularly severe problem in Asia, where only male elephants have tusks. In some areas, females already outnumber adult males by more than 100 to one.
Although the international trade in ivory was banned in 1989, at the 2002 CITES* meeting the sale of 60 tonnes of stockpiled ivory from Botswana, Namibia and South Africa was approved in principle, despite opposition from many other governments and organisations, including IFAW.
IFAW fears that such a sale will spark a wave of illegal poaching. Already the number of seizures has increased in the wake of this announcement, with the largest ever haul of poached ivory since the 1989 trade ban uncovered in Singapore in 2002. Six and a half tons of ivory was captured in this instance, which may represent as many as 300 dead elephants!
We must take action now to ensure this sale does not go ahead!
An Early Day Motion (EDM) has been tabled in Parliament to draw attention to the proposed sale and calls for urgent action to prevent this and future sales from occurring. EDMs can often attract a great deal of publicity and raise the profile of the issue to a point where it can't be ignored by the government. To date, the EDM has generated the support of 260 MPs, but we still have time to gather more momentum.
Please send a letter to your local MP asking them to support EDM No. 422 calling for the the sale of ivory to be banned.
Time is running out for elephants - every message counts!
(* CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)
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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 "Rhodesia was Super" t-shirt. Our sweetest deal yet!
Receive a free "Rhodesia was Super" t-shirt with the purchase of a Land Tenure map and/or a Rhodesian Rugby Jersey. Please note we are limited in quantity on certain sizes, so if interested order a.s.a.p. as once these are gone that's it!
New Emblems added: the Northern Rhodesian Shield and Flag (also available on rugby Jerseys) http://www.rhodesiawassuper.com/index.cfm?action=ViewDetails&ItemID=488
Coming in September: "Green Leader" shirts and "Rhodesia was Super" flags. Now in Stock: Rhodesian 4 by 6 foot Bunting Flags complete with rope and toggle.
Your Rhodie online store can be accessed at: www.Rhodesiawassuper.com
Interested in attending a Rhodie weekend with Ian Smith and either Wrex Tarr or John Edmonds? We are in the process of bringing Mr. Smith over to Canada in July 2005. If interested e-mail Bill at Rhodesia@shaw.ca (the nearest main airport will be Edmonton or Calgary). Make it part of a great vacation getaway.
Searching for someone? Try the "Rhodesia was Super" contact group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhodesiawassuper/
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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
"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 ?
Terri Lessick writes from South Africa as follows :-
"Hi! I will be in London in December before joining a Contikki tour and need to find cheap accommodation - can you help me with a list of contacts etc.? Any other tips would be really welcome as well."
If you can help in any way then please contact Terri direct at : lessickm@mweb.co.za
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BOERWORS AND BILTONG
From deep in the heart of Africa to you :-
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Made from our tried and tested recipes in both Rhodesia and South Africa since 1965. Now made in the UK from 100% pure British meats, with no glutens or ingredients added, just our own secret blend of spices.
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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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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.71 : Brig. PAT LAWLESS
Brig.Pat Lawless was born in 1955 and raised in Nyasaland and Rhodesia, and was educated at St.Stephen's College near Bulawayo. He was commissioned into the 1st Battalion Rhodesian African Rifles in 1975 and served on operations with the Battalion as a rifle platoon commander, mortar platoon commander and operations officer. He qualified as a paratrooper in 1977, and was awarded the Silver Cross of Rhodesia in 1980. He joined the British Army in 1981, training as an army pilot. He was posted to Germany, and completed a number of tours of duty to Northern Ireland. Promoted Lieut.Col. in 1992, Pat Lawless completed a 6-month tour in Angola working for the FCO. On his return he assumed command of 9 Regiment Army Air Corps in North Yorkshire, then part of 24 Airmobile Brigade. His tour of command ended in 1994 when he was posted to the Army Staff College as a member of the Directing Staff and Warfare Team Leader. He joined the HQ of the ACR Rapid Reaction Corps in Sarajevo in 1996 on promotion to Colonel, and conducted the Functional Review of HQ ARRC in the early half of 1997, before moving to HQ Adjutant General to take up the appointment of Col. AG O&D in December 1997. He attended the Higher Command and Staff Course in January 1999, taking up his next appointment as Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the new Joint Helicopter Command on promotion to the rank of Brigadier. He resigned from the Army in 2000, and became the Chief Executive of a UK based Defence Company, THOMRO Defence Electronics Ltd. He is married to Cherril, has 3 sons, is a qualified rugby referee, and was President of the Army Air Corps Rugby Club. He was Guest of Honour at the Springbok Club's 2000 UDI Day Dinner, but unfortunately both of his known e-mail addresses now seem to be unrecognised, and mail sent to his last known address at Durrington in Wiltshire has recently been returned. Does anyone therefore know how he can now be contacted?
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
Although Jan Lamprecht's excellent "African Crisis" web-site is regularly advertised in the SCN in the "Book Offers" section, it has never previously been our official "Recommended Web-Site of the Month". Recently, however, we have heard the most disturbing news that Jan been subjected to a vicious smear and intimidation campaign targeting his web-site, which has almost certainly been orchestrated by agents of the ANC regime (an experience, of course, not unknown to the Springbok Club). Jan's site therefore currently warrants more support than ever, but even so it is always well worth a visit, as it is justifiably referred to as "Africa's Premier Hard News Web-Site". It can be accessed at :-
http://www.AfricanCrisis.org
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
IN THE WRONG
Sir,
Appeasement is all about giving in. People like Ian Smith and Winston Churchill tried to defend their people and culture, they were few and far between. The appeasement of others has sold us all down the drain.
This is where a century of appeasement has took my family :-
When Southern Ireland was given independence my family got booted off their farm, in fact it was burnt down, they were lucky to escape with their lives! They were Irish but they were the wrong sort of Irish, like hundreds of other Irishmen they fled to Ulster, England, the USA or the colonies! My family moved first to England, then took up an opportunity to move to Kenya, where they ran a farm. My father joined the Kenya Police and became a senior officer, but he was sacked a few years after independence. It was the same old story. He was Kenyan born and bread... he just wasn't the right sort! He moved to Rhodesia with his family, bought a farm, two of his sons became farmers, I joined the BSAP. In 1982 I was sacked, I was Zimbabwean, I was just the wrong sort! I moved to South Africa and took a job in IT. In 2001 my brother lost his farm, he was Zimbabwean he was just the wrong sort! In 2002 I lost my job, the wrong sort of South African's were over represented. Decades of hard work, generations of blood, sweat and tears gone to waste!
I have set up my own business but others are less fortunate than me. My sister lives with her husband and three children in a rented house in Harare, shared with two other families. My grandmother festers in a badly run home for the elderly in Cape Town. I have family all over the world. A diaspera from not one but a half dozen different countries where they were the "wrong sort" of colour or religion!
An entire community (20-25% of the population) in Southern Ireland has been destroyed (they no longer exist as a community - 1.5% at the last census!). In Kenya the same has happened, entire villages vacated. In Zimababwe it has been taking place for the last 14 years, Whites who once made up 20% of the population now account for about 0.3%. In South Africa the same is happening, in Namibia too.
Ian Smith was right, those who sold him out, those who failed to back him, those who believe or believed he was wrong live in clowd cockoo land!
Yours etc.,
Graham, U.K.
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SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
Sir,
I live in Sunnyside, Pretoria. It is a residential area consisting of mainly blocks of flats, Pretoria's "Hillbrow".
During the last 5 years the area become 98% Black with a large percentage of foreigners, Nigerians, Kenyans, Angolans (recognized by their "African Portuguese").
Sure, I don't like my neighbours or the rest of the crowd in the area. But the area is as well maintained and peaceful as 8 years ago. The service in the banks, post office, etc. is not as prompt as it used to be and you often get helped with an "attitude". But by and large, life goes on. It is not: "... a breakdown in law and order far worse than that in "Zimbabwe..."
I live here without being hassled. Last night was month end, Friday. A friend invited me for a drink at a local restaurent a few blocks up the road. We walked there at 18h30 (dusk) and back at 19h30 (dark). I had my reservations; the streets were busy with scores of Blacks at the public phone booths and grocery stalls on the pavements. Nobody bothered us.
Do people get mugged here? Yes sometimes, especially if they look for trouble. But they also get mugged is all other big cities in the world.
A friend of mine who lived in the same block and who walked with an expensive gold chain around his neck, a revolver on his hip and an arrogant attitude. The same friend and his girlfriend got mugged while walking back from a pub 03h00 in the morning, half drunk. (Drunk people are easy targets.) His girlfriend got mugged at month end walking home with her purse under her arm.
Although you can't take your safety for granted, if you are cautious and keep a low profile, you are unlikely to be hassled.
What does the future hold? I don't know. Although South Africa is not like Zimbabwe (yet), I can't say that it won't become like that in 20, 10, 5 years. Blacks may decide to do widespread pogroms against Whites tomorrow. Who is going to stop them? The socialistic style goverment may ruin the economy the same way communism did Russia and Zimbabwe. I am not very optimistic.
Yours etc.,
H.W.K., Pretoria, Transvaal
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CARRY ON S.B. CONSTABLE
Sir,
I couldn't care less what the smear artists say.....somewhere someone is very worried about the RESPECTABLE SUCCESS the Springbok Club is having.
Let us just carry on as if we had never heard of these people......they call BUSH a nazi too......in fact anyone that uses white soap......so
THUMBS UP AND CARRY ON MATES !!!!
My thanks,
Glenn Macaskill, ex-Fort Victoria, now Transvaal.
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WHARF REPORT
Sir,
Whilst not disagreeing with the thrust of the letter and sentiments to [Jack] Straw, it should be remembered that the Israelis do engage, big time, in the release of terrorists. It is not unusual to see hundreds, yes hundreds, of Arab terrorists being released by the valiant Israelis in return for 1 or 2 of their own men, and sometimes even only for Israeli corpses.
However, I wholeheartedly agree with their attitude towards terror, hit 'em harder than they hit you. If it was seriously tried elsewhere it would pay dividends.
Yours etc.,
James D., St.Helier, Jersey
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HOME TRUTHS
Sir,
The South African Government is desperately trying to get Whites to take their skills and money back into the country. "The Home Coming Revolution" is aimed at losers who couldn't make it in their new homes after immigrating, and they go skulking back with their tails between their legs, bitter and blaming their new homes for their failure.
What they don't get told is that they are returning to a country which is more anti-White and dangerous than ever before, and that they are being lured back with ridiculous promises. They might as well be told, "Turn your lifeboat around and come party with us on the Titanic!"
We who have escaped would do well to warn people against the folly of going "home" to the slaughter.
Yours etc.,
Robin J. Elliott, Vancouver, Canada
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ROGUES GALLERY
Most readers will no doubt be aware that Arthur "White Kaffir" Kemp has been continuing with his pathetic smear campaign against us - though thankfully few if any people seem to have taken his unsubstantiated libels about us seriously. We now know for a fact that he has been using the nom-de-plume of "Richard Jones" in order to spread his poisonous lies, and believe that he has also used the pseudonyms of "Willem Steenkamp" and "Chris Els" as well - so we therefore wonder if anyone knows whether these people actually do exist?
We have not been the sole victims of this notorious young man's irrational hatred however. In the August 2001 edition of the SCN we reported that Portuguese patriots had been "up in arms" because of Kemp's claims in an esoteric paper that he had written, in which he basically libelled the entire Portuguese nation. Now comes news, however, that Greek patriots have also been greatly angered by derogative comments which Kemp made about their nation in the same work.
The full rebuttal of Kemp's attacks upon the Greek people can be found at :-
http://dienekes.angeltowns.net/articles/kemp/
and the complete demolition of Kemp's lies about the Portuguese people can be found at :-
http://www.geocities.com/refuting_kemp/index.html
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OBITUARY
TED SUTTON-PRYCE
It was with great sadness that we recently learnt of the death at the age of 83 of Edward "Ted" Sutton-Pryce.
Ted Sutton-Pryce was a Rhodesian Front MP who served in the UDI Government of Ian Smith, rising to the rank of Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, where he was charged with co-ordinating all civil aspects of the Bush War, particularly the protection of the farming community. Ted Sutton-Pryce gained a most praise-worthy reputation as being one of the more determined and strong-willed supporters of UDI, and doubtlessly if more possessed similar steely backbones the Rhodesian struggle may have obtained greater success. Even after the fall of the country to the terrorists Ted Sutton-Pryce still maintained his active support for the Rhodesian cause however, being for many years National Chairman of the Flame Lily Foundation in South Africa, and maintaining active support for the organisation until his final days.
Ted Sutton-Pryce's son Lawford was no less of a Rhodesian patriot, being a highly-respected RTV presenter and an organising genius behind the Anglo-Rhodesian Society. Patriotism therefore seemed to run in Ted Sutton-Pryce's genes. We hope that it will continue.
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Tuesday, 7 September 2004
September 2004 Edition.
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
South African expatriates looking for a good business opportunity from a fellow South African expat', Robin J. Elliott from Canada, should click here to find out more details : www.GelPax.com
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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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HOME BILTONG MAKERS
Biltongmakers.Com! runs a monthly competition which is free for anyone to enter. There are some great prizes to be won each month. Some of the prizes during the last couple of months have included a Skottel Braai, Biltongmakers, Barbecue Utensil sets and Potjies!
To enter please go to: www.biltongmakers.com and follow the competition link!
Biltongmakers.Com! have created a special order page just for readers of the SCN at:-
http://www.biltongmakers.com/biltong09_sc_orderplacing.html
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RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
The 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
"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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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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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
South African expatriates looking for a good business opportunity from a fellow South African expat', Robin J. Elliott from Canada, should click here to find out more details : www.GelPax.com
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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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HOME BILTONG MAKERS
Biltongmakers.Com! runs a monthly competition which is free for anyone to enter. There are some great prizes to be won each month. Some of the prizes during the last couple of months have included a Skottel Braai, Biltongmakers, Barbecue Utensil sets and Potjies!
To enter please go to: www.biltongmakers.com and follow the competition link!
Biltongmakers.Com! have created a special order page just for readers of the SCN at:-
http://www.biltongmakers.com/biltong09_sc_orderplacing.html
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RHODESIAN ON-LINE STORE
The 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
"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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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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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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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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