SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
April 2007 edition
The next few weeks will witness two very important sets of elections which will have great significance for the future of the West.
Firstly, of course, there is the forthcoming French Presidential election. We think it is fair to say that Jacques Chirac has proved to be a big disappointment for all those who believed he would stand up for Western civilisation when first elected. Not only has he done nothing to solve France's immigration problem, but more reprehensively he failed to give full support to the West's War against Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan - presumably because he wished to appease France's estimated 5 million non-White population (most of whom being Muslim). His UMP successor, Nicolas Sarkozy, seems to be a far tougher and more reliable character however. Having said that we believe that by far the best candidate on offer is Phillippe de Villiers of the MPF, a man with an impeccable record for supporting the rights of the great European nation-states and Western solidarity. Alas, however, de Villiers's chances of success seem remote, but even so we would advocate a vote for him in the first ballot and a vote for Sarkozy in the second. Above all, however, we trust that the French electorate won't disgrace itself again by voting the Vichy-heir Jean-Marie le Pen into second place. Le Pen and his Front National party are of course total hypocrites. On one hand they claim to oppose further immigration and the Islamic influence in France, yet on the other hand they also opposed the West's War against (Islamic) terrorism! As if such hypocrisy wasn't bad enough, le Pen even once paid a friendly visit to the evil Islamic monster Saddam Hussein - such seems to be his hatred for his own Western civilisation!
Secondly there are the forthcoming UK local elections - most importantly those for the Scottish "Parliament". The apparent support for the separatist Scottish Nationalist Party (perhaps better referred to as the Scottish Ba'athist Party in view of their sickening opposition to the War against Terrorism in Iraq!) is worrying in the extreme. Ever since the official birth of the United Kingdom three hundred years ago the enemies of the British people have been trying to destroy the glorious nation. In 1922, alas, after decades of foreign-instigated terrorism in Ireland, they succeeded in the first part of their wretched aim, and now - having failed to destroy loyal Ulster by terror - they are turning their attention instead to Scotland. Make no bones about it, the SNP may not be as evil and violent as SF/IRA, but they are no less poisonous. It is therefore vitally important that the SNP are defeated at all costs. We like the manifesto of the Scottish Unionist Party very much, and would certainly advocate support for them on the "party lists". When it comes to the first-past-the-post constituency vote, however, where there is a real risk of an SNP candidate being elected, then we advise a vote for the pro-union party most likely to defeat them - even if this means holding your nose and voting Labour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC MARCH MEETING
The Springbok Club/ELC was most honoured to be able to welcome Mr. Michael Shrimpton, the famed barrister and strategic intelligence and counter-terrorism consultant, as guest speaker last month. Mr. Shrimpton, a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, spoke under "Chatham House rules", which means that alas the exact details of his speech cannot be quoted. The theme of his talk was "The Intelligence War against the British Empire from 1857 to 2007", and the information which he imparted proved to be both dramatic and eye-opening, and all present were full of praise for his most captivating and extremely well-researched address.
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APRIL SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC ACTIVITY
The Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club will be staging a trip to the MOTH's (Memorable Order of Tin-Hats) England Command HQ in April, the details of which are as follows :-
Venue : The General Browning Club, Valette Street, Hackney, London E9 6NU
(The General Browning Club is situated on the corner of Valette Street and Morning Lane, Hackney. The nearest railway station is Hackney Central, and is also on the No.38 bus route from central London)
Date : Sunday 22nd April 2007
Time : Assemble outside the General Browning Club from 13.45 hrs to 14.00 hrs
The host for this visit will be Moth Hughie Richardson, the PlayBill of the MOTH's England Command HQ and Treasurer of the General Browning Shellhole. He will be giving a conducted tour around the Command HQ building and showing the various memorabilia which the organisation's England Command possesses, as well as explaining a little about the movement's history and structure in the UK.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
On Friday 25th May the SC/ELC will be staging their traditional annual Empire Day buffet in central London, at which the guest of honour will be a former Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police. Fuller details will be given in next month's SCN.
The Kent Branch of the SC/ELC aims to hold a summer braai during June, to which all members and supporters will be invited. Again fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
In July the SC/ELC will be holding a Rhodes & Founders Day celebration buffet, at which it is hoped to welcome a prominent ex-Rhodesian with first-hand knowledge of the current situation in Zimbabwe under the ZANU-PF tyranny as guest of honour.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM MEETINGS
During May the SC/ELC will be joining forces with the London Swinton Circle under the banner of the Patriotic Forum in order to stage two events commemorating highly significant anniversaries.
The first will be a meeting to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the Act of Union, the details of which are as follows :-
Venue : The Counting House, 50 Cornhill, London EC3 (nearest tube station: Bank)
Date : Tuesday 1st May 2007 (the exact 300th anniversary of the Act of Union coming into force)
Time : 18.45 hrs for 19.00 hrs
The Act of Union - the birth of the United Kingdom - is one of the most important dates in British history, though it has reprehensively been largely overlooked by the New Labour establishment. To mark this highly significant date the Patriotic Forum has therefore invited along four leading patriots and unionists from Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland who will give cameo speeches about what their respective constituent parts of the Union mean to them, and what they have contributed to the success story of the United Kingdom as a whole.
The second meeting will be to celebrate the 25th anniversary of victory in the Falklands War, and will be held on Wednesday 23rd May, where the guest speaker will be Mr. Peter Pepper of the Falkland Islands Association. Further details will be given in next month's SCN.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle was most honoured to be able to welcome Lady [Ann] Winterton MP as guest speaker at their latest meeting. Lady Winterton gave a highly entertaining and informative address in which she concentrated upon the overbearing effects of the "nanny state" and the financial implications of continuing membership of the EU. Although not all present agreed with everything which she said, everybody was even so in full agreement with the basic themes of her talk, particularly her assertions the Britain would be better off out of the EU.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Wednesday 25th April 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : Committee Room 20 of the House of Commons (enter the Houses of Parliament via the St.Stephen's entrance, and ask in Central Lobby for directions to the House of Commons committee rooms)
Guest Speaker : Mr. David Simpson MP (DUP, Upper Bann)
David Simpson won the Upper Bann seat at the 2005 General Election by defeating then UUP leader David (now Lord) Trimble. He is the official DUP spokesman on Trade and Industry, and in his speech will give further information concerning the DUP's current tactics in relation to participation in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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FORTHCOMING NEW BRITAIN EVENTS
The New Britain party will be staging two highly significant events during May.
On Wednesday 9th May (so-called "Europe Day") New Britain will be organising a march down Whitehall stopping off to hand a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding a referendum as to whether the UK should leave the European Union, and pointing out that the auditors have refused to sign off the EU accounts for a number of years. The march will then go on to the European Union's UK office in Queen Anne's Gate to hand in a letter similar to the one handed in at Downing Street. The march assembles in Whitehall Place at 13.30 hrs and moves off down Whitehall at 14.00 hrs sharp.
On Tuesday 22nd May, with the approval of Lady Goldsmith, New Britain will be holding their first Goldsmith Lecture in memory of Sir James Goldsmith. This will take place at the Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Hall, Roberts Building, University College London, commencing at 19.00 hrs, and the speakers will be the Rt. Hon. Lord Tebbit CH and Professor Stephen Bush of Manchester University, with the meeting being chaired by Mr. Dennis Delderfield, the National Chairman of New Britain. Tickets are priced at £3.00 per head (entrance will be by ticket only), and can be obtained from New Britain, 10 College East, Gunthorpe Street, London E1 7RL. For more details 'phone: 0207-2472524.
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GOOD NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
Recently released figures from the 2002 Australian Census have shown that the Australian population was 19,000,000, and that only 285,000 (1.5%) of these were Muslim. Even in Lakemba, a Sydney constituency where a Muslim extremist is evidently planning to stand in the NSW state elections, the Muslim population is only 13% of the electorate. This puts a lie to the oft-quoted claim by multi-culturalists and defeatists that Australia is somehow becoming a multi-racial society with Muslims forming the majority in vast areas of all major cities. Australia is still an overwhelmingly White nation, and will always remain so - unless the multi-culturalists and defeatists succeed with their doom-mongering propaganda.
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LATEST FALKLANDS NEWS
Brigadier Nick Davies, Commander of British Forces in the South Atlantic, has been quoted in the Argentinian publication "Clarin" as saying "I'm here to deter any sort of aggression. Our capacity here is sufficient to face a wide spectrum of possible military aggressions, and we have well prepared plans to immediately send reinforcement, if these were necessary". The article also quotes Governor Alan Huckle saying "the lessons of 1982 have been learnt, above all over the signs of danger which were misinterpreted in 1982". The article goes on to mention the new guard ship HMS Clyde which has just been commissioned to replace the Dumbarton Castle.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN CANADA
A supporter from Alberta has helped to establish a web-site for South Africans who wish to relocate and work in Canada. They are particularly keen to contact those with professional qualifications as Coded-Welders, Welders, Boilermakers, Diesel Mechanics, Sheet Metal Workers, Fitters and Turners, Turner Machinists, Millwrights, Carpenters and those in the restaurant trade. This web-site deals with job offers and work visas, and although aimed at South Africans is applicable to all with the necessary skills, and aims to assist applicants obtain firm offers of employment and work visas. It can be accessed at : www.jobbuddy.net, or alternatively e-mail : ralph@jobbuddy.net
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MESSAGE FROM THE CANADIAN VOICE FOR ANIMALS
Earle Bingley of the Canadian Voice For Animals writes as follows :-
"I would also appreciate it if you would give me girls in Argentina a plug. They are doing wonderful work saving many animals; dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, etc."
Their web-site can be accessed at :-
http://www.canadianvoiceforanimals.org/ArgentinaBranch_Index.html
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPCA - WHAT IS GOING ON?
Regular readers will undoubtedly recall that in April 2006 we re-circulated a petition protesting against the alleged fact that the South African National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund was refusing to make grants to the South African Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and that certain branches of the South African SPCA were being threatened with closure as a result. We received this petition from a reliable source and re-circulated it in good faith, particularly as the claimed development tied-in completely with the general meltdown and collapse of South African society under the current ANC-regime.
The result of our re-circulation of this petition was dramatic in the extreme, for we were immediately contacted from several sources (including from the South African National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund themselves, quoting officials from the South African SPCA) who assured us that the petition was a "hoax", so, believing this to be true, we issued a retraction in a subsequent edition of the SCN.
Recently, however, some twelve months later, we received a very similar petition from a completely different source making much the same claims. Just what is going on here we therefore wonder? Is the South African SPCA receiving National Lottery grants or not? Are branches of the SPCA being threatened with closure or not? But if there is no truth in these claims then why are they continuing to be circulated? We would be very keen therefore to receive any further information about this most mystifying state of affairs.
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club/ELC now retails Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each (plus 20% p&p).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
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SOUTH AFRICAN EXPATRIATES WEB-SITE
A new community web-site, designed to assist South African immigrants through the tough ordeal of settling in a new country has been established, and can be accessed at :-
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.101 : Mr. MIKE BENNETT of Durban
Mike Bennett was conceived in South Africa, but born in Canada. He moved to Durban during the late 1970s however, where he held a leading position in the computer department of a large multi-national company. He married his beautiful wife Allison around 1980, and the happy couple re-located to Canada shortly thereafter. Alas they couldn't settle and returned to Durban a couple of years later, but sadly divorced a year or so after. Allison is believed subsequently to have married a soccer referee, but alas nothing further is known about either of them. A number of old friends would be very keen to learn where they are now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
A new web-site has recently been set up by the Rhodesian Light Infantry Regimental Association, which is well worth a visit. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.therli.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
STILL FORGETTING THE PAST
Sir,
Your memory is as faulty as much else about you. Despite my telling you very pointedly (not suggesting) to stop e-mailing me on several occasions, you continued to blather on... just as you have done yet again here.
The only unfortunate thing about my e-mail was that it was caused by your waffling rubbish and lies.
Yours etc.,
Derek Partridge, Las Vegas, U.S.A.
[Significantly Mr Partridge makes no reference to any of the specific points which we made regarding his earlier astonishing e-mail which appeared in the February edition of the SCN - resorting simply to childish insults. We will therefore leave it to readers to judge the current state of mind of this sad individual who is apparently still in a complete state of denial about his past. Ed.]
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WHEN IS A TERRORIST NOT A TERRORIST?
Sir,
Many important politicians and clerics ignored or justified Robert Mugabe's terrorist training in China, overlooked his devotion to communism, and befriended a man who is now guilty of the same crimes as Saddam Hussein.
Zimbabwe's Black population should now be 18 million. 4 million have emigrated, or escaped, 3 million are "missing", 11 million remain, including 1.3 million orphans. The economy has been destroyed, the health system is chaotic, non-resident pensions are devalued and virtually stolen, and semi-starvation is prevalent. Political killing and torture are widespread and bodies are bulldozed into large pits without traditional ceremony. Mugabe hangs onto power at all costs while his cronies make a lot of money from "round tripping" on Zimbabwe's currency exchange rate.
South Africa and the African bloc prevent this genocide from being discussed at the UN and Western nations put good relations with South Africa above any human rights considerations in Zimbabwe. Mugabe doesn't seem to merit Regime Change.
Do these politicians and clerics still champion this man, while condemning Saddam - or will they now admit to a serious lack of judgement?
Are they prepared to help the many Zimbabweans who are suffering because of their false judgement - or have they buried their mistake while Zimbabwe buries its victims?
The people who supported Mugabe so fervently should now, just as vigorously, give assistance to his victims. The Zimbabwe Stolen Pensions Petition would be a good place to start. This petition, with 1984 signatures, has already been delivered to the British government and a copy has been sent to The Queen. The petitioners are part of the Rhodesian Diaspora, scattered around the world, their pensions are cut off, probably stolen forever, unless their petition gets support from important people.
So, who are the terrorists? When is a terrorist not a terrorist?
Yours etc.,
Ray Billington, Waterman, Australia.
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SURE THEY'RE OLD BUT THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL
Sir,
The Federal Commonwealth Society takes part in an annual parade on the Saturday prior to Easter in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada. We do this every year and we will take pictures of the parade on post them on our web site.
This year, we will be carrying the flags of our members' nations and member societies. To represent our affiliation with the Springbok Club, we have decided to carry the previous South African flag - the one adopted in 1928 which has orange white and blue horizontal bars with the Union Jack and the two Boer Republics flags in the centre. We will not be carrying the present South African flag adopted in 1994. This will be carried along with the Society's flag (a Union Jack with the Maple Leaf and Southern Cross constellation in the centre), the Union Jack, the Canadian Red Ensign, Australian and New Zealand flags, Falkland Islands flag and pre-1776 American flag to represent our members in the USA (a Red Ensign with the 1606 Union Jack in the corner).
Yours etc.,
James Alcock, International President FCS, Ontario, Canada
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HEY MAN!
Sir,
Africa is a sad place of excuses and intransigence, allied to an indifference that makes any sane man gasp. Sadly South Africa is, it appears, headed the same way as our neighbours, perhaps the saddest thing is that the Western world's desire to be "nice" to Africa and the political issues associated with acting in accordance with the obvious realities; essentially being labelled a racist by the liberal thought-police, preclude any realistic and meaningful action being taken. The world's only answer is to watch and sing the song "The happy happy people..." or some such dirge as Africa cries out for real leadership, which may well entail tough action and honesty instead of liberal sing-songs about the wonders of Africa and the good news and a lot of huffing and politically-correct pontificating at any suggestion that the liberal approach is a failed ideology somewhat akin to the 60's dream of drug-fuelled peace and harmony that vanished in a hashish cloud in the 70's.
The sad truth is that Africa has serious problems, very serious problems, and until the world faces up to that fact and stops lowering the bar for Africa all that will emerge are countries that have standards so low that the only people able to perform under those standards will be limbo dancers.
It is becoming clear that South Africa is increasingly a corrupt country; there is hardly any politician that has not been tainted by suggestions or suspicions of corruption, or blatantly found guilty of corruption and worse, and let off or excused. Sadly, again the politically-correct and hugely misguided policies of Black Economic Empowerment and Affirmative Action, two bigger misnomers I am sure it would be hard to find, are going to cause huge problems for this country. I am of course, in the eyes of any liberals a neanderthal apologist for conservative values that are aimed at destroying the world under a flood of actions based on reality and common-sense. I plead guilty to all except the charge of being a neanderthal, and I must say that perhaps the phrase "common-sense" is one candidate as a competitor for a bigger misnomer than BEE and AA. Now where is my dope and hey, perhaps we'll have like less than 30,000 murders next year; cool man, Africa rocks....wha...aaagh you've killed me, but I'm like a cool liberal man; you can't do that!
Yours etc.,
Stuart, ex-Natal, now Sussex.
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GET YOUR GUN
Sir,
I am a 32 year-old third generation Rhodesian/Zimbabwean still living in Zimbabwe, and so are my parents (ex-dairy farmers).
I have just read an article published in the weekly Financial Gazette and I quote :-
"The Z.R Police is currently holding 24,655 private firearms surrendered by members of the public. The firearms include pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns of various makes. The firearms were surrendered as far back as 1979. The reasons for surrender vary with individuals but most common reason is expiry of firearm certificates. Members of the public who wish to claim their weapons from the police custody should approach the police station where firearms were deposited with a valid certificate. Members of the public have until the 30th of April 2007 to get their firearms back after this offer is closed."
I believe all the weapons not clamed will become the property of the state and so I would like to know if anyone has any documentation relating to weapons they may have surrendered so we can try and rescue some of these weapons.
Yours etc.,
Jimmy, Zimbabwe.
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ROGUES GALLERY
A few weeks ago we received a deranged e-mail from somebody calling himself "Alex Tebbutt" attacking our movement from an extreme Leftist position. There was something about the phraseology of this e-mail, however, which reminded us very much of the style of writing of young Mr Arthur Kemp (the former close friend and supporter who, in spite of now trying to adopt an "off the edge" neo-Nazi image, has been revealed as actually doing the bidding of the ANC regime), so we therefore "chanced our arm" and wrote back addressing our reply to Mr Kemp - knowing that if we were mistaken we would soon be pulled up. Significantly, however, we have received absolutely no response to this reply!
Two other inadequates who have caused us problems in the past have also suffered severe reverses in fortune recently we're pleased to report. John "Porky" Hiddleston (the original nominal editor of S.A.Patriot, who suddenly disappeared from Durban in 1981 taking all of the magazine's funds with him!) was bizarrely nominated as a UUP candidate for the Belfast South constituency in the penultimate Northern Ireland Assembly elections (unsuccessfully we're pleased to add!). After this "Porky's" disreputable past was belatedly exposed in the Ulster press, and at the latest Assembly election's his name - surprise, surprise - appeared nowhere among the list of candidates!
More sickeningly, however, was the fact that Mark "Chi-Chi" Cotterill (the grudge-bearing malcontent who went out of his way to sabotage a White Rhino Club gathering in North Devon during 1993) was unbelievably elected as a councillor in Blackburn during 2006 for the tin-pot little-Englander "England First Party" - together with a part-Cameroonian colleague! The two of them proved completely out of their depth as councillors however, and did little for their electors. Now, less than a year later, comes news of a bust-up between "Chi-Chi" and the Cameroonian. "Chi-Chi" has resigned not only as councillor but also as "Chairman" of the EFP, and the Cameroonian is now joining the "Party for Darwen" (Darwen being a suburb of Blackburn) - evidently little England wasn't little enough for him, so he's now supporting autonomy for somewhere even smaller!
Let's hope therefore that this is the last we'll ever hear of any of these three pathetic trouble-making wretches!
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SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
March 2007 edition
It seems ironic - to say the least - that a new umbrella opposition organisation founded in "Zimbabwe" should be calling itself the "Save Zimbabwe Campaign".
Our own movement, of course, can trace its roots back to the days of the "Save Rhodesia Campaign", which was founded in Cape Town during early 1977 and which lasted until the day after the disastrous Rhodesian constitutional referendum of 30th January 1979, when the organisation metamorphosised itself into the "South Africa First Campaign". In spite of its short lifespan and the fact that it was eventually unsuccessful in its basic aim, the SRC managed to generate great support and publicity both within South Africa itself and around the Western world, and was unambiguous in its warnings to the Rhodesian people of what would befall them if they were to surrender to "Zimbabwean" terrorism.
One of our more affable, albeit extremely naive, colleagues at that time was a Dutchman named Martin Gipon, who incredibly suggested that rather than becoming the "South Africa First Campaign" the organisation should change its name to the "Save Zimbabwe Campaign" - seemingly being too simple-minded to comprehend that it was the very CONCEPT of "Zimbabwe" which we opposed, and that if anything it would have been more logical to rename ourselves the "Smash Zimbabwe Campaign"!
Although it sickeningly took the outside world 20 or so years to recognise the true evils of Mugabe's ZANU-PF rule, all the disasters which the SRC predicted way back in the late 1970s came to fruition very shortly after the capitulation to ZANU-PF terrorist rule - just as we accurately predicted the anti-White genocide campaign and the total breakdown in all the infrastructures of state if South African Whites were similarly stupidly to capitulate to ANC terrorist rule.
Much though we might sympathise with those behind today's "Save Zimbabwe Campaign" we fear that their chances of success in the short-term are extremely negligible, and that Mugabe's terrorist thugs will have to destroy the country even more completely before there will be any chance of outside intervention and salvation. Their basic problem, of course, is the fact that they still cling to the name of "Zimbabwe" - a term which will ALWAYS be associated with Mugabe's tyranny and ZANU-PF terrorism. Is it any wonder therefore that the overseas powers-that-be are currently reluctant to intervene on their behalf?
When the eventual total collapse does come about and a new generation White pioneers arrive to pick up the pieces, then the Rhodesian nation will be re-born - in practice if not in name. The spirit of this revived Rhodesian nation will furthermore be the salvation of ALL races, not only the dispossessed Whites, but also those poor average Blacks who have suffered so appallingly under the entity of "Zimbabwe".
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC FEBRUARY MEETING
At the latest meeting of the Springbok Club/ELC the organisation was most privileged to be able to welcome Mr. Brian Danes as guest speaker. Mr. Danes has undertaken extensive research into BBC and other media bias, as well as other related aspects of the Blair Government and the effects of immigration. He gave a most concise and captivating talk in which he detailed many of the statistics which his research had uncovered, and also distributed copies of his famous "fact sheets" which analyse his findings in an easy-to-read format. If you would like to obtain copies of these "fact sheets", which include titles such as "The Racist Left", "Calamity Brown - 25 reasons why" and "How the BBC is Racist", please write to: The Springbok Club/ELC, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, U.K., enclosing a small donation to cover postage costs etc.
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MARCH SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC MEETING
Details of the March meeting of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club are as follows :-
Guest Speaker : Mr. MICHAEL SHRIMPTON, who will speak on the subject of "The Intelligence War against the British Empire from 1857 to 2007"
Date : Monday 26th March 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs.
Venue : THE CLARENCE (the upstairs Parliament Room), 53 Whitehall, London SW1 (close to Trafalgar Square, nearest tube stations: Charing Cross and Embankment).
Michael Shrimpton was born in 1957 and is a barrister by profession, having been called to the Bar by Gray's Inn at Michaelmas 1983. He is a specialist in national security and constitutional law, and is also a leading strategic intelligence and counter-terrorism consultant. He is Adjunct Professor of Intelligence Studies at the Department of National Security, Intelligence and Space Studies of the American Military University, teaching intelligence subjects at masters degree level to, inter alia, serving intelligence officers. He advised the late Gen. Pinochet Ugarté following his illegal arrest in London during 1998, and negotiated national security aspects of the Pinochet case with leading American national security officials. He was lead council in the "Metric Martyrs" test case of 2000/2002. He has represented US and Israeli intelligence officers and briefed staffers on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Joint Congressional inquiry into 9/11, and has visited the Golan Heights and the West Bank. He has also actively assisted Intelligence and Law Enforcement Agencies in the Global War on Terror, and was instrumental in exposing the notorious Abu Ghraib "hood" photo as a fake. He advised a number of hereditary peers during their battle against exclusion from Parliament, led the fight to save Rolls-Royce Motor Cars from German ownership, and is Intelligence Consultant to the BBC TV Spooks series. He was formerly Co-Chairman of the Bruges Group, and is a member of the Royal United Services Institute, the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is an Honorary Life Member of the Bomber Command Association and a keen member of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club and Bentley Drivers Club and of Middlesex C.C.C.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
In mid-April the SC/ELC anticipates welcoming a leading official from a respected South African ex-serviceman's organisation as guest speaker.
During May the SC/ELC will be joining forces with the London Swinton Circle in order to stage two events commemorating highly significant anniversaries. On 1st May there will be a celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the Act of Union, at which leading Unionists from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales will give brief key-note talks about why the Union is so important to them. On Wednesday 23rd May a joint meeting will be held to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Victory in the Falklands War, at which the Guest Speaker will be Mr. Peter Pepper of the Falkland Islands Association.
In late May the SC/ELC will be staging their traditional annual Empire Day celebrations, at which it is anticipated that a leading colonial figure from Hong Kong will be Guest of Honour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
Details of the 2007 AGM of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 31st March 2007
Time : 10.30 hrs for 11.00 hrs
Venue : Finvoy Orange Hall, Finvoy Road, Ballymoney, Co.Antrim (the Finvoy Road runs between Ballymoney and Rasharkin, the Orange Hall is located almost at the half way point in the road, beside a small petrol garage and lay-by).
The Northern Ireland Branch of the SC/ELC of course experienced some minor difficulties last year, all of which now seem to have been happily overcome. Unfortunately, however, the current Chairman and stalwart of the Branch, Pastor Nigel Owens, will be taking up a three-year overseas teaching appointment in mid-year, so therefore needs to hand over the Chairmanship of the Branch to reliable hands at this AGM. In view of these two factors we would like to encourage all members and supporters in Northern Ireland to make every effort to attend this important meeting, and that anyone who is able and willing to stand for office will do their best to support Nigel in this respect. For more details please e-mail nispringbokclub@hotmail.com
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The next gathering of the Kent Branch of the SC/ELC has tentatively been planned for the third weekend in May in the Medway Towns area. Fuller details will be given in next month's edition of the SCN.
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The London Branch of the SC/ELC are highly hopeful that they have obtained a new venue in the Canning Town area of east London, where they will be able to stage regular get-togethers in future, including a summer braai. Again fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle was most honoured to be addressed by Ms. Lindsay Jenkins (the famed investigative author and journalist) in February. Ms. Jenkins gave a most informative talk in which she outlined the threat posed to the sovereignty of the UK by the sinister EU schemes of regionalisation. She ended though on a far more optimistic note by explaining how by increasingly overstretching itself the EU had potentially sewn the seeds of its own destruction.
Details of the forthcoming London Swinton Circle spring buffet are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 20th March 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Crypt, Orange Street Congregational Church, London WC2 (behind the National Gallery)
Guest Speaker : Lady [Ann] Winterton MP
Lady Winterton is Conservative MP for Congleton, and the wife of Sir Nicholas Winterton, the Conservative MP for Macclesfield. She was formerly the official Shadow Cabinet spokesperson for agriculture, but was shockingly dismissed from this position after telling an innocuous joke which the then Conservative leadership considered "politically incorrect". The themes of her address will be the overbearing effects of the "nanny state" and the financial implications of continuing membership of the EU.
Buffet snacks will be provided at this event, and tickets will be priced at £10.00 per head. For more details, or to make a booking, please e-mail: allan@allanrobertson5.wanadoo.co.uk
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FORTHCOMING NEW BRITAIN EVENTS
The New Britain party will be staging two highly significant events during May.
On Wednesday 9th May (so-called "Europe Day") New Britain will be organising a march down Whitehall stopping off to hand a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding a referendum as to whether the UK should leave the European Union, and pointing out that the auditors have refused to sign off the EU accounts for a number of years. The march will then go on to the European Union's UK office in Queen Anne's Gate to hand in a letter similar to the one handed in at Downing Street. The march assembles in Whitehall Place at 13.30 hrs and moves off down Whitehall at 14.00 hrs sharp.
On Tuesday 22nd May, with the approval of Lady Goldsmith, New Britain will be holding their first Goldsmith Lecture in memory of Sir James Goldsmith. This will take place at the Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Hall, University College London, commencing at 19.00 hrs, and the speakers will be the Rt. Hon. Lord Tebbit CH and Professor Stephen Bush of Manchester University, with the meeting being chaired by Mr. Dennis Delderfield, the National Chairman of New Britain. Tickets are priced at £4.00 per head (entrance will be by ticket only), and can be obtained from New Britain, 10 College East, Gunthorpe Street, London E1 7RL. For more details 'phone: 0207-2472524.
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NEW DIADEM BOOKS WEB-SITE
Diadem Books has moved to a new Internet server, and their new web-site can be accessed through www.diadembooks.co.uk (not .com) and www.authorbooks.co.uk. A new e-mail address will also soon be in place, but in the meantime, on account of an over-abundance of spam to the old e-mail address, please communicate through: charles.muller@virgin.net
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LATEST NEWS FROM AGRICAFRICA
The first tribunal hearing of the Dutch Farmers Association (DFA) and their associates AgricAfrica Ltd (AA) in the ICSID cases against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) was convened on 15th December 2006 in Paris with the three approved arbitrators and legal teams comprising:
Judge Gilbert Guillaume - a former President of the International Court of Justice and is a designee of the Government of France to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators.
Dean Ron Cass - a notable legal man and a citizen of the USA.
Mohammad Zafar - the Minister of Justice of Pakistan.
Ucheeora Onwuamaegbu - Secretary to the tribunal.
The Dutch Farmers Association, the Claimants - Charles Verrill and Matthew Coleman.
The Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) - Mrs Mabiza, responsible for civil litigation in Zimbabwe, Mrs Mandinika, Ministry of Lands responsible for land reform in Zimbabwe, Mr Hove, from Foreign Affairs Zimbabwe based in the Paris Embassy, Mr Mugaviri, from Foreign Affairs based in the Paris Embassy.
The DFA AA Legal team reported that the hearing dealt with all the case management issues and the following dates were agreed to by the parties:
16 March 2007 - The Memorial to be filed by the Dutch together with their evidence
15 June 2007 - The Counter Memorial to be filed by Zimbabwe together with their evidence
14 August 2007 - A reply to be filed by the Dutch
12 October 2007 - The Rejoinder to be filed by Zimbabwe.
29 October 2007 - The substantive hearing will start and will probably run for 3 days.
FUNDING FOR THE DFA CASES
AgricAfrica has successfully raised the funds required to finance the DFA’s share of the substantial costs of this ICSID case. Funding has partly been raised from OSISA (Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa) a George Soros foundation and the balance from the members of AgricAfrica. Open society is essentially an ethos to entrench human rights and democratic openness, as well as to foster the accountability of those who hold and exercise power in public domains.
NOT A FACT!
I recently received an email from an AA client which stated as follows:
"I have been told that the court case of the Hollanders was cancelled due to the fact that the Zimbabwe contingent could not get a visa. Is this the fact?"
The DFA AA Legal Team responded as follows:
"There is NO truth whatsoever in this. The Zimbabwean officials will be given visas to travel with the help of ICSID and as provided for in the Washington Convention"
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN CANADA
A supporter from Alberta has helped to establish a web-site for South Africans who wish to relocate and work in Canada. They are particularly keen to contact those with professional qualifications as Coded-Welders, Welders, Boilermakers, Diesel Mechanics, Sheet Metal Workers, Fitters and Turners, Turner Machinists, Millwrights, Carpenters and those in the restaurant trade. This web-site deals with job offers and work visas, and although aimed at South Africans is applicable to all with the necessary skills, and aims to assist applicants obtain firm offers of employment and work visas. It can be accessed at : www.jobbuddy.net, or alternatively e-mail : ralph@jobbuddy.net
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REMEMBER THE THAMES WHALE
Last year at this time, a northern bottlenose whale that strayed into the River Thames died despite a remarkable rescue effort involving International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) staff.
The media coverage in central London was unprecedented and an estimated 20 million people watched the rescue efforts around the world. But despite such international exposure, the situation for the world’s whales is now even worse than it was the day this unexpected visitor entered our hearts a year ago.
Last June, the pro-whaling nations secured a victory at the International Whaling Commission meeting – holding a simple majority for the first time in decades, and then in October the Iceland government announced its plans to resume commercial whaling, targeting endangered fin whales.
The UK government is against whaling, but its efforts must be stepped up in order to ensure that whalers do not continue their cruel slaughter of these incredible animals. Please e-mail your MP and ask them to meet with the Environment Secretary, David Miliband MP, and the Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett MP. Tell them to urge the Secretaries to take immediate action to end whaling.
The threat to whales from hunting is extremely urgent. Many whale species have yet to recover from previous commercial whaling, and also face numerous other threats including pollution, ocean noise and ship strikes. Without your help, Japanese whalers will kill almost 1,000 whales this year, harpooning them and dragging them onto their factory ships to be processed for meat that virtually no one eats. Please take action in support of whales today.
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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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We use only the best quality free-range Wessex beef and pork in our products and that we are a 100% Devon-based business.
We have never added wheat, glutens, binders, fillers, added ingredients or preservatives to any of our products - ever.
All of our products are hand-made by us right here in Torquay to the strictest hygiene standards, and that Campbells Biltong is directly involved with the Torbay Environmental Services - Safer Food for Better Business Programme.
All our game meats - kudu, impala, blesbok, springbok and ostrich - are delivered to us frozen under stringent EU ruling from South Africa, and that we make all our game biltong, and boerewors here in Torquay. We do not import any processed meat products.
We have an excellent courier service which will not only deliver your order to you anywhere in the UK overnight, but also to most countries in the European Union within 5 working days, at very favourable rates.
We have direct access to over 750 imported South African "Treats from Home".
Last year, over a 3 day period at 2 local events, we produced, cooked and sold 1742 boere-burgers and boere-rolls from "The Flame Grill". That has got to be a new record!
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club retail full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (plus £1.00 for p&p).
We also anticipate shortly being able to supply Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each.
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" 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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"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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"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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"OF RICE AND MEN", by Jimmy Walker
111 pages. Illustrated. With excellent cartoons by Fusilier Norman Lambert, produced whilst in captivity. Soft-back £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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"THE THOUSAND STEPS" by Dr Helen Anderson
Dr Anderson spent what she describes as "26 privileged years in Africa, privileged because life was never dull and medical practice never ceased to be truly exciting and fulfilling." It is a personal account of practice, both in Entebbe, Uganda, and the Sudan, Congo and Botswana. She describes her fascinating experiences. She married in Gulu, Uganda, where she ran the local Hospital, dealing with surgical cases never before described in textbooks. She also describes her time in Serowe, Botswana, and the problems with the resident ghost in the Residency.
The book is copiously and superbly illustrated with numerous colour photographs. Available at £20.00 direct from the author at Lake Hawea, R.D.2., Wanaka, 9382, New Zealand, by cheque or money order.
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"THE RAPE OF ZIMBABWE" by Ricky Wilson - which tells it like it was (and is)!
Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
You can order this book via http://www.diadembooks.co.uk/zimbabwe.htm
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ITEMS FOR SALE
Large real South African flag. 270cm x 180cm. £120 + £10 p&p.
South African Police Flag. £50 including p&p
Republic of Venda Book. £25 including p&p.
If interested please contact Robert Shipley by e-mail at: mrrobertshipley1759@yahoo.co.uk, or by 'phone at: 07930-169718.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.100 : Mr. ERNIE ARTHUR and family
Ernie Arthur served in the RAF during WWII and was seconded to a squadron of the SAAF. After WWII he worked in Chatham Dockyard and became actively involved with the patriotic movement in the UK. He emigrated to South Africa during the late 1970s, working initially at Simonstown Dockyard and briefly becoming active with the "South Africa First Campaign", before being transferred to the Atlas Aircraft Company in the Transvaal. Contact with him then alas ceased, and we are therefore uncertain whether he is still alive or not. He had two sons however, so we wonder whether anyone knows where they are now?
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The "Memories of Rhodesia" web-site contains many items which will be of interest to ex-Rhodies, as well as to all those who supported the Rhodesian cause. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.memoriesofrhodesia.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PEARL OF THE ORIENT
Sir,
The year 2007 will mark the 10th anniversary of the tragic and treasonous surrender of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong to the Communist dictatorship of the Peoples Republic of China, regardless of the fact that the island of Hong Kong and Kowloon had been ceded in perpetuity, and as the Communists disavowed almost everything to do with the old Imperial China it was hypocritical of them to lay claim to the New Territories. Politicians being politicians sold British interests down the river and duly deserve to have been hanged for it.
Nevertheless the Pearl of the Orient - Hong Kong - can be British again, with a government that deserves to be called British coming to an honourable agreement with a future Imperial Chinese government, not the gang of Communist tyrants.
Yours etc.,
Robert Shipley, Gillingham, U.K.
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DEATH OF A NATION
Sir,
I believe that South Africa in general is stuck without an idea to change things here, simply because we fail to understand the "political-route" is NOT the way to go but have no (peaceful) alternative for it. Most South Africans right now has been brain-washed by the ANC into "doing whatever the government fails you in yourself" ... and that is the worst thing that could have happened to us. Instead, we, as a nation, should only be focusing on one thing: "How to motivate Government to become effective and doing their job (that we are paying them for) properly."
If you allow me, I would just like to give you an example: the government constantly pleads with the nation to become "actively" involved in the fight against crime, right? So some of us went and erected satellite "police stations" within our suburbs. And what did the government do? They closed them down because the population is not allowed to prescribe to the police how to do their job. So the population decided to erect boomed gates, security controlled entrances and closed off streets in our suburbs to keep unwanted elements out. And what did the government do? They declared those measures "illegal" and forced us to take them down. So the population decided to support the long-existing Commando system, manned by ex-national servicemen from the previous regime, to patrol our rural areas and our suburbs. And what did the government do? They disbanded the Commando system. So the population decided to buy guns to protect ourselves from criminals. And what did the government do? They passed legislation that makes it next to impossible to get a new, legal gun licence.
This brings me to only one conclusion: the government doesn’t want the crime to stop. Firstly it generates billions of Rands in VAT on all crime-related expenses (preventative as well as in damage control), and it forms part of their strategy to drive away as many as possible White South Africans, or have them killed. (Look at our statistics: 18,000 victims died at the hands of criminals during the past 12 months. What nobody sees is this: 90% of victims are White, and 90% of perpetrators are Black). And as the cream of our nation departed, (and we lose high-income tax-payers) the government realized that it was going to take way too long to train and educate Black people to take the departed Whites' place. So what did they do? The approved a plan called BEE (commonly understood to mean Black Economic Empowerment). Well, let me tell you, only a handful of Black people benefited from BEE, which was never designed to benefit the Black masses, but only to “replace” the outgoing "White taxpayers" with "Black taxpayers" by forcing companies to employ Black people in top positions at top salaries. And the rest of this nation is too obtuse to see what is going on. The people that remain in this country deserves exactly what’s coming to them.
Yours etc.,
Johann Marx, Roodepoort, Transvaal
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WHITE FLIGHT
Sir,
A nephew and niece of ours are in the UK at present. Both of them don't want to return to South Africa, and have submitted papers for Canada and are waiting for a favourable reply. Friends of ours have also left South Africa just before Xmas and are now in the Perth area. An old school friend of mine also moved to Australia in October. Other friends are in New Zealand and seem to be doing well. A cousin in Durban and a niece from Boksburg are also looking into the possibilities of coming to Canada. So a lot of people are on the move at the moment.
Yours etc.,
"Skedonk", Edmonton, Canada
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ROGUES GALLERY
Several years ago we established good and friendly contact with those behind a Washington DC-based expat South Africa newsletter with the strange name of "Juluka" (don't ask us what this means!). Some time later, however, they informed us that they had sold this newsletter to a new set of owners based in California, and a short while ago these new owners e-mailed to tell us that they had expanded the publication into full magazine format, and offered to send us some sample copies.
Needless to say, thinking that the magazine was still on the same patriotic pro-South African wavelength as our own movement, we gladly accepted this offer - but alas what we eventually received (issues from December 2006 and January 2007) proved sickening in the extreme, for quite obviously the new owners were being prepared to appease and kow-tow to the current ANC terrorist regime!
Not only were both editions festooned with images of the hated "underpants" flag of the ANC regime, but both also contained articles toadying to the terrorists which all patriotic South Africans must surely find highly offensive. In the December 2006 edition there appeared a "Message from 'our' [sic] Ambassador" (Barbara Masekela, the ANC regime's ambassador to the United States), and in the January 2007 edition there appeared articles praising the renaming of Jan Smuts Airport after a terrorist leader (written by a very sinister Durban-based journalist named Marlan Padayachee, who several years ago we were specifically warned to be extremely wary of) and a favourable review given to a film entitled "Catch the Fire" which was written by Shawn Slovo, the daughter of the evil terrorist godfather Joe Slovo!
Quite obviously therefore "Juluka" in its present format will appeal only to Quislings. It should be avoided like the plague!
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March 2007 edition
It seems ironic - to say the least - that a new umbrella opposition organisation founded in "Zimbabwe" should be calling itself the "Save Zimbabwe Campaign".
Our own movement, of course, can trace its roots back to the days of the "Save Rhodesia Campaign", which was founded in Cape Town during early 1977 and which lasted until the day after the disastrous Rhodesian constitutional referendum of 30th January 1979, when the organisation metamorphosised itself into the "South Africa First Campaign". In spite of its short lifespan and the fact that it was eventually unsuccessful in its basic aim, the SRC managed to generate great support and publicity both within South Africa itself and around the Western world, and was unambiguous in its warnings to the Rhodesian people of what would befall them if they were to surrender to "Zimbabwean" terrorism.
One of our more affable, albeit extremely naive, colleagues at that time was a Dutchman named Martin Gipon, who incredibly suggested that rather than becoming the "South Africa First Campaign" the organisation should change its name to the "Save Zimbabwe Campaign" - seemingly being too simple-minded to comprehend that it was the very CONCEPT of "Zimbabwe" which we opposed, and that if anything it would have been more logical to rename ourselves the "Smash Zimbabwe Campaign"!
Although it sickeningly took the outside world 20 or so years to recognise the true evils of Mugabe's ZANU-PF rule, all the disasters which the SRC predicted way back in the late 1970s came to fruition very shortly after the capitulation to ZANU-PF terrorist rule - just as we accurately predicted the anti-White genocide campaign and the total breakdown in all the infrastructures of state if South African Whites were similarly stupidly to capitulate to ANC terrorist rule.
Much though we might sympathise with those behind today's "Save Zimbabwe Campaign" we fear that their chances of success in the short-term are extremely negligible, and that Mugabe's terrorist thugs will have to destroy the country even more completely before there will be any chance of outside intervention and salvation. Their basic problem, of course, is the fact that they still cling to the name of "Zimbabwe" - a term which will ALWAYS be associated with Mugabe's tyranny and ZANU-PF terrorism. Is it any wonder therefore that the overseas powers-that-be are currently reluctant to intervene on their behalf?
When the eventual total collapse does come about and a new generation White pioneers arrive to pick up the pieces, then the Rhodesian nation will be re-born - in practice if not in name. The spirit of this revived Rhodesian nation will furthermore be the salvation of ALL races, not only the dispossessed Whites, but also those poor average Blacks who have suffered so appallingly under the entity of "Zimbabwe".
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC FEBRUARY MEETING
At the latest meeting of the Springbok Club/ELC the organisation was most privileged to be able to welcome Mr. Brian Danes as guest speaker. Mr. Danes has undertaken extensive research into BBC and other media bias, as well as other related aspects of the Blair Government and the effects of immigration. He gave a most concise and captivating talk in which he detailed many of the statistics which his research had uncovered, and also distributed copies of his famous "fact sheets" which analyse his findings in an easy-to-read format. If you would like to obtain copies of these "fact sheets", which include titles such as "The Racist Left", "Calamity Brown - 25 reasons why" and "How the BBC is Racist", please write to: The Springbok Club/ELC, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, U.K., enclosing a small donation to cover postage costs etc.
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MARCH SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC MEETING
Details of the March meeting of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club are as follows :-
Guest Speaker : Mr. MICHAEL SHRIMPTON, who will speak on the subject of "The Intelligence War against the British Empire from 1857 to 2007"
Date : Monday 26th March 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs.
Venue : THE CLARENCE (the upstairs Parliament Room), 53 Whitehall, London SW1 (close to Trafalgar Square, nearest tube stations: Charing Cross and Embankment).
Michael Shrimpton was born in 1957 and is a barrister by profession, having been called to the Bar by Gray's Inn at Michaelmas 1983. He is a specialist in national security and constitutional law, and is also a leading strategic intelligence and counter-terrorism consultant. He is Adjunct Professor of Intelligence Studies at the Department of National Security, Intelligence and Space Studies of the American Military University, teaching intelligence subjects at masters degree level to, inter alia, serving intelligence officers. He advised the late Gen. Pinochet Ugarté following his illegal arrest in London during 1998, and negotiated national security aspects of the Pinochet case with leading American national security officials. He was lead council in the "Metric Martyrs" test case of 2000/2002. He has represented US and Israeli intelligence officers and briefed staffers on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Joint Congressional inquiry into 9/11, and has visited the Golan Heights and the West Bank. He has also actively assisted Intelligence and Law Enforcement Agencies in the Global War on Terror, and was instrumental in exposing the notorious Abu Ghraib "hood" photo as a fake. He advised a number of hereditary peers during their battle against exclusion from Parliament, led the fight to save Rolls-Royce Motor Cars from German ownership, and is Intelligence Consultant to the BBC TV Spooks series. He was formerly Co-Chairman of the Bruges Group, and is a member of the Royal United Services Institute, the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is an Honorary Life Member of the Bomber Command Association and a keen member of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club and Bentley Drivers Club and of Middlesex C.C.C.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
In mid-April the SC/ELC anticipates welcoming a leading official from a respected South African ex-serviceman's organisation as guest speaker.
During May the SC/ELC will be joining forces with the London Swinton Circle in order to stage two events commemorating highly significant anniversaries. On 1st May there will be a celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the Act of Union, at which leading Unionists from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales will give brief key-note talks about why the Union is so important to them. On Wednesday 23rd May a joint meeting will be held to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Victory in the Falklands War, at which the Guest Speaker will be Mr. Peter Pepper of the Falkland Islands Association.
In late May the SC/ELC will be staging their traditional annual Empire Day celebrations, at which it is anticipated that a leading colonial figure from Hong Kong will be Guest of Honour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
Details of the 2007 AGM of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 31st March 2007
Time : 10.30 hrs for 11.00 hrs
Venue : Finvoy Orange Hall, Finvoy Road, Ballymoney, Co.Antrim (the Finvoy Road runs between Ballymoney and Rasharkin, the Orange Hall is located almost at the half way point in the road, beside a small petrol garage and lay-by).
The Northern Ireland Branch of the SC/ELC of course experienced some minor difficulties last year, all of which now seem to have been happily overcome. Unfortunately, however, the current Chairman and stalwart of the Branch, Pastor Nigel Owens, will be taking up a three-year overseas teaching appointment in mid-year, so therefore needs to hand over the Chairmanship of the Branch to reliable hands at this AGM. In view of these two factors we would like to encourage all members and supporters in Northern Ireland to make every effort to attend this important meeting, and that anyone who is able and willing to stand for office will do their best to support Nigel in this respect. For more details please e-mail nispringbokclub@hotmail.com
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The next gathering of the Kent Branch of the SC/ELC has tentatively been planned for the third weekend in May in the Medway Towns area. Fuller details will be given in next month's edition of the SCN.
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The London Branch of the SC/ELC are highly hopeful that they have obtained a new venue in the Canning Town area of east London, where they will be able to stage regular get-togethers in future, including a summer braai. Again fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle was most honoured to be addressed by Ms. Lindsay Jenkins (the famed investigative author and journalist) in February. Ms. Jenkins gave a most informative talk in which she outlined the threat posed to the sovereignty of the UK by the sinister EU schemes of regionalisation. She ended though on a far more optimistic note by explaining how by increasingly overstretching itself the EU had potentially sewn the seeds of its own destruction.
Details of the forthcoming London Swinton Circle spring buffet are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 20th March 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Crypt, Orange Street Congregational Church, London WC2 (behind the National Gallery)
Guest Speaker : Lady [Ann] Winterton MP
Lady Winterton is Conservative MP for Congleton, and the wife of Sir Nicholas Winterton, the Conservative MP for Macclesfield. She was formerly the official Shadow Cabinet spokesperson for agriculture, but was shockingly dismissed from this position after telling an innocuous joke which the then Conservative leadership considered "politically incorrect". The themes of her address will be the overbearing effects of the "nanny state" and the financial implications of continuing membership of the EU.
Buffet snacks will be provided at this event, and tickets will be priced at £10.00 per head. For more details, or to make a booking, please e-mail: allan@allanrobertson5.wanadoo.co.uk
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FORTHCOMING NEW BRITAIN EVENTS
The New Britain party will be staging two highly significant events during May.
On Wednesday 9th May (so-called "Europe Day") New Britain will be organising a march down Whitehall stopping off to hand a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding a referendum as to whether the UK should leave the European Union, and pointing out that the auditors have refused to sign off the EU accounts for a number of years. The march will then go on to the European Union's UK office in Queen Anne's Gate to hand in a letter similar to the one handed in at Downing Street. The march assembles in Whitehall Place at 13.30 hrs and moves off down Whitehall at 14.00 hrs sharp.
On Tuesday 22nd May, with the approval of Lady Goldsmith, New Britain will be holding their first Goldsmith Lecture in memory of Sir James Goldsmith. This will take place at the Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Hall, University College London, commencing at 19.00 hrs, and the speakers will be the Rt. Hon. Lord Tebbit CH and Professor Stephen Bush of Manchester University, with the meeting being chaired by Mr. Dennis Delderfield, the National Chairman of New Britain. Tickets are priced at £4.00 per head (entrance will be by ticket only), and can be obtained from New Britain, 10 College East, Gunthorpe Street, London E1 7RL. For more details 'phone: 0207-2472524.
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NEW DIADEM BOOKS WEB-SITE
Diadem Books has moved to a new Internet server, and their new web-site can be accessed through www.diadembooks.co.uk (not .com) and www.authorbooks.co.uk. A new e-mail address will also soon be in place, but in the meantime, on account of an over-abundance of spam to the old e-mail address, please communicate through: charles.muller@virgin.net
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LATEST NEWS FROM AGRICAFRICA
The first tribunal hearing of the Dutch Farmers Association (DFA) and their associates AgricAfrica Ltd (AA) in the ICSID cases against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) was convened on 15th December 2006 in Paris with the three approved arbitrators and legal teams comprising:
Judge Gilbert Guillaume - a former President of the International Court of Justice and is a designee of the Government of France to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators.
Dean Ron Cass - a notable legal man and a citizen of the USA.
Mohammad Zafar - the Minister of Justice of Pakistan.
Ucheeora Onwuamaegbu - Secretary to the tribunal.
The Dutch Farmers Association, the Claimants - Charles Verrill and Matthew Coleman.
The Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) - Mrs Mabiza, responsible for civil litigation in Zimbabwe, Mrs Mandinika, Ministry of Lands responsible for land reform in Zimbabwe, Mr Hove, from Foreign Affairs Zimbabwe based in the Paris Embassy, Mr Mugaviri, from Foreign Affairs based in the Paris Embassy.
The DFA AA Legal team reported that the hearing dealt with all the case management issues and the following dates were agreed to by the parties:
16 March 2007 - The Memorial to be filed by the Dutch together with their evidence
15 June 2007 - The Counter Memorial to be filed by Zimbabwe together with their evidence
14 August 2007 - A reply to be filed by the Dutch
12 October 2007 - The Rejoinder to be filed by Zimbabwe.
29 October 2007 - The substantive hearing will start and will probably run for 3 days.
FUNDING FOR THE DFA CASES
AgricAfrica has successfully raised the funds required to finance the DFA’s share of the substantial costs of this ICSID case. Funding has partly been raised from OSISA (Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa) a George Soros foundation and the balance from the members of AgricAfrica. Open society is essentially an ethos to entrench human rights and democratic openness, as well as to foster the accountability of those who hold and exercise power in public domains.
NOT A FACT!
I recently received an email from an AA client which stated as follows:
"I have been told that the court case of the Hollanders was cancelled due to the fact that the Zimbabwe contingent could not get a visa. Is this the fact?"
The DFA AA Legal Team responded as follows:
"There is NO truth whatsoever in this. The Zimbabwean officials will be given visas to travel with the help of ICSID and as provided for in the Washington Convention"
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN CANADA
A supporter from Alberta has helped to establish a web-site for South Africans who wish to relocate and work in Canada. They are particularly keen to contact those with professional qualifications as Coded-Welders, Welders, Boilermakers, Diesel Mechanics, Sheet Metal Workers, Fitters and Turners, Turner Machinists, Millwrights, Carpenters and those in the restaurant trade. This web-site deals with job offers and work visas, and although aimed at South Africans is applicable to all with the necessary skills, and aims to assist applicants obtain firm offers of employment and work visas. It can be accessed at : www.jobbuddy.net, or alternatively e-mail : ralph@jobbuddy.net
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REMEMBER THE THAMES WHALE
Last year at this time, a northern bottlenose whale that strayed into the River Thames died despite a remarkable rescue effort involving International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) staff.
The media coverage in central London was unprecedented and an estimated 20 million people watched the rescue efforts around the world. But despite such international exposure, the situation for the world’s whales is now even worse than it was the day this unexpected visitor entered our hearts a year ago.
Last June, the pro-whaling nations secured a victory at the International Whaling Commission meeting – holding a simple majority for the first time in decades, and then in October the Iceland government announced its plans to resume commercial whaling, targeting endangered fin whales.
The UK government is against whaling, but its efforts must be stepped up in order to ensure that whalers do not continue their cruel slaughter of these incredible animals. Please e-mail your MP and ask them to meet with the Environment Secretary, David Miliband MP, and the Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett MP. Tell them to urge the Secretaries to take immediate action to end whaling.
The threat to whales from hunting is extremely urgent. Many whale species have yet to recover from previous commercial whaling, and also face numerous other threats including pollution, ocean noise and ship strikes. Without your help, Japanese whalers will kill almost 1,000 whales this year, harpooning them and dragging them onto their factory ships to be processed for meat that virtually no one eats. Please take action in support of whales today.
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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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CAMPBELL'S BILTONG & BOEREWORS
Do You Know?
Campbells Original Farm Style Biltong, Droewors & Boerewors has been established since 1969.
We use only the best quality free-range Wessex beef and pork in our products and that we are a 100% Devon-based business.
We have never added wheat, glutens, binders, fillers, added ingredients or preservatives to any of our products - ever.
All of our products are hand-made by us right here in Torquay to the strictest hygiene standards, and that Campbells Biltong is directly involved with the Torbay Environmental Services - Safer Food for Better Business Programme.
All our game meats - kudu, impala, blesbok, springbok and ostrich - are delivered to us frozen under stringent EU ruling from South Africa, and that we make all our game biltong, and boerewors here in Torquay. We do not import any processed meat products.
We have an excellent courier service which will not only deliver your order to you anywhere in the UK overnight, but also to most countries in the European Union within 5 working days, at very favourable rates.
We have direct access to over 750 imported South African "Treats from Home".
Last year, over a 3 day period at 2 local events, we produced, cooked and sold 1742 boere-burgers and boere-rolls from "The Flame Grill". That has got to be a new record!
For more details 'phone 01803-380712 or 07957-509950, e-mail: campbellsbiltong@tiscali.co.uk or visit the web-site at: www.campbellsbiltong.com
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club retail full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (plus £1.00 for p&p).
We also anticipate shortly being able to supply Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each.
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" 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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"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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"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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"OF RICE AND MEN", by Jimmy Walker
111 pages. Illustrated. With excellent cartoons by Fusilier Norman Lambert, produced whilst in captivity. Soft-back £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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"THE THOUSAND STEPS" by Dr Helen Anderson
Dr Anderson spent what she describes as "26 privileged years in Africa, privileged because life was never dull and medical practice never ceased to be truly exciting and fulfilling." It is a personal account of practice, both in Entebbe, Uganda, and the Sudan, Congo and Botswana. She describes her fascinating experiences. She married in Gulu, Uganda, where she ran the local Hospital, dealing with surgical cases never before described in textbooks. She also describes her time in Serowe, Botswana, and the problems with the resident ghost in the Residency.
The book is copiously and superbly illustrated with numerous colour photographs. Available at £20.00 direct from the author at Lake Hawea, R.D.2., Wanaka, 9382, New Zealand, by cheque or money order.
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"THE RAPE OF ZIMBABWE" by Ricky Wilson - which tells it like it was (and is)!
Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
You can order this book via http://www.diadembooks.co.uk/zimbabwe.htm
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ITEMS FOR SALE
Large real South African flag. 270cm x 180cm. £120 + £10 p&p.
South African Police Flag. £50 including p&p
Republic of Venda Book. £25 including p&p.
If interested please contact Robert Shipley by e-mail at: mrrobertshipley1759@yahoo.co.uk, or by 'phone at: 07930-169718.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.100 : Mr. ERNIE ARTHUR and family
Ernie Arthur served in the RAF during WWII and was seconded to a squadron of the SAAF. After WWII he worked in Chatham Dockyard and became actively involved with the patriotic movement in the UK. He emigrated to South Africa during the late 1970s, working initially at Simonstown Dockyard and briefly becoming active with the "South Africa First Campaign", before being transferred to the Atlas Aircraft Company in the Transvaal. Contact with him then alas ceased, and we are therefore uncertain whether he is still alive or not. He had two sons however, so we wonder whether anyone knows where they are now?
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The "Memories of Rhodesia" web-site contains many items which will be of interest to ex-Rhodies, as well as to all those who supported the Rhodesian cause. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.memoriesofrhodesia.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PEARL OF THE ORIENT
Sir,
The year 2007 will mark the 10th anniversary of the tragic and treasonous surrender of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong to the Communist dictatorship of the Peoples Republic of China, regardless of the fact that the island of Hong Kong and Kowloon had been ceded in perpetuity, and as the Communists disavowed almost everything to do with the old Imperial China it was hypocritical of them to lay claim to the New Territories. Politicians being politicians sold British interests down the river and duly deserve to have been hanged for it.
Nevertheless the Pearl of the Orient - Hong Kong - can be British again, with a government that deserves to be called British coming to an honourable agreement with a future Imperial Chinese government, not the gang of Communist tyrants.
Yours etc.,
Robert Shipley, Gillingham, U.K.
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DEATH OF A NATION
Sir,
I believe that South Africa in general is stuck without an idea to change things here, simply because we fail to understand the "political-route" is NOT the way to go but have no (peaceful) alternative for it. Most South Africans right now has been brain-washed by the ANC into "doing whatever the government fails you in yourself" ... and that is the worst thing that could have happened to us. Instead, we, as a nation, should only be focusing on one thing: "How to motivate Government to become effective and doing their job (that we are paying them for) properly."
If you allow me, I would just like to give you an example: the government constantly pleads with the nation to become "actively" involved in the fight against crime, right? So some of us went and erected satellite "police stations" within our suburbs. And what did the government do? They closed them down because the population is not allowed to prescribe to the police how to do their job. So the population decided to erect boomed gates, security controlled entrances and closed off streets in our suburbs to keep unwanted elements out. And what did the government do? They declared those measures "illegal" and forced us to take them down. So the population decided to support the long-existing Commando system, manned by ex-national servicemen from the previous regime, to patrol our rural areas and our suburbs. And what did the government do? They disbanded the Commando system. So the population decided to buy guns to protect ourselves from criminals. And what did the government do? They passed legislation that makes it next to impossible to get a new, legal gun licence.
This brings me to only one conclusion: the government doesn’t want the crime to stop. Firstly it generates billions of Rands in VAT on all crime-related expenses (preventative as well as in damage control), and it forms part of their strategy to drive away as many as possible White South Africans, or have them killed. (Look at our statistics: 18,000 victims died at the hands of criminals during the past 12 months. What nobody sees is this: 90% of victims are White, and 90% of perpetrators are Black). And as the cream of our nation departed, (and we lose high-income tax-payers) the government realized that it was going to take way too long to train and educate Black people to take the departed Whites' place. So what did they do? The approved a plan called BEE (commonly understood to mean Black Economic Empowerment). Well, let me tell you, only a handful of Black people benefited from BEE, which was never designed to benefit the Black masses, but only to “replace” the outgoing "White taxpayers" with "Black taxpayers" by forcing companies to employ Black people in top positions at top salaries. And the rest of this nation is too obtuse to see what is going on. The people that remain in this country deserves exactly what’s coming to them.
Yours etc.,
Johann Marx, Roodepoort, Transvaal
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WHITE FLIGHT
Sir,
A nephew and niece of ours are in the UK at present. Both of them don't want to return to South Africa, and have submitted papers for Canada and are waiting for a favourable reply. Friends of ours have also left South Africa just before Xmas and are now in the Perth area. An old school friend of mine also moved to Australia in October. Other friends are in New Zealand and seem to be doing well. A cousin in Durban and a niece from Boksburg are also looking into the possibilities of coming to Canada. So a lot of people are on the move at the moment.
Yours etc.,
"Skedonk", Edmonton, Canada
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ROGUES GALLERY
Several years ago we established good and friendly contact with those behind a Washington DC-based expat South Africa newsletter with the strange name of "Juluka" (don't ask us what this means!). Some time later, however, they informed us that they had sold this newsletter to a new set of owners based in California, and a short while ago these new owners e-mailed to tell us that they had expanded the publication into full magazine format, and offered to send us some sample copies.
Needless to say, thinking that the magazine was still on the same patriotic pro-South African wavelength as our own movement, we gladly accepted this offer - but alas what we eventually received (issues from December 2006 and January 2007) proved sickening in the extreme, for quite obviously the new owners were being prepared to appease and kow-tow to the current ANC terrorist regime!
Not only were both editions festooned with images of the hated "underpants" flag of the ANC regime, but both also contained articles toadying to the terrorists which all patriotic South Africans must surely find highly offensive. In the December 2006 edition there appeared a "Message from 'our' [sic] Ambassador" (Barbara Masekela, the ANC regime's ambassador to the United States), and in the January 2007 edition there appeared articles praising the renaming of Jan Smuts Airport after a terrorist leader (written by a very sinister Durban-based journalist named Marlan Padayachee, who several years ago we were specifically warned to be extremely wary of) and a favourable review given to a film entitled "Catch the Fire" which was written by Shawn Slovo, the daughter of the evil terrorist godfather Joe Slovo!
Quite obviously therefore "Juluka" in its present format will appeal only to Quislings. It should be avoided like the plague!
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See you again next month!
Monday, 26 February 2007
February 2007 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
February 2007 edition
2007 marks the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union, the 300th birthday of the nation where so many of us now reside - the United Kingdom. It is therefore one of the most significant dates in the nation's history, but surprisingly, and alarmingly, this highly important date seems to have been largely overlooked - although we hasten to add that the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club and the London Swinton Circle will be joining forces to stage a special joint meeting on 1st May, the exact 300th anniversary of the Act of Union coming into force.
Perhaps the ignoring of this epoch-marking date in the nation's history is not so surprising as far as the current "New" Labour administration is concerned - but why have so many other facets of British society chosen to overlook it also? The answer is perhaps worrying in the extreme. Over recent years (and we mean very recent years) pride and patriotism in the British Nation seems suddenly to have taken second place to regional "nationalisms". Support for regional "nationalist" parties such as the SNP and Plaid Cymru has been sporadic for the most part, as they have gained their support mainly from disgruntled "Old" Labour stalwarts, rather than from those who genuinely believe in the impractical and undesirable idea of the breaking up of such a successful Union. Of far more concern, however, has been the even more recent upsurge in the completely artificial idea of English "nationalism".
As we have argued in another forum recently, we believe that the main reason for this most disturbing state of affairs is the fact that in so many popular team sports the component parts of the British Nation (mainly for valid historical reasons) compete on an individual basis - unlike any other nation on earth. In one sport however - Rugby Union - there IS a united British team which competes on a regular basis, namely the British Lions. We firmly believe that this should be a blueprint for ALL British sporting sides competing in international competitions, and to comprise of players from not only the United Kingdom, but from the ENTIRE British Isles.
In this regard it has been most encouraging to note the recent clear decline in the original form of artificial regional "nationalism", namely Irish "nationalism", which has been most pleasingly illustrated by the playing of Rugby (and soon Soccer) internationals at that former citadel of GAA neanderthalism, Croke Park - and even more unifyingly by the emotional cheering after the playing of "God Save the Queen" by the mainly Irish crowd. How ironic therefore that at exactly the same time that Irish "nationalism" seems to be in decline (as is further illustrated by the fact that SF/IRA are now clearly on the backfoot, after being forced to recognise the Police Service of Northern Ireland), Scottish, Welsh and even ridiculously English "nationalisms" should appear to be on an increase.
It has recently been drawn to our notice, however, that a party which is trying to ape the SNP and Plaid Cymru in England - which goes under the name of "England's First Party" (or some similar syntactically-challenged title), and which most sickeningly evidently managed to win two council seats in immigrant-infected lower-working-class districts of Blackburn - has one "councillor" who is widely believed to be one-quarter Chinese, and another who has been exposed as being one-eighth Cameroonian. If this is what English "nationalism" is all about then you know where to stick it!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC AGM
The 2007 AGM of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club held last month turned out to be a very successful event. After reports by both the Treasurer and Organiser the out-going Executive Committee were elected unopposed which consists of the following (official positions as decided upon at a subsequent ExCo meeting in brackets) :-
Allan Robertson (Chairman/Treasurer)
Bill Binding (Deputy Chairman)
Alan Harvey (Organiser/Secretary)
Daniel Wilkinson (Liaison Officer)
Peter King (Branch Development Officer)
In addition the following three ex-officio appointments were unanimously agreed upon :-
Paul Armstrong (Official fund-raiser)
Robert Shipley (Overseas Liaison Officer)
Ryan Kriste (Official translator)
After the conclusion of the business side of proceedings the meeting was addressed by Mr. Michael McGough, a National Council member of The Freedom Association, who gave a most illuminating talk on the history, aims and objectives, and activities of the organisation.
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FEBRUARY SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC MEETING
Although it might seem strange, the February meeting of the SC/ELC will actually take place in early March for reasons beyond our control, and the details are as follows:-
Guest Speaker : Mr. BRIAN DANES, who will speak on the theme of "70 Years of BBC Bias"
Date : Tuesday 6th March 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs.
Venue : THE PLOUGH (the upstairs dinning room), 27 Museum Street, London WC1 (close to the British Museum, nearest tube station: Holborn).
[Brian Danes was born in Walthamstow, and was employed for four years at Stepney Council, mainly working on housing accounts, whilst at the same time studying for his accountancy qualifications. After completing his National Service in the RAF he worked as an employment consultant, eventually establishing his own very successful recruitment consultancy specialising in the accountancy profession, before taking early retirement during the early 1990s. He joined the Conservative Monday Club in 1969 - on the same evening as Harvey Proctor. During the 1979 General Election he assisted Harvey Proctor's successful campaign as Conservative Party candidate for the Basildon Constituency (which was previously regarded as an unwinnable seat for the Conservatives) by providing a considerable amount of research into council house sales and other related matters. From 1977 until 1982 he was Secretary of the triumphant "Abolish the GLC Campaign" working alongside the great Tom Benford, which proved that Livingstone could be beaten. Since 1995 he has been a steadfast monitor of the BBC for bias, and has become a leading campaigner for the abolition of the television licence fee. He is also the author of a number of well-researched and highly-acclaimed fact-sheets detailing statistics and information about the Blair Government, the effects of immigration, media bias and other overlooked political issues. Copies of several of these fact-sheets will be distributed during this meeting.]
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
On 26th March 2007 the Springbok Club/ELC will be addressed by Mr. Michael Shrimpton, the famed national security lawyer. Fuller details of this highly significant meeting will be detailed in next month's SCN.
In April the SC/ELC anticipates welcoming a leading official from a renowned South African ex-serviceman's organisation as guest speaker.
During May the SC/ELC will be joining forces with the London Swinton Circle in order to stage two events commemorating highly significant anniversaries. On 1st May there will be a celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the Act of Union, at which leading Unionists from Scotland, England, [Northern] Ireland and Wales will give brief key-note talks about why the Union is so important to them. In mid-May a joint meeting will be held to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Victory in the Falklands War, where the Guest Speaker will be Mr. Peter Pepper of the Falkland Islands Association.
In late May the SC/ELC will be staging their traditional annual Empire Day celebrations, at which it is anticipated that a leading colonial figure from Hong Kong will be Guest of Honour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
The Kent Branch of the SC/ELC held a highly successful get-together in Herne Bay earlier this month, and it was decided that the Branch would aim to hold regular quarterly gatherings in future, probably in the Medway Towns area.
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Details of the 2007 AGM of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 31st March 2007
Time : 10.30 hrs for 11.00 hrs
Venue : Finvoy Orange Hall, Finvoy Road, Ballymoney, Co.Antrim (the Finvoy Road runs between Ballymoney and Rasharkin, the Orange Hall is located almost at the half way point in the road, beside a small petrol garage and lay-by).
The Northern Ireland Branch of the SC/ELC of course experienced some minor difficulties last year, all of which now seem to have been happily overcome. Unfortunately, however, the current Chairman and stalwart of the Branch, Pastor Nigel Owens, will be taking up a three-year overseas teaching appointment in mid-year, so therefore needs to hand over the Chairmanship of the Branch to reliable hands at this AGM. In view of these two factors we would like to encourage all members and supporters in Northern Ireland to make every effort to attend this important meeting, and that anyone who is able and willing to stand for office will do their best to support Nigel in this respect. For more details please e-mail nispringbokclub@hotmail.com
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle was most honoured to be addressed by David Davies MP (the newly-elected Conservative MP for Monmouth) earlier this month. There was a pleasingly large attendance at this event, and Mr. Davies gave a most interesting and wide-ranging talk in which he emphasised his commitment as a proud Welsh Unionist. He clearly positioned himself as a member of an encouragingly large group of younger Conservative MPs who are staunchly Unionist and firmly opposed to further EU entrapment, which gives great hope for the future.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 27th February 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Counting House, 50 Cornhill, London EC3 (exit 5 from Bank tube station)
Guest Speaker : Ms. LINDSAY JENKINS
[Lindsay Jenkins is a famed investigative author and journalist who specialises in the history of the rising power of the EU. Her talk will focus primarily on the threat which regionalisation poses to the UK.]
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WINSTON CHURCHILL ON ISLAM - SPEECH IN 1899!
Our good friend and supporter Nick Maine from Queensland, Australia, has recently forwarded us the following most profound comments made by Sir Winston Churchill way back in 1899. If only more political leaders today could speak out as strongly against this insidious threat to Western civilisation :-
"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its believers! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."
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WARNINGS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
We have recently received warnings from a number of friends and supporters in South Africa, particularly from Jan Lamprecht (who runs the excellent "Southern Africa in Crisis" web-site at www.AfricanCrisis.org), to be very wary of a currently discontinued web-site going under the title of "Crime Expo S.A." (CESA). By all accounts this site was run by an individual calling himself Neil Watson, although it has been established that his real name is actually Juan Duval Uys. Evidently "The Citizen" newspaper has been questioning the credibility of Watson/Uys and his financial dealings, and as a result a charge of fraud has been laid against him. "The Citizen" further claims to be in possession of bank deposit slips for cheques totalling thousands of Rands which were donated in order to enhance the crime-exposing web-site, but which actually found their way into the personal account of J.D.Uys. Even more sinister is the fact that it has been exposed that Uys is or was a leading official in the "Gay and Lesbian Alliance of South Africa".
For those who were active in the patriotic movement in South Africa during the late 1970s and early 1980s this whole sorry episode sparks a feeling of deja vu. During this period a certain Brendan Joseph Willmer was very active within a number of patriotic organisations in South Africa. Willmer was undoubtedly a hard-working and gifted organiser, and was probably totally authentic at heart in the patriotic sentiments which he espoused. Unfortunately, however, there was one thing which was more important to Brendan Joseph Willmer than the patriotic causes which he supported - namely the financial well-being of Brendan Joseph Willmer himself. Like Watson/Uys financial donations meant for the organisations which Willmer held office in mysteriously found their way into his own personal bank accounts, and when these misdemeanours were exposed by the media they caused great problems for the credibility of the organisations concerned. Willmer was also a none too discreet homosexual. Brendan Joseph Willmer of course died of AIDS at the end of 1999.
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LATEST NEWS FROM AGRICAFRICA
The first hearing of the DUTCH FARMERS ASSOCIATION (DFA) and their associates AgricAfrica Ltd’s (AA) in the cases against the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) was held on 15 December 2006 in Paris, and at this hearing the tribunal of three arbitrators dealt with the following case management issues :-
Will propose provisional dates for the Substantive Hearing
Will set a timetable for the parties to present their written cases and
Will propose provisional dates for the presentation of the following: The Dutch memorial; Zimbabwe counter memorial (defence); The Dutch reply; Zimbabwe rejoinder; Finally the disclosure of documents and service of witness statements
At the Substantive Hearing the presentation of evidence and legal argument will be made by the legal representatives for the parties. The DFA and AA were represented at the hearing on 15 December and thereafter by their legal team of Charles Verrill Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, Washington DC, and Matthew Coleman, AA’s London Solicitor. In the meantime the legal team wants to keep its powder dry and therefore more information will follow later as to when the first substantive hearing may occur, but the good news is that the process has now started and it is not stoppable.
Apparently a four-page list of names of farmers being offered compensation appeared in The Sunday Mail of 12th November 2006 (Harare) and again in The Herald of 16th November 2006 (Harare). These articles reflected the names of four officials in the Ministry of Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement and suggested that "former owners should contact them as a matter of urgency in connection with their compensation." AgricAfrica's International legal team suggests that as GoZ has not complied with the applicable legislation in assessing compensation and the notice published in the newspaper is invalid.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN CANADA
A supporter from Alberta has helped to establish a web-site for South Africans who wish to relocate and work in Canada. They are particularly keen to contact those with professional qualifications as Coded-Welders, Welders, Boilermakers, Diesel Mechanics, Sheet Metal Workers, Fitters and Turners, Turner Machinists, Millwrights, Carpenters and those in the restaurant trade. This web-site deals with job offers and work visas, and although aimed at South Africans is applicable to all with the necessary skills, and aims to assist applicants obtain firm offers of employment and work visas. It can be accessed at : www.jobbuddy.net, or alternatively e-mail : ralph@jobbuddy.net
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF "CANADIAN VOICE FOR ANIMALS"
I just received a copy of your cyber-newsletter in which you publicise the struggle of "Seal Alert-SA". Please go to this link and you will find an unlimited amount of information:-
http://www.canadianvoiceforanimals.org/SASA_Meet_Our_Rescues.html
The CVFA also has an index page for Seal Alert-SA at:-
http://www.canadianvoiceforanimals.org/SASealAlert_Index.html
I sincerely hope this helps and that you will mention that Seal Alert-SA is in desperate need of funds to help with the re-construction of the seal rehabilitation centre.
Kindest regards,
Earl H. E. Bingley, President, Canadian Voice For Animals
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10 DOWNING STREET PETITIONS
Many readers will be familiar with the "10 Downing Street Petitions Site" as a result of all the massive publicity which resulted from the 1.7 million signatures which were collected opposing the proposed idea for road charging. There are however many other petitions on this site which we feel our readers and supporters would be very keen to add their names to, including one of special interest concerning South Africa. The petitions site itself can be accessed at :-
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk
Once there type "CrimeSouthAfrica" in the "Search Petitions" box.
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club retail full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (plus £1.00 for p&p).
We also anticipate shortly being able to supply Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each.
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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CHARITY SKYDIVE
Our very good friend Joan Simpson/Steel writes as follows :-
Dear Friends,
I will be braving a 10,000 feet tandem skydive on 4th March 2007, which includes a 5,000 feet freefall at 130 miles per hour! This will be in an attempt to raise at least £400 for the Children's Fund for Barts and The London Children's Hospital. It will also be in order to conquer my lifelong fear of heights. Please sponsor me by going to the following web-site and following the easy instructions :-
http://www.justgiving.com/joyousjoanie
I thank you in advance for your help in making a sick child smile again.
Joan
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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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"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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"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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"BETRAYAL IN HIGH PLACES" by James Mackay.
271 pages, some illustrations. Soft-back £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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"PALM WINE AND LEOPARD'S WHISKERS", edited by Ronnie Anderson.
Reminiscences of Eastern Nigeria - "The nuts and bolts of African history..." Professor Tony Kirk-Greene CMG, MBE, Emeritus Professor of African Affairs at Oxford University. A unique selection of Nigerian stories, studies/articles on arts, crafts, education riots, oil discovery, court and community development, medical section, Royal visits, Leopard murders, electoral matters, land disputes, an extraordinary spectrum of Nigerian life in post-war era up to Independence. Photographs, sketches and maps.
A small stock of this book, which makes an ideal gift, are still available from : Yesterdays Books, 6 Cecil Avenue, Bournemouth, BH8 9EH, UK at £15.00 - plus £3.50 or £6.50 (airmail) for postage and packing.
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"THE RAPE OF ZIMBABWE" by Ricky Wilson - which tells it like it was (and is)!
Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
You can order this book via http://www.diadembooks.com/zimbabwe.htm
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ITEMS FOR SALE
Large real South African flag. 270cm x 180cm. £120 + £10 p&p.
South African Police Flag. £50 including p&p
Republic of Venda Book. £25 including p&p.
If interested please contact Robert Shipley by e-mail at: mrrobertshipley1759@yahoo.co.uk, or by 'phone at: 07930-169718.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.99 : FRANK of "Thinkers Library"
Frank, the proprietor of the mail-order book company "Thinkers Library" (we always promised to keep his full identity secret) was a good friend of "S.A.Patriot" during the 1980s, and indeed would help publicise the magazine by including back-copies when he mailed out orders. Some of the titles which Frank stocked caused some concern however, and he damaged his reputation even more by being associated with the controversial historian David Irving. Even so, however, he was always a very friendly and supportive colleague, and a number of old friends would like to know what has become of him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The highly-professional "SpeakOut" anti-EU web-site is well worth a visit. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.speakout.co.uk
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
IMPERIAL PREFERENCE
Sir,
Was it not Earl Disraeli, the Great British Imperialist, who said that "Principle is ever my motto, not expediency". The fact that Canadians have chosen the Maple Rag of Political Correctness and Communism shows that they are still too Politically Correct.
We need an Imperial Federation Society as that is the way forward as opposed to oblivion. We all know the British Empire was a force for good in this world, so there is nothing morally wrong with Imperialism.
Yours etc.,
Robert Shipley, Gillingham, U.K.
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FORGETTING THE PAST
Sir,
As I tried to explain to you many, many times... but you were too thick to understand: I am neither, nor have I ever been, politically left or right. I have little interest in politics, as I consider most politicians to be corrupt people who tell lies.
I most certainly did not make "a speaking tour of South Africa" with Gary Allen or anyone else. By pure coincidence — due to my passionate belief in Rhodesia — I was invited to speak by the Save Rhodesia Campaign in SA. There happened to be another speaker that same night named Gary Allen. I had never heard of him before and never had any contact with him after that night and have not the slightest interest in anything he did before or since. So, I most certainly never had what you untruthfully described as "a well-documented close involvement" with Allen... which only proves that you too tell libellous lies.
Equally certainly, Michael Hart-Jones and I did not form "a right-wing pressure group". I wrote a leaflet entitled "Rhodesia as it really is", of which 10 million copies were circulated in 42 countries. It was described by Peter Simple in his London Daily Telegraph column "Way of the World" as: "A drop of truth in an ocean of lies". Michael had no part in the writing or publication of this leaflet, which was done entirely by me. You are just one more person now contributing to that ocean of lies.
Stick to the truth and publish a retraction now or you will be hearing from my London solicitors, Harbottle & Lewis, where the senior partner, Robert Storer is a close, lifelong friend.
Yours etc.,
Derek Partridge, Las Vegas, U.S.A.
[Derek Partridge was a highly-respected RBC/RTV presenter during the mid-1970s, and subsequently became a good friend of the "Save Rhodesia Campaign/South Africa First Campaign". He did a tremendous amount of good work for the Rhodesian cause during the late-1970s, so we therefore remember him fondly and with great admiration from this period. It was therefore with extreme sadness and disbelief that we recently received this quite dumbfounding message from him, in which he astonishingly tries to deny his selfless efforts for the Rhodesian cause in the past. Even more incredibly, however, he seems to confirm the points which we made about his past activities in one part of this bizarre message, whilst calling them "libellous lies" in another! Derek Partridge spoke on the same "Save Rhodesia Campaign/South Africa First Campaign" platform as Gary Allen at the Durban City Hall on 15th February 1979 and at the Pietermaritzburg Town Hall on 16th February 1979 - and we still possess documented evidence to prove this (if any reader could provide evidence that he also spoke on the same platform as Gary Allen at other venues during this SRC/SAFC speaking tour of South Africa - as we believe - then we would be very pleased to learn details). Furthermore - as he himself admits - he wrote and produced two editions of an excellent pro-Rhodesian leaflet entitled "Rhodesia as it really is". Again we still possess copies of this leaflet, which Partridge actively encouraged branches of the SRC/SAFC (and of course there was probably no more right-wing organisation in South Africa at the time!) in both Cape Town and Durban to distribute - which needless to say they eagerly did! On the back page of the first edition of this pamphlet there is a large advert for what is clearly another facet of a pro-Rhodesian "pressure group", an organisation called "Women for Rhodesia", and on the back page of the second edition it is stated clearly "he [Partridge] wrote the original pamphlet in 1977, founded Women for Rhodesia to distribute it and became their first Chairman." We also still possess a copy of a publicity brochure for another clear facet of the evident "pressure group" which both Partridge and Michael Hart-Jones were involved with, the film-making company "Rhodesian International Productions" (who were aiming to produce a pro-Rhodesian documentary film also entitled "Rhodesia as it really is") which contains glowing cv's of both Partridge and Hart-Jones. Finally, if Derek Partridge is simply trying to claim that this indisputable "pressure group" which he was involved with was not "right-wing" then we are afraid that he has clearly confirmed this fact himself - not only by admitting that he spoke at least once on the platform of the right-wing "Save Rhodesia Campaign", but also by his open admission of contact with Peter Simple (Michael Wharton) of the "Daily Telegraph", as of course there was no more right-wing columnist working on Fleet Street at the time! In view of all this documented proof we therefore have no intention of publishing any "retraction" to the earlier comments which we made regarding Mr.Partridge's former pro-Rhodesian activities. - Ed.]
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TOURIST FOLLY
Sir,
We had a beautiful passenger ship in Durban harbour last week. The tourists came ashore and 11 of them were mugged at knife and gunpoint on North Beach. All this in broad daylight. This is our main beachfront and supposed to be safe. There is a police station in the centre of this area yet not one policeman was in sight. Their comment was that it was just an "an unfortunate incident". Never mind that this sort of thing occurs on an almost daily basis.
Prior to this we had a world seminar and the delegates attending were mugged, stabbed etc on a daily basis. According to our local police once again it was the hotels' fault for not warning them!
The World Cup is going to prove rich pickings for the criminals running and ruining this country. The government is completely unconcerned and totally disinterested in what is happening. They waffle a few words on TV and in the newspapers every now and then, about what they are doing, and lie through their teeth about how crime is coming down. They give false statistics, and think we are all morons and believe them. The bottom line is they don't give a damn.
Could send you pages and pages of the horrific crimes we have to live with daily.
Yours etc.,
A.C., Durban, Natal
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LEST WE FORGET
Sir,
On the subject of terrorism, Jaco Strauss made some important points in his letter published in your December 2006 SCN. As a member of the British Conservative Party I felt very uncomfortable about David Cameron’s reported remarks concerning Nelson Mandela.
Jaco reminded us that on 20 May 1983 the ANC blew up 18 civilians through a car bomb explosion in Pretoria. Another reminder is that on 24 July 1964 John Harris, an anti-apartheid campaigner and close friend of the Hain family, planted a fatal bomb at Johannesburg train station. He confessed and was hanged for murder. Peter Hain read the eulogy at his funeral.
A little girl named Glynis Burleigh was injured in the blast. Her grandmother, born in Wales, was killed. Later, Glynis wrote to tell me the details. She said that while browsing the net she chanced to land on my website and liked the style. Of Peter Hain she said "It has often struck me as ironical that someone who has such close links to terrorism should have a standing in the present government".
The Guardian newspaper runs a feature called "My Story", for which people are invited to contribute a 1500-word account of some event in their lives. Thinking it might be good for their readers to have the true story of my successful private prosecution of Peter Hain for criminal conspiracy, I composed and sent in a piece. I realised it was not in keeping with their usual style of reporting, but I thought they might make an exception for once and print something that was not lefty liberal propaganda. It proved to be a vain hope of course.
The item in question can be accessed at: http://www.francisbennion.com/2006/046.htm
Yours etc.,
Francis Bennion, Budleigh Salterton, U.K.
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RHODESIANS NEVER DIE
Sir,
Whilst watching "The Choir" on BBC2 just now, for the World Choirs Festival 2006 in China, the procession of the countries was announced, and a banner read "Rhodesia", with the announcement saying the same. Not sure if the Chinese don't have a "Z" or what, but that is what they said.
Yours etc.,
R.Stevens, 400 yards outside London, U.K.
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THINGS TO COME
Sir,
South Africa will inevitably (and is now) following the Zimbabwe model of "self destruction". We and other like-minded organizations can "raise the debate" on what is happening and be a catalyst for resistance and change. As Mao Tse Tung said "the people are only intelligent when they are hungry".
Expatriate South Africans and supporters will flock to the Springbok Club banner as history unfolds. Watch them come!
Yours etc.,
Rob Paulson, London, U.K.
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PAYING THE PRICE
Sir,
I was speaking to a Black man from Namibia [SWA] the other day, and what he said brought home to me the reason why we are being invaded by so many people from other countries, taking what they can. It was a simple statement "The colonials ran away and left us to starve at the hand of power-hungry thieves. The colonials looked after us but our new rulers ensure we starve. Now we take everything we can take from these stupid English"
Yours etc.,
M.H.G., Crawley, U.K.
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February 2007 edition
2007 marks the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union, the 300th birthday of the nation where so many of us now reside - the United Kingdom. It is therefore one of the most significant dates in the nation's history, but surprisingly, and alarmingly, this highly important date seems to have been largely overlooked - although we hasten to add that the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club and the London Swinton Circle will be joining forces to stage a special joint meeting on 1st May, the exact 300th anniversary of the Act of Union coming into force.
Perhaps the ignoring of this epoch-marking date in the nation's history is not so surprising as far as the current "New" Labour administration is concerned - but why have so many other facets of British society chosen to overlook it also? The answer is perhaps worrying in the extreme. Over recent years (and we mean very recent years) pride and patriotism in the British Nation seems suddenly to have taken second place to regional "nationalisms". Support for regional "nationalist" parties such as the SNP and Plaid Cymru has been sporadic for the most part, as they have gained their support mainly from disgruntled "Old" Labour stalwarts, rather than from those who genuinely believe in the impractical and undesirable idea of the breaking up of such a successful Union. Of far more concern, however, has been the even more recent upsurge in the completely artificial idea of English "nationalism".
As we have argued in another forum recently, we believe that the main reason for this most disturbing state of affairs is the fact that in so many popular team sports the component parts of the British Nation (mainly for valid historical reasons) compete on an individual basis - unlike any other nation on earth. In one sport however - Rugby Union - there IS a united British team which competes on a regular basis, namely the British Lions. We firmly believe that this should be a blueprint for ALL British sporting sides competing in international competitions, and to comprise of players from not only the United Kingdom, but from the ENTIRE British Isles.
In this regard it has been most encouraging to note the recent clear decline in the original form of artificial regional "nationalism", namely Irish "nationalism", which has been most pleasingly illustrated by the playing of Rugby (and soon Soccer) internationals at that former citadel of GAA neanderthalism, Croke Park - and even more unifyingly by the emotional cheering after the playing of "God Save the Queen" by the mainly Irish crowd. How ironic therefore that at exactly the same time that Irish "nationalism" seems to be in decline (as is further illustrated by the fact that SF/IRA are now clearly on the backfoot, after being forced to recognise the Police Service of Northern Ireland), Scottish, Welsh and even ridiculously English "nationalisms" should appear to be on an increase.
It has recently been drawn to our notice, however, that a party which is trying to ape the SNP and Plaid Cymru in England - which goes under the name of "England's First Party" (or some similar syntactically-challenged title), and which most sickeningly evidently managed to win two council seats in immigrant-infected lower-working-class districts of Blackburn - has one "councillor" who is widely believed to be one-quarter Chinese, and another who has been exposed as being one-eighth Cameroonian. If this is what English "nationalism" is all about then you know where to stick it!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC AGM
The 2007 AGM of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club held last month turned out to be a very successful event. After reports by both the Treasurer and Organiser the out-going Executive Committee were elected unopposed which consists of the following (official positions as decided upon at a subsequent ExCo meeting in brackets) :-
Allan Robertson (Chairman/Treasurer)
Bill Binding (Deputy Chairman)
Alan Harvey (Organiser/Secretary)
Daniel Wilkinson (Liaison Officer)
Peter King (Branch Development Officer)
In addition the following three ex-officio appointments were unanimously agreed upon :-
Paul Armstrong (Official fund-raiser)
Robert Shipley (Overseas Liaison Officer)
Ryan Kriste (Official translator)
After the conclusion of the business side of proceedings the meeting was addressed by Mr. Michael McGough, a National Council member of The Freedom Association, who gave a most illuminating talk on the history, aims and objectives, and activities of the organisation.
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FEBRUARY SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC MEETING
Although it might seem strange, the February meeting of the SC/ELC will actually take place in early March for reasons beyond our control, and the details are as follows:-
Guest Speaker : Mr. BRIAN DANES, who will speak on the theme of "70 Years of BBC Bias"
Date : Tuesday 6th March 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs.
Venue : THE PLOUGH (the upstairs dinning room), 27 Museum Street, London WC1 (close to the British Museum, nearest tube station: Holborn).
[Brian Danes was born in Walthamstow, and was employed for four years at Stepney Council, mainly working on housing accounts, whilst at the same time studying for his accountancy qualifications. After completing his National Service in the RAF he worked as an employment consultant, eventually establishing his own very successful recruitment consultancy specialising in the accountancy profession, before taking early retirement during the early 1990s. He joined the Conservative Monday Club in 1969 - on the same evening as Harvey Proctor. During the 1979 General Election he assisted Harvey Proctor's successful campaign as Conservative Party candidate for the Basildon Constituency (which was previously regarded as an unwinnable seat for the Conservatives) by providing a considerable amount of research into council house sales and other related matters. From 1977 until 1982 he was Secretary of the triumphant "Abolish the GLC Campaign" working alongside the great Tom Benford, which proved that Livingstone could be beaten. Since 1995 he has been a steadfast monitor of the BBC for bias, and has become a leading campaigner for the abolition of the television licence fee. He is also the author of a number of well-researched and highly-acclaimed fact-sheets detailing statistics and information about the Blair Government, the effects of immigration, media bias and other overlooked political issues. Copies of several of these fact-sheets will be distributed during this meeting.]
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
On 26th March 2007 the Springbok Club/ELC will be addressed by Mr. Michael Shrimpton, the famed national security lawyer. Fuller details of this highly significant meeting will be detailed in next month's SCN.
In April the SC/ELC anticipates welcoming a leading official from a renowned South African ex-serviceman's organisation as guest speaker.
During May the SC/ELC will be joining forces with the London Swinton Circle in order to stage two events commemorating highly significant anniversaries. On 1st May there will be a celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the Act of Union, at which leading Unionists from Scotland, England, [Northern] Ireland and Wales will give brief key-note talks about why the Union is so important to them. In mid-May a joint meeting will be held to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Victory in the Falklands War, where the Guest Speaker will be Mr. Peter Pepper of the Falkland Islands Association.
In late May the SC/ELC will be staging their traditional annual Empire Day celebrations, at which it is anticipated that a leading colonial figure from Hong Kong will be Guest of Honour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
The Kent Branch of the SC/ELC held a highly successful get-together in Herne Bay earlier this month, and it was decided that the Branch would aim to hold regular quarterly gatherings in future, probably in the Medway Towns area.
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Details of the 2007 AGM of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 31st March 2007
Time : 10.30 hrs for 11.00 hrs
Venue : Finvoy Orange Hall, Finvoy Road, Ballymoney, Co.Antrim (the Finvoy Road runs between Ballymoney and Rasharkin, the Orange Hall is located almost at the half way point in the road, beside a small petrol garage and lay-by).
The Northern Ireland Branch of the SC/ELC of course experienced some minor difficulties last year, all of which now seem to have been happily overcome. Unfortunately, however, the current Chairman and stalwart of the Branch, Pastor Nigel Owens, will be taking up a three-year overseas teaching appointment in mid-year, so therefore needs to hand over the Chairmanship of the Branch to reliable hands at this AGM. In view of these two factors we would like to encourage all members and supporters in Northern Ireland to make every effort to attend this important meeting, and that anyone who is able and willing to stand for office will do their best to support Nigel in this respect. For more details please e-mail nispringbokclub@hotmail.com
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle was most honoured to be addressed by David Davies MP (the newly-elected Conservative MP for Monmouth) earlier this month. There was a pleasingly large attendance at this event, and Mr. Davies gave a most interesting and wide-ranging talk in which he emphasised his commitment as a proud Welsh Unionist. He clearly positioned himself as a member of an encouragingly large group of younger Conservative MPs who are staunchly Unionist and firmly opposed to further EU entrapment, which gives great hope for the future.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 27th February 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Counting House, 50 Cornhill, London EC3 (exit 5 from Bank tube station)
Guest Speaker : Ms. LINDSAY JENKINS
[Lindsay Jenkins is a famed investigative author and journalist who specialises in the history of the rising power of the EU. Her talk will focus primarily on the threat which regionalisation poses to the UK.]
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WINSTON CHURCHILL ON ISLAM - SPEECH IN 1899!
Our good friend and supporter Nick Maine from Queensland, Australia, has recently forwarded us the following most profound comments made by Sir Winston Churchill way back in 1899. If only more political leaders today could speak out as strongly against this insidious threat to Western civilisation :-
"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its believers! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."
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WARNINGS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
We have recently received warnings from a number of friends and supporters in South Africa, particularly from Jan Lamprecht (who runs the excellent "Southern Africa in Crisis" web-site at www.AfricanCrisis.org), to be very wary of a currently discontinued web-site going under the title of "Crime Expo S.A." (CESA). By all accounts this site was run by an individual calling himself Neil Watson, although it has been established that his real name is actually Juan Duval Uys. Evidently "The Citizen" newspaper has been questioning the credibility of Watson/Uys and his financial dealings, and as a result a charge of fraud has been laid against him. "The Citizen" further claims to be in possession of bank deposit slips for cheques totalling thousands of Rands which were donated in order to enhance the crime-exposing web-site, but which actually found their way into the personal account of J.D.Uys. Even more sinister is the fact that it has been exposed that Uys is or was a leading official in the "Gay and Lesbian Alliance of South Africa".
For those who were active in the patriotic movement in South Africa during the late 1970s and early 1980s this whole sorry episode sparks a feeling of deja vu. During this period a certain Brendan Joseph Willmer was very active within a number of patriotic organisations in South Africa. Willmer was undoubtedly a hard-working and gifted organiser, and was probably totally authentic at heart in the patriotic sentiments which he espoused. Unfortunately, however, there was one thing which was more important to Brendan Joseph Willmer than the patriotic causes which he supported - namely the financial well-being of Brendan Joseph Willmer himself. Like Watson/Uys financial donations meant for the organisations which Willmer held office in mysteriously found their way into his own personal bank accounts, and when these misdemeanours were exposed by the media they caused great problems for the credibility of the organisations concerned. Willmer was also a none too discreet homosexual. Brendan Joseph Willmer of course died of AIDS at the end of 1999.
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LATEST NEWS FROM AGRICAFRICA
The first hearing of the DUTCH FARMERS ASSOCIATION (DFA) and their associates AgricAfrica Ltd’s (AA) in the cases against the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) was held on 15 December 2006 in Paris, and at this hearing the tribunal of three arbitrators dealt with the following case management issues :-
Will propose provisional dates for the Substantive Hearing
Will set a timetable for the parties to present their written cases and
Will propose provisional dates for the presentation of the following: The Dutch memorial; Zimbabwe counter memorial (defence); The Dutch reply; Zimbabwe rejoinder; Finally the disclosure of documents and service of witness statements
At the Substantive Hearing the presentation of evidence and legal argument will be made by the legal representatives for the parties. The DFA and AA were represented at the hearing on 15 December and thereafter by their legal team of Charles Verrill Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, Washington DC, and Matthew Coleman, AA’s London Solicitor. In the meantime the legal team wants to keep its powder dry and therefore more information will follow later as to when the first substantive hearing may occur, but the good news is that the process has now started and it is not stoppable.
Apparently a four-page list of names of farmers being offered compensation appeared in The Sunday Mail of 12th November 2006 (Harare) and again in The Herald of 16th November 2006 (Harare). These articles reflected the names of four officials in the Ministry of Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement and suggested that "former owners should contact them as a matter of urgency in connection with their compensation." AgricAfrica's International legal team suggests that as GoZ has not complied with the applicable legislation in assessing compensation and the notice published in the newspaper is invalid.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN CANADA
A supporter from Alberta has helped to establish a web-site for South Africans who wish to relocate and work in Canada. They are particularly keen to contact those with professional qualifications as Coded-Welders, Welders, Boilermakers, Diesel Mechanics, Sheet Metal Workers, Fitters and Turners, Turner Machinists, Millwrights, Carpenters and those in the restaurant trade. This web-site deals with job offers and work visas, and although aimed at South Africans is applicable to all with the necessary skills, and aims to assist applicants obtain firm offers of employment and work visas. It can be accessed at : www.jobbuddy.net, or alternatively e-mail : ralph@jobbuddy.net
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF "CANADIAN VOICE FOR ANIMALS"
I just received a copy of your cyber-newsletter in which you publicise the struggle of "Seal Alert-SA". Please go to this link and you will find an unlimited amount of information:-
http://www.canadianvoiceforanimals.org/SASA_Meet_Our_Rescues.html
The CVFA also has an index page for Seal Alert-SA at:-
http://www.canadianvoiceforanimals.org/SASealAlert_Index.html
I sincerely hope this helps and that you will mention that Seal Alert-SA is in desperate need of funds to help with the re-construction of the seal rehabilitation centre.
Kindest regards,
Earl H. E. Bingley, President, Canadian Voice For Animals
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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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10 DOWNING STREET PETITIONS
Many readers will be familiar with the "10 Downing Street Petitions Site" as a result of all the massive publicity which resulted from the 1.7 million signatures which were collected opposing the proposed idea for road charging. There are however many other petitions on this site which we feel our readers and supporters would be very keen to add their names to, including one of special interest concerning South Africa. The petitions site itself can be accessed at :-
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk
Once there type "CrimeSouthAfrica" in the "Search Petitions" box.
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club retail full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (plus £1.00 for p&p).
We also anticipate shortly being able to supply Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each.
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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CHARITY SKYDIVE
Our very good friend Joan Simpson/Steel writes as follows :-
Dear Friends,
I will be braving a 10,000 feet tandem skydive on 4th March 2007, which includes a 5,000 feet freefall at 130 miles per hour! This will be in an attempt to raise at least £400 for the Children's Fund for Barts and The London Children's Hospital. It will also be in order to conquer my lifelong fear of heights. Please sponsor me by going to the following web-site and following the easy instructions :-
http://www.justgiving.com/joyousjoanie
I thank you in advance for your help in making a sick child smile again.
Joan
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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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"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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"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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"BETRAYAL IN HIGH PLACES" by James Mackay.
271 pages, some illustrations. Soft-back £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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"PALM WINE AND LEOPARD'S WHISKERS", edited by Ronnie Anderson.
Reminiscences of Eastern Nigeria - "The nuts and bolts of African history..." Professor Tony Kirk-Greene CMG, MBE, Emeritus Professor of African Affairs at Oxford University. A unique selection of Nigerian stories, studies/articles on arts, crafts, education riots, oil discovery, court and community development, medical section, Royal visits, Leopard murders, electoral matters, land disputes, an extraordinary spectrum of Nigerian life in post-war era up to Independence. Photographs, sketches and maps.
A small stock of this book, which makes an ideal gift, are still available from : Yesterdays Books, 6 Cecil Avenue, Bournemouth, BH8 9EH, UK at £15.00 - plus £3.50 or £6.50 (airmail) for postage and packing.
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"THE RAPE OF ZIMBABWE" by Ricky Wilson - which tells it like it was (and is)!
Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
You can order this book via http://www.diadembooks.com/zimbabwe.htm
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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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ITEMS FOR SALE
Large real South African flag. 270cm x 180cm. £120 + £10 p&p.
South African Police Flag. £50 including p&p
Republic of Venda Book. £25 including p&p.
If interested please contact Robert Shipley by e-mail at: mrrobertshipley1759@yahoo.co.uk, or by 'phone at: 07930-169718.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.99 : FRANK of "Thinkers Library"
Frank, the proprietor of the mail-order book company "Thinkers Library" (we always promised to keep his full identity secret) was a good friend of "S.A.Patriot" during the 1980s, and indeed would help publicise the magazine by including back-copies when he mailed out orders. Some of the titles which Frank stocked caused some concern however, and he damaged his reputation even more by being associated with the controversial historian David Irving. Even so, however, he was always a very friendly and supportive colleague, and a number of old friends would like to know what has become of him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The highly-professional "SpeakOut" anti-EU web-site is well worth a visit. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.speakout.co.uk
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
IMPERIAL PREFERENCE
Sir,
Was it not Earl Disraeli, the Great British Imperialist, who said that "Principle is ever my motto, not expediency". The fact that Canadians have chosen the Maple Rag of Political Correctness and Communism shows that they are still too Politically Correct.
We need an Imperial Federation Society as that is the way forward as opposed to oblivion. We all know the British Empire was a force for good in this world, so there is nothing morally wrong with Imperialism.
Yours etc.,
Robert Shipley, Gillingham, U.K.
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FORGETTING THE PAST
Sir,
As I tried to explain to you many, many times... but you were too thick to understand: I am neither, nor have I ever been, politically left or right. I have little interest in politics, as I consider most politicians to be corrupt people who tell lies.
I most certainly did not make "a speaking tour of South Africa" with Gary Allen or anyone else. By pure coincidence — due to my passionate belief in Rhodesia — I was invited to speak by the Save Rhodesia Campaign in SA. There happened to be another speaker that same night named Gary Allen. I had never heard of him before and never had any contact with him after that night and have not the slightest interest in anything he did before or since. So, I most certainly never had what you untruthfully described as "a well-documented close involvement" with Allen... which only proves that you too tell libellous lies.
Equally certainly, Michael Hart-Jones and I did not form "a right-wing pressure group". I wrote a leaflet entitled "Rhodesia as it really is", of which 10 million copies were circulated in 42 countries. It was described by Peter Simple in his London Daily Telegraph column "Way of the World" as: "A drop of truth in an ocean of lies". Michael had no part in the writing or publication of this leaflet, which was done entirely by me. You are just one more person now contributing to that ocean of lies.
Stick to the truth and publish a retraction now or you will be hearing from my London solicitors, Harbottle & Lewis, where the senior partner, Robert Storer is a close, lifelong friend.
Yours etc.,
Derek Partridge, Las Vegas, U.S.A.
[Derek Partridge was a highly-respected RBC/RTV presenter during the mid-1970s, and subsequently became a good friend of the "Save Rhodesia Campaign/South Africa First Campaign". He did a tremendous amount of good work for the Rhodesian cause during the late-1970s, so we therefore remember him fondly and with great admiration from this period. It was therefore with extreme sadness and disbelief that we recently received this quite dumbfounding message from him, in which he astonishingly tries to deny his selfless efforts for the Rhodesian cause in the past. Even more incredibly, however, he seems to confirm the points which we made about his past activities in one part of this bizarre message, whilst calling them "libellous lies" in another! Derek Partridge spoke on the same "Save Rhodesia Campaign/South Africa First Campaign" platform as Gary Allen at the Durban City Hall on 15th February 1979 and at the Pietermaritzburg Town Hall on 16th February 1979 - and we still possess documented evidence to prove this (if any reader could provide evidence that he also spoke on the same platform as Gary Allen at other venues during this SRC/SAFC speaking tour of South Africa - as we believe - then we would be very pleased to learn details). Furthermore - as he himself admits - he wrote and produced two editions of an excellent pro-Rhodesian leaflet entitled "Rhodesia as it really is". Again we still possess copies of this leaflet, which Partridge actively encouraged branches of the SRC/SAFC (and of course there was probably no more right-wing organisation in South Africa at the time!) in both Cape Town and Durban to distribute - which needless to say they eagerly did! On the back page of the first edition of this pamphlet there is a large advert for what is clearly another facet of a pro-Rhodesian "pressure group", an organisation called "Women for Rhodesia", and on the back page of the second edition it is stated clearly "he [Partridge] wrote the original pamphlet in 1977, founded Women for Rhodesia to distribute it and became their first Chairman." We also still possess a copy of a publicity brochure for another clear facet of the evident "pressure group" which both Partridge and Michael Hart-Jones were involved with, the film-making company "Rhodesian International Productions" (who were aiming to produce a pro-Rhodesian documentary film also entitled "Rhodesia as it really is") which contains glowing cv's of both Partridge and Hart-Jones. Finally, if Derek Partridge is simply trying to claim that this indisputable "pressure group" which he was involved with was not "right-wing" then we are afraid that he has clearly confirmed this fact himself - not only by admitting that he spoke at least once on the platform of the right-wing "Save Rhodesia Campaign", but also by his open admission of contact with Peter Simple (Michael Wharton) of the "Daily Telegraph", as of course there was no more right-wing columnist working on Fleet Street at the time! In view of all this documented proof we therefore have no intention of publishing any "retraction" to the earlier comments which we made regarding Mr.Partridge's former pro-Rhodesian activities. - Ed.]
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TOURIST FOLLY
Sir,
We had a beautiful passenger ship in Durban harbour last week. The tourists came ashore and 11 of them were mugged at knife and gunpoint on North Beach. All this in broad daylight. This is our main beachfront and supposed to be safe. There is a police station in the centre of this area yet not one policeman was in sight. Their comment was that it was just an "an unfortunate incident". Never mind that this sort of thing occurs on an almost daily basis.
Prior to this we had a world seminar and the delegates attending were mugged, stabbed etc on a daily basis. According to our local police once again it was the hotels' fault for not warning them!
The World Cup is going to prove rich pickings for the criminals running and ruining this country. The government is completely unconcerned and totally disinterested in what is happening. They waffle a few words on TV and in the newspapers every now and then, about what they are doing, and lie through their teeth about how crime is coming down. They give false statistics, and think we are all morons and believe them. The bottom line is they don't give a damn.
Could send you pages and pages of the horrific crimes we have to live with daily.
Yours etc.,
A.C., Durban, Natal
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LEST WE FORGET
Sir,
On the subject of terrorism, Jaco Strauss made some important points in his letter published in your December 2006 SCN. As a member of the British Conservative Party I felt very uncomfortable about David Cameron’s reported remarks concerning Nelson Mandela.
Jaco reminded us that on 20 May 1983 the ANC blew up 18 civilians through a car bomb explosion in Pretoria. Another reminder is that on 24 July 1964 John Harris, an anti-apartheid campaigner and close friend of the Hain family, planted a fatal bomb at Johannesburg train station. He confessed and was hanged for murder. Peter Hain read the eulogy at his funeral.
A little girl named Glynis Burleigh was injured in the blast. Her grandmother, born in Wales, was killed. Later, Glynis wrote to tell me the details. She said that while browsing the net she chanced to land on my website and liked the style. Of Peter Hain she said "It has often struck me as ironical that someone who has such close links to terrorism should have a standing in the present government".
The Guardian newspaper runs a feature called "My Story", for which people are invited to contribute a 1500-word account of some event in their lives. Thinking it might be good for their readers to have the true story of my successful private prosecution of Peter Hain for criminal conspiracy, I composed and sent in a piece. I realised it was not in keeping with their usual style of reporting, but I thought they might make an exception for once and print something that was not lefty liberal propaganda. It proved to be a vain hope of course.
The item in question can be accessed at: http://www.francisbennion.com/2006/046.htm
Yours etc.,
Francis Bennion, Budleigh Salterton, U.K.
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RHODESIANS NEVER DIE
Sir,
Whilst watching "The Choir" on BBC2 just now, for the World Choirs Festival 2006 in China, the procession of the countries was announced, and a banner read "Rhodesia", with the announcement saying the same. Not sure if the Chinese don't have a "Z" or what, but that is what they said.
Yours etc.,
R.Stevens, 400 yards outside London, U.K.
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THINGS TO COME
Sir,
South Africa will inevitably (and is now) following the Zimbabwe model of "self destruction". We and other like-minded organizations can "raise the debate" on what is happening and be a catalyst for resistance and change. As Mao Tse Tung said "the people are only intelligent when they are hungry".
Expatriate South Africans and supporters will flock to the Springbok Club banner as history unfolds. Watch them come!
Yours etc.,
Rob Paulson, London, U.K.
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PAYING THE PRICE
Sir,
I was speaking to a Black man from Namibia [SWA] the other day, and what he said brought home to me the reason why we are being invaded by so many people from other countries, taking what they can. It was a simple statement "The colonials ran away and left us to starve at the hand of power-hungry thieves. The colonials looked after us but our new rulers ensure we starve. Now we take everything we can take from these stupid English"
Yours etc.,
M.H.G., Crawley, U.K.
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