SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
September 2006 edition
Undoubtedly the most nauseating story to come out of South Africa during recent years has been the account of the self-abasement - some might even say racial-masochism - of former Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok, who according to reports "knelt down and washed the feet of a leading Black cleric to seek forgiveness for the sins [sic] that he committed during his time in office".
One has to wonder, of course, what "sins" were involved in serving to preserve civilised rule - so that South Africa did not become the crime capital of the world, did not witness a genocide campaign against its farming community and urban population, and did not experience the wholesale rape of young children in the bizarre belief that sex with a virgin cures AIDS.
Be this as it may, Vlok's sickening stunt only proves what we tried to warn people throughout the 1980s, namely that the NP government was part of the problem and not part of the solution facing South Africa. In spite of his reputation as being a relative verkrampte, Vlok did absolutely nothing to prevent de Klerk's sell-out of the nation during the early 1990s, and in this he was joined by all the other so-called NP verkramptes such as Magnus Malan. Vlok, however, is not the first NP cabinet minister to reveal his true treacherous colours. "Pik" Botha eagerly joined the terrorist ANC even before the NNP was disbanded, and Piet Koornhof (who incidentally was the little boy who opened the door of the Voortrekker Memorial when it was inaugurated in 1938) divorced his White wife in order to marry a Coloured woman. All this only goes to confirm that the NP was rotten to the core even as far back as the days of B.J.Vorster!
Shortly after being forced to leave South Africa in 1990 this present writer was asked by British supporters of South Africa to write an article explaining the mystery of why the South African Whites so meekly agreed to surrender their country to the terrorists with seemingly no resistance whatsoever. This article, entitled "Why we got it wrong about the Afrikaners", was subsequently written, and in view of the great anger which then existed following the recent fall of South Africa to the forces of darkness, proved to be a very hard-hitting analysis. It was argued that the fault lay with the three main institutions of Afrikanerdom - the NP, the NGK and the Broederbond - all of which regarded their nationalism as geographic rather than ethnic, and the manner in which so many Afrikaners followed the increasingly liberal agenda of these three institutions like sheep (or perhaps more accurately like lemmings).
The reaction to this article was incredible, for, in spite of the fact that it was never published, a copy somehow found its way into the hands of young Mr. Arthur Kemp. Most readers will probably recall how Kemp gave every appearance of being a mainstream conservative like ourselves during the 1980s, but then mysteriously metamorphosised into a neo-Nazi crank during the 1990s, and also how significant evidence came to light to suggest that he had been working for both the old and new South African security agencies all the time, apparently with the brief of adopting a neo-Nazi image in order to embarrass and discredit the authentic forces of right-wing resistance in South Africa. Kemp then posted this article onto a neo-Nazi web-site in the United States - but mischievously and wickedly twisted the analysis to suggest that ALL Afrikaners had been condemned, rather than just the three liberal-leaning Afrikaans institutions. This twisted posting, moreover, resulted in a number of threats being made by lunatic neo-Nazi types from the United States.
Adriaan Vlok, of course, was a leading member of the NP government, a prominent Broederbonder, and - to the best of our knowledge - a staunch member of the NGK. His recent puke-invoking act of self-abasement therefore merely confirms the basic points which were made in this original analysis. One is puzzled, therefore, as to why Kemp should have gone out of his way to vilify this article so wildly - after all he claimed to be a CP-supporting opponent of the NP during the 1980s, and also an avowed atheist? Over to you Mr. Kemp ....
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AUGUST SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC ACTIVITY
During August the Springbok Club/ELC took part in a "Sherlock Holmes" walking tour of central London organised by "London Horror Tours". This proved to be a highly enjoyable and informative event, and was joined by Mr. Richard "Jock" Spooner, a long-standing supporter of the movement now based in NSW, Australia. After the tour members adjourned to a Baker Street hostelry where they were joined by other supporters of the SC/ELC, and where "Jock" Spooner conveyed details of the current Australia situation at a convivial informal reception. We are furthermore happy to be able to announce that Mr. Spooner has provisionally agreed to take on the position as the Australian Co-ordinator of the SC/ELC.
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SEPTEMBER SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
As most readers will probably be aware, the planned SC/ELC guest speaker for September, Sir Alfred Sherman, sadly died last month, and a brief obituary to this great conservative thinker appears at the end of this edition of the SCN.
Alas the SC/ELC has not been able to organise any alternative attraction at such short notice at national level, but instead the London Branch of the organisation has asked the current Organiser/Secretary of the movement, Alan Harvey, to deliver the same talk that he will be giving to the Northern Ireland Branch later during the month, which will be entitled "The similarities and differences between the Ulster and Southern African struggles". Details of these two meetings are as follows :-
London Branch :-
Date : Monday 25th September 2006
Time : 19.00 hrs for 19.30 hrs
Venue : THE CLARENCE (the upstairs Parliament Room), 53 Whitehall, London SW1
('phone 07711-188430 for more details)
Northern Ireland Branch :-
Date : Saturday 30th September 2006
Time : 11.30 hrs for 12.00 hrs
Venue : Ballymoney, Co.Antrim
All those interested in attending should please e-mail nispringbokclub@hotmail.com for more precise details of the location, and in order that the necessary catering arrangements may be made. There will be no charge for members of the SC/ELC, but non-members will be asked an admission fee of £3.00 (cheques payable to "Northern Ireland Springbok Club").
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC ACTIVITIES
In October the Kent Branch of the Empire Loyalist Club will be organising a trip to Chatham Dockyard (where of course HMS Victory was built) in order to celebrate Trafalgar Day. An informal conducted tour will be led by Mr. Robert Shipley (the Overseas Liaison Officer of the SC/ELC) who is a great authority on the Dockyard and the naval history of the area. Fuller details will be given in next month's SCN.
On Wednesday 15th November the Springbok Club will be most honoured to welcome Mr. Johnny Rodrigues as Guest of Honour at a special buffet function which it will be staging. Johnny Rodrigues is Chairman of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, a wildlife protection organisation based at Hwange (Wankie) National Park in Zimbabwe, which works to prevent poaching and other illegal killing of Zimbabwe's precious wildlife, whilst the current ZANU-PF regime seems to turn a blind-eye. Mr. Rodrigues will be giving a fully-illustrated talk about the work of ZCTF, and fuller details about this most exciting event will appear in future editions of the SCN.
In December the Springbok Club hopes to welcome a famous South African journalist as Guest of Honour for its annual Day of the Vow commemorations.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
Last month the London Swinton Circle welcomed Mr. Stuart Notholt, the Vice-Chairman of the Campaign for an Independent Britain, as guest speaker. Mr. Notholt gave a most riveting address, in which he clearly detailed the threats which Britain faced through continuing membership of the EU, and why complete withdrawal was therefore so necessary in order to restore Britain's greatness.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 26th September 2006
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : THE CLARENCE (the upstairs Parliament Room), 53 Whitehall, London SW1
Guest Speaker : Mr. Edward Spalton (a former senior civil servant and businessman, and a leading member of the Freedom Association.)
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ELEPHANTS NEED YOUR HELP
Your help is urgently needed to stop a one-off sale of 60 tonnes of elephant ivory from Botswana [Bechuanaland], Namibia [South-West Africa] and South Africa. This amount of ivory is equivalent to 3,500 dead elephants. If this ivory sale goes ahead it will have a devastating effect on elephants around the world. Any legal sale of ivory will create a smokescreen for illegal ivory trade, creating a huge incentive for poachers to slaughter endless elephants for their tusks.
Ivory poachers kill more than 10,000 elephants in Africa each year to supply the illegal ivory trade. Every time an elephant is killed it brings them one step closer to extinction. Elephants never forget and neither should we. Elephants are highly intelligent social creatures that create lifelong relationships. They cry, play, and have incredible memories - but when an elephant walks by the ivory-stripped remains of a slaughtered loved one, they stop still, pausing sorrowfully to roar and mourn. Elephants can stand vigil over dead herd members for days, even covering the bones with branches and dirt.
Please help the International Fund for Animal Welfare to stop the trade in ivory by sending an e-mail to your local MP. Ask him/her to urge the UK Minister for Bio-diversity, Mr Barry Gardiner MP, to oppose the stockpile sales and any future calls to re-open the trade in ivory.
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THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
The Right Perspective is an excellent broadsheet published by a group of patriotic students opposed to the dominance of the leftist-liberal media in Britain, which has recently published an expanded third edition. To obtain a copy e-mail: tory_taylor@hotmail.co.uk
In the second edition of this publication a profound article entitled "Dealing with poverty in Africa" appeared, which read as follows:-
"The billions of Pounds that have been pumped into the continent of Africa have done nothing to prevent the famine, AIDS and war that have engulfed the continent since the demise of Empire. Countless government initiatives have failed to address the problems, like the excuse for a pop concert (LIVE 8) and the continuous cancellation of debt. It is time a new initiative was proposed to rid the continent that is a scar on the rest of the world. Under British civilised rule, no such issues existed. Wealth and food was evenly distributed between British army and government officials, and the natives. AIDS was never even in existence under civilised rule and the reasons that have spread AIDS, like homosexuality and sex outside marriage were condemned. As much as the left-wing propaganda and self-determining nuts like to believe otherwise, it is no coincidence that this has all occurred since the surrender of our African colonies to the warlords that now rule. What Africa could really do with now, is a good dose of colonisation under the paternalistic eye of us British. One makes the point very sensibly, that there is no point in ploughing money into countries where the wealth does not filter down to the people, but where a government fat-cat spends it on his wedding ceremony instead! Neither is it a coincidence, that the states of South Africa and Rhodesia are engulfed in their current situations. Since the demise of civilised rule, both countries have gone on a downward spiral. Inflation in Rhodesia peaked at 2000% and over 75% of the population is unemployed. Under British civilised rule in contrast, Rhodesia was the breadbasket of Africa, where the Whites owned the farms, and the Blacks earned a good wage working the land. There was no such disease as AIDS and certainly no famine. Similarly in South Africa the Blacks in the townships are now even poorer than they were under apartheid. Whilst it is a hard argument to make - that a nation has a Divine right to rule - the achievements of the British Empire in building nations to what they are today comes close to the phrase. Our biggest mistake, however, was abandoning these countries when we did, and not nurturing them through to full development. They were so quick to cry 'independence', but so also to come running back for aid at their point of need. The reassertion of British rule around Africa would combat these increasing problems, simply because we have done so in the past. The situation in Zimbabwe, South Africa and smaller nations highlight this point. The demise of the continent of Africa has mirrored the demise of the British Empire. To my way of thinking, there seems to be only one solution to the problem."
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ZIMBABWE/RHODESIAN PENSION ENTITLEMENTS
For several years Zimbabwe/Rhodesian pensions have been withheld, and, it is suspected, the arrears have been stolen. Zimbabwe has gone from barbarism to degeneration with only a small interval of civilization. The people mainly responsible for that civilizing interval were dumped when the British Government off-loaded its Colonial responsibilities.
Most of the pensioners are British and are enraged by the silent acceptance of their stolen pensions. Many served in the British Forces in World War II, and their fathers fought in World War I. Many were encouraged by the British Government to go to Rhodesia and help in its post-war development. They then became victims of "The Winds of Change" and the blunders of inept or deceitful politicians.
Recently, the G8 countries cancelled $3.5 billion of African debt. Now they are discussing more billions to be given as aid. A fraction of this money would settle all Zimbabwe pension entitlements. Payment of pensions and arrears at the historic rate of Z$2 to one pound Sterling should be made a condition of any future aid procedures.
Many Zimbabwe pensioners are descendants of the Rhodesian Pioneers, who were heroes of Britain's Colonial Empire. They turned bushland into the breadbasket of Central Africa and made Rhodesia the Pearl of Africa. Now the breadbasket has become a basket-case, and these pensioners are surviving on handouts from charitable foundations.
Many pensioners cannot leave Zimbabwe; they are old and frail. Their monthly pensions (paid in Zimbabwe) will buy no more than a loaf of bread. They were born there, they have no other citizenship, their British stock is not recognized - they are dying. Please help them in any way you can.
To go to the petition site access: www.gopetition.com/region/222/7681.html
To go to the Blog site access: www.zim-pensions.blogspot.com
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TAU STATEMENT
We have recently received the following media release from the Transvaal Agricultural Union :-
"The President of TAU SA, Mr Paul van der Walt has requested the [South African] President, Mr Mbeki, in writing to repudiate the Minister of Safety and Security after his utterances that people who complain about crime should rather leave the country. Mr Nqakula's remarks were irresponsible and thoughtless and he owes the country an apology. Notwithstanding wide criticism from opposition parties, stake-holders and the public, Nqakula remains as silent as the graves of victims of crime. Mr van der Walt made it quite clear in his letter that should Mbeki not repudiate his Minister in public this will be interpreted as silent approval of his stance."
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NORTHERN RHODESIAN NEWS
The following report appeared in a recent edition of the "News from Zambia" newsletter (available from: 4 Ashurst Way, East Preston, Littlehampton, Sussex, BN16 1AG) :-
"One hundred and forty-two ex-Northern Rhodesia and Zambia residents - as well as several of their children who had grown up in the country - sat down to lunch at the annual gathering of the Northern Rhodesian Reunion Association, in the Bibury Suite of the Salisbury Racecourse in Wiltshire. The oldest member attending was Gervas Clay, 99, who was Resident Commissioner of Barotseland in the 1960s. John Coates, a member of the Northern Rhodesia Police Association and of the Zambia Society Trust, made an appeal for a joint project which supports orphans of Zambian policemen and women. He also paid tribute to John Wyatt's organisation of the excellent lunch. Mrs. Elisabeth Young - whose late husband, Tom Young, was High Commissioner to Zambia, 1998-2002 - raised £150 through the sale of greeting cards, for the Zambia Society Trust."
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CAN YOU HELP ?
We recently received the following request from Stan Nisbet :-
"My youngest son, Darren, has finally landed a very good job in Durban and urgently requires single accommodation with bathing facilities at a reasonable rental, as from this Wednesday the 21st. He is married and his wife will stay with us until he finds his feet. I would be extremely grateful if you would 'put the word out' amongst your readers who may have a vacant room, out-building, caravan or whatever. Please contact Darren on his Mobile 0844285609 or me, Stan, on 0834170085, Sylvia (my wife) on 0835618715, or at home on 032-456 3856."
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We have also recently received the following two requests from New Zealand via the KK organisation :-
"Can anyone put me in touch with Keith and Charlotte Kirkman formerly of Dorrington Farm, Norton, Zimbabwe. We were good friends, due to our interest in Angus cattle breeding during the late 80s and early 1990s, and I often think and worry about them and regret not having been a better letter-writer. It would be really great to renew contact; their lives must have been really disrupted. The computer age, which I have only just got into, makes contact so much easier. In hopeful anticipation, Susan Clayton [now Kain], formerly of Te Ohu Angus Cattle Stud, Dannevirke, New Zealand, e-mail; skain@xtra.co.nz"
and
"Please can you help me locate John and Patricia Colyer. They arrived in New Zealand from Zimbabwe either late 2005 or early 2006 from Harare [Salisbury]. We shared a container, and I have recently received two large pieces of furniture which I believe belong to them. Many thanks,
Anne Greeff. My e-mail is cherokee.mango@xtra.co.nz"
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AUSTRALIAN MONARCHIST LEAGUE'S LONDON CONFERENCE
The Australian Monarchist League will be staging a special conference at Skempton College in Kensington, London, over the weekend of 27th/29th October under the theme of "The Queen, the Realms and Europe".
This conference will commence with an Opening Dinner to be addressed by Lord Tebbit on Friday 27th October, the cost for which being £75.00 per head. The conference itself, at which inter alia Philip Benwell MBE, Philip Davies MP, Lindsay Jenkins and Baroness Knight of Collingtree will be speaking, will take place on Saturday and Sunday 28th/29th October, and will cost £100.00 per head.
For more information either write to : The Australian Monarchist League Conference, c/o The Royal Society of St.George, 127 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2BH, or e-mail : secretary@monarchist.org.au
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LATEST FALKLANDS NEWS
In a recent speech to the UN Falkland Islands Councillor Dr Davies explained that the Islanders are never going to give up their right to self-determination and asked the Decolonisation Committee to support this. He pointed out that self-determination isn't just for "native" people - and pointed out that the majority of Argentines aren't natives themselves, while the Falklands has a history of seven or eight generations of peaceful development, which he pointed out is longer than in many parts of Argentina. He even quoted the Argentine national anthem with its call for liberty, and asked that if Argentines value this so highly themselves then why can't they allow it for the Islanders! He said that in reality Argentina would be a colonial power if it succeeded with its claim, and ended by emphasizing that the Islanders will never sacrifice their right to self-determination "in exchange for material benefits" (clearly a reference to Argentine economic pressure).
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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).
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.
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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.
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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 FOUR FACES" by Isaac Benatar
In this thrilling mystery a man seeking answers to four unexplained deaths engages in a battle of wits against corrupt politicians and an evil creature conjured by African witchcraft.
Isaac Benatar, LLB, was born in Rhodesia in 1943. He is a law graduate of the University of London, and worked as a public prosecutor in Rhodesia from 1970 to 1980. He immigrated to the United States in 1980. For details of how to obtain a copy please e-mail: Rhodesian@aol.com
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ITEMS FOR SALE
The following Items are for Sale :-
Voortrekker Monument Pretoria Book price £ 6.00
King Solomon's Mines Book price £ 1.50
Bosbounavorsing Forestry Research First Day Cover Set price £ 3.00
1983 South West Africa Date Stamp Card price £ 4.00
Republic of Venda 1979 Independence First Day Cover Set price £ 5.00
1983 Republic of Ciskei Stamp Collection of the 6th Foot 1st Warwickshire Regiment price £ 4.00
State President's Guard Plaque, Lieutenant Grobler price £14.00
If interested contact Robert Shipley by e-mail at: mrrobertshipley1759@yahoo.co.uk, or by 'phone at: 07930-169718 (please add 20% for p&p if not collecting in person).
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.94 : Mnr. MARCEL RUTER of Hilvemsum, Netherlands
Marcel Ruter was one of the earliest subscribers to the original S.A.Patriot when we were still based in South Africa. Members of the Springbok Club were very impressed with the man when they met him in person during a trip to the Netherlands in 1999, but alas he is believed to have moved shortly after this, and recent attempts to re-contact him have proved unsuccessful. The SC/ELC Overseas Liaison Department is now very keen to learn how he can now be contacted therefore.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
Following the very well-received talk given by Stuart Notholt to the London Swinton Circle last month, we thought that readers might be very keen to look at the official Campaign for an Independent Britain web-site. This can be accessed at :-
http://www.cibhq.co.uk
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BLACK DEATH
Sir,
I was walking home from a Pub - not even half-a-mile from my home - late on a Friday night about a month ago, when I walked past what I thought were a group of Black men getting into their car. I was almost past them when the one bastard said "You interrupted us - we have to kill you now". I looked at them thinking this was some joke - then I realised they were breaking into the car. There were at least three, maybe four of them, and they proceeded to beat me to the point of almost death. Luckily I managed to kick the one bastard and give the hardest punch I have ever managed, which gave me enough time to scramble to my feet and run for my life. I made such a noise by that time people were taking notice, so my attackers left me.
The very next day from my flat window I saw the same people doing this to what could only be a 14 year-old boy, but this time it was early evening. I could do nothing, and then a week after that our family butchery got held-up at gunpoint.
I say VIVA death penalty!
Yours etc.,
LRN, Midrand, Transvaal
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SOCCER ANALYSIS
Sir,
Would you attend the Soccer World Cup if it was held in Iraq right now? If the answer is "NO", why would you attend it in South Africa where more people are being killed on a daily basis than in Iraq?
Yours etc.,
Johann Marx, Roodepoort, Transvaal
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GAS CUT
Sir,
I was amazed yesterday to hear on the local radio news that the South African Police have been banned from using tear gas on rioters, as this is an infringement of their human rights! I have no doubts myself as to the truth of the announcement.
Yours etc.,
Richard Deane, Cape Town, Cape Province
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HE THINKS IT'S ALL OVER ...
Sir,
I hope FIFA is properly embarrassed by their decision to award the 2010 Soccer World Cup to South Africa. Imagine expecting a country run by third-worlders to host a World Cup Tournament. They haven't got a clue! They'll have to pull out all the Whites available to make it work, but they're in the process of exterminating the Whites, and those they haven't exterminated they are systematically removing from the workplace and replacing with incompetent, unqualified Blacks - all in the interests of Black Empowerment, the South African version of "affirmative action". The "Old" South Africa under the Whites could definitely have risen to the occasion, but that's all over now.
Yours etc.,
"Kendon", Amanzimtoti, Natal
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OBITUARIES
SIR ALFRED SHERMAN
It was with great sadness that we learnt of the recent death of Sir Alfred Sherman, particularly as he had agreed to speak at a future Springbok Club/ELC meeting. Sir Alfred was proud of his Jewish roots, but this did not stop him from being intensely loyal to the country where he lived and grew up. A renowned economist, he became a leading advisor to Margaret Thatcher, and was the intellectual force behind so many of the Conservative Party's successes during the 1980s, particularly the policy of privatisation. Sir Alfred was also a strong opponent of non-White immigration into the UK, and advocated a policy of repatriation, even for those non-Whites who by chance had been born in the country. In this regard he was particularly concerned about the dangers posed by the million-and-a-half Muslims resident in the UK - warnings which are of course being confirmed more and more by the day. Our sincerest sympathies are extended to Sir Alfred's grand-nephew Adrian Sherman, as also to other members of his family.
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WREX TARR
It was also with great sadness that we learnt of the recent death of the popular Rhodesian singer and comedian Wrex Tarr whilst entertaining in Cape Town at the age of 71. Wrex Tarr, the "Chilapalapa King", was certainly not a "politically correct" performer, but was greatly loved and admired in Rhodesia where his acts did so much to lift spirits during the days of the Bush War against Terrorism. Again our sincerest condolences are extended to Wrex's family.
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August 2006 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
August 2006 edition
As could have been predicted upon the fall of South Africa in the early 1990s, Israel became the next major target for international terrorists and their Leftist multi-culturalist fellow-travellers.
We predicted in 2000 that the decision of Ehud Barak's then Labour government of Israel to pull-out from southern Lebanon and to stab the Christian South Lebanon Army in the back was a cowardly sell-out, which could only result in severe long-term security dangers for the Israeli people. Likewise the betrayal of the Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip by the government of the allegedly "hawkish" Ariel Sharon was yet another act of appeasement which all but the most myopic could have seen would only encourage the Hamas Islamic terrorists.
The parallels with the betrayals by the treacherous NP governments of South Africa towards the end of the last century are incredible. John Vorster thought that by selling-out Rhodesia in the 1970s he could protect South Africa - but evidently he had never heard that "Once you pay the Danegeld you'll never get rid of the Dane". Likewise the allegedly "hawkish" P.W.Botha was prepared to surrender SWA to the SWAPO terrorists in order to buy-off the international Leftist onslaught against South Africa itself - equally with exactly the opposite outcome.
Here, however, the parallel ends. Although P.W.Botha was succeeded by the ultimate of traitors in F.W.de Klerk, Sharon was succeeded by a man who surprisingly proved to have a bit of a backbone - Ehud Olmert. Olmert may never have been a military man, and many of his tactics may have proved ham-fisted and blundering, but once Israeli soldiers were kidnapped by the vile Hizbollah terrorists and their rockets started to rain down upon northern Israeli towns (as we predicted in 2000!) he at least had the courage to stand up and fight the terrorist evil, rather than meekly surrendering like the scumbag de Klerk.
Israel's military offensive against the Hizbollah Islamic-fascists has been regarded by some as being "disproportionate". Certainly there have been several strategic blunders by the IDF, and we must all mourn the loss of all innocent civilian life, but when the very future existence of a nation is at stake then surely any form of resistance is acceptable. If only South Africa could have had an Ehud Olmert in 1990!
This movement has no direct interest in Israel, and none of our leading members have any Jewish blood in their veins, but there are those of us who will NEVER forget how Israel proved South Africa's best overseas friend during the final days of civilised rule, and those of us with longer memories will also recall how Israel bravely stood side-by-side with Britain and France during the Suez War of 1956 - when the West was facing the prototype Islamic-fascist leader in Gamal Abdel Nasser.
The Israelis (along with the Serbs) are currently fighting on the West's frontline against aggressive Islamic expansionism which threatens us all. Their fight is therefore our fight. Victory to the IDF!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC RHODES & FOUNDERS CELEBRATION BUFFET
The Springbok Club/ELC held a most successful event to celebrate Rhodes & Founders Day last month, when the guest of honour was Group Captain Peter Petter-Bowyer, the Chairman/Secretary of the Rhodesian Air Force Association. In a most enlightening and extremely well-received talk Group Captain Petter-Bowyer recounted many of his operational experiences within the Rhodesian Air Force, and detailed how they had been able to overcome international sanctions by developing their own weaponry which had proved extremely effective during the counter-terrorist campaign. He also emphasised how Rhodesia had never been defeated on the battlefield, and why the handover to the terrorists was not inevitable.
The turnout at this function was encouragingly high, and a number of attendees commented afterwards about how they regarded Group Captain Petter-Bowyer's talk as one of the most enthralling which they had ever listened to. The meeting itself was followed by a truly sumptuous buffet, and without doubt this event will prove to be the first of from now onwards annual Rhodes & Founders celebrations by the SC/ELC.
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AUGUST SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENT
On Sunday 20th August the SC/ELC will be partaking in a "Sherlock Holmes" walking tour organised by "London Horror Tours". All those wishing to participate in this walking tour should assemble outside the Sherlock Holmes Shop in Baker Street (turn right into Baker Street from Baker Street Underground Station, then walk for 5 to 10 minutes until reaching the Sherlock Holmes Shop opposite the Sherlock Holmes Museum) from 13.45 hrs to 14.00 hrs. A special discount price of only £5.00 per head has been arranged for all SC/ELC supporters who join this tour. After this event an informal reception will be held at "The Volunteer" pub next to the Sherlock Holmes Museum, at which a visiting Australian guest and long-standing supporter of the movement, Mr Richard "Jock" Spooner, will be present. Mr. Spooner was formerly an active member of the National Party of the UK (which can be viewed as the ideological predecessor of today's UKIP) before emigrating to Australia during the late 1970s, and will be able to recount first-hand information about the current situation in Australia from a patriotic perspective.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC ACTIVITIES
Arrangements for the SC/ELC's September meeting are still being finalised, and will be detailed in next month's edition of the SCN.
In October the Empire Loyalist Club anticipates welcoming the wife of a leading Falklands War naval commander as special guest speaker at an event to celebrate Trafalgar Day.
In November the Springbok Club hopes to welcome a leading member of the Rhodesian Pioneer Club as guest of honour for the organisation's annual UDI Day celebrations.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
The London Branch of the SC/ELC is now organising regular monthly get-togethers on the last Friday of each month in central London. For more details please e-mail: springbok@falklands.org
Both the Kent and Hampshire branches of the SC/ELC are anticipating staging informal gatherings during the next few months. Any supporter from either Kent or Hampshire who would like to become actively involved should e-mail: springbok@falklands.org
The Northern Ireland Branch of the SC/ELC will be holding a special meeting on Saturday 30th September in Co.Antrim, at which the guest speaker will be Mr Alan Harvey, the current Organiser/Secretary of the SC/ELC. The theme of Mr Harvey's address will be "The similarities and differences between the Ulster and Southern African struggles". For more details please e-mail: nispringbokclub@hotmail.com
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 15th August 2006
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Counting House (the upstairs Function Room), 50 Cornhill, London EC3 (exit 5 from Bank Tube Station)
Guest Speaker : Mr. Stuart Notholt, the Vice-Chairman of the Campaign for an Independent Britain.
London-born Stuart Notholt runs his own very successful communications business, and has just returned from a business trip to Uganda, and will be telling something of his experiences of the current conditions in this former British colony. A lifelong Eurosceptic and former member of the Executive Committee of the Monday Club, the main title of his talk at this meeting will be "Why Brussels is preventing Britain from being Great".
(We have recently learnt that Mr. Tony Waller, who of course caused great problems and embarrassment for the Springbok Club during early 2005 when he visited New Zealand yet failed to make contact with either fraternal organisation as arranged whilst there, has now resigned from the London Swinton Circle. This evidently follows a totally unrelated dispute with another leader member of the LSC concerning a further failure to fulfil a promise.)
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HELP STOP JAPANESE WHALE KILLINGS
Japan has been killing whales through a loophole in the global agreement that permits killing in the name of "scientific research." While legitimate scientists agree that there's no need to kill whales in order to study them, the killing of whales for "science" in Japan is really a commercial hunt in disguise.
Japanese whalers have been selling meat from their "research" to supermarkets, gourmet restaurants, even fast-food chains and school cafeterias. Now Japan is increasing the slaughter, doubling the number of whales to be killed in an international marine mammal sanctuary.
Unless they are stopped now Japan will launch a return to full-scale industrial whaling, the last of which once drove whales to the brink of extinction. Only the tremendous resources and clout of the United States has a chance to stop Japan from destroying the world's whales.
Sign the petition asking President Bush to oppose Japan's bid for permanent membership to the United Nations Security Council until they comply with international laws protecting whales by going to : http://go.care2.com/e/k3Q/La/IrhL
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THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
The Right Perspective is an excellent new broadsheet published by a group of patriotic students opposed to the dominance of the leftist-liberal media in Britain. To obtain a copy e-mail : tory_taylor@hotmail.co.uk
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ZIMBABWE/RHODESIAN PENSION ENTITLEMENTS
For several years Zimbabwe/Rhodesian pensions have been withheld, and, it is suspected, the arrears have been stolen. Zimbabwe has gone from barbarism to degeneration with only a small interval of civilization. The people mainly responsible for that civilizing interval were dumped when the British Government off-loaded it's Colonial responsibilities.
Most of the pensioners are British and are enraged by the silent acceptance of their stolen pensions. Many served in the British Forces in World War II, and their fathers fought in World War I. Many were encouraged by the British Government to go to Rhodesia and help in its post-war development. They then became victims of "The Winds of Change" and the blunders of inept or deceitful politicians.
Recently, the G8 countries cancelled $3.5 billion of African debt. Now they are discussing more billions to be given as aid. A fraction of this money would settle all Zimbabwe pension entitlements. Payment of pensions and arrears at the historic rate of Z$2 to one pound Sterling should be made a condition of any future aid procedures.
Many Zimbabwe pensioners are descendants of the Rhodesian Pioneers, who were heroes of Britain's Colonial Empire. They turned bushland into the breadbasket of Central Africa and made Rhodesia the Pearl of Africa. Now the breadbasket has become a basket-case, and these pensioners are surviving on handouts from charitable foundations.
Many pensioners cannot leave Zimbabwe; they are old and frail. Their monthly pensions (paid in Zimbabwe) will buy no more than a loaf of bread. They were born there, they have no other citizenship, their British stock is not recognized - they are dying. Please help them in any way you can.
To go to the petition site access: www.gopetition.com/region/222/7681.html
To go to the Blog site access: www.zim-pensions.blogspot.com
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LETTER FROM THE RHODES COMPLEX & MUSEUM
Most readers will recall that in April of this year the SC/ELC staged a return visit to the Rhodes Complex and Museum in Bishops Stortford, but were very disappointed with the number of concessions to "political correctness" which had been made at this Museum since the previous visit in 2000. As a result of a number of critical comments being placed in the "suggestion box" by the majority of those from the SC/ELC party, the following most encouraging letter has been received from the Museum Curator :-
"The new Cecil Rhodes Gallery was developed within the limits of the artefacts we have in our collection and the space available for display. We also had to consider how we could make this complicated story accessible to a wide variety of audiences. We have tried to develop a balanced approach to the story of Cecil Rhodes that will enable visitors to make up their own minds about Cecil Rhodes and his achievements. We offer factual information about both Cecil Rhodes and the political, economic and social climate of the time and hope that the information will encourage visitors to leave the galleries with a basic knowledge of the issues involved and a desire to learn more.
"With regard to the number of exhibits relating to Cecil Rhodes, there has not actually really been a reduction in space allocated to Cecil Rhodes, although as the museum is now much bigger this may seem to be the case. With regard [to] the bed and cradle, it was felt that the redevelopment was an opportunity to display other items in the Rhodes collection not previously seen. A reconstructed Victorian Drawing Room was therefore incorporated into the new design instead of the reconstructed bedroom. The bed that was on display did not actually belong to the Rhodes family but was purchased for the set dressing of the bedroom. The cradle is the original cradle in which Cecil Rhodes slept as a child and this is secure in out museum stores to be used in future displays.
"I hope this has helped to answer some of your concerns with regard [to] the new museum, but please do not hesitate to get in touch again if you have any further questions."
In view of this most friendly and helpful letter we would certainly encourage other supporters to visit the Rhodes Complex and Museum, and to voice similar polite concerns about the lack of space dedicated to honouring Bishops Stortford's most famous son.
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BBC SERIES ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE
The BBC are asking people whose families served in some capacity in the British Empire to send in their stories. These extremely interesting stories can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/empire/yourstories
The history of the British Empire is being narrated in 90 parts on radio at 3.45pm each day - it is called "This Sceptred Isle".
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CAN YOU HELP ?
Mike Graeme writes as follows :-
"I would like to know if anybody out there has a copy of the sermon 'The Deafening Silence' which was given at the memorial service for the
victims of one of the Viscount flights from Kariba to Salisbury shot down and the survivors murdered by terrorists - and the world said nothing. A CD recording will be ok as I am sure the owner of the original 7" single would not want to part with it and I don't have the record player."
If you can help Mike with such a recording please contact him direct at : ima-rhodie@blueyonder.co.uk
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AUSTRALIAN MONARCHIST LEAGUE'S LONDON CONFERENCE
The Australian Monarchist League will be staging a special conference at Skempton College in Kensington, London, over the weekend of 27th/29th October under the theme of "The Queen, the Realms and Europe".
This conference will commence with an Opening Dinner to be addressed by Lord Tebbit on Friday 27th October, the cost for which being £75.00 per head. The conference itself, at which inter alia Philip Benwell MBE, Philip Davies MP, Lindsay Jenkins and Baroness Knight of Collingtree will be speaking, will take place on Saturday and Sunday 28th/29th October, and will cost £100.00 per head.
For more information either write to : The Australian Monarchist League Conference, c/o The Royal Society of St.George, 127 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2BH, or e-mail : secretary@monarchist.org.au
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NEW AGRICAFRICA NEWSLETTER
AgricAfrica Ltd (UK) will shortly be publishing a newsletter during the next few weeks.
They would be most grateful for the details of any ex-Zimbabwean farmers that may be known, so if anyone knows any relevant contact details please e-mail them to : bob@agricafrica.com (and cc a copy to AgricAfrica Ltd (Harare) at : farmsale@mweb.co.zw ).
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LATEST FALKLANDS NEWS
Argentina’s Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana recently claimed that Britain had ignored the "successive calls (for negotiations) from international forums" adding that "UK unilateral actions" have estranged the possibilities of an agreement.
However a British Embassy spokesperson in Buenos Aires said that the UK position is well known: "We will not negotiate on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands unless and until the Islanders wish us to do so". Furthermore the UK is "awaiting Argentine proposals on a number of areas to improve things. We believe the way forward is to make bilateral agreements work to the benefit of all. The UK is only responsible for matters of defence and foreign policy. All other decisions are taken and financed by the democratically elected Falkland Islands Government". Equally important, it was added, "the UK believes in the principle of self-determination as set out in the Charter of the UN. To force this group of people to change their government against their will would be morally unacceptable".
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NEW BRITAIN MAGAZINE
The latest (July/August 2006) edition of New Britain's magazine is an excellent issue, drawing attention to the two main threats currently facing the UK - the EU and militant Islam. It further reminds people how they had forecast the increasing threat which the nation was facing from Moslem terrorism ten years ago, and had accurately stated that the job hadn't been finished during the first Gulf War.
New Britain's monthly magazine can be obtained price £6.00 for 6 issues or £12.00 for 12 issues (payments made to "New Britain") by writing to: New Britain, 10 College East, Gunthorpe Street, London E1 7RL.
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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).
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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"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 access the book at http://www.diadembooks.com/zimbabwe.htm
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ITEMS FOR SALE
The following Items are for Sale :-
Voortrekker Monument Pretoria Book price £ 6.00
King Solomon's Mines Book price £ 1.50
Bosbounavorsing Forestry Research First Day Cover Set price £ 3.00
1983 South West Africa Date Stamp Card price £ 4.00
Republic of Venda 1979 Independence First Day Cover Set price £ 5.00
1983 Republic of Ciskei Stamp Collection of the 6th Foot 1st Warwickshire Regiment price £ 4.00
State President's Guard Plaque, Lieutenant Grobler price £14.00
If interested contact Robert Shipley by e-mail at: mrrobertshipley1759@yahoo.co.uk, or by 'phone at: 07930-169718 (please add 20% for p&p if not collecting in person).
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.93 : Mr. ZISIS SIAPERAS of Greece
Zisis Siaperas of Greece contacted us with a very encouraging e-mail a few months ago, but alas all messages sent to his quoted e-mail address of zisras@hol.gr have been returned to us. Does anyone know his correct current e-mail address we therefore wonder?
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
In the August 2005 edition of the SCN we recommended the Flame Lily Foundation's web-site as our "Recommended Web-Site of the Month". Since then a special choral version of the Rhodesian National Anthem has been added. This can be accessed by going to:-
http://www.flamelily.ws
and then clicking on the Rhodesian flag.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DIS-GRACE MUGABE
Sir,
It is not surprising that Thabo Mbeki is in Britain negotiating a deal on behalf of Robert Mugabe in order that he has immunity from prosecution from human rights abuses in the past and the present. Now we know what Thabo Mbeki's means when he speaks of quiet diplomacy with Mugabe.
Least we not forget the ANC'S 100th anniversary in 2007 where Mugabe will no doubt be hailed as a hero in the so-called liberation struggle. Where freedom of speech, freedom of association and freedom of movement in Zimbabwe are monitored daily and crushed by the army, police and so-called war veterans. Where the media have been bombed and shut down by Mugabe, where the judiciary is politicised and belong to Mugabe's ZANU-PF regime. All in the name of freedom!
Tony Blair you are embarrassment and a disgrace. No wonder Britain is spiralling out of control. Mugabe and ZANU-PF have total control over the economy in Zimbabwe regardless of which political party forms a new government. Why not give a blank slate to all ZANU-PF members who have murdered, raped and robbed, for that in truth is how deep the mass human rights abuses are. Enter the IMF and the United Nations for Tony Blair's quiet diplomacy.
Yours etc.,
Albert Weidemann, Yorkshire, UK
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NEWS-SPEAK
Sir,
South African TV news, if it can any longer be called that, is now pretty grim. Black rules; the language is a sort of English, the accents are ghastly. To one who in his youth was a freelance radio man when SABC and BBC sounded identical, this is hard to bear. What SABC now presents as news is 99% local items of kaffir funerals, (often two in one broadcast) kaffirs being bashed up by brutal White cops (yes, there are still a few of these left) whilst indulging in almost daily strikes and demonstrations, and, as a welcome variation, SA Rugby Board meetings where those participating are, with very few exceptions, Black - although the actual players are almost without exception White. This fact has not escaped the attention of the Rugby Board, who have vowed to change the racial composition of South African Rugby, although this inevitably means the downgrading of play to the level of Bfana Bfana (and God knows, you cannot get much lower than that!) The only "must" in the sports administrators' minds is that the players "must" be Black, irrespective of results. However, all this could be borne by those with TV, because on TV3, known to my amusement as "the English programme" we had real genuine BBC News and Sky News from 06:00 to 07:30 every morning - until the 1st June. 0n this day the voice of democracy was no longer heard on TV3.
Yours etc.,
Richard Deane, Cape Town
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NOTES FROM THE DARK CONTINENT
Sir,
The cost of living is sky rocketing so fast that it is impossible to imagine what is like. They have just brought out a $100,000 note which will only buy a half a loaf of bread. Here you are classified as a multi-millionaire if you own a car and a multi-trillionaire if you own your own house. To go shopping we have these special bags for carrying our money around in and nobody tries to rip you off because it is not worth it. The power cuts are getting worse and worse, we are having two a day 06:30 until 11:00, and again 17:45 until about 21:30.
Yours etc.,
Anon (requested for security reasons), Zimbabwe
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DIVINE PRAISE
Sir,
We just had your June newsletter; excellent as usual. Keep up the good work. God loves you and so do we!
Yours etc.,
Ronnie Anderson, New Zealand
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IT'S THAT WOMAN AGAIN
In the December 2005 edition of the SCN we recounted the problems which we had encountered from an ex-South African named Deirdre Fields, now based in the United States, who had been inundating us with unsolicited anti-Semitic postings.
A friend has subsequently forwarded us a copy of an "interview" which this same Deirdre Fields gave to an American organisation called "National Vanguard" recently. In places this seems somewhat like "educating the under-eights" (in one section the interviewer states "Afrikaans, the language of many of the White South Africans, correct?" - no, we're not making this up!). More sickly, however, Mrs. Fields blames all of South Africa's woes - past and present - onto "the Jews", and even more paranoiacally attacks British South Africans in much the same way (forget all about the sell-out NP politicians!). In so doing Mrs. Fields neglects to mention one important fact however, namely that she herself is half-British - her mother being a British South African named Stephanie Hawkins! As we've mentioned before, her uncle, the late, great Tom Hawkins, was a strong supporter of the Durban-based Patriotic Forum (the predecessor of today's Springbok Club) and of S.A.Patriot magazine, and was intensely proud of his service record fighting against the scourge of Nazism during WWII. No doubt he would now be spinning in his grave if he was to hear all the anti-Semitic and anti-British poison which his niece is now spewing out!
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August 2006 edition
As could have been predicted upon the fall of South Africa in the early 1990s, Israel became the next major target for international terrorists and their Leftist multi-culturalist fellow-travellers.
We predicted in 2000 that the decision of Ehud Barak's then Labour government of Israel to pull-out from southern Lebanon and to stab the Christian South Lebanon Army in the back was a cowardly sell-out, which could only result in severe long-term security dangers for the Israeli people. Likewise the betrayal of the Israeli settlers in the Gaza Strip by the government of the allegedly "hawkish" Ariel Sharon was yet another act of appeasement which all but the most myopic could have seen would only encourage the Hamas Islamic terrorists.
The parallels with the betrayals by the treacherous NP governments of South Africa towards the end of the last century are incredible. John Vorster thought that by selling-out Rhodesia in the 1970s he could protect South Africa - but evidently he had never heard that "Once you pay the Danegeld you'll never get rid of the Dane". Likewise the allegedly "hawkish" P.W.Botha was prepared to surrender SWA to the SWAPO terrorists in order to buy-off the international Leftist onslaught against South Africa itself - equally with exactly the opposite outcome.
Here, however, the parallel ends. Although P.W.Botha was succeeded by the ultimate of traitors in F.W.de Klerk, Sharon was succeeded by a man who surprisingly proved to have a bit of a backbone - Ehud Olmert. Olmert may never have been a military man, and many of his tactics may have proved ham-fisted and blundering, but once Israeli soldiers were kidnapped by the vile Hizbollah terrorists and their rockets started to rain down upon northern Israeli towns (as we predicted in 2000!) he at least had the courage to stand up and fight the terrorist evil, rather than meekly surrendering like the scumbag de Klerk.
Israel's military offensive against the Hizbollah Islamic-fascists has been regarded by some as being "disproportionate". Certainly there have been several strategic blunders by the IDF, and we must all mourn the loss of all innocent civilian life, but when the very future existence of a nation is at stake then surely any form of resistance is acceptable. If only South Africa could have had an Ehud Olmert in 1990!
This movement has no direct interest in Israel, and none of our leading members have any Jewish blood in their veins, but there are those of us who will NEVER forget how Israel proved South Africa's best overseas friend during the final days of civilised rule, and those of us with longer memories will also recall how Israel bravely stood side-by-side with Britain and France during the Suez War of 1956 - when the West was facing the prototype Islamic-fascist leader in Gamal Abdel Nasser.
The Israelis (along with the Serbs) are currently fighting on the West's frontline against aggressive Islamic expansionism which threatens us all. Their fight is therefore our fight. Victory to the IDF!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC RHODES & FOUNDERS CELEBRATION BUFFET
The Springbok Club/ELC held a most successful event to celebrate Rhodes & Founders Day last month, when the guest of honour was Group Captain Peter Petter-Bowyer, the Chairman/Secretary of the Rhodesian Air Force Association. In a most enlightening and extremely well-received talk Group Captain Petter-Bowyer recounted many of his operational experiences within the Rhodesian Air Force, and detailed how they had been able to overcome international sanctions by developing their own weaponry which had proved extremely effective during the counter-terrorist campaign. He also emphasised how Rhodesia had never been defeated on the battlefield, and why the handover to the terrorists was not inevitable.
The turnout at this function was encouragingly high, and a number of attendees commented afterwards about how they regarded Group Captain Petter-Bowyer's talk as one of the most enthralling which they had ever listened to. The meeting itself was followed by a truly sumptuous buffet, and without doubt this event will prove to be the first of from now onwards annual Rhodes & Founders celebrations by the SC/ELC.
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AUGUST SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENT
On Sunday 20th August the SC/ELC will be partaking in a "Sherlock Holmes" walking tour organised by "London Horror Tours". All those wishing to participate in this walking tour should assemble outside the Sherlock Holmes Shop in Baker Street (turn right into Baker Street from Baker Street Underground Station, then walk for 5 to 10 minutes until reaching the Sherlock Holmes Shop opposite the Sherlock Holmes Museum) from 13.45 hrs to 14.00 hrs. A special discount price of only £5.00 per head has been arranged for all SC/ELC supporters who join this tour. After this event an informal reception will be held at "The Volunteer" pub next to the Sherlock Holmes Museum, at which a visiting Australian guest and long-standing supporter of the movement, Mr Richard "Jock" Spooner, will be present. Mr. Spooner was formerly an active member of the National Party of the UK (which can be viewed as the ideological predecessor of today's UKIP) before emigrating to Australia during the late 1970s, and will be able to recount first-hand information about the current situation in Australia from a patriotic perspective.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC ACTIVITIES
Arrangements for the SC/ELC's September meeting are still being finalised, and will be detailed in next month's edition of the SCN.
In October the Empire Loyalist Club anticipates welcoming the wife of a leading Falklands War naval commander as special guest speaker at an event to celebrate Trafalgar Day.
In November the Springbok Club hopes to welcome a leading member of the Rhodesian Pioneer Club as guest of honour for the organisation's annual UDI Day celebrations.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
The London Branch of the SC/ELC is now organising regular monthly get-togethers on the last Friday of each month in central London. For more details please e-mail: springbok@falklands.org
Both the Kent and Hampshire branches of the SC/ELC are anticipating staging informal gatherings during the next few months. Any supporter from either Kent or Hampshire who would like to become actively involved should e-mail: springbok@falklands.org
The Northern Ireland Branch of the SC/ELC will be holding a special meeting on Saturday 30th September in Co.Antrim, at which the guest speaker will be Mr Alan Harvey, the current Organiser/Secretary of the SC/ELC. The theme of Mr Harvey's address will be "The similarities and differences between the Ulster and Southern African struggles". For more details please e-mail: nispringbokclub@hotmail.com
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 15th August 2006
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Counting House (the upstairs Function Room), 50 Cornhill, London EC3 (exit 5 from Bank Tube Station)
Guest Speaker : Mr. Stuart Notholt, the Vice-Chairman of the Campaign for an Independent Britain.
London-born Stuart Notholt runs his own very successful communications business, and has just returned from a business trip to Uganda, and will be telling something of his experiences of the current conditions in this former British colony. A lifelong Eurosceptic and former member of the Executive Committee of the Monday Club, the main title of his talk at this meeting will be "Why Brussels is preventing Britain from being Great".
(We have recently learnt that Mr. Tony Waller, who of course caused great problems and embarrassment for the Springbok Club during early 2005 when he visited New Zealand yet failed to make contact with either fraternal organisation as arranged whilst there, has now resigned from the London Swinton Circle. This evidently follows a totally unrelated dispute with another leader member of the LSC concerning a further failure to fulfil a promise.)
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HELP STOP JAPANESE WHALE KILLINGS
Japan has been killing whales through a loophole in the global agreement that permits killing in the name of "scientific research." While legitimate scientists agree that there's no need to kill whales in order to study them, the killing of whales for "science" in Japan is really a commercial hunt in disguise.
Japanese whalers have been selling meat from their "research" to supermarkets, gourmet restaurants, even fast-food chains and school cafeterias. Now Japan is increasing the slaughter, doubling the number of whales to be killed in an international marine mammal sanctuary.
Unless they are stopped now Japan will launch a return to full-scale industrial whaling, the last of which once drove whales to the brink of extinction. Only the tremendous resources and clout of the United States has a chance to stop Japan from destroying the world's whales.
Sign the petition asking President Bush to oppose Japan's bid for permanent membership to the United Nations Security Council until they comply with international laws protecting whales by going to : http://go.care2.com/e/k3Q/La/IrhL
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THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
The Right Perspective is an excellent new broadsheet published by a group of patriotic students opposed to the dominance of the leftist-liberal media in Britain. To obtain a copy e-mail : tory_taylor@hotmail.co.uk
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ZIMBABWE/RHODESIAN PENSION ENTITLEMENTS
For several years Zimbabwe/Rhodesian pensions have been withheld, and, it is suspected, the arrears have been stolen. Zimbabwe has gone from barbarism to degeneration with only a small interval of civilization. The people mainly responsible for that civilizing interval were dumped when the British Government off-loaded it's Colonial responsibilities.
Most of the pensioners are British and are enraged by the silent acceptance of their stolen pensions. Many served in the British Forces in World War II, and their fathers fought in World War I. Many were encouraged by the British Government to go to Rhodesia and help in its post-war development. They then became victims of "The Winds of Change" and the blunders of inept or deceitful politicians.
Recently, the G8 countries cancelled $3.5 billion of African debt. Now they are discussing more billions to be given as aid. A fraction of this money would settle all Zimbabwe pension entitlements. Payment of pensions and arrears at the historic rate of Z$2 to one pound Sterling should be made a condition of any future aid procedures.
Many Zimbabwe pensioners are descendants of the Rhodesian Pioneers, who were heroes of Britain's Colonial Empire. They turned bushland into the breadbasket of Central Africa and made Rhodesia the Pearl of Africa. Now the breadbasket has become a basket-case, and these pensioners are surviving on handouts from charitable foundations.
Many pensioners cannot leave Zimbabwe; they are old and frail. Their monthly pensions (paid in Zimbabwe) will buy no more than a loaf of bread. They were born there, they have no other citizenship, their British stock is not recognized - they are dying. Please help them in any way you can.
To go to the petition site access: www.gopetition.com/region/222/7681.html
To go to the Blog site access: www.zim-pensions.blogspot.com
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LETTER FROM THE RHODES COMPLEX & MUSEUM
Most readers will recall that in April of this year the SC/ELC staged a return visit to the Rhodes Complex and Museum in Bishops Stortford, but were very disappointed with the number of concessions to "political correctness" which had been made at this Museum since the previous visit in 2000. As a result of a number of critical comments being placed in the "suggestion box" by the majority of those from the SC/ELC party, the following most encouraging letter has been received from the Museum Curator :-
"The new Cecil Rhodes Gallery was developed within the limits of the artefacts we have in our collection and the space available for display. We also had to consider how we could make this complicated story accessible to a wide variety of audiences. We have tried to develop a balanced approach to the story of Cecil Rhodes that will enable visitors to make up their own minds about Cecil Rhodes and his achievements. We offer factual information about both Cecil Rhodes and the political, economic and social climate of the time and hope that the information will encourage visitors to leave the galleries with a basic knowledge of the issues involved and a desire to learn more.
"With regard to the number of exhibits relating to Cecil Rhodes, there has not actually really been a reduction in space allocated to Cecil Rhodes, although as the museum is now much bigger this may seem to be the case. With regard [to] the bed and cradle, it was felt that the redevelopment was an opportunity to display other items in the Rhodes collection not previously seen. A reconstructed Victorian Drawing Room was therefore incorporated into the new design instead of the reconstructed bedroom. The bed that was on display did not actually belong to the Rhodes family but was purchased for the set dressing of the bedroom. The cradle is the original cradle in which Cecil Rhodes slept as a child and this is secure in out museum stores to be used in future displays.
"I hope this has helped to answer some of your concerns with regard [to] the new museum, but please do not hesitate to get in touch again if you have any further questions."
In view of this most friendly and helpful letter we would certainly encourage other supporters to visit the Rhodes Complex and Museum, and to voice similar polite concerns about the lack of space dedicated to honouring Bishops Stortford's most famous son.
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BBC SERIES ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE
The BBC are asking people whose families served in some capacity in the British Empire to send in their stories. These extremely interesting stories can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/empire/yourstories
The history of the British Empire is being narrated in 90 parts on radio at 3.45pm each day - it is called "This Sceptred Isle".
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CAN YOU HELP ?
Mike Graeme writes as follows :-
"I would like to know if anybody out there has a copy of the sermon 'The Deafening Silence' which was given at the memorial service for the
victims of one of the Viscount flights from Kariba to Salisbury shot down and the survivors murdered by terrorists - and the world said nothing. A CD recording will be ok as I am sure the owner of the original 7" single would not want to part with it and I don't have the record player."
If you can help Mike with such a recording please contact him direct at : ima-rhodie@blueyonder.co.uk
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AUSTRALIAN MONARCHIST LEAGUE'S LONDON CONFERENCE
The Australian Monarchist League will be staging a special conference at Skempton College in Kensington, London, over the weekend of 27th/29th October under the theme of "The Queen, the Realms and Europe".
This conference will commence with an Opening Dinner to be addressed by Lord Tebbit on Friday 27th October, the cost for which being £75.00 per head. The conference itself, at which inter alia Philip Benwell MBE, Philip Davies MP, Lindsay Jenkins and Baroness Knight of Collingtree will be speaking, will take place on Saturday and Sunday 28th/29th October, and will cost £100.00 per head.
For more information either write to : The Australian Monarchist League Conference, c/o The Royal Society of St.George, 127 Sandgate Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2BH, or e-mail : secretary@monarchist.org.au
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NEW AGRICAFRICA NEWSLETTER
AgricAfrica Ltd (UK) will shortly be publishing a newsletter during the next few weeks.
They would be most grateful for the details of any ex-Zimbabwean farmers that may be known, so if anyone knows any relevant contact details please e-mail them to : bob@agricafrica.com (and cc a copy to AgricAfrica Ltd (Harare) at : farmsale@mweb.co.zw ).
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LATEST FALKLANDS NEWS
Argentina’s Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana recently claimed that Britain had ignored the "successive calls (for negotiations) from international forums" adding that "UK unilateral actions" have estranged the possibilities of an agreement.
However a British Embassy spokesperson in Buenos Aires said that the UK position is well known: "We will not negotiate on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands unless and until the Islanders wish us to do so". Furthermore the UK is "awaiting Argentine proposals on a number of areas to improve things. We believe the way forward is to make bilateral agreements work to the benefit of all. The UK is only responsible for matters of defence and foreign policy. All other decisions are taken and financed by the democratically elected Falkland Islands Government". Equally important, it was added, "the UK believes in the principle of self-determination as set out in the Charter of the UN. To force this group of people to change their government against their will would be morally unacceptable".
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NEW BRITAIN MAGAZINE
The latest (July/August 2006) edition of New Britain's magazine is an excellent issue, drawing attention to the two main threats currently facing the UK - the EU and militant Islam. It further reminds people how they had forecast the increasing threat which the nation was facing from Moslem terrorism ten years ago, and had accurately stated that the job hadn't been finished during the first Gulf War.
New Britain's monthly magazine can be obtained price £6.00 for 6 issues or £12.00 for 12 issues (payments made to "New Britain") by writing to: New Britain, 10 College East, Gunthorpe Street, London E1 7RL.
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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).
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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"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 access the book at http://www.diadembooks.com/zimbabwe.htm
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There are 5 types, Traditional, Garlic, Pepper, Hot & Spicy and Ostrich.
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ITEMS FOR SALE
The following Items are for Sale :-
Voortrekker Monument Pretoria Book price £ 6.00
King Solomon's Mines Book price £ 1.50
Bosbounavorsing Forestry Research First Day Cover Set price £ 3.00
1983 South West Africa Date Stamp Card price £ 4.00
Republic of Venda 1979 Independence First Day Cover Set price £ 5.00
1983 Republic of Ciskei Stamp Collection of the 6th Foot 1st Warwickshire Regiment price £ 4.00
State President's Guard Plaque, Lieutenant Grobler price £14.00
If interested contact Robert Shipley by e-mail at: mrrobertshipley1759@yahoo.co.uk, or by 'phone at: 07930-169718 (please add 20% for p&p if not collecting in person).
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.93 : Mr. ZISIS SIAPERAS of Greece
Zisis Siaperas of Greece contacted us with a very encouraging e-mail a few months ago, but alas all messages sent to his quoted e-mail address of zisras@hol.gr have been returned to us. Does anyone know his correct current e-mail address we therefore wonder?
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
In the August 2005 edition of the SCN we recommended the Flame Lily Foundation's web-site as our "Recommended Web-Site of the Month". Since then a special choral version of the Rhodesian National Anthem has been added. This can be accessed by going to:-
http://www.flamelily.ws
and then clicking on the Rhodesian flag.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DIS-GRACE MUGABE
Sir,
It is not surprising that Thabo Mbeki is in Britain negotiating a deal on behalf of Robert Mugabe in order that he has immunity from prosecution from human rights abuses in the past and the present. Now we know what Thabo Mbeki's means when he speaks of quiet diplomacy with Mugabe.
Least we not forget the ANC'S 100th anniversary in 2007 where Mugabe will no doubt be hailed as a hero in the so-called liberation struggle. Where freedom of speech, freedom of association and freedom of movement in Zimbabwe are monitored daily and crushed by the army, police and so-called war veterans. Where the media have been bombed and shut down by Mugabe, where the judiciary is politicised and belong to Mugabe's ZANU-PF regime. All in the name of freedom!
Tony Blair you are embarrassment and a disgrace. No wonder Britain is spiralling out of control. Mugabe and ZANU-PF have total control over the economy in Zimbabwe regardless of which political party forms a new government. Why not give a blank slate to all ZANU-PF members who have murdered, raped and robbed, for that in truth is how deep the mass human rights abuses are. Enter the IMF and the United Nations for Tony Blair's quiet diplomacy.
Yours etc.,
Albert Weidemann, Yorkshire, UK
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NEWS-SPEAK
Sir,
South African TV news, if it can any longer be called that, is now pretty grim. Black rules; the language is a sort of English, the accents are ghastly. To one who in his youth was a freelance radio man when SABC and BBC sounded identical, this is hard to bear. What SABC now presents as news is 99% local items of kaffir funerals, (often two in one broadcast) kaffirs being bashed up by brutal White cops (yes, there are still a few of these left) whilst indulging in almost daily strikes and demonstrations, and, as a welcome variation, SA Rugby Board meetings where those participating are, with very few exceptions, Black - although the actual players are almost without exception White. This fact has not escaped the attention of the Rugby Board, who have vowed to change the racial composition of South African Rugby, although this inevitably means the downgrading of play to the level of Bfana Bfana (and God knows, you cannot get much lower than that!) The only "must" in the sports administrators' minds is that the players "must" be Black, irrespective of results. However, all this could be borne by those with TV, because on TV3, known to my amusement as "the English programme" we had real genuine BBC News and Sky News from 06:00 to 07:30 every morning - until the 1st June. 0n this day the voice of democracy was no longer heard on TV3.
Yours etc.,
Richard Deane, Cape Town
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NOTES FROM THE DARK CONTINENT
Sir,
The cost of living is sky rocketing so fast that it is impossible to imagine what is like. They have just brought out a $100,000 note which will only buy a half a loaf of bread. Here you are classified as a multi-millionaire if you own a car and a multi-trillionaire if you own your own house. To go shopping we have these special bags for carrying our money around in and nobody tries to rip you off because it is not worth it. The power cuts are getting worse and worse, we are having two a day 06:30 until 11:00, and again 17:45 until about 21:30.
Yours etc.,
Anon (requested for security reasons), Zimbabwe
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DIVINE PRAISE
Sir,
We just had your June newsletter; excellent as usual. Keep up the good work. God loves you and so do we!
Yours etc.,
Ronnie Anderson, New Zealand
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IT'S THAT WOMAN AGAIN
In the December 2005 edition of the SCN we recounted the problems which we had encountered from an ex-South African named Deirdre Fields, now based in the United States, who had been inundating us with unsolicited anti-Semitic postings.
A friend has subsequently forwarded us a copy of an "interview" which this same Deirdre Fields gave to an American organisation called "National Vanguard" recently. In places this seems somewhat like "educating the under-eights" (in one section the interviewer states "Afrikaans, the language of many of the White South Africans, correct?" - no, we're not making this up!). More sickly, however, Mrs. Fields blames all of South Africa's woes - past and present - onto "the Jews", and even more paranoiacally attacks British South Africans in much the same way (forget all about the sell-out NP politicians!). In so doing Mrs. Fields neglects to mention one important fact however, namely that she herself is half-British - her mother being a British South African named Stephanie Hawkins! As we've mentioned before, her uncle, the late, great Tom Hawkins, was a strong supporter of the Durban-based Patriotic Forum (the predecessor of today's Springbok Club) and of S.A.Patriot magazine, and was intensely proud of his service record fighting against the scourge of Nazism during WWII. No doubt he would now be spinning in his grave if he was to hear all the anti-Semitic and anti-British poison which his niece is now spewing out!
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Sunday, 23 July 2006
July 2006 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
July 2006 edition
As could be expected, this year's soccer World Cup finals progressed with ultra-smooth German efficiency, with seemingly only Zidane's infamous head-butt casting a shadow over an otherwise expertly organised tournament.
But what of 2010?
Throughout this year's competition the German press has been full of articles expressing grave doubts about South Africa's ability to stage such a vast international tournament in only four year's time. Planned stadiums haven't even been begun, and other vital forms of infrastructure and communications are currently non-existent (there have even been suggestions that competing teams should be housed within Black townships!). German authorities have apparently already stated that they are prepared to "step into the breach" to stage the tournament again in 2010, and evidently both the United States and Australia have also expressed interest in becoming last-minute hosts in four years time.
The German reports haven't told half the story however. In the decade and a half since the National Party sold-out and surrendered the country, South Africa has been transformed from an advanced first-world nation to a third-world basket-case. South Africa is universally accepted as being the crime capital of the world, and has the planet's highest rate of AIDS infection. The new South African police service is totally corrupt and in many areas law and order has broken down completely. The national economy is collapsing, with companies relocating overseas and power-cuts now the norm in the larger urban areas. Administration and infrastructure have declined to other Black African levels, with unrepaired pot-holed roads meaning that driving is a highly dangerous business even without the constant threat of being hi-jacked! To continue contemplating holding the next World Cup finals in such a disintegrating society is nothing short of madness.
Alas, however, there seems little chance of FIFA averting a cataclysmic disaster by re-locating the venue of the 2010 finals. FIFA President Sepp Blatter has too much at stake - both reputation-wise and financial - to agree to the moving of the tournament away from South Africa. Other FIFA officials must therefore try to seize the initiative by demanding that the 2010 finals be moved elsewhere, for if they don't then there is bound to be a catastrophe of international proportions, with the very lives of players, officials, media representatives and those visiting supporters foolhardy enough to make the trip being in grave danger.
The 2006 Finals produced one little-reported encouraging development however. At matches involving Iran there were massive protests by those opposed to the current evil Ahmadinejad-regime in Iran. These demonstrators were proudly waving masses of the former Iranian flag from the days of the Shah. They didn't just want to be rid of Ahmadinejad therefore - they wanted to be rid of the entire Islamic ogre and for Iran to return to the Western fold. There have been those who have criticised us for our attachment to the real South African flag, but these Iranian patriots have demonstrated that it is not only us who wish to return to an earlier, better and more civilised form of government. We wish them well.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/EMPIRE LOYALIST CLUB JUNE MEETING
The Springbok Club/ELC staged a most pleasant and interesting meeting in June which was addressed by Mr James Lewis, a good friend of the organisation and an acclaimed and award-winning travel-writer. Mr Lewis gave a most informative account of his 25-year professional experiences of world travel, especially in relation to South Africa and Poland, and explained how Communist attempts to eradicate nation-states and national identity were being attempted far more frighteningly by the EU bureaucracy than was ever the case in Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC RHODES & FOUNDERS CELEBRATION BUFFET
The Springbok Club/ELC will be staging the first of what are planned to be annual Rhodes & Founders Day celebrations later this month, the details of which are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 29th July 2006
Times : Assemble from 14.30 hrs onwards, main activities to start approx. 15.30 hrs.
Venue : THE CLARENCE (the upstairs function room), 4 Dover Street, Mayfair, London W1 (just off Piccadilly opposite the Ritz Hotel - nearest tube station: Green Park).
Guest of Honour : Group Captain PETER PETTER-BOWYER
Peter Petter-Bowyer was born in Rhodesia, and now lives in Norfolk. He is Chairman and Secretary of the Rhodesian Air Force Association in the UK, and generally manages the organisation. "PB", as he is best known, commenced his flying career with the Royal Rhodesian Air Force in 1957. He served as an operational pilot on a variety of piston-engined aircraft, jets, fighter-bombers and helicopters. Operationally involved throughout 13 years of Rhodesia's counter-insurgency war, "PB" was instrumental in developing a number of successful anti-terrorist techniques, including visual reconnaissance that accounted for many of the enemy's numbers. He was also the leading light in saving his country huge amounts in precious foreign currency by developing a range of Rhodesian-manufactured air weapons systems that were much better suited to both bush-warfare and the available strike aircraft than most imported weapons. As Director of Operations at Combined Operations Headquarters with the rank of Group Captain, "PB" was appointed Rhodesia's Cease-fire Commissioner to work directly with the command elements of the British-led Commonwealth Monitoring Force. Following the 1980 victory of ZANU-PF at the polls and the installation of Mugabe as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, "PB" took immediate early retirement.
A sumptuous array of buffet snacks will be provided at this event, and the cost will be £8.00 per head for Full Members of the Springbok Club/ELC, £10.00 per head for Associate Members, and £12.00 per head for non-members. Although there is no necessity for pre-booking, it would help to gauge numbers if all those intending to attend could inform us in advance by 'phoning 07711-188430.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/EMPIRE LOYALIST CLUB ACTIVITIES
During the afternoon of Saturday 19th August (at 14.00 hrs) the SC/ELC will be partaking in a "Sherlock Holmes" walking tour organised by "London Horror Tours". After this event an informal reception will be held in a near-by central London pub at which a visiting Australian patriot and long-standing supporter of the movement, Mr Richard "Jock" Spooner, will be the special guest. Fuller details will be given in next month's SCN.
In September the SC/ELC is planning a special meeting at which it is hoped to welcome a leading internationally-renowned economist as guest speaker. Again fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/EMPIRE LOYALIST CLUB BRANCH NEWS
Last month the London Branch of the SC/ELC held the first of what are hoped to be regular informal get-togethers in central London. Unfortunately problems were evidently encountered in obtaining admission by a number of would-be attendees as a result of the venue being a private members' club and not all staff-members being aware of the event. Hopefully this problem has now been sorted out for the future, but the branch would like to apologise to anybody who may have experienced difficulties along these lines last month. For more information about future branch gatherings please e-mail londonbranch@springbokclub.co.uk
Alas a recent attempted gathering by the Chilterns Branch of the SC/ELC turned out to be a sad disaster, with practically nobody turning up. The reason for this was undoubtedly because the erstwhile organiser of this branch, Mr David Williams, has been suffering from increasing bad health, and as a result was not able to circulate invitations to supporters in the region. Mr Williams has subsequently requested to stand-down as organiser of the branch, so we wonder therefore whether any other supporter in the Chilterns area (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire) would be prepared to take over this position? If so please e-mail springbok@falklands.org
The Hampshire Branch of the SC/ELC will be re-launched with a social get-together later during the summer in the Petersfield area. Any supporter in the Hampshire area who would like to become actively involved should e-mail: springbok@falklands.org
The Northern Ireland Branch of the SC/ELC will be holding a special meeting on Saturday 30th September in Co.Antrim, at which the guest speaker will be Mr Alan Harvey, the current Organiser/Secretary of the SC/ELC. The theme of Mr Harvey's address will be "The similarities and differences between the Ulster and Southern African struggles".
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle staged two most important, well-attended and highly successful meetings during the last month.
At the first the guest speaker was Mrs Jillian Becker, the well-known author, journalist and expert on counter-terrorism, who spoke on the subject of "Two ways of waging Jihad". Mrs Becker gave a dramatic and masterful overview of the current threats posed to the West by both "hard" and "soft" Islamic Jihad, and also emphasised why it was therefore so important that the Western powers intervened militarily in the Middle East.
The second event, which was the organisation's annual summer buffet, was addressed by Mr Douglas Carswell MP, the Conservative MP for Harwich. One of the most articulate and forward-thinking members of the latest batch of Conservative MPs, Mr Carswell made no bones about the fact that he favoured complete withdrawal from the EU, and also argued strongly in favour of more direct local democracy throughout the UK.
Alas there were problems caused at both meetings by a couple of unsavoury individuals (who we believe not to be members of the LSC) who asked highly offensive questions in opposition to the War Against Terrorism (which furthermore were most insulting to the expert guest speakers), and who at best seemed to advocate appeasement of Islamic expansionism, and at worse downright support for it! These sinister characters would appear therefore to be diametrically opposed to the patriotic ideals upon which the LSC is based, so we therefore call for them to be barred from attending future LSC activities.
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PETITION OPPOSING THE NON-ALLOCATION OF S.A. LOTTO FUNDS TO THE S.P.C.A.
A few weeks ago we re-circulated a petition which we had received from a supporter which claimed that a number of SPCA branches in South Africa were facing closure, and that the South African National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund were refusing to allocate the charity any funds. This resulted in a quite dramatic reaction, as several other supporters contacted us (as well as a representative from the SANLDTF itself!) stating that the petition was a "hoax" which had evidently been doing the rounds for several years. We therefore decided to investigate the matter further, yet in spite of e-mailing the apparent instigator of the petition, Chanel Rowan, twice we alas received no response from her whatsoever. We can therefore only come to the conclusion that this petition was indeed a hoax, initiated by forces unknown for reasons that can only be speculated upon. Certainly the petition bore all the characteristics of authenticity, and its contents totally tied-in with the known collapse of infrastructure in the "new" South Africa. Any further information regarding the origins of this petition would therefore be most gratefully received, but in the meantime we would advise everyone to cease re-circulation.
Be this as it may, we also received the following most disturbing message from Louise Joubert of the SANWILD organisation :-
"Maybe you would also consider asking your readers not just to support the SPCA financially but also ask them to write to them re the actions of their wildlife unit (NSPCA) who monitored the removal of 6 young elephants from their breeding herds for elephant backed safari training in Limpopo Province [Far Northern Transvaal}. This is not okay and in my opinion; they (the NSPCA) should have condemned it."
Regardless of the authenticity of the petition, it would therefore seem that all is not well with the South African SPCA.
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THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
The Right Perspective is an excellent new broadsheet published by a group of patriotic students opposed to the dominance of the leftist-liberal media in Britain. To obtain a copy e-mail : tory_taylor@hotmail.co.uk
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ZIMBABWE/RHODESIAN PENSION ENTITLEMENTS
The petition organised by Raymond Billington drawing attention to the plight of Zimbabwe/Rhodesian pensioners was delivered to the British Minister of State on the 30th June 2006. Some 2000 signatures were on it.
From now until the matter has been satisfactorily resolved all supporters are encouraged to visit the recently established Blog Page at : www.zim-pensions.blogspot.com to comment upon the distress and suffering being endured by many Zimbabwe/Rhodesian pensioners and their families. Comments will provide material for the weekly Blog summary and analysis.
The Blog Page is available to bloggers worldwide. If you want their support, make your comments. Keep them brief, to the point, but significant and effective to arouse the sympathetic support needed.
Please encourage all and sundry to visit this page. It is a forum which could become a court of public opinion. Anyone with a computer can log in, comment, exchange viewpoints, or offer support.
Supporters are reminded that petitioning is for pension payment at the historic rate of Zim$2.00 to £1.00, as recorded in the British House of Lords debate in 2001.
To post comments on the blog site:-
First access www.zim-pensions.blogspot.com - once the site has opened click on "Comments" (found next to the small white square envelope with a black arrow and yellow pencil symbol). Then a new panel will be revealed entitled "Leave Your Comments" with a flashing cursor ready for your message. When you have completed your typed message click on "Publish Your Comment" in the rectangular blue box at the bottom of the page. Finally, to view your posted comments on the update page, click on "Comments found from the Petition", which is located in the column with the hand-symbol towards the bottom of the screen.
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AWARD FOR JILL BAKER
We would like to add our congratulations to Jill Lambert (probably better known as Jill Baker from her RTV days) who has recently been awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to Zimbabwe/Rhodesian immigrants to Australia. Jill of course visited the UK in 2001 in order to promote her book "Beloved African" when she spoke at a Springbok Club meeting. She impressed us greatly as a sincere and genuine woman dedicated to an ending of the suffering of the Zimbabwe/Rhodesian people. Rarely can an award have been more richly deserved.
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CAN YOU HELP ?
"Vellies", the publishers of "Southern Cross Africa News", have recently contacted us as follows :-
"Sorry to bother you, but we're writing this in the hope that you MIGHT be able to help. There was an American, 'KD' Clark, who served with us in northern South West Africa in the eighties as a Sergeant. His sister is looking for him as his dad has died, and they would like to know where they can reach him."
If anyone can help "Vellies" in this regard please contact them direct at : velskoen@mweb.co.za
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Claudia Ehrhardt from Mannheim in Germany writes as follows:-
"Today I write to you because I have a request hoping you can help me. A comrade of mine, 24 years, wants to go to South Africa for some time doing a safety job, for example guarding of farms. He is highly motivated and I think in today's situation there must be a lot of farmers who need someone doing this job. Some years ago I was in South Africa making the military South African parachute wings, but unfortunately I have no contacts in South Africa, Maybe you know a possibility, what we can do. I would be very glad to hear from you."
If you can help Claudia's comrade in any way please e-mail her at: CEhrh1957@aol.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).
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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"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.
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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.
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"CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM & BRITISH POLITICS" by Dr Alan C Clifford
A lecture given to the Campaign for UK Conservatism Conference on "Conservatism, Europe, and the future of the Conservative Party" at Oxford Brookes University on 26 November 2005.
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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 access the book at http://www.diadembooks.com/zimbabwe.htm
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ITEMS FOR SALE
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Bosbounavorsing Forestry Research First Day Cover Set price £ 3.00
1983 South West Africa Date Stamp Card price £ 4.00
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1983 Republic of Ciskei Stamp Collection of the 6th Foot 1st Warwickshire Regiment price £ 4.00
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.92 : Mr. FRANCOIS DE WITT
Francois de Witt was an English and sports teacher at Garsfontein school in Pretoria. A friend is very keen to learn what has happened to him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
Jill Baker/Lambert, whose Australian award we detailed above, runs her own impressive web-site advertising her biography about her father, "Beloved African", which can be accessed at :-
http://www.belovedafrican.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
IMPERIAL PREFERENCE
Sir,
An excellent lead article in the April edition of the SCN.
Yours etc.,
Allan Robertson, Chairman/Treasurer, the Springbok Club/ELC
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MADNESS TAKES ITS TOLL
Sir,
When I lived in Rhodesia the South African Rand was worth 0.86 Rhodesian Dollars and the British Pound was worth 1.87 South African Rands - and this was under the "illegal rebel regime" which created illegal employment for thousands of "oppressed blacks"!
For centuries Britain won hundreds of battles against the various European nations, but lost the war and invited them in to run this once
brave land. Then to top it all the British handed back the colonies to their "rightful" owners, and promptly invited them to join us here on our little piece of home.
Enoch I hope you are not spinning in your grave, echoes of I told you so.
Yours etc.,
M.H.G., Sussex, U.K.
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NUMBERS GAME
Sir,
Have you ever wondered how the audience in TV programmes are arranged particularly if it concerns the questioning of immigrants into Australia?
Audiences are usually well stacked giving the appearance that the ratio of ethnics to Australians in this country is in reverse to actual fact, and are given the most say.
I have been to a number of these interviews and was always outnumbered by obviously well-picked and vocal ethnics who made such statements as "this is a multi-cultural society". The fact of course is this: We were never asked via a referendum if we wanted to change the ethnic structure of our society.
This taxpayer funded multi-culturalism has now created a window of opportunity for terrorists and other creeps who are increasingly committing crimes on a racial basis, particularly rape.
Many of our suburbs are now cesspools of alien crime. Young girls have been horrifically raped for simply being Australian. Terrorist supporters have danced in the streets in support of the exploits of overseas terrorists.
How simple it now is for foreign radicals calmly and openly to buy a ticket at one of our airports, casually board a local plane, overpower the crew, and then perpetrate a similar atrocity such as occurred in the USA?
Among the boat people there were many lone women and their children. Their menfolk had obviously stayed behind to fight for terrorist causes. These woman and children should not have been allowed into Australia as this now allows them to sponsor their terrorist husbands.
Our ancestors, who were pioneers and not grasping migrants, sweated and toiled to build this great country. They had no social services of any kind and lived under great difficulties. To have racial strangers now riding on our backs claiming credit due to others while gaining all the benefits of the toil and strife of our pioneers is an absolute insult.
This was not a nation built by immigrants - it was built by hard-working pioneers under extreme conditions.
Having seen many good young men die during World War II - some in intense agony - in their effort to keep the alien from our shores, I suppose it could be said that I am biased when I say I detest those extremists who have brought this country to a state where terrorists now lurk in our midst.
The anti-terrorist war has started, courtesy of multi-culturalism. The call to Muslims has been made, and they are now mobilising in certain of Sydney's western suburbs?
Yours etc.,
Nick Maine, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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OUT OF COURT
Sir,
I have just read the latest Mail & Guardian South African newspaper. There is an article about two "Boeremag" members having escaped from a Pretoria Court. Spread the word, as it is up to every White South African to protect these brave men, because our future depends on them.
Yours etc.,
South African exile in New Zealand
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LOW COUNTRY
Sir,
The once Proud Dutch Nation, a Christian Protestant Land and Empire, which the Spaniards failed to enslave through their brutal armies, has well and truly fallen under the stranglehold of the Crescent, as if a Muslim fleet has sailed into Rotterdam and declared an Islamic State of Netherstan.
It is disgusting beyond all acceptance that a Somali-born Dutch MP, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, should often have to sleep on Army Bases because of Islamic fundamentalist thugs. It seriously makes my blood boil. This mad-house situation is just where the politics of grumble, acquiescence, surrender and cowardice have lead us to.
Just as our incompetent corrupt government desperately needs to be swept from Office, so should that in the Netherlands. It is clear as crystal that what they need is a decent right-wing Christian Protestant government which will deport all these violent Islamic fundamentalists and restore the Dutch Empire in the Dutch East Indies.
Common sense and reason must sweep away this madness and insanity.
Yours etc.,
Robert Shipley, Gillingham, Kent, U.K.
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ROT IN HELL
There were tears of joy rather than tears of sorrow when we learnt of the recent death of the leftist Welsh ham-actor and self-styled "documentary maker" Kenneth Griffith.
Griffith wasn't just an ordinary left-wing scumbag - he seemed to have a particular visceral hatred for his own British kith and kin. The main targets for his irrational hatred were the Loyalists of Northern Ireland and the White British of South Africa - and he openly supported the anti-British and anti-White terrorist vermin operating in both of these strategic areas of the globe. Probably his most sickening act, however, was to produce a "documentary" glorifying "Sir" Roger Casement. Casement of course was one of the most obnoxious individuals ever to inhabit this planet, being an open homosexual, paedophile, traitor and terrorist gun-runner prior to his just execution. He conducted a self-righteous vendetta campaign against the civilising Belgian administration of the Congo - only for it to be revealed later that his main interest was simply to get his perverted hands on little Congolese negro boys. He subsequently sided with Kaiser Bill's Germany against his own country during WWI, and was directly involved in the smuggling of German weapons to the infant IRA in Dublin. Without doubt Casement was therefore a most despicable rat imaginable - yet here was a piece of filth who Griffith saw fit to "glorify" in one of his self-hating "documentaries".
During his acting career Griffith more often than not played psychopaths, weidos and other mentally deficients; it would appear therefore that he was very accurately type-cast. All three of his marriages evidently failed, thus again confirming that the man was one of nature's inadequates. The world is undoubtedly a far better place following his demise.
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July 2006 edition
As could be expected, this year's soccer World Cup finals progressed with ultra-smooth German efficiency, with seemingly only Zidane's infamous head-butt casting a shadow over an otherwise expertly organised tournament.
But what of 2010?
Throughout this year's competition the German press has been full of articles expressing grave doubts about South Africa's ability to stage such a vast international tournament in only four year's time. Planned stadiums haven't even been begun, and other vital forms of infrastructure and communications are currently non-existent (there have even been suggestions that competing teams should be housed within Black townships!). German authorities have apparently already stated that they are prepared to "step into the breach" to stage the tournament again in 2010, and evidently both the United States and Australia have also expressed interest in becoming last-minute hosts in four years time.
The German reports haven't told half the story however. In the decade and a half since the National Party sold-out and surrendered the country, South Africa has been transformed from an advanced first-world nation to a third-world basket-case. South Africa is universally accepted as being the crime capital of the world, and has the planet's highest rate of AIDS infection. The new South African police service is totally corrupt and in many areas law and order has broken down completely. The national economy is collapsing, with companies relocating overseas and power-cuts now the norm in the larger urban areas. Administration and infrastructure have declined to other Black African levels, with unrepaired pot-holed roads meaning that driving is a highly dangerous business even without the constant threat of being hi-jacked! To continue contemplating holding the next World Cup finals in such a disintegrating society is nothing short of madness.
Alas, however, there seems little chance of FIFA averting a cataclysmic disaster by re-locating the venue of the 2010 finals. FIFA President Sepp Blatter has too much at stake - both reputation-wise and financial - to agree to the moving of the tournament away from South Africa. Other FIFA officials must therefore try to seize the initiative by demanding that the 2010 finals be moved elsewhere, for if they don't then there is bound to be a catastrophe of international proportions, with the very lives of players, officials, media representatives and those visiting supporters foolhardy enough to make the trip being in grave danger.
The 2006 Finals produced one little-reported encouraging development however. At matches involving Iran there were massive protests by those opposed to the current evil Ahmadinejad-regime in Iran. These demonstrators were proudly waving masses of the former Iranian flag from the days of the Shah. They didn't just want to be rid of Ahmadinejad therefore - they wanted to be rid of the entire Islamic ogre and for Iran to return to the Western fold. There have been those who have criticised us for our attachment to the real South African flag, but these Iranian patriots have demonstrated that it is not only us who wish to return to an earlier, better and more civilised form of government. We wish them well.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/EMPIRE LOYALIST CLUB JUNE MEETING
The Springbok Club/ELC staged a most pleasant and interesting meeting in June which was addressed by Mr James Lewis, a good friend of the organisation and an acclaimed and award-winning travel-writer. Mr Lewis gave a most informative account of his 25-year professional experiences of world travel, especially in relation to South Africa and Poland, and explained how Communist attempts to eradicate nation-states and national identity were being attempted far more frighteningly by the EU bureaucracy than was ever the case in Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC RHODES & FOUNDERS CELEBRATION BUFFET
The Springbok Club/ELC will be staging the first of what are planned to be annual Rhodes & Founders Day celebrations later this month, the details of which are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 29th July 2006
Times : Assemble from 14.30 hrs onwards, main activities to start approx. 15.30 hrs.
Venue : THE CLARENCE (the upstairs function room), 4 Dover Street, Mayfair, London W1 (just off Piccadilly opposite the Ritz Hotel - nearest tube station: Green Park).
Guest of Honour : Group Captain PETER PETTER-BOWYER
Peter Petter-Bowyer was born in Rhodesia, and now lives in Norfolk. He is Chairman and Secretary of the Rhodesian Air Force Association in the UK, and generally manages the organisation. "PB", as he is best known, commenced his flying career with the Royal Rhodesian Air Force in 1957. He served as an operational pilot on a variety of piston-engined aircraft, jets, fighter-bombers and helicopters. Operationally involved throughout 13 years of Rhodesia's counter-insurgency war, "PB" was instrumental in developing a number of successful anti-terrorist techniques, including visual reconnaissance that accounted for many of the enemy's numbers. He was also the leading light in saving his country huge amounts in precious foreign currency by developing a range of Rhodesian-manufactured air weapons systems that were much better suited to both bush-warfare and the available strike aircraft than most imported weapons. As Director of Operations at Combined Operations Headquarters with the rank of Group Captain, "PB" was appointed Rhodesia's Cease-fire Commissioner to work directly with the command elements of the British-led Commonwealth Monitoring Force. Following the 1980 victory of ZANU-PF at the polls and the installation of Mugabe as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, "PB" took immediate early retirement.
A sumptuous array of buffet snacks will be provided at this event, and the cost will be £8.00 per head for Full Members of the Springbok Club/ELC, £10.00 per head for Associate Members, and £12.00 per head for non-members. Although there is no necessity for pre-booking, it would help to gauge numbers if all those intending to attend could inform us in advance by 'phoning 07711-188430.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/EMPIRE LOYALIST CLUB ACTIVITIES
During the afternoon of Saturday 19th August (at 14.00 hrs) the SC/ELC will be partaking in a "Sherlock Holmes" walking tour organised by "London Horror Tours". After this event an informal reception will be held in a near-by central London pub at which a visiting Australian patriot and long-standing supporter of the movement, Mr Richard "Jock" Spooner, will be the special guest. Fuller details will be given in next month's SCN.
In September the SC/ELC is planning a special meeting at which it is hoped to welcome a leading internationally-renowned economist as guest speaker. Again fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/EMPIRE LOYALIST CLUB BRANCH NEWS
Last month the London Branch of the SC/ELC held the first of what are hoped to be regular informal get-togethers in central London. Unfortunately problems were evidently encountered in obtaining admission by a number of would-be attendees as a result of the venue being a private members' club and not all staff-members being aware of the event. Hopefully this problem has now been sorted out for the future, but the branch would like to apologise to anybody who may have experienced difficulties along these lines last month. For more information about future branch gatherings please e-mail londonbranch@springbokclub.co.uk
Alas a recent attempted gathering by the Chilterns Branch of the SC/ELC turned out to be a sad disaster, with practically nobody turning up. The reason for this was undoubtedly because the erstwhile organiser of this branch, Mr David Williams, has been suffering from increasing bad health, and as a result was not able to circulate invitations to supporters in the region. Mr Williams has subsequently requested to stand-down as organiser of the branch, so we wonder therefore whether any other supporter in the Chilterns area (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire) would be prepared to take over this position? If so please e-mail springbok@falklands.org
The Hampshire Branch of the SC/ELC will be re-launched with a social get-together later during the summer in the Petersfield area. Any supporter in the Hampshire area who would like to become actively involved should e-mail: springbok@falklands.org
The Northern Ireland Branch of the SC/ELC will be holding a special meeting on Saturday 30th September in Co.Antrim, at which the guest speaker will be Mr Alan Harvey, the current Organiser/Secretary of the SC/ELC. The theme of Mr Harvey's address will be "The similarities and differences between the Ulster and Southern African struggles".
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle staged two most important, well-attended and highly successful meetings during the last month.
At the first the guest speaker was Mrs Jillian Becker, the well-known author, journalist and expert on counter-terrorism, who spoke on the subject of "Two ways of waging Jihad". Mrs Becker gave a dramatic and masterful overview of the current threats posed to the West by both "hard" and "soft" Islamic Jihad, and also emphasised why it was therefore so important that the Western powers intervened militarily in the Middle East.
The second event, which was the organisation's annual summer buffet, was addressed by Mr Douglas Carswell MP, the Conservative MP for Harwich. One of the most articulate and forward-thinking members of the latest batch of Conservative MPs, Mr Carswell made no bones about the fact that he favoured complete withdrawal from the EU, and also argued strongly in favour of more direct local democracy throughout the UK.
Alas there were problems caused at both meetings by a couple of unsavoury individuals (who we believe not to be members of the LSC) who asked highly offensive questions in opposition to the War Against Terrorism (which furthermore were most insulting to the expert guest speakers), and who at best seemed to advocate appeasement of Islamic expansionism, and at worse downright support for it! These sinister characters would appear therefore to be diametrically opposed to the patriotic ideals upon which the LSC is based, so we therefore call for them to be barred from attending future LSC activities.
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PETITION OPPOSING THE NON-ALLOCATION OF S.A. LOTTO FUNDS TO THE S.P.C.A.
A few weeks ago we re-circulated a petition which we had received from a supporter which claimed that a number of SPCA branches in South Africa were facing closure, and that the South African National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund were refusing to allocate the charity any funds. This resulted in a quite dramatic reaction, as several other supporters contacted us (as well as a representative from the SANLDTF itself!) stating that the petition was a "hoax" which had evidently been doing the rounds for several years. We therefore decided to investigate the matter further, yet in spite of e-mailing the apparent instigator of the petition, Chanel Rowan, twice we alas received no response from her whatsoever. We can therefore only come to the conclusion that this petition was indeed a hoax, initiated by forces unknown for reasons that can only be speculated upon. Certainly the petition bore all the characteristics of authenticity, and its contents totally tied-in with the known collapse of infrastructure in the "new" South Africa. Any further information regarding the origins of this petition would therefore be most gratefully received, but in the meantime we would advise everyone to cease re-circulation.
Be this as it may, we also received the following most disturbing message from Louise Joubert of the SANWILD organisation :-
"Maybe you would also consider asking your readers not just to support the SPCA financially but also ask them to write to them re the actions of their wildlife unit (NSPCA) who monitored the removal of 6 young elephants from their breeding herds for elephant backed safari training in Limpopo Province [Far Northern Transvaal}. This is not okay and in my opinion; they (the NSPCA) should have condemned it."
Regardless of the authenticity of the petition, it would therefore seem that all is not well with the South African SPCA.
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THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
The Right Perspective is an excellent new broadsheet published by a group of patriotic students opposed to the dominance of the leftist-liberal media in Britain. To obtain a copy e-mail : tory_taylor@hotmail.co.uk
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ZIMBABWE/RHODESIAN PENSION ENTITLEMENTS
The petition organised by Raymond Billington drawing attention to the plight of Zimbabwe/Rhodesian pensioners was delivered to the British Minister of State on the 30th June 2006. Some 2000 signatures were on it.
From now until the matter has been satisfactorily resolved all supporters are encouraged to visit the recently established Blog Page at : www.zim-pensions.blogspot.com to comment upon the distress and suffering being endured by many Zimbabwe/Rhodesian pensioners and their families. Comments will provide material for the weekly Blog summary and analysis.
The Blog Page is available to bloggers worldwide. If you want their support, make your comments. Keep them brief, to the point, but significant and effective to arouse the sympathetic support needed.
Please encourage all and sundry to visit this page. It is a forum which could become a court of public opinion. Anyone with a computer can log in, comment, exchange viewpoints, or offer support.
Supporters are reminded that petitioning is for pension payment at the historic rate of Zim$2.00 to £1.00, as recorded in the British House of Lords debate in 2001.
To post comments on the blog site:-
First access www.zim-pensions.blogspot.com - once the site has opened click on "Comments" (found next to the small white square envelope with a black arrow and yellow pencil symbol). Then a new panel will be revealed entitled "Leave Your Comments" with a flashing cursor ready for your message. When you have completed your typed message click on "Publish Your Comment" in the rectangular blue box at the bottom of the page. Finally, to view your posted comments on the update page, click on "Comments found from the Petition", which is located in the column with the hand-symbol towards the bottom of the screen.
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AWARD FOR JILL BAKER
We would like to add our congratulations to Jill Lambert (probably better known as Jill Baker from her RTV days) who has recently been awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to Zimbabwe/Rhodesian immigrants to Australia. Jill of course visited the UK in 2001 in order to promote her book "Beloved African" when she spoke at a Springbok Club meeting. She impressed us greatly as a sincere and genuine woman dedicated to an ending of the suffering of the Zimbabwe/Rhodesian people. Rarely can an award have been more richly deserved.
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CAN YOU HELP ?
"Vellies", the publishers of "Southern Cross Africa News", have recently contacted us as follows :-
"Sorry to bother you, but we're writing this in the hope that you MIGHT be able to help. There was an American, 'KD' Clark, who served with us in northern South West Africa in the eighties as a Sergeant. His sister is looking for him as his dad has died, and they would like to know where they can reach him."
If anyone can help "Vellies" in this regard please contact them direct at : velskoen@mweb.co.za
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Claudia Ehrhardt from Mannheim in Germany writes as follows:-
"Today I write to you because I have a request hoping you can help me. A comrade of mine, 24 years, wants to go to South Africa for some time doing a safety job, for example guarding of farms. He is highly motivated and I think in today's situation there must be a lot of farmers who need someone doing this job. Some years ago I was in South Africa making the military South African parachute wings, but unfortunately I have no contacts in South Africa, Maybe you know a possibility, what we can do. I would be very glad to hear from you."
If you can help Claudia's comrade in any way please e-mail her at: CEhrh1957@aol.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).
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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"CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM & BRITISH POLITICS" by Dr Alan C Clifford
A lecture given to the Campaign for UK Conservatism Conference on "Conservatism, Europe, and the future of the Conservative Party" at Oxford Brookes University on 26 November 2005.
64 pages paperback, price £3.00 (plus £1.30 p&p) [ISBN 0952671697]
Orders (payment only on receipt of item with invoice) are welcome at: www.geocities.com/nrchurch, CliffordNRC@compuserve.com or 7 Woodside Park, Attleborough, Norfolk NR17 2JL.
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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 access the book at 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
The following Items are for Sale :-
Voortrekker Monument Pretoria Book price £ 6.00
King Solomon's Mines Book price £ 1.50
Bosbounavorsing Forestry Research First Day Cover Set price £ 3.00
1983 South West Africa Date Stamp Card price £ 4.00
Republic of Venda 1979 Independence First Day Cover Set price £ 5.00
1983 Republic of Ciskei Stamp Collection of the 6th Foot 1st Warwickshire Regiment price £ 4.00
State President's Guard Plaque, Lieutenant Grobler price £14.00
If interested contact Robert Shipley by e-mail at: mrrobertshipley1759@yahoo.co.uk, or by 'phone at: 07930-169718 (please add 20% for p&p if not collecting in person).
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We also make Kudu, Impala, Blesbok, Springbok & Ostrich Biltong, Boerewors & Droewors to order.
Braai Packs & Meat Packs :-
Pack 1 - Plain : 300gm Pork Chop, 125gm Boerewors, 170gm lamb Chop - £4.00
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.92 : Mr. FRANCOIS DE WITT
Francois de Witt was an English and sports teacher at Garsfontein school in Pretoria. A friend is very keen to learn what has happened to him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
Jill Baker/Lambert, whose Australian award we detailed above, runs her own impressive web-site advertising her biography about her father, "Beloved African", which can be accessed at :-
http://www.belovedafrican.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
IMPERIAL PREFERENCE
Sir,
An excellent lead article in the April edition of the SCN.
Yours etc.,
Allan Robertson, Chairman/Treasurer, the Springbok Club/ELC
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MADNESS TAKES ITS TOLL
Sir,
When I lived in Rhodesia the South African Rand was worth 0.86 Rhodesian Dollars and the British Pound was worth 1.87 South African Rands - and this was under the "illegal rebel regime" which created illegal employment for thousands of "oppressed blacks"!
For centuries Britain won hundreds of battles against the various European nations, but lost the war and invited them in to run this once
brave land. Then to top it all the British handed back the colonies to their "rightful" owners, and promptly invited them to join us here on our little piece of home.
Enoch I hope you are not spinning in your grave, echoes of I told you so.
Yours etc.,
M.H.G., Sussex, U.K.
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NUMBERS GAME
Sir,
Have you ever wondered how the audience in TV programmes are arranged particularly if it concerns the questioning of immigrants into Australia?
Audiences are usually well stacked giving the appearance that the ratio of ethnics to Australians in this country is in reverse to actual fact, and are given the most say.
I have been to a number of these interviews and was always outnumbered by obviously well-picked and vocal ethnics who made such statements as "this is a multi-cultural society". The fact of course is this: We were never asked via a referendum if we wanted to change the ethnic structure of our society.
This taxpayer funded multi-culturalism has now created a window of opportunity for terrorists and other creeps who are increasingly committing crimes on a racial basis, particularly rape.
Many of our suburbs are now cesspools of alien crime. Young girls have been horrifically raped for simply being Australian. Terrorist supporters have danced in the streets in support of the exploits of overseas terrorists.
How simple it now is for foreign radicals calmly and openly to buy a ticket at one of our airports, casually board a local plane, overpower the crew, and then perpetrate a similar atrocity such as occurred in the USA?
Among the boat people there were many lone women and their children. Their menfolk had obviously stayed behind to fight for terrorist causes. These woman and children should not have been allowed into Australia as this now allows them to sponsor their terrorist husbands.
Our ancestors, who were pioneers and not grasping migrants, sweated and toiled to build this great country. They had no social services of any kind and lived under great difficulties. To have racial strangers now riding on our backs claiming credit due to others while gaining all the benefits of the toil and strife of our pioneers is an absolute insult.
This was not a nation built by immigrants - it was built by hard-working pioneers under extreme conditions.
Having seen many good young men die during World War II - some in intense agony - in their effort to keep the alien from our shores, I suppose it could be said that I am biased when I say I detest those extremists who have brought this country to a state where terrorists now lurk in our midst.
The anti-terrorist war has started, courtesy of multi-culturalism. The call to Muslims has been made, and they are now mobilising in certain of Sydney's western suburbs?
Yours etc.,
Nick Maine, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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OUT OF COURT
Sir,
I have just read the latest Mail & Guardian South African newspaper. There is an article about two "Boeremag" members having escaped from a Pretoria Court. Spread the word, as it is up to every White South African to protect these brave men, because our future depends on them.
Yours etc.,
South African exile in New Zealand
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LOW COUNTRY
Sir,
The once Proud Dutch Nation, a Christian Protestant Land and Empire, which the Spaniards failed to enslave through their brutal armies, has well and truly fallen under the stranglehold of the Crescent, as if a Muslim fleet has sailed into Rotterdam and declared an Islamic State of Netherstan.
It is disgusting beyond all acceptance that a Somali-born Dutch MP, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, should often have to sleep on Army Bases because of Islamic fundamentalist thugs. It seriously makes my blood boil. This mad-house situation is just where the politics of grumble, acquiescence, surrender and cowardice have lead us to.
Just as our incompetent corrupt government desperately needs to be swept from Office, so should that in the Netherlands. It is clear as crystal that what they need is a decent right-wing Christian Protestant government which will deport all these violent Islamic fundamentalists and restore the Dutch Empire in the Dutch East Indies.
Common sense and reason must sweep away this madness and insanity.
Yours etc.,
Robert Shipley, Gillingham, Kent, U.K.
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ROT IN HELL
There were tears of joy rather than tears of sorrow when we learnt of the recent death of the leftist Welsh ham-actor and self-styled "documentary maker" Kenneth Griffith.
Griffith wasn't just an ordinary left-wing scumbag - he seemed to have a particular visceral hatred for his own British kith and kin. The main targets for his irrational hatred were the Loyalists of Northern Ireland and the White British of South Africa - and he openly supported the anti-British and anti-White terrorist vermin operating in both of these strategic areas of the globe. Probably his most sickening act, however, was to produce a "documentary" glorifying "Sir" Roger Casement. Casement of course was one of the most obnoxious individuals ever to inhabit this planet, being an open homosexual, paedophile, traitor and terrorist gun-runner prior to his just execution. He conducted a self-righteous vendetta campaign against the civilising Belgian administration of the Congo - only for it to be revealed later that his main interest was simply to get his perverted hands on little Congolese negro boys. He subsequently sided with Kaiser Bill's Germany against his own country during WWI, and was directly involved in the smuggling of German weapons to the infant IRA in Dublin. Without doubt Casement was therefore a most despicable rat imaginable - yet here was a piece of filth who Griffith saw fit to "glorify" in one of his self-hating "documentaries".
During his acting career Griffith more often than not played psychopaths, weidos and other mentally deficients; it would appear therefore that he was very accurately type-cast. All three of his marriages evidently failed, thus again confirming that the man was one of nature's inadequates. The world is undoubtedly a far better place following his demise.
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