SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
May 2007 edition
All commentators seemed to be in agreement that the recent Cricket World Cup was a bit of a disaster as far as organisation and administration were concerned - but being held in what is now sadly part of the "third world", the West Indies, perhaps this wasn't too surprising. The omens for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, to be held in yet another newly incorporated part of the "third world", South Africa, therefore look increasingly bleak.
From the playing point of view the performances of the two Southern African countries proved very poor. "Zimbabwe" were shown to be below the standard of many non-Test-playing countries - but the wonder is of course how any country in the grips of such chaos, tyranny and runaway inflation can even field a team for international competition, and more particularly how any White players can debase themselves by representing a terrorist regime which has initiated the slaughter of so many of their kith and kin. The latter condemnation can of course be equally levelled at the White South African players, and perhaps more especially against their ignominious supporters who were prepared to wave the "national" flag of the ANC regime.
Although on the face of it South Africa's playing performance was not too bad as they managed to reach the semi-finals, this result was more through a fluke of fortune rather than by skill. South Africa were thoroughly trounced by Australia both times they met, and couldn't even beat lowly Bangladesh. As we've often stated in the past, South Africa will inevitably decline in all sports now that the country is no longer a civilised "first world" nation. This decline may be slow and have its ups and downs (such as relative successes in this year's "Super 14" competition), but the overall direction is unquestionably down. This isn't just because of the imposition of the retrograde "quota system", but more because of the disintegration of all the infrastructures of state in the "new" South Africa.
But there has been another significant cricketing development recently. Tom Cartwright, the England medium-pace bowler whose suspicious withdrawal from 1968/69 England tour of South Africa precipitated the so-called "D'Oliveira Crisis", died last month. In his obituaries it was revealed that Cartwright was not only a card-carrying member of the Labour Party, but was also very much "Old Labour". There was widespread speculation at the time that Cartwright's withdrawal - which resulted in the illogical inclusion of the batting/all-rounder D'Oliveira - was for political rather than for medical reasons. This revelation about Cartwright's left-wing sympathies would certainly tend to confirm this speculation. It should also never be forgotten that John Vorster did NOT ban the 1968/69 England tour because of D'Oliveira's inclusion, but because of political interference in the selection of the touring squad. It would therefore seem that Vorster was definitely onto something.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC APRIL ACTIVITY
The contingent of Springbok Club/ELC members paid a visit to the MOTH's (Memorable Order of Tin Hats) England Command HQ in Hackney last month, and enjoyed extremely high hospitality from all MOTH members who they met as a result.
The Springbok Club/ELC party was shown around the MOTH HQ (the General Browning Club) by MOTH Hughie Richardson, the PlayBill of the the MOTH's England Command and Treasurer of the General Browning Shellhole. As well as the organisation's main function areas the tour also incorporated viewings of both the MOTH's main meeting room, where the Douglas Bader, Imjimn, General Browning, Inniskilling and Field Marshall Montgomery Shellholes all meet, and the MOTHWA's (Memorable Order of Tin Hats Women's Association) meeting room. In all areas there was much interesting regalia and memorabilia on display, much of it emphasising the MOTH's roots in South Africa.
Extremely good contacts were established as a result of this trip, and it is hoped that the two organisations will be able to work increasingly closely together in the days ahead.
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EMPIRE LOYALIST CLUB'S EMPIRE DAY BUFFET
The Empire Loyalist Club will be holding their annual Empire Day celebration buffet later this month, the details of which are as follows :-
Venue : The MELTON MOWBRAY (the downstairs function room), 18 Holborn (NOT High Holborn), London EC1N 2LE. (The Melton Mowbray is barely 2 minutes walk from Chancery Lane underground station, in the direction of Holborn Circus).
Date : Friday 25th May 2007
Time : Start assembling from 18.00 hrs onwards, meeting to start 19.00 hrs, buffet to be served at approx. 20.00 hrs.
Guest of Honour : Mr. JOHN CLEMENCE Q.P.M., B.Sc.(Econ) Hons. Ldn.
John Clemence was born in 1937 and educated at Rutlish School, Merton. He joined the Metropolitan Police as a Constable in 1956, transferring to Scotland Yard in 1962 and rising to the rank of Detective Inspector. In 1973 he was posted to the Royal Hong Kong Police on temporary attachment as a Detective Superintendent. He transferred to that Force permanently in 1976 and retired in 1992 in the rank of Assistant Commissioner. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal for distinguished service. He is a Vice-President of the Royal Society of St.George, the immediate past Chairman of the Society, a Vice-President of the Chigwell Branch and a past President of the Hong Kong Branch. Married with three children, he takes a keen interest in music and the theatre (having been an organist and choir-master in the past, and having designed sets for and directed stage shows), history, sailing and narrow-boating, and high-handicap golf.
A sumptuous array of buffet snacks will be provided at this meeting, and the costs will be £7.50 per head for Full Members of the SC/ELC, £10.00 per head for Associate Members of the SC/ELC, and £12.50 per head for non-members. To make a booking, or for more details, please 'phone: 07711-188430.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
The Kent Branch of the SC/ELC aims to hold a summer get-together during June, to which all members and supporters will be invited. Fuller details will be given in June's edition of the SCN.
In July the Springbok Club will be holding its annual Rhodes & Founders Day celebration buffet, at which welcome a prominent ex-Rhodesian with first-hand knowledge of the current situation in Zimbabwe under the ZANU-PF tyranny will be guest of honour.
In August the London Branch of the SC/ELC will be holding its Summer Braai in the Canning Town area, at which a visiting member from Sweden will be guest of honour.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM MEETINGS
On 1st May the Patriotic Forum (an umbrella grouping of patriotic organisations including both the SC/ELC and the London Swinton Circle) held a special meeting to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the Act of Union coming into force. This proved to be a highly successful event, with the novel format of having four speakers present, representing the four component parts of the UK. The four speakers, Allan Robertson (representing Scotland), Chris Luke (England), David Williams (Wales) and Adela Hamilton (Northern Ireland) all gave fascinating cameo talks about what their respective parts of the country had contributed to the Union, and what the Union meant to them.
The Patriotic Forum will be holding a further important meeting to celebrate the 25th anniversary of victory in the Falklands War later this month, the details of which are as follows :-
Date : Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Counting House, 50 Cornhill, London EC3 (nearest underground station: Bank - leave via Exit 5)
Guest Speaker : Mr. Peter Pepper.
Peter Pepper is a leading member of the Falkland Islands Association, and a geologist by profession. He lives for at least part of each year in Argentina, where he monitors political and economic developments very closely.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle staged a very successful meeting last month at which the guest speaker was Mr. David Simpson MP, the DUP member for Upper Bann. Mr. Simpson gave a very enlightening speech in which he explained why, although by no means ideal, the DUP had agreed to enter into a power-sharing agreement for devolved administration at Stormont.
On Tuesday 10th July 2007 the London Swinton Circle will be holding their annual summer buffet, at which the guest of honour will be Lord Willoughby de Broke, the UKIP elected hereditary peer, and on Monday 16th July the guest speaker will be Philip Hollobone MP, the Conservative member for Kettering. Fuller details regarding both these events will be appearing in next month's SCN.
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
On Wednesday 9th May (so-called "Europe Day") New Britain staged a highly impressive march down Whitehall (which included several people in special patriotic costumes!), stopping off to hand in a letter at 10 Downing Street demanding a referendum as to whether the UK should leave the European Union, and pointing out that the auditors have refused to sign off the EU accounts for a number of years. The march then proceeded to the European Union's UK office in Queen Anne's Gate where a similar letter was handed in. A polite letter of acknowledgement was subsequently received from 10 Downing Street, but significantly not from the EU's UK office!
On Tuesday 22nd May, with the approval of Lady Goldsmith, New Britain will be holding their first Goldsmith Lecture in memory of Sir James Goldsmith. This will take place at the Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Hall, Roberts Building, University College London, commencing at 19.00 hrs, and the speakers will be the Rt. Hon. Lord Tebbit CH and Professor Stephen Bush of Manchester University, with the meeting being chaired by Mr. Dennis Delderfield, the National Chairman of New Britain. Lord Tebbit is planning to deliver an empirical address on the theme of "The State of the British Nation Today", which promises to be of great significance. A few tickets are still available for this event, priced £4.00 per head, and can be purchased at the door prior to the meeting, which commences at 19.00 hrs. The Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Hall is situated in Malet Place off Torrington Place, with the nearest underground station being Goodge Street. (Come out of Goodge Street station and turn left, where Torrington Place will be found on the right. Malet Place is opposite Waterson's book shop.)
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LATEST FALKLANDS NEWS
Both the Argentinian publications Clarin and La Nacion have recently reported comments by Tony Blair that he would have sent troops to recover the Falklands in 1982, just as Margaret Thatcher did - and his admiration for her political courage in doing this.
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STOP THE SEAL HUNT
The ice floes of Eastern Canada are a breathtaking vision: an endless sea and sky filled with white as far as the eye can see. In one of nature’s most beautiful spectacles, hundreds of thousands of baby harp seals call out to their mothers, alone on the ice for the first time.
In the next few weeks, hundreds of thousands of these baby seals will be cruelly clubbed or shot — an annual harp seal slaughter endorsed by the Canadian government, although the majority of Canadians are opposed to the hunting of seal pups under any circumstances. Scores of baby seals, some as young as three weeks old, will be beaten or shot and left to die. Some will even be skinned alive.
www.StoptheSealHunt.co.uk is the number one resource to stay up to date on what’s happening at this year’s hunt and to meet other seal activists from around the world.
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SOUND WORDS FROM AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS
Rob Busey from the United States has recently sent us a most interesting report from this year's annual Herzliya Conference, at which a number of U.S. presidential aspirants showed encouraging awareness of the dangers which Iran posed to the West. It reads as follows :-
"Richard Perle assured the conference that [George W.] Bush will attack Iran rather than see it acquire nuclear weapons capabilities.
"Newt Gingrich remarked 'Citizens who do not wake up every morning and think about possible catastrophic civilian casualties are deluding themselves. Three nuclear weapons are a second holocaust. ... I'll repeat it. Three nuclear weapons are a second holocaust. ... Our enemies are fully as determined as Nazi Germany and more determined than the Soviets. Our enemies will kill us the first chance they get. If we knew that tomorrow morning we would lose Haifa, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, what would we do to stop it? If we knew that we would tomorrow lose Boston, San Francisco or Atlanta, what would we do?'
"Mitt Romney agreed. Ahmadinejad's Iran is more dangerous than Khrushchev's Soviet Union, which put missiles in Cuba. For the Soviets 'were never suicidal. Soviet commitment to national survival was never in question. That assumption cannot be made to an irrational regime [Iran] that celebrates martyrdom.'
"Then came U.S. Democratic candidate John Edwards. Keeping Iran from nuclear weapons 'is the greatest challenge of our generation. ... To ensure that Iran never gets nuclear weapons, we need to keep all options on the table. ... Let me reiterate -- all options'."
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10 DOWNING STREET PETITIONS
In the February edition of the SCN mention was made of the "10 Downing Street Petitions Site". Since then a number of our supporters have attempted to add their own petitions to this site. One, advocating more united "British Lions" style sporting sides representing all of the British Isles, can now be accessed as follows :-
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk
Once there type "BritishLions" in the "Search Petitions" box.
Unfortunately another attempted petition has now been rejected by the 10 Downing Street controllers on two separate occasions on extremely spurious grounds. This attempted petition read as follows :-
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to: 'encourage the relevant local authorities to remove the offensive bust of the convicted terrorist Nelson Mandela from outside the Royal Festival Hall'."
and its details read as follows :-
"Nelson Mandela was convicted of terrorist offences in South Africa in 1964 and sentenced to life imprisonment. At a time when the western world is engaged in a War against Terrorism, and our troops are being killed daily in the fight against international terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is highly offensive in the extreme that a bust 'honouring' this terrorist leader should be allowed to remain in London. The Prime Minister should use his influence to have it removed immediately and replaced by a memorial honouring the victims of international terrorism and those who risk their lives combating this evil."
We wonder therefore whether other readers could also attempt to submit similar petitions to this, to let the controllers know the depth of feeling on this important issue.
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club/ELC now retails Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each (plus 20% p&p).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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BOOK OFFERS
"WAY OUT OF LINE" by Trisha Jackson is a novel which tells the story of the profound impact that an innocent youthful love affair has on the lives of two young lovers. The plot moves from a cult and a maximum security prison in the US to the savannah grasslands of Mozambique and Zimbabwe - this makes for adventure, suspense and melodrama. Packed with conflict and sexual tension, anyone who loves romance, passion and excitement should enjoy reading this story.
Trisha Jackson was born and grew up in Rhodesia. She immigrated to the USA with her husband and three children in 1990. She and her husband live in a unique, rural community in the Tonto National Forest in the eastern mountains of Arizona.
Copies of "Way Out of Line" can be ordered from Amazon.com.
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"GOVERNMENT BY DECEPTION" by Jan Lamprecht details the disasters of Mugabe's Zimbabwe, and illustrates the similarities between Mugabe's rule and that of Mandela/Mbeki in South Africa. It can be ordered on-line at: www.AfricanCrisis.org
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"OF RICE AND MEN", by Jimmy Walker
111 pages. Illustrated. With excellent cartoons by Fusilier Norman Lambert, produced whilst in captivity. Soft-back £5.00 (cover price £10.00)
An irreverent, left of centre, look at life as a POW by Jimmy Walker, who was captured by the Japanese following the fall of Singapore in 1942. Jimmy takes us through incarceration at the notorious Changi jail, forced labour on the railroad, and deportation to Japan, where the Japanese exploited the mining skills of the boys from Northumberland. Norman Lambert’s sketches are both amusing and frightening at the same time. Through the bitterness and resentment, and physical trauma of captivity shines the humour and the indomitable spirit of the British soldier. An enjoyable and educational read, with a surprise ending.
Prices include p&p. Payment can be made by credit or debit card. To order on line, log on to www.paypal.com and enter postmaster@gcartwright.demon.co.uk as payment destination.
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"THE BLIGHT OF BLAIRISM" by Francis Bennion is a devastating indictment of the "new" Labour administration. For more details about the book visit: www.francisbennion.com
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"THE THOUSAND STEPS" by Dr Helen Anderson
Dr Anderson spent what she describes as "26 privileged years in Africa, privileged because life was never dull and medical practice never ceased to be truly exciting and fulfilling." It is a personal account of practice, both in Entebbe, Uganda, and the Sudan, Congo and Botswana. She describes her fascinating experiences. She married in Gulu, Uganda, where she ran the local Hospital, dealing with surgical cases never before described in textbooks. She also describes her time in Serowe, Botswana, and the problems with the resident ghost in the Residency.
The book is copiously and superbly illustrated with numerous colour photographs. Available at £20.00 direct from the author at Lake Hawea, R.D.2., Wanaka, 9382, New Zealand, by cheque or money order.
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"THE RAPE OF ZIMBABWE" by Ricky Wilson - which tells it like it was (and is)!
Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
You can order this book via http://www.diadembooks.com/zimbabwe.htm
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EMPIRE'S CHILDREN
Sam Wagstaff of Illumina Digital writes as follows :-
"If you have an Empire story or know someone that does, I would love to hear from you.
"I am working on the website for a new Channel 4 Series called Empire’s Children. I am looking to speak to as many people as possible with Empire and end of Empire experiences or family connections, however minor - they could be personal experiences, family stories, or through friends. We are also specifically looking for people who have done their own family history research and who may have documents and perhaps photographs relating to their personal and family connection to the Empire. I have included more about the series and the website below and I would like to speak to people in the next couple of weeks.
"Empire’s Children is a new six-part Channel 4 television series which will be aired at the end of May. Empire’s Children will tell the story of the end of the British Empire and the effects of its legacy, by revealing the Imperial backgrounds of six British celebrities - Dame Diana Rigg, Adrian Lester, former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Steel, comedian Jenny Éclair, Shameless star Chris Bisson, and Coronation Street’s Shobna Gulati. The show will follow celebrities investigating their past to discover how the British Empire played its role in shaping their family as it exists today. Empire’s Children is being made by Wall to Wall, the same production company that pioneered the successful genealogy show 'Who do You Think You Are?' The show will be accompanied by a website which will be produced by the BAFTA award winning internet production company Illumina.
"The Empire’s Children website will be a unique, specialist online resource to help people with connections to the Empire to trace their own family history. The website will also be a research resource for everyone with an interest in the history of the Empire and a forum for shared memories and experiences of the public about the British Empire. The website will cover all aspects of the Empire including information relating to families who left the UK to make lives for themselves in the Empire and also those who came to settle in the UK from the Empire.
"Illumina have the important task of capturing for prosperity the experience of the end of the Empire from all points of view and would much appreciate any help that you would be able to give us.
"If you give me a call on 0208 600 9302 or email samala.wagstaff@illumina.co.uk, I can explain more about the project and call you back at a convenient time. Any help you can give us with building this important and unique record of the Empire’s history and personal memories would be much appreciated.
"Please feel free to forward this message."
Sam Wagstaff, Producer, Illumina Digital.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.102 : Ms. JENNY SALZMAN of Durban
Jenny Salzman was an outstanding beauty and a close friend. Her parents (her mother was of Rhodesian origin) alas broke up when she was very young, and as a result she had a troubled childhood, being brought up by her paternal grandparents who ran a successful private taxi company. Her brother Spencer was a very affable chap, and indeed became a keen supporter of the patriotic movement during the late 1980s. We would be extremely keen to know where they both are now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
There are many excellent videos now appearing on the YouTube service, but one which has been particularly recommended to us sings of the glories of the remaining British Overseas Territories. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QySH24UQ6Mo
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
WHAT THE RHODESIANS DID FOR US
Sir,
In the days of UDI, during the war between Rhodesian forces and terrorists, Rhodesian engineers were able to make roadside bomb and landmine-resistant vehicles, using parts from Land Rovers and other vehicles. They were very effective and saved many lives.
Thirty years on, experts and engineers now seem unable to produce something similar to protect our poor, exposed troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
If a small country such as Rhodesia could produce vehicles like that, surely our modern engineers should be able to build something better than the vehicles being used now.
Yours etc.,
N. Dacomb, Wallington, Surrey, U.K.
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CAPE OF NO HOPE
Sir,
Out of the blue what passes for a government in South Africa has announced a 500% countrywide increase in municipal housing valuations. The night before last there was a hostile ratepayers' meeting in our local dance hall. This normally takes five hundred, but far more than this figure attended: latecomers were sitting on the carpeted floor with their backs against the wall.
My own rates are nearly two thousand monthly, and my local pension is R7800, the British pension one thousand. My wife works as well. I am now 81, so it is quite impossible to augment my income. The so-called government has been cagey about what happens should one be unable to meet the increased rate. Prevalent feeling is that one's house will be confiscated, and no allowance made.
Yours etc.,
Richard Deane, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa.
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THE MAPLE LEAF FOR EVER
Sir,
There are a lot of South Africans here in Edmonton and Fort McMurray [3 hours north of us]. You hear people speaking Afrikaans often. They all say they will never go back again. We also have South African friends in Toronto, St. Catharine's, Calgary, Vancouver and Mission [British Columbia]. They also say they will never go back to live there again.
One friend from Mission went back for 2 months in Dec/Jan after he tragically lost his wife to lung cancer. He says the people in South Africa are all walking around with blinkers on. They all say "alles sal regkom" not sure when this miracle is suppose to happen as I can't see any light at the end of that tunnel!
Yours etc.,
"Skedonk", Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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CEREBRAL DEFICIENCY ASSOCIATION
Sir,
Below is the name of the re-created CDA Yahoo group :-
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cdaforum/
Yours etc.,
"Ironside", Manchester, Lancashire, U.K.
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ROGUES GALLERY
We've recently heard rumours that young Mr. Arthur Kemp (see SCNs passim) has left South Africa again (apparently leaving his wife and children behind), and is now flitting backwards and forwards between the United States and Europe attempting to ingratiate himself with neo-Nazi groups on both sides of the Atlantic. We know from firsthand past contact, of course, that young Mr. Kemp is most certainly NOT a neo-Nazi crank himself - so what therefore is the purpose of his continuing attempts to create such an image for himself, and who is paying for his current activities? Any confirmation about these rumours and any further information about this turncoat would be most gratefully received.
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OBITUARY
BOB WOOLMER
Bob Woolmer, who was assassinated by mysterious international forces during the recent Cricket World Cup in Jamaica, was a tragic figure.
A superb Kent and England cricketer himself during his playing days, and was a particular hero of English cricket fans at this time. During the final part of his playing career, furthermore, he seemed to nail his colours firmly to the mast by taking part in "rebel" tours to South Africa and remaining in the country to coach during the days of civilised rule. With the approaching change in dispensation in that sorry land he sadly acted like a "Vicar of Bray" however, and remained in the country under the auspices of the new sell-out cricketing authorities. During this time he also appeared in a cameo SABC documentary about his son, who he was encouraging to play not for his local White schoolboy side, but for a Coloured team in one of the dangerous Cape Town Coloured townships. Many people observed that it seemed the height of irresponsibility to put the safety of his own son regularly at risk simply in order to make a warped political point.
Woolmer subsequently sickeningly became coach to the "new" South African team, but a few years later made an even greater departure from his roots when he accepted the position as coach for the Pakistan side. Woolmer was not a Muslim of course, and turned out to be totally out of his depth in trying to comprehend the intrigues, conflicts and corruption of the Indian sub-continent. He unquestionably made a great mistake in accepting this appointment therefore, for his complete naivety in this regard was probably the main cause of his tragic and premature death.
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Sunday, 20 May 2007
Saturday, 21 April 2007
April 2007 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
April 2007 edition
The next few weeks will witness two very important sets of elections which will have great significance for the future of the West.
Firstly, of course, there is the forthcoming French Presidential election. We think it is fair to say that Jacques Chirac has proved to be a big disappointment for all those who believed he would stand up for Western civilisation when first elected. Not only has he done nothing to solve France's immigration problem, but more reprehensively he failed to give full support to the West's War against Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan - presumably because he wished to appease France's estimated 5 million non-White population (most of whom being Muslim). His UMP successor, Nicolas Sarkozy, seems to be a far tougher and more reliable character however. Having said that we believe that by far the best candidate on offer is Phillippe de Villiers of the MPF, a man with an impeccable record for supporting the rights of the great European nation-states and Western solidarity. Alas, however, de Villiers's chances of success seem remote, but even so we would advocate a vote for him in the first ballot and a vote for Sarkozy in the second. Above all, however, we trust that the French electorate won't disgrace itself again by voting the Vichy-heir Jean-Marie le Pen into second place. Le Pen and his Front National party are of course total hypocrites. On one hand they claim to oppose further immigration and the Islamic influence in France, yet on the other hand they also opposed the West's War against (Islamic) terrorism! As if such hypocrisy wasn't bad enough, le Pen even once paid a friendly visit to the evil Islamic monster Saddam Hussein - such seems to be his hatred for his own Western civilisation!
Secondly there are the forthcoming UK local elections - most importantly those for the Scottish "Parliament". The apparent support for the separatist Scottish Nationalist Party (perhaps better referred to as the Scottish Ba'athist Party in view of their sickening opposition to the War against Terrorism in Iraq!) is worrying in the extreme. Ever since the official birth of the United Kingdom three hundred years ago the enemies of the British people have been trying to destroy the glorious nation. In 1922, alas, after decades of foreign-instigated terrorism in Ireland, they succeeded in the first part of their wretched aim, and now - having failed to destroy loyal Ulster by terror - they are turning their attention instead to Scotland. Make no bones about it, the SNP may not be as evil and violent as SF/IRA, but they are no less poisonous. It is therefore vitally important that the SNP are defeated at all costs. We like the manifesto of the Scottish Unionist Party very much, and would certainly advocate support for them on the "party lists". When it comes to the first-past-the-post constituency vote, however, where there is a real risk of an SNP candidate being elected, then we advise a vote for the pro-union party most likely to defeat them - even if this means holding your nose and voting Labour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC MARCH MEETING
The Springbok Club/ELC was most honoured to be able to welcome Mr. Michael Shrimpton, the famed barrister and strategic intelligence and counter-terrorism consultant, as guest speaker last month. Mr. Shrimpton, a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, spoke under "Chatham House rules", which means that alas the exact details of his speech cannot be quoted. The theme of his talk was "The Intelligence War against the British Empire from 1857 to 2007", and the information which he imparted proved to be both dramatic and eye-opening, and all present were full of praise for his most captivating and extremely well-researched address.
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APRIL SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC ACTIVITY
The Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club will be staging a trip to the MOTH's (Memorable Order of Tin-Hats) England Command HQ in April, the details of which are as follows :-
Venue : The General Browning Club, Valette Street, Hackney, London E9 6NU
(The General Browning Club is situated on the corner of Valette Street and Morning Lane, Hackney. The nearest railway station is Hackney Central, and is also on the No.38 bus route from central London)
Date : Sunday 22nd April 2007
Time : Assemble outside the General Browning Club from 13.45 hrs to 14.00 hrs
The host for this visit will be Moth Hughie Richardson, the PlayBill of the MOTH's England Command HQ and Treasurer of the General Browning Shellhole. He will be giving a conducted tour around the Command HQ building and showing the various memorabilia which the organisation's England Command possesses, as well as explaining a little about the movement's history and structure in the UK.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
On Friday 25th May the SC/ELC will be staging their traditional annual Empire Day buffet in central London, at which the guest of honour will be a former Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police. Fuller details will be given in next month's SCN.
The Kent Branch of the SC/ELC aims to hold a summer braai during June, to which all members and supporters will be invited. Again fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
In July the SC/ELC will be holding a Rhodes & Founders Day celebration buffet, at which it is hoped to welcome a prominent ex-Rhodesian with first-hand knowledge of the current situation in Zimbabwe under the ZANU-PF tyranny as guest of honour.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM MEETINGS
During May the SC/ELC will be joining forces with the London Swinton Circle under the banner of the Patriotic Forum in order to stage two events commemorating highly significant anniversaries.
The first will be a meeting to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the Act of Union, the details of which are as follows :-
Venue : The Counting House, 50 Cornhill, London EC3 (nearest tube station: Bank)
Date : Tuesday 1st May 2007 (the exact 300th anniversary of the Act of Union coming into force)
Time : 18.45 hrs for 19.00 hrs
The Act of Union - the birth of the United Kingdom - is one of the most important dates in British history, though it has reprehensively been largely overlooked by the New Labour establishment. To mark this highly significant date the Patriotic Forum has therefore invited along four leading patriots and unionists from Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland who will give cameo speeches about what their respective constituent parts of the Union mean to them, and what they have contributed to the success story of the United Kingdom as a whole.
The second meeting will be to celebrate the 25th anniversary of victory in the Falklands War, and will be held on Wednesday 23rd May, where the guest speaker will be Mr. Peter Pepper of the Falkland Islands Association. Further details will be given in next month's SCN.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle was most honoured to be able to welcome Lady [Ann] Winterton MP as guest speaker at their latest meeting. Lady Winterton gave a highly entertaining and informative address in which she concentrated upon the overbearing effects of the "nanny state" and the financial implications of continuing membership of the EU. Although not all present agreed with everything which she said, everybody was even so in full agreement with the basic themes of her talk, particularly her assertions the Britain would be better off out of the EU.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Wednesday 25th April 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : Committee Room 20 of the House of Commons (enter the Houses of Parliament via the St.Stephen's entrance, and ask in Central Lobby for directions to the House of Commons committee rooms)
Guest Speaker : Mr. David Simpson MP (DUP, Upper Bann)
David Simpson won the Upper Bann seat at the 2005 General Election by defeating then UUP leader David (now Lord) Trimble. He is the official DUP spokesman on Trade and Industry, and in his speech will give further information concerning the DUP's current tactics in relation to participation in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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FORTHCOMING NEW BRITAIN EVENTS
The New Britain party will be staging two highly significant events during May.
On Wednesday 9th May (so-called "Europe Day") New Britain will be organising a march down Whitehall stopping off to hand a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding a referendum as to whether the UK should leave the European Union, and pointing out that the auditors have refused to sign off the EU accounts for a number of years. The march will then go on to the European Union's UK office in Queen Anne's Gate to hand in a letter similar to the one handed in at Downing Street. The march assembles in Whitehall Place at 13.30 hrs and moves off down Whitehall at 14.00 hrs sharp.
On Tuesday 22nd May, with the approval of Lady Goldsmith, New Britain will be holding their first Goldsmith Lecture in memory of Sir James Goldsmith. This will take place at the Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Hall, Roberts Building, University College London, commencing at 19.00 hrs, and the speakers will be the Rt. Hon. Lord Tebbit CH and Professor Stephen Bush of Manchester University, with the meeting being chaired by Mr. Dennis Delderfield, the National Chairman of New Britain. Tickets are priced at £3.00 per head (entrance will be by ticket only), and can be obtained from New Britain, 10 College East, Gunthorpe Street, London E1 7RL. For more details 'phone: 0207-2472524.
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GOOD NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
Recently released figures from the 2002 Australian Census have shown that the Australian population was 19,000,000, and that only 285,000 (1.5%) of these were Muslim. Even in Lakemba, a Sydney constituency where a Muslim extremist is evidently planning to stand in the NSW state elections, the Muslim population is only 13% of the electorate. This puts a lie to the oft-quoted claim by multi-culturalists and defeatists that Australia is somehow becoming a multi-racial society with Muslims forming the majority in vast areas of all major cities. Australia is still an overwhelmingly White nation, and will always remain so - unless the multi-culturalists and defeatists succeed with their doom-mongering propaganda.
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LATEST FALKLANDS NEWS
Brigadier Nick Davies, Commander of British Forces in the South Atlantic, has been quoted in the Argentinian publication "Clarin" as saying "I'm here to deter any sort of aggression. Our capacity here is sufficient to face a wide spectrum of possible military aggressions, and we have well prepared plans to immediately send reinforcement, if these were necessary". The article also quotes Governor Alan Huckle saying "the lessons of 1982 have been learnt, above all over the signs of danger which were misinterpreted in 1982". The article goes on to mention the new guard ship HMS Clyde which has just been commissioned to replace the Dumbarton Castle.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN CANADA
A supporter from Alberta has helped to establish a web-site for South Africans who wish to relocate and work in Canada. They are particularly keen to contact those with professional qualifications as Coded-Welders, Welders, Boilermakers, Diesel Mechanics, Sheet Metal Workers, Fitters and Turners, Turner Machinists, Millwrights, Carpenters and those in the restaurant trade. This web-site deals with job offers and work visas, and although aimed at South Africans is applicable to all with the necessary skills, and aims to assist applicants obtain firm offers of employment and work visas. It can be accessed at : www.jobbuddy.net, or alternatively e-mail : ralph@jobbuddy.net
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MESSAGE FROM THE CANADIAN VOICE FOR ANIMALS
Earle Bingley of the Canadian Voice For Animals writes as follows :-
"I would also appreciate it if you would give me girls in Argentina a plug. They are doing wonderful work saving many animals; dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, etc."
Their web-site can be accessed at :-
http://www.canadianvoiceforanimals.org/ArgentinaBranch_Index.html
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPCA - WHAT IS GOING ON?
Regular readers will undoubtedly recall that in April 2006 we re-circulated a petition protesting against the alleged fact that the South African National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund was refusing to make grants to the South African Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and that certain branches of the South African SPCA were being threatened with closure as a result. We received this petition from a reliable source and re-circulated it in good faith, particularly as the claimed development tied-in completely with the general meltdown and collapse of South African society under the current ANC-regime.
The result of our re-circulation of this petition was dramatic in the extreme, for we were immediately contacted from several sources (including from the South African National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund themselves, quoting officials from the South African SPCA) who assured us that the petition was a "hoax", so, believing this to be true, we issued a retraction in a subsequent edition of the SCN.
Recently, however, some twelve months later, we received a very similar petition from a completely different source making much the same claims. Just what is going on here we therefore wonder? Is the South African SPCA receiving National Lottery grants or not? Are branches of the SPCA being threatened with closure or not? But if there is no truth in these claims then why are they continuing to be circulated? We would be very keen therefore to receive any further information about this most mystifying state of affairs.
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To enter please go to: www.biltongmakers.com and follow the competition link!
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We have never added wheat, glutens, binders, fillers, added ingredients or preservatives to any of our products - ever.
All of our products are hand-made by us right here in Torquay to the strictest hygiene standards, and that Campbells Biltong is directly involved with the Torbay Environmental Services - Safer Food for Better Business Programme.
All our game meats - kudu, impala, blesbok, springbok and ostrich - are delivered to us frozen under stringent EU ruling from South Africa, and that we make all our game biltong, and boerewors here in Torquay. We do not import any processed meat products.
We have an excellent courier service which will not only deliver your order to you anywhere in the UK overnight, but also to most countries in the European Union within 5 working days, at very favourable rates.
We have direct access to over 750 imported South African "Treats from Home".
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club/ELC now retails Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each (plus 20% p&p).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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BOOK OFFERS
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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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"BETRAYAL IN HIGH PLACES" by James Mackay.
271 pages, some illustrations. Soft-back £5.00 including p&p. (r.r.p. £10.00)
The compelling story of what really happened in a defeated Japan following the end of World War II. Merchant seaman James Mackay, whilst travelling in the east, started to hear stories of massacres and other atrocities committed by Japanese forces, not just against enemy troops, but against innocent civilian populations. His subsequent investigations revealed reluctance amongst Allied governments to discuss these incidents that seemed to amount almost to a cover-up. Why would the Allies want to overlook the crimes of a former enemy, especially when the leadership of another former enemy was being liquidated at Nuremburg? Using his own research, as well as material prepared by Australian Army war crimes investigator Capt. J.G. Goodwin, Mackay exposes the cover-up and names the guilty. Not only were the Japanese keen to sweep the past under the carpet, but the US government of the time also had its own reasons for preserving the political and industrial elite in Japan. A provocative book, which calls into question the morality of US policy towards Japan after WWII.
Payment can be made by credit or debit card. To order on line, log onto www.paypal.com and enter postmaster@gcartwright.demon.co.uk as payment destination.
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"THE BLIGHT OF BLAIRISM" by Francis Bennion is a devastating indictment of the "new" Labour administration. For more details about the book visit: www.francisbennion.com
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"PALM WINE AND LEOPARD'S WHISKERS", edited by Ronnie Anderson.
Reminiscences of Eastern Nigeria - "The nuts and bolts of African history..." Professor Tony Kirk-Greene CMG, MBE, Emeritus Professor of African Affairs at Oxford University. A unique selection of Nigerian stories, studies/articles on arts, crafts, education riots, oil discovery, court and community development, medical section, Royal visits, Leopard murders, electoral matters, land disputes, an extraordinary spectrum of Nigerian life in post-war era up to Independence. Photographs, sketches and maps.
A small stock of this book, which makes an ideal gift, are still available from : Yesterdays Books, 6 Cecil Avenue, Bournemouth, BH8 9EH, UK at £15.00 - plus £3.50 or £6.50 (airmail) for postage and packing.
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"THE RAPE OF ZIMBABWE" by Ricky Wilson - which tells it like it was (and is)!
Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
You can order this book via http://www.diadembooks.co.uk/zimbabwe.htm
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SOUTH AFRICAN EXPATRIATES WEB-SITE
A new community web-site, designed to assist South African immigrants through the tough ordeal of settling in a new country has been established, and can be accessed at :-
http://www.SAExpats.com
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.101 : Mr. MIKE BENNETT of Durban
Mike Bennett was conceived in South Africa, but born in Canada. He moved to Durban during the late 1970s however, where he held a leading position in the computer department of a large multi-national company. He married his beautiful wife Allison around 1980, and the happy couple re-located to Canada shortly thereafter. Alas they couldn't settle and returned to Durban a couple of years later, but sadly divorced a year or so after. Allison is believed subsequently to have married a soccer referee, but alas nothing further is known about either of them. A number of old friends would be very keen to learn where they are now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
A new web-site has recently been set up by the Rhodesian Light Infantry Regimental Association, which is well worth a visit. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.therli.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
STILL FORGETTING THE PAST
Sir,
Your memory is as faulty as much else about you. Despite my telling you very pointedly (not suggesting) to stop e-mailing me on several occasions, you continued to blather on... just as you have done yet again here.
The only unfortunate thing about my e-mail was that it was caused by your waffling rubbish and lies.
Yours etc.,
Derek Partridge, Las Vegas, U.S.A.
[Significantly Mr Partridge makes no reference to any of the specific points which we made regarding his earlier astonishing e-mail which appeared in the February edition of the SCN - resorting simply to childish insults. We will therefore leave it to readers to judge the current state of mind of this sad individual who is apparently still in a complete state of denial about his past. Ed.]
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WHEN IS A TERRORIST NOT A TERRORIST?
Sir,
Many important politicians and clerics ignored or justified Robert Mugabe's terrorist training in China, overlooked his devotion to communism, and befriended a man who is now guilty of the same crimes as Saddam Hussein.
Zimbabwe's Black population should now be 18 million. 4 million have emigrated, or escaped, 3 million are "missing", 11 million remain, including 1.3 million orphans. The economy has been destroyed, the health system is chaotic, non-resident pensions are devalued and virtually stolen, and semi-starvation is prevalent. Political killing and torture are widespread and bodies are bulldozed into large pits without traditional ceremony. Mugabe hangs onto power at all costs while his cronies make a lot of money from "round tripping" on Zimbabwe's currency exchange rate.
South Africa and the African bloc prevent this genocide from being discussed at the UN and Western nations put good relations with South Africa above any human rights considerations in Zimbabwe. Mugabe doesn't seem to merit Regime Change.
Do these politicians and clerics still champion this man, while condemning Saddam - or will they now admit to a serious lack of judgement?
Are they prepared to help the many Zimbabweans who are suffering because of their false judgement - or have they buried their mistake while Zimbabwe buries its victims?
The people who supported Mugabe so fervently should now, just as vigorously, give assistance to his victims. The Zimbabwe Stolen Pensions Petition would be a good place to start. This petition, with 1984 signatures, has already been delivered to the British government and a copy has been sent to The Queen. The petitioners are part of the Rhodesian Diaspora, scattered around the world, their pensions are cut off, probably stolen forever, unless their petition gets support from important people.
So, who are the terrorists? When is a terrorist not a terrorist?
Yours etc.,
Ray Billington, Waterman, Australia.
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SURE THEY'RE OLD BUT THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL
Sir,
The Federal Commonwealth Society takes part in an annual parade on the Saturday prior to Easter in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada. We do this every year and we will take pictures of the parade on post them on our web site.
This year, we will be carrying the flags of our members' nations and member societies. To represent our affiliation with the Springbok Club, we have decided to carry the previous South African flag - the one adopted in 1928 which has orange white and blue horizontal bars with the Union Jack and the two Boer Republics flags in the centre. We will not be carrying the present South African flag adopted in 1994. This will be carried along with the Society's flag (a Union Jack with the Maple Leaf and Southern Cross constellation in the centre), the Union Jack, the Canadian Red Ensign, Australian and New Zealand flags, Falkland Islands flag and pre-1776 American flag to represent our members in the USA (a Red Ensign with the 1606 Union Jack in the corner).
Yours etc.,
James Alcock, International President FCS, Ontario, Canada
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HEY MAN!
Sir,
Africa is a sad place of excuses and intransigence, allied to an indifference that makes any sane man gasp. Sadly South Africa is, it appears, headed the same way as our neighbours, perhaps the saddest thing is that the Western world's desire to be "nice" to Africa and the political issues associated with acting in accordance with the obvious realities; essentially being labelled a racist by the liberal thought-police, preclude any realistic and meaningful action being taken. The world's only answer is to watch and sing the song "The happy happy people..." or some such dirge as Africa cries out for real leadership, which may well entail tough action and honesty instead of liberal sing-songs about the wonders of Africa and the good news and a lot of huffing and politically-correct pontificating at any suggestion that the liberal approach is a failed ideology somewhat akin to the 60's dream of drug-fuelled peace and harmony that vanished in a hashish cloud in the 70's.
The sad truth is that Africa has serious problems, very serious problems, and until the world faces up to that fact and stops lowering the bar for Africa all that will emerge are countries that have standards so low that the only people able to perform under those standards will be limbo dancers.
It is becoming clear that South Africa is increasingly a corrupt country; there is hardly any politician that has not been tainted by suggestions or suspicions of corruption, or blatantly found guilty of corruption and worse, and let off or excused. Sadly, again the politically-correct and hugely misguided policies of Black Economic Empowerment and Affirmative Action, two bigger misnomers I am sure it would be hard to find, are going to cause huge problems for this country. I am of course, in the eyes of any liberals a neanderthal apologist for conservative values that are aimed at destroying the world under a flood of actions based on reality and common-sense. I plead guilty to all except the charge of being a neanderthal, and I must say that perhaps the phrase "common-sense" is one candidate as a competitor for a bigger misnomer than BEE and AA. Now where is my dope and hey, perhaps we'll have like less than 30,000 murders next year; cool man, Africa rocks....wha...aaagh you've killed me, but I'm like a cool liberal man; you can't do that!
Yours etc.,
Stuart, ex-Natal, now Sussex.
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GET YOUR GUN
Sir,
I am a 32 year-old third generation Rhodesian/Zimbabwean still living in Zimbabwe, and so are my parents (ex-dairy farmers).
I have just read an article published in the weekly Financial Gazette and I quote :-
"The Z.R Police is currently holding 24,655 private firearms surrendered by members of the public. The firearms include pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns of various makes. The firearms were surrendered as far back as 1979. The reasons for surrender vary with individuals but most common reason is expiry of firearm certificates. Members of the public who wish to claim their weapons from the police custody should approach the police station where firearms were deposited with a valid certificate. Members of the public have until the 30th of April 2007 to get their firearms back after this offer is closed."
I believe all the weapons not clamed will become the property of the state and so I would like to know if anyone has any documentation relating to weapons they may have surrendered so we can try and rescue some of these weapons.
Yours etc.,
Jimmy, Zimbabwe.
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ROGUES GALLERY
A few weeks ago we received a deranged e-mail from somebody calling himself "Alex Tebbutt" attacking our movement from an extreme Leftist position. There was something about the phraseology of this e-mail, however, which reminded us very much of the style of writing of young Mr Arthur Kemp (the former close friend and supporter who, in spite of now trying to adopt an "off the edge" neo-Nazi image, has been revealed as actually doing the bidding of the ANC regime), so we therefore "chanced our arm" and wrote back addressing our reply to Mr Kemp - knowing that if we were mistaken we would soon be pulled up. Significantly, however, we have received absolutely no response to this reply!
Two other inadequates who have caused us problems in the past have also suffered severe reverses in fortune recently we're pleased to report. John "Porky" Hiddleston (the original nominal editor of S.A.Patriot, who suddenly disappeared from Durban in 1981 taking all of the magazine's funds with him!) was bizarrely nominated as a UUP candidate for the Belfast South constituency in the penultimate Northern Ireland Assembly elections (unsuccessfully we're pleased to add!). After this "Porky's" disreputable past was belatedly exposed in the Ulster press, and at the latest Assembly election's his name - surprise, surprise - appeared nowhere among the list of candidates!
More sickeningly, however, was the fact that Mark "Chi-Chi" Cotterill (the grudge-bearing malcontent who went out of his way to sabotage a White Rhino Club gathering in North Devon during 1993) was unbelievably elected as a councillor in Blackburn during 2006 for the tin-pot little-Englander "England First Party" - together with a part-Cameroonian colleague! The two of them proved completely out of their depth as councillors however, and did little for their electors. Now, less than a year later, comes news of a bust-up between "Chi-Chi" and the Cameroonian. "Chi-Chi" has resigned not only as councillor but also as "Chairman" of the EFP, and the Cameroonian is now joining the "Party for Darwen" (Darwen being a suburb of Blackburn) - evidently little England wasn't little enough for him, so he's now supporting autonomy for somewhere even smaller!
Let's hope therefore that this is the last we'll ever hear of any of these three pathetic trouble-making wretches!
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April 2007 edition
The next few weeks will witness two very important sets of elections which will have great significance for the future of the West.
Firstly, of course, there is the forthcoming French Presidential election. We think it is fair to say that Jacques Chirac has proved to be a big disappointment for all those who believed he would stand up for Western civilisation when first elected. Not only has he done nothing to solve France's immigration problem, but more reprehensively he failed to give full support to the West's War against Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan - presumably because he wished to appease France's estimated 5 million non-White population (most of whom being Muslim). His UMP successor, Nicolas Sarkozy, seems to be a far tougher and more reliable character however. Having said that we believe that by far the best candidate on offer is Phillippe de Villiers of the MPF, a man with an impeccable record for supporting the rights of the great European nation-states and Western solidarity. Alas, however, de Villiers's chances of success seem remote, but even so we would advocate a vote for him in the first ballot and a vote for Sarkozy in the second. Above all, however, we trust that the French electorate won't disgrace itself again by voting the Vichy-heir Jean-Marie le Pen into second place. Le Pen and his Front National party are of course total hypocrites. On one hand they claim to oppose further immigration and the Islamic influence in France, yet on the other hand they also opposed the West's War against (Islamic) terrorism! As if such hypocrisy wasn't bad enough, le Pen even once paid a friendly visit to the evil Islamic monster Saddam Hussein - such seems to be his hatred for his own Western civilisation!
Secondly there are the forthcoming UK local elections - most importantly those for the Scottish "Parliament". The apparent support for the separatist Scottish Nationalist Party (perhaps better referred to as the Scottish Ba'athist Party in view of their sickening opposition to the War against Terrorism in Iraq!) is worrying in the extreme. Ever since the official birth of the United Kingdom three hundred years ago the enemies of the British people have been trying to destroy the glorious nation. In 1922, alas, after decades of foreign-instigated terrorism in Ireland, they succeeded in the first part of their wretched aim, and now - having failed to destroy loyal Ulster by terror - they are turning their attention instead to Scotland. Make no bones about it, the SNP may not be as evil and violent as SF/IRA, but they are no less poisonous. It is therefore vitally important that the SNP are defeated at all costs. We like the manifesto of the Scottish Unionist Party very much, and would certainly advocate support for them on the "party lists". When it comes to the first-past-the-post constituency vote, however, where there is a real risk of an SNP candidate being elected, then we advise a vote for the pro-union party most likely to defeat them - even if this means holding your nose and voting Labour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC MARCH MEETING
The Springbok Club/ELC was most honoured to be able to welcome Mr. Michael Shrimpton, the famed barrister and strategic intelligence and counter-terrorism consultant, as guest speaker last month. Mr. Shrimpton, a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, spoke under "Chatham House rules", which means that alas the exact details of his speech cannot be quoted. The theme of his talk was "The Intelligence War against the British Empire from 1857 to 2007", and the information which he imparted proved to be both dramatic and eye-opening, and all present were full of praise for his most captivating and extremely well-researched address.
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APRIL SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC ACTIVITY
The Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club will be staging a trip to the MOTH's (Memorable Order of Tin-Hats) England Command HQ in April, the details of which are as follows :-
Venue : The General Browning Club, Valette Street, Hackney, London E9 6NU
(The General Browning Club is situated on the corner of Valette Street and Morning Lane, Hackney. The nearest railway station is Hackney Central, and is also on the No.38 bus route from central London)
Date : Sunday 22nd April 2007
Time : Assemble outside the General Browning Club from 13.45 hrs to 14.00 hrs
The host for this visit will be Moth Hughie Richardson, the PlayBill of the MOTH's England Command HQ and Treasurer of the General Browning Shellhole. He will be giving a conducted tour around the Command HQ building and showing the various memorabilia which the organisation's England Command possesses, as well as explaining a little about the movement's history and structure in the UK.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
On Friday 25th May the SC/ELC will be staging their traditional annual Empire Day buffet in central London, at which the guest of honour will be a former Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police. Fuller details will be given in next month's SCN.
The Kent Branch of the SC/ELC aims to hold a summer braai during June, to which all members and supporters will be invited. Again fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
In July the SC/ELC will be holding a Rhodes & Founders Day celebration buffet, at which it is hoped to welcome a prominent ex-Rhodesian with first-hand knowledge of the current situation in Zimbabwe under the ZANU-PF tyranny as guest of honour.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM MEETINGS
During May the SC/ELC will be joining forces with the London Swinton Circle under the banner of the Patriotic Forum in order to stage two events commemorating highly significant anniversaries.
The first will be a meeting to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the Act of Union, the details of which are as follows :-
Venue : The Counting House, 50 Cornhill, London EC3 (nearest tube station: Bank)
Date : Tuesday 1st May 2007 (the exact 300th anniversary of the Act of Union coming into force)
Time : 18.45 hrs for 19.00 hrs
The Act of Union - the birth of the United Kingdom - is one of the most important dates in British history, though it has reprehensively been largely overlooked by the New Labour establishment. To mark this highly significant date the Patriotic Forum has therefore invited along four leading patriots and unionists from Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland who will give cameo speeches about what their respective constituent parts of the Union mean to them, and what they have contributed to the success story of the United Kingdom as a whole.
The second meeting will be to celebrate the 25th anniversary of victory in the Falklands War, and will be held on Wednesday 23rd May, where the guest speaker will be Mr. Peter Pepper of the Falkland Islands Association. Further details will be given in next month's SCN.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle was most honoured to be able to welcome Lady [Ann] Winterton MP as guest speaker at their latest meeting. Lady Winterton gave a highly entertaining and informative address in which she concentrated upon the overbearing effects of the "nanny state" and the financial implications of continuing membership of the EU. Although not all present agreed with everything which she said, everybody was even so in full agreement with the basic themes of her talk, particularly her assertions the Britain would be better off out of the EU.
Details of the next London Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Wednesday 25th April 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : Committee Room 20 of the House of Commons (enter the Houses of Parliament via the St.Stephen's entrance, and ask in Central Lobby for directions to the House of Commons committee rooms)
Guest Speaker : Mr. David Simpson MP (DUP, Upper Bann)
David Simpson won the Upper Bann seat at the 2005 General Election by defeating then UUP leader David (now Lord) Trimble. He is the official DUP spokesman on Trade and Industry, and in his speech will give further information concerning the DUP's current tactics in relation to participation in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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FORTHCOMING NEW BRITAIN EVENTS
The New Britain party will be staging two highly significant events during May.
On Wednesday 9th May (so-called "Europe Day") New Britain will be organising a march down Whitehall stopping off to hand a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding a referendum as to whether the UK should leave the European Union, and pointing out that the auditors have refused to sign off the EU accounts for a number of years. The march will then go on to the European Union's UK office in Queen Anne's Gate to hand in a letter similar to the one handed in at Downing Street. The march assembles in Whitehall Place at 13.30 hrs and moves off down Whitehall at 14.00 hrs sharp.
On Tuesday 22nd May, with the approval of Lady Goldsmith, New Britain will be holding their first Goldsmith Lecture in memory of Sir James Goldsmith. This will take place at the Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Hall, Roberts Building, University College London, commencing at 19.00 hrs, and the speakers will be the Rt. Hon. Lord Tebbit CH and Professor Stephen Bush of Manchester University, with the meeting being chaired by Mr. Dennis Delderfield, the National Chairman of New Britain. Tickets are priced at £3.00 per head (entrance will be by ticket only), and can be obtained from New Britain, 10 College East, Gunthorpe Street, London E1 7RL. For more details 'phone: 0207-2472524.
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GOOD NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
Recently released figures from the 2002 Australian Census have shown that the Australian population was 19,000,000, and that only 285,000 (1.5%) of these were Muslim. Even in Lakemba, a Sydney constituency where a Muslim extremist is evidently planning to stand in the NSW state elections, the Muslim population is only 13% of the electorate. This puts a lie to the oft-quoted claim by multi-culturalists and defeatists that Australia is somehow becoming a multi-racial society with Muslims forming the majority in vast areas of all major cities. Australia is still an overwhelmingly White nation, and will always remain so - unless the multi-culturalists and defeatists succeed with their doom-mongering propaganda.
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LATEST FALKLANDS NEWS
Brigadier Nick Davies, Commander of British Forces in the South Atlantic, has been quoted in the Argentinian publication "Clarin" as saying "I'm here to deter any sort of aggression. Our capacity here is sufficient to face a wide spectrum of possible military aggressions, and we have well prepared plans to immediately send reinforcement, if these were necessary". The article also quotes Governor Alan Huckle saying "the lessons of 1982 have been learnt, above all over the signs of danger which were misinterpreted in 1982". The article goes on to mention the new guard ship HMS Clyde which has just been commissioned to replace the Dumbarton Castle.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN CANADA
A supporter from Alberta has helped to establish a web-site for South Africans who wish to relocate and work in Canada. They are particularly keen to contact those with professional qualifications as Coded-Welders, Welders, Boilermakers, Diesel Mechanics, Sheet Metal Workers, Fitters and Turners, Turner Machinists, Millwrights, Carpenters and those in the restaurant trade. This web-site deals with job offers and work visas, and although aimed at South Africans is applicable to all with the necessary skills, and aims to assist applicants obtain firm offers of employment and work visas. It can be accessed at : www.jobbuddy.net, or alternatively e-mail : ralph@jobbuddy.net
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MESSAGE FROM THE CANADIAN VOICE FOR ANIMALS
Earle Bingley of the Canadian Voice For Animals writes as follows :-
"I would also appreciate it if you would give me girls in Argentina a plug. They are doing wonderful work saving many animals; dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, etc."
Their web-site can be accessed at :-
http://www.canadianvoiceforanimals.org/ArgentinaBranch_Index.html
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPCA - WHAT IS GOING ON?
Regular readers will undoubtedly recall that in April 2006 we re-circulated a petition protesting against the alleged fact that the South African National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund was refusing to make grants to the South African Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and that certain branches of the South African SPCA were being threatened with closure as a result. We received this petition from a reliable source and re-circulated it in good faith, particularly as the claimed development tied-in completely with the general meltdown and collapse of South African society under the current ANC-regime.
The result of our re-circulation of this petition was dramatic in the extreme, for we were immediately contacted from several sources (including from the South African National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund themselves, quoting officials from the South African SPCA) who assured us that the petition was a "hoax", so, believing this to be true, we issued a retraction in a subsequent edition of the SCN.
Recently, however, some twelve months later, we received a very similar petition from a completely different source making much the same claims. Just what is going on here we therefore wonder? Is the South African SPCA receiving National Lottery grants or not? Are branches of the SPCA being threatened with closure or not? But if there is no truth in these claims then why are they continuing to be circulated? We would be very keen therefore to receive any further information about this most mystifying state of affairs.
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We use only the best quality free-range Wessex beef and pork in our products and that we are a 100% Devon-based business.
We have never added wheat, glutens, binders, fillers, added ingredients or preservatives to any of our products - ever.
All of our products are hand-made by us right here in Torquay to the strictest hygiene standards, and that Campbells Biltong is directly involved with the Torbay Environmental Services - Safer Food for Better Business Programme.
All our game meats - kudu, impala, blesbok, springbok and ostrich - are delivered to us frozen under stringent EU ruling from South Africa, and that we make all our game biltong, and boerewors here in Torquay. We do not import any processed meat products.
We have an excellent courier service which will not only deliver your order to you anywhere in the UK overnight, but also to most countries in the European Union within 5 working days, at very favourable rates.
We have direct access to over 750 imported South African "Treats from Home".
Last year, over a 3 day period at 2 local events, we produced, cooked and sold 1742 boere-burgers and boere-rolls from "The Flame Grill". That has got to be a new record!
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club/ELC now retails Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each (plus 20% p&p).
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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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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"BETRAYAL IN HIGH PLACES" by James Mackay.
271 pages, some illustrations. Soft-back £5.00 including p&p. (r.r.p. £10.00)
The compelling story of what really happened in a defeated Japan following the end of World War II. Merchant seaman James Mackay, whilst travelling in the east, started to hear stories of massacres and other atrocities committed by Japanese forces, not just against enemy troops, but against innocent civilian populations. His subsequent investigations revealed reluctance amongst Allied governments to discuss these incidents that seemed to amount almost to a cover-up. Why would the Allies want to overlook the crimes of a former enemy, especially when the leadership of another former enemy was being liquidated at Nuremburg? Using his own research, as well as material prepared by Australian Army war crimes investigator Capt. J.G. Goodwin, Mackay exposes the cover-up and names the guilty. Not only were the Japanese keen to sweep the past under the carpet, but the US government of the time also had its own reasons for preserving the political and industrial elite in Japan. A provocative book, which calls into question the morality of US policy towards Japan after WWII.
Payment can be made by credit or debit card. To order on line, log onto www.paypal.com and enter postmaster@gcartwright.demon.co.uk as payment destination.
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"THE BLIGHT OF BLAIRISM" by Francis Bennion is a devastating indictment of the "new" Labour administration. For more details about the book visit: www.francisbennion.com
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"PALM WINE AND LEOPARD'S WHISKERS", edited by Ronnie Anderson.
Reminiscences of Eastern Nigeria - "The nuts and bolts of African history..." Professor Tony Kirk-Greene CMG, MBE, Emeritus Professor of African Affairs at Oxford University. A unique selection of Nigerian stories, studies/articles on arts, crafts, education riots, oil discovery, court and community development, medical section, Royal visits, Leopard murders, electoral matters, land disputes, an extraordinary spectrum of Nigerian life in post-war era up to Independence. Photographs, sketches and maps.
A small stock of this book, which makes an ideal gift, are still available from : Yesterdays Books, 6 Cecil Avenue, Bournemouth, BH8 9EH, UK at £15.00 - plus £3.50 or £6.50 (airmail) for postage and packing.
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"THE RAPE OF ZIMBABWE" by Ricky Wilson - which tells it like it was (and is)!
Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
You can order this book via http://www.diadembooks.co.uk/zimbabwe.htm
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SOUTH AFRICAN EXPATRIATES WEB-SITE
A new community web-site, designed to assist South African immigrants through the tough ordeal of settling in a new country has been established, and can be accessed at :-
http://www.SAExpats.com
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.101 : Mr. MIKE BENNETT of Durban
Mike Bennett was conceived in South Africa, but born in Canada. He moved to Durban during the late 1970s however, where he held a leading position in the computer department of a large multi-national company. He married his beautiful wife Allison around 1980, and the happy couple re-located to Canada shortly thereafter. Alas they couldn't settle and returned to Durban a couple of years later, but sadly divorced a year or so after. Allison is believed subsequently to have married a soccer referee, but alas nothing further is known about either of them. A number of old friends would be very keen to learn where they are now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
A new web-site has recently been set up by the Rhodesian Light Infantry Regimental Association, which is well worth a visit. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.therli.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
STILL FORGETTING THE PAST
Sir,
Your memory is as faulty as much else about you. Despite my telling you very pointedly (not suggesting) to stop e-mailing me on several occasions, you continued to blather on... just as you have done yet again here.
The only unfortunate thing about my e-mail was that it was caused by your waffling rubbish and lies.
Yours etc.,
Derek Partridge, Las Vegas, U.S.A.
[Significantly Mr Partridge makes no reference to any of the specific points which we made regarding his earlier astonishing e-mail which appeared in the February edition of the SCN - resorting simply to childish insults. We will therefore leave it to readers to judge the current state of mind of this sad individual who is apparently still in a complete state of denial about his past. Ed.]
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WHEN IS A TERRORIST NOT A TERRORIST?
Sir,
Many important politicians and clerics ignored or justified Robert Mugabe's terrorist training in China, overlooked his devotion to communism, and befriended a man who is now guilty of the same crimes as Saddam Hussein.
Zimbabwe's Black population should now be 18 million. 4 million have emigrated, or escaped, 3 million are "missing", 11 million remain, including 1.3 million orphans. The economy has been destroyed, the health system is chaotic, non-resident pensions are devalued and virtually stolen, and semi-starvation is prevalent. Political killing and torture are widespread and bodies are bulldozed into large pits without traditional ceremony. Mugabe hangs onto power at all costs while his cronies make a lot of money from "round tripping" on Zimbabwe's currency exchange rate.
South Africa and the African bloc prevent this genocide from being discussed at the UN and Western nations put good relations with South Africa above any human rights considerations in Zimbabwe. Mugabe doesn't seem to merit Regime Change.
Do these politicians and clerics still champion this man, while condemning Saddam - or will they now admit to a serious lack of judgement?
Are they prepared to help the many Zimbabweans who are suffering because of their false judgement - or have they buried their mistake while Zimbabwe buries its victims?
The people who supported Mugabe so fervently should now, just as vigorously, give assistance to his victims. The Zimbabwe Stolen Pensions Petition would be a good place to start. This petition, with 1984 signatures, has already been delivered to the British government and a copy has been sent to The Queen. The petitioners are part of the Rhodesian Diaspora, scattered around the world, their pensions are cut off, probably stolen forever, unless their petition gets support from important people.
So, who are the terrorists? When is a terrorist not a terrorist?
Yours etc.,
Ray Billington, Waterman, Australia.
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SURE THEY'RE OLD BUT THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL
Sir,
The Federal Commonwealth Society takes part in an annual parade on the Saturday prior to Easter in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada. We do this every year and we will take pictures of the parade on post them on our web site.
This year, we will be carrying the flags of our members' nations and member societies. To represent our affiliation with the Springbok Club, we have decided to carry the previous South African flag - the one adopted in 1928 which has orange white and blue horizontal bars with the Union Jack and the two Boer Republics flags in the centre. We will not be carrying the present South African flag adopted in 1994. This will be carried along with the Society's flag (a Union Jack with the Maple Leaf and Southern Cross constellation in the centre), the Union Jack, the Canadian Red Ensign, Australian and New Zealand flags, Falkland Islands flag and pre-1776 American flag to represent our members in the USA (a Red Ensign with the 1606 Union Jack in the corner).
Yours etc.,
James Alcock, International President FCS, Ontario, Canada
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HEY MAN!
Sir,
Africa is a sad place of excuses and intransigence, allied to an indifference that makes any sane man gasp. Sadly South Africa is, it appears, headed the same way as our neighbours, perhaps the saddest thing is that the Western world's desire to be "nice" to Africa and the political issues associated with acting in accordance with the obvious realities; essentially being labelled a racist by the liberal thought-police, preclude any realistic and meaningful action being taken. The world's only answer is to watch and sing the song "The happy happy people..." or some such dirge as Africa cries out for real leadership, which may well entail tough action and honesty instead of liberal sing-songs about the wonders of Africa and the good news and a lot of huffing and politically-correct pontificating at any suggestion that the liberal approach is a failed ideology somewhat akin to the 60's dream of drug-fuelled peace and harmony that vanished in a hashish cloud in the 70's.
The sad truth is that Africa has serious problems, very serious problems, and until the world faces up to that fact and stops lowering the bar for Africa all that will emerge are countries that have standards so low that the only people able to perform under those standards will be limbo dancers.
It is becoming clear that South Africa is increasingly a corrupt country; there is hardly any politician that has not been tainted by suggestions or suspicions of corruption, or blatantly found guilty of corruption and worse, and let off or excused. Sadly, again the politically-correct and hugely misguided policies of Black Economic Empowerment and Affirmative Action, two bigger misnomers I am sure it would be hard to find, are going to cause huge problems for this country. I am of course, in the eyes of any liberals a neanderthal apologist for conservative values that are aimed at destroying the world under a flood of actions based on reality and common-sense. I plead guilty to all except the charge of being a neanderthal, and I must say that perhaps the phrase "common-sense" is one candidate as a competitor for a bigger misnomer than BEE and AA. Now where is my dope and hey, perhaps we'll have like less than 30,000 murders next year; cool man, Africa rocks....wha...aaagh you've killed me, but I'm like a cool liberal man; you can't do that!
Yours etc.,
Stuart, ex-Natal, now Sussex.
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GET YOUR GUN
Sir,
I am a 32 year-old third generation Rhodesian/Zimbabwean still living in Zimbabwe, and so are my parents (ex-dairy farmers).
I have just read an article published in the weekly Financial Gazette and I quote :-
"The Z.R Police is currently holding 24,655 private firearms surrendered by members of the public. The firearms include pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns of various makes. The firearms were surrendered as far back as 1979. The reasons for surrender vary with individuals but most common reason is expiry of firearm certificates. Members of the public who wish to claim their weapons from the police custody should approach the police station where firearms were deposited with a valid certificate. Members of the public have until the 30th of April 2007 to get their firearms back after this offer is closed."
I believe all the weapons not clamed will become the property of the state and so I would like to know if anyone has any documentation relating to weapons they may have surrendered so we can try and rescue some of these weapons.
Yours etc.,
Jimmy, Zimbabwe.
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ROGUES GALLERY
A few weeks ago we received a deranged e-mail from somebody calling himself "Alex Tebbutt" attacking our movement from an extreme Leftist position. There was something about the phraseology of this e-mail, however, which reminded us very much of the style of writing of young Mr Arthur Kemp (the former close friend and supporter who, in spite of now trying to adopt an "off the edge" neo-Nazi image, has been revealed as actually doing the bidding of the ANC regime), so we therefore "chanced our arm" and wrote back addressing our reply to Mr Kemp - knowing that if we were mistaken we would soon be pulled up. Significantly, however, we have received absolutely no response to this reply!
Two other inadequates who have caused us problems in the past have also suffered severe reverses in fortune recently we're pleased to report. John "Porky" Hiddleston (the original nominal editor of S.A.Patriot, who suddenly disappeared from Durban in 1981 taking all of the magazine's funds with him!) was bizarrely nominated as a UUP candidate for the Belfast South constituency in the penultimate Northern Ireland Assembly elections (unsuccessfully we're pleased to add!). After this "Porky's" disreputable past was belatedly exposed in the Ulster press, and at the latest Assembly election's his name - surprise, surprise - appeared nowhere among the list of candidates!
More sickeningly, however, was the fact that Mark "Chi-Chi" Cotterill (the grudge-bearing malcontent who went out of his way to sabotage a White Rhino Club gathering in North Devon during 1993) was unbelievably elected as a councillor in Blackburn during 2006 for the tin-pot little-Englander "England First Party" - together with a part-Cameroonian colleague! The two of them proved completely out of their depth as councillors however, and did little for their electors. Now, less than a year later, comes news of a bust-up between "Chi-Chi" and the Cameroonian. "Chi-Chi" has resigned not only as councillor but also as "Chairman" of the EFP, and the Cameroonian is now joining the "Party for Darwen" (Darwen being a suburb of Blackburn) - evidently little England wasn't little enough for him, so he's now supporting autonomy for somewhere even smaller!
Let's hope therefore that this is the last we'll ever hear of any of these three pathetic trouble-making wretches!
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Monday, 19 March 2007
March 2007 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
March 2007 edition
It seems ironic - to say the least - that a new umbrella opposition organisation founded in "Zimbabwe" should be calling itself the "Save Zimbabwe Campaign".
Our own movement, of course, can trace its roots back to the days of the "Save Rhodesia Campaign", which was founded in Cape Town during early 1977 and which lasted until the day after the disastrous Rhodesian constitutional referendum of 30th January 1979, when the organisation metamorphosised itself into the "South Africa First Campaign". In spite of its short lifespan and the fact that it was eventually unsuccessful in its basic aim, the SRC managed to generate great support and publicity both within South Africa itself and around the Western world, and was unambiguous in its warnings to the Rhodesian people of what would befall them if they were to surrender to "Zimbabwean" terrorism.
One of our more affable, albeit extremely naive, colleagues at that time was a Dutchman named Martin Gipon, who incredibly suggested that rather than becoming the "South Africa First Campaign" the organisation should change its name to the "Save Zimbabwe Campaign" - seemingly being too simple-minded to comprehend that it was the very CONCEPT of "Zimbabwe" which we opposed, and that if anything it would have been more logical to rename ourselves the "Smash Zimbabwe Campaign"!
Although it sickeningly took the outside world 20 or so years to recognise the true evils of Mugabe's ZANU-PF rule, all the disasters which the SRC predicted way back in the late 1970s came to fruition very shortly after the capitulation to ZANU-PF terrorist rule - just as we accurately predicted the anti-White genocide campaign and the total breakdown in all the infrastructures of state if South African Whites were similarly stupidly to capitulate to ANC terrorist rule.
Much though we might sympathise with those behind today's "Save Zimbabwe Campaign" we fear that their chances of success in the short-term are extremely negligible, and that Mugabe's terrorist thugs will have to destroy the country even more completely before there will be any chance of outside intervention and salvation. Their basic problem, of course, is the fact that they still cling to the name of "Zimbabwe" - a term which will ALWAYS be associated with Mugabe's tyranny and ZANU-PF terrorism. Is it any wonder therefore that the overseas powers-that-be are currently reluctant to intervene on their behalf?
When the eventual total collapse does come about and a new generation White pioneers arrive to pick up the pieces, then the Rhodesian nation will be re-born - in practice if not in name. The spirit of this revived Rhodesian nation will furthermore be the salvation of ALL races, not only the dispossessed Whites, but also those poor average Blacks who have suffered so appallingly under the entity of "Zimbabwe".
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC FEBRUARY MEETING
At the latest meeting of the Springbok Club/ELC the organisation was most privileged to be able to welcome Mr. Brian Danes as guest speaker. Mr. Danes has undertaken extensive research into BBC and other media bias, as well as other related aspects of the Blair Government and the effects of immigration. He gave a most concise and captivating talk in which he detailed many of the statistics which his research had uncovered, and also distributed copies of his famous "fact sheets" which analyse his findings in an easy-to-read format. If you would like to obtain copies of these "fact sheets", which include titles such as "The Racist Left", "Calamity Brown - 25 reasons why" and "How the BBC is Racist", please write to: The Springbok Club/ELC, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, U.K., enclosing a small donation to cover postage costs etc.
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MARCH SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC MEETING
Details of the March meeting of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club are as follows :-
Guest Speaker : Mr. MICHAEL SHRIMPTON, who will speak on the subject of "The Intelligence War against the British Empire from 1857 to 2007"
Date : Monday 26th March 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs.
Venue : THE CLARENCE (the upstairs Parliament Room), 53 Whitehall, London SW1 (close to Trafalgar Square, nearest tube stations: Charing Cross and Embankment).
Michael Shrimpton was born in 1957 and is a barrister by profession, having been called to the Bar by Gray's Inn at Michaelmas 1983. He is a specialist in national security and constitutional law, and is also a leading strategic intelligence and counter-terrorism consultant. He is Adjunct Professor of Intelligence Studies at the Department of National Security, Intelligence and Space Studies of the American Military University, teaching intelligence subjects at masters degree level to, inter alia, serving intelligence officers. He advised the late Gen. Pinochet Ugarté following his illegal arrest in London during 1998, and negotiated national security aspects of the Pinochet case with leading American national security officials. He was lead council in the "Metric Martyrs" test case of 2000/2002. He has represented US and Israeli intelligence officers and briefed staffers on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Joint Congressional inquiry into 9/11, and has visited the Golan Heights and the West Bank. He has also actively assisted Intelligence and Law Enforcement Agencies in the Global War on Terror, and was instrumental in exposing the notorious Abu Ghraib "hood" photo as a fake. He advised a number of hereditary peers during their battle against exclusion from Parliament, led the fight to save Rolls-Royce Motor Cars from German ownership, and is Intelligence Consultant to the BBC TV Spooks series. He was formerly Co-Chairman of the Bruges Group, and is a member of the Royal United Services Institute, the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is an Honorary Life Member of the Bomber Command Association and a keen member of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club and Bentley Drivers Club and of Middlesex C.C.C.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
In mid-April the SC/ELC anticipates welcoming a leading official from a respected South African ex-serviceman's organisation as guest speaker.
During May the SC/ELC will be joining forces with the London Swinton Circle in order to stage two events commemorating highly significant anniversaries. On 1st May there will be a celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the Act of Union, at which leading Unionists from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales will give brief key-note talks about why the Union is so important to them. On Wednesday 23rd May a joint meeting will be held to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Victory in the Falklands War, at which the Guest Speaker will be Mr. Peter Pepper of the Falkland Islands Association.
In late May the SC/ELC will be staging their traditional annual Empire Day celebrations, at which it is anticipated that a leading colonial figure from Hong Kong will be Guest of Honour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
Details of the 2007 AGM of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 31st March 2007
Time : 10.30 hrs for 11.00 hrs
Venue : Finvoy Orange Hall, Finvoy Road, Ballymoney, Co.Antrim (the Finvoy Road runs between Ballymoney and Rasharkin, the Orange Hall is located almost at the half way point in the road, beside a small petrol garage and lay-by).
The Northern Ireland Branch of the SC/ELC of course experienced some minor difficulties last year, all of which now seem to have been happily overcome. Unfortunately, however, the current Chairman and stalwart of the Branch, Pastor Nigel Owens, will be taking up a three-year overseas teaching appointment in mid-year, so therefore needs to hand over the Chairmanship of the Branch to reliable hands at this AGM. In view of these two factors we would like to encourage all members and supporters in Northern Ireland to make every effort to attend this important meeting, and that anyone who is able and willing to stand for office will do their best to support Nigel in this respect. For more details please e-mail nispringbokclub@hotmail.com
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The next gathering of the Kent Branch of the SC/ELC has tentatively been planned for the third weekend in May in the Medway Towns area. Fuller details will be given in next month's edition of the SCN.
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The London Branch of the SC/ELC are highly hopeful that they have obtained a new venue in the Canning Town area of east London, where they will be able to stage regular get-togethers in future, including a summer braai. Again fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle was most honoured to be addressed by Ms. Lindsay Jenkins (the famed investigative author and journalist) in February. Ms. Jenkins gave a most informative talk in which she outlined the threat posed to the sovereignty of the UK by the sinister EU schemes of regionalisation. She ended though on a far more optimistic note by explaining how by increasingly overstretching itself the EU had potentially sewn the seeds of its own destruction.
Details of the forthcoming London Swinton Circle spring buffet are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 20th March 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Crypt, Orange Street Congregational Church, London WC2 (behind the National Gallery)
Guest Speaker : Lady [Ann] Winterton MP
Lady Winterton is Conservative MP for Congleton, and the wife of Sir Nicholas Winterton, the Conservative MP for Macclesfield. She was formerly the official Shadow Cabinet spokesperson for agriculture, but was shockingly dismissed from this position after telling an innocuous joke which the then Conservative leadership considered "politically incorrect". The themes of her address will be the overbearing effects of the "nanny state" and the financial implications of continuing membership of the EU.
Buffet snacks will be provided at this event, and tickets will be priced at £10.00 per head. For more details, or to make a booking, please e-mail: allan@allanrobertson5.wanadoo.co.uk
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FORTHCOMING NEW BRITAIN EVENTS
The New Britain party will be staging two highly significant events during May.
On Wednesday 9th May (so-called "Europe Day") New Britain will be organising a march down Whitehall stopping off to hand a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding a referendum as to whether the UK should leave the European Union, and pointing out that the auditors have refused to sign off the EU accounts for a number of years. The march will then go on to the European Union's UK office in Queen Anne's Gate to hand in a letter similar to the one handed in at Downing Street. The march assembles in Whitehall Place at 13.30 hrs and moves off down Whitehall at 14.00 hrs sharp.
On Tuesday 22nd May, with the approval of Lady Goldsmith, New Britain will be holding their first Goldsmith Lecture in memory of Sir James Goldsmith. This will take place at the Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Hall, University College London, commencing at 19.00 hrs, and the speakers will be the Rt. Hon. Lord Tebbit CH and Professor Stephen Bush of Manchester University, with the meeting being chaired by Mr. Dennis Delderfield, the National Chairman of New Britain. Tickets are priced at £4.00 per head (entrance will be by ticket only), and can be obtained from New Britain, 10 College East, Gunthorpe Street, London E1 7RL. For more details 'phone: 0207-2472524.
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NEW DIADEM BOOKS WEB-SITE
Diadem Books has moved to a new Internet server, and their new web-site can be accessed through www.diadembooks.co.uk (not .com) and www.authorbooks.co.uk. A new e-mail address will also soon be in place, but in the meantime, on account of an over-abundance of spam to the old e-mail address, please communicate through: charles.muller@virgin.net
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LATEST NEWS FROM AGRICAFRICA
The first tribunal hearing of the Dutch Farmers Association (DFA) and their associates AgricAfrica Ltd (AA) in the ICSID cases against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) was convened on 15th December 2006 in Paris with the three approved arbitrators and legal teams comprising:
Judge Gilbert Guillaume - a former President of the International Court of Justice and is a designee of the Government of France to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators.
Dean Ron Cass - a notable legal man and a citizen of the USA.
Mohammad Zafar - the Minister of Justice of Pakistan.
Ucheeora Onwuamaegbu - Secretary to the tribunal.
The Dutch Farmers Association, the Claimants - Charles Verrill and Matthew Coleman.
The Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) - Mrs Mabiza, responsible for civil litigation in Zimbabwe, Mrs Mandinika, Ministry of Lands responsible for land reform in Zimbabwe, Mr Hove, from Foreign Affairs Zimbabwe based in the Paris Embassy, Mr Mugaviri, from Foreign Affairs based in the Paris Embassy.
The DFA AA Legal team reported that the hearing dealt with all the case management issues and the following dates were agreed to by the parties:
16 March 2007 - The Memorial to be filed by the Dutch together with their evidence
15 June 2007 - The Counter Memorial to be filed by Zimbabwe together with their evidence
14 August 2007 - A reply to be filed by the Dutch
12 October 2007 - The Rejoinder to be filed by Zimbabwe.
29 October 2007 - The substantive hearing will start and will probably run for 3 days.
FUNDING FOR THE DFA CASES
AgricAfrica has successfully raised the funds required to finance the DFA’s share of the substantial costs of this ICSID case. Funding has partly been raised from OSISA (Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa) a George Soros foundation and the balance from the members of AgricAfrica. Open society is essentially an ethos to entrench human rights and democratic openness, as well as to foster the accountability of those who hold and exercise power in public domains.
NOT A FACT!
I recently received an email from an AA client which stated as follows:
"I have been told that the court case of the Hollanders was cancelled due to the fact that the Zimbabwe contingent could not get a visa. Is this the fact?"
The DFA AA Legal Team responded as follows:
"There is NO truth whatsoever in this. The Zimbabwean officials will be given visas to travel with the help of ICSID and as provided for in the Washington Convention"
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN CANADA
A supporter from Alberta has helped to establish a web-site for South Africans who wish to relocate and work in Canada. They are particularly keen to contact those with professional qualifications as Coded-Welders, Welders, Boilermakers, Diesel Mechanics, Sheet Metal Workers, Fitters and Turners, Turner Machinists, Millwrights, Carpenters and those in the restaurant trade. This web-site deals with job offers and work visas, and although aimed at South Africans is applicable to all with the necessary skills, and aims to assist applicants obtain firm offers of employment and work visas. It can be accessed at : www.jobbuddy.net, or alternatively e-mail : ralph@jobbuddy.net
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REMEMBER THE THAMES WHALE
Last year at this time, a northern bottlenose whale that strayed into the River Thames died despite a remarkable rescue effort involving International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) staff.
The media coverage in central London was unprecedented and an estimated 20 million people watched the rescue efforts around the world. But despite such international exposure, the situation for the world’s whales is now even worse than it was the day this unexpected visitor entered our hearts a year ago.
Last June, the pro-whaling nations secured a victory at the International Whaling Commission meeting – holding a simple majority for the first time in decades, and then in October the Iceland government announced its plans to resume commercial whaling, targeting endangered fin whales.
The UK government is against whaling, but its efforts must be stepped up in order to ensure that whalers do not continue their cruel slaughter of these incredible animals. Please e-mail your MP and ask them to meet with the Environment Secretary, David Miliband MP, and the Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett MP. Tell them to urge the Secretaries to take immediate action to end whaling.
The threat to whales from hunting is extremely urgent. Many whale species have yet to recover from previous commercial whaling, and also face numerous other threats including pollution, ocean noise and ship strikes. Without your help, Japanese whalers will kill almost 1,000 whales this year, harpooning them and dragging them onto their factory ships to be processed for meat that virtually no one eats. Please take action in support of whales today.
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HOME BILTONG MAKERS
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We have never added wheat, glutens, binders, fillers, added ingredients or preservatives to any of our products - ever.
All of our products are hand-made by us right here in Torquay to the strictest hygiene standards, and that Campbells Biltong is directly involved with the Torbay Environmental Services - Safer Food for Better Business Programme.
All our game meats - kudu, impala, blesbok, springbok and ostrich - are delivered to us frozen under stringent EU ruling from South Africa, and that we make all our game biltong, and boerewors here in Torquay. We do not import any processed meat products.
We have an excellent courier service which will not only deliver your order to you anywhere in the UK overnight, but also to most countries in the European Union within 5 working days, at very favourable rates.
We have direct access to over 750 imported South African "Treats from Home".
Last year, over a 3 day period at 2 local events, we produced, cooked and sold 1742 boere-burgers and boere-rolls from "The Flame Grill". That has got to be a new record!
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club retail full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (plus £1.00 for p&p).
We also anticipate shortly being able to supply Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each.
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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BOOK OFFERS
"WAY OUT OF LINE" by Trisha Jackson is a novel which tells the story of the profound impact that an innocent youthful love affair has on the lives of two young lovers. The plot moves from a cult and a maximum security prison in the US to the savannah grasslands of Mozambique and Zimbabwe - this makes for adventure, suspense and melodrama. Packed with conflict and sexual tension, anyone who loves romance, passion and excitement should enjoy reading this story.
Trisha Jackson was born and grew up in Rhodesia. She immigrated to the USA with her husband and three children in 1990. She and her husband live in a unique, rural community in the Tonto National Forest in the eastern mountains of Arizona.
Copies of "Way Out of Line" can be ordered from Amazon.com.
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"THE GREAT SOUTH AFRICAN LAND SCANDAL" by Dr. Philip du Toit is a vital piece of work. South Africa can do without many things, but it cannot survive without its farmers. Thirty-five thousand commercial farmers feed 45 million people. Read what has happened to many productive farms which have already been handed over under the government's restitution and redistribution programmes.
It is available priced R150.00 in South Africa from: Jack Loggenberg, TLU/TAU, P.O.Box 91251, Silverton, Pretoria, 0127, Transvaal, South Africa (payments to "TLU/TAU"), or priced £9.95 (+ 15% p&p) in the UK from: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX (payments to "The Springbok Club").
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"GOVERNMENT BY DECEPTION" by Jan Lamprecht details the disasters of Mugabe's Zimbabwe, and illustrates the similarities between Mugabe's rule and that of Mandela/Mbeki in South Africa. It can be ordered on-line at: www.AfricanCrisis.org
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"OF RICE AND MEN", by Jimmy Walker
111 pages. Illustrated. With excellent cartoons by Fusilier Norman Lambert, produced whilst in captivity. Soft-back £5.00 (cover price £10.00)
An irreverent, left of centre, look at life as a POW by Jimmy Walker, who was captured by the Japanese following the fall of Singapore in 1942. Jimmy takes us through incarceration at the notorious Changi jail, forced labour on the railroad, and deportation to Japan, where the Japanese exploited the mining skills of the boys from Northumberland. Norman Lambert’s sketches are both amusing and frightening at the same time. Through the bitterness and resentment, and physical trauma of captivity shines the humour and the indomitable spirit of the British soldier. An enjoyable and educational read, with a surprise ending.
Prices include p&p. Payment can be made by credit or debit card. To order on line, log on to www.paypal.com and enter postmaster@gcartwright.demon.co.uk as payment destination.
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"THE BLIGHT OF BLAIRISM" by Francis Bennion is a devastating indictment of the "new" Labour administration. For more details about the book visit: www.francisbennion.com
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"THE THOUSAND STEPS" by Dr Helen Anderson
Dr Anderson spent what she describes as "26 privileged years in Africa, privileged because life was never dull and medical practice never ceased to be truly exciting and fulfilling." It is a personal account of practice, both in Entebbe, Uganda, and the Sudan, Congo and Botswana. She describes her fascinating experiences. She married in Gulu, Uganda, where she ran the local Hospital, dealing with surgical cases never before described in textbooks. She also describes her time in Serowe, Botswana, and the problems with the resident ghost in the Residency.
The book is copiously and superbly illustrated with numerous colour photographs. Available at £20.00 direct from the author at Lake Hawea, R.D.2., Wanaka, 9382, New Zealand, by cheque or money order.
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"THE RAPE OF ZIMBABWE" by Ricky Wilson - which tells it like it was (and is)!
Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
You can order this book via http://www.diadembooks.co.uk/zimbabwe.htm
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ITEMS FOR SALE
Large real South African flag. 270cm x 180cm. £120 + £10 p&p.
South African Police Flag. £50 including p&p
Republic of Venda Book. £25 including p&p.
If interested please contact Robert Shipley by e-mail at: mrrobertshipley1759@yahoo.co.uk, or by 'phone at: 07930-169718.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.100 : Mr. ERNIE ARTHUR and family
Ernie Arthur served in the RAF during WWII and was seconded to a squadron of the SAAF. After WWII he worked in Chatham Dockyard and became actively involved with the patriotic movement in the UK. He emigrated to South Africa during the late 1970s, working initially at Simonstown Dockyard and briefly becoming active with the "South Africa First Campaign", before being transferred to the Atlas Aircraft Company in the Transvaal. Contact with him then alas ceased, and we are therefore uncertain whether he is still alive or not. He had two sons however, so we wonder whether anyone knows where they are now?
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The "Memories of Rhodesia" web-site contains many items which will be of interest to ex-Rhodies, as well as to all those who supported the Rhodesian cause. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.memoriesofrhodesia.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PEARL OF THE ORIENT
Sir,
The year 2007 will mark the 10th anniversary of the tragic and treasonous surrender of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong to the Communist dictatorship of the Peoples Republic of China, regardless of the fact that the island of Hong Kong and Kowloon had been ceded in perpetuity, and as the Communists disavowed almost everything to do with the old Imperial China it was hypocritical of them to lay claim to the New Territories. Politicians being politicians sold British interests down the river and duly deserve to have been hanged for it.
Nevertheless the Pearl of the Orient - Hong Kong - can be British again, with a government that deserves to be called British coming to an honourable agreement with a future Imperial Chinese government, not the gang of Communist tyrants.
Yours etc.,
Robert Shipley, Gillingham, U.K.
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DEATH OF A NATION
Sir,
I believe that South Africa in general is stuck without an idea to change things here, simply because we fail to understand the "political-route" is NOT the way to go but have no (peaceful) alternative for it. Most South Africans right now has been brain-washed by the ANC into "doing whatever the government fails you in yourself" ... and that is the worst thing that could have happened to us. Instead, we, as a nation, should only be focusing on one thing: "How to motivate Government to become effective and doing their job (that we are paying them for) properly."
If you allow me, I would just like to give you an example: the government constantly pleads with the nation to become "actively" involved in the fight against crime, right? So some of us went and erected satellite "police stations" within our suburbs. And what did the government do? They closed them down because the population is not allowed to prescribe to the police how to do their job. So the population decided to erect boomed gates, security controlled entrances and closed off streets in our suburbs to keep unwanted elements out. And what did the government do? They declared those measures "illegal" and forced us to take them down. So the population decided to support the long-existing Commando system, manned by ex-national servicemen from the previous regime, to patrol our rural areas and our suburbs. And what did the government do? They disbanded the Commando system. So the population decided to buy guns to protect ourselves from criminals. And what did the government do? They passed legislation that makes it next to impossible to get a new, legal gun licence.
This brings me to only one conclusion: the government doesn’t want the crime to stop. Firstly it generates billions of Rands in VAT on all crime-related expenses (preventative as well as in damage control), and it forms part of their strategy to drive away as many as possible White South Africans, or have them killed. (Look at our statistics: 18,000 victims died at the hands of criminals during the past 12 months. What nobody sees is this: 90% of victims are White, and 90% of perpetrators are Black). And as the cream of our nation departed, (and we lose high-income tax-payers) the government realized that it was going to take way too long to train and educate Black people to take the departed Whites' place. So what did they do? The approved a plan called BEE (commonly understood to mean Black Economic Empowerment). Well, let me tell you, only a handful of Black people benefited from BEE, which was never designed to benefit the Black masses, but only to “replace” the outgoing "White taxpayers" with "Black taxpayers" by forcing companies to employ Black people in top positions at top salaries. And the rest of this nation is too obtuse to see what is going on. The people that remain in this country deserves exactly what’s coming to them.
Yours etc.,
Johann Marx, Roodepoort, Transvaal
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WHITE FLIGHT
Sir,
A nephew and niece of ours are in the UK at present. Both of them don't want to return to South Africa, and have submitted papers for Canada and are waiting for a favourable reply. Friends of ours have also left South Africa just before Xmas and are now in the Perth area. An old school friend of mine also moved to Australia in October. Other friends are in New Zealand and seem to be doing well. A cousin in Durban and a niece from Boksburg are also looking into the possibilities of coming to Canada. So a lot of people are on the move at the moment.
Yours etc.,
"Skedonk", Edmonton, Canada
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ROGUES GALLERY
Several years ago we established good and friendly contact with those behind a Washington DC-based expat South Africa newsletter with the strange name of "Juluka" (don't ask us what this means!). Some time later, however, they informed us that they had sold this newsletter to a new set of owners based in California, and a short while ago these new owners e-mailed to tell us that they had expanded the publication into full magazine format, and offered to send us some sample copies.
Needless to say, thinking that the magazine was still on the same patriotic pro-South African wavelength as our own movement, we gladly accepted this offer - but alas what we eventually received (issues from December 2006 and January 2007) proved sickening in the extreme, for quite obviously the new owners were being prepared to appease and kow-tow to the current ANC terrorist regime!
Not only were both editions festooned with images of the hated "underpants" flag of the ANC regime, but both also contained articles toadying to the terrorists which all patriotic South Africans must surely find highly offensive. In the December 2006 edition there appeared a "Message from 'our' [sic] Ambassador" (Barbara Masekela, the ANC regime's ambassador to the United States), and in the January 2007 edition there appeared articles praising the renaming of Jan Smuts Airport after a terrorist leader (written by a very sinister Durban-based journalist named Marlan Padayachee, who several years ago we were specifically warned to be extremely wary of) and a favourable review given to a film entitled "Catch the Fire" which was written by Shawn Slovo, the daughter of the evil terrorist godfather Joe Slovo!
Quite obviously therefore "Juluka" in its present format will appeal only to Quislings. It should be avoided like the plague!
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March 2007 edition
It seems ironic - to say the least - that a new umbrella opposition organisation founded in "Zimbabwe" should be calling itself the "Save Zimbabwe Campaign".
Our own movement, of course, can trace its roots back to the days of the "Save Rhodesia Campaign", which was founded in Cape Town during early 1977 and which lasted until the day after the disastrous Rhodesian constitutional referendum of 30th January 1979, when the organisation metamorphosised itself into the "South Africa First Campaign". In spite of its short lifespan and the fact that it was eventually unsuccessful in its basic aim, the SRC managed to generate great support and publicity both within South Africa itself and around the Western world, and was unambiguous in its warnings to the Rhodesian people of what would befall them if they were to surrender to "Zimbabwean" terrorism.
One of our more affable, albeit extremely naive, colleagues at that time was a Dutchman named Martin Gipon, who incredibly suggested that rather than becoming the "South Africa First Campaign" the organisation should change its name to the "Save Zimbabwe Campaign" - seemingly being too simple-minded to comprehend that it was the very CONCEPT of "Zimbabwe" which we opposed, and that if anything it would have been more logical to rename ourselves the "Smash Zimbabwe Campaign"!
Although it sickeningly took the outside world 20 or so years to recognise the true evils of Mugabe's ZANU-PF rule, all the disasters which the SRC predicted way back in the late 1970s came to fruition very shortly after the capitulation to ZANU-PF terrorist rule - just as we accurately predicted the anti-White genocide campaign and the total breakdown in all the infrastructures of state if South African Whites were similarly stupidly to capitulate to ANC terrorist rule.
Much though we might sympathise with those behind today's "Save Zimbabwe Campaign" we fear that their chances of success in the short-term are extremely negligible, and that Mugabe's terrorist thugs will have to destroy the country even more completely before there will be any chance of outside intervention and salvation. Their basic problem, of course, is the fact that they still cling to the name of "Zimbabwe" - a term which will ALWAYS be associated with Mugabe's tyranny and ZANU-PF terrorism. Is it any wonder therefore that the overseas powers-that-be are currently reluctant to intervene on their behalf?
When the eventual total collapse does come about and a new generation White pioneers arrive to pick up the pieces, then the Rhodesian nation will be re-born - in practice if not in name. The spirit of this revived Rhodesian nation will furthermore be the salvation of ALL races, not only the dispossessed Whites, but also those poor average Blacks who have suffered so appallingly under the entity of "Zimbabwe".
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC FEBRUARY MEETING
At the latest meeting of the Springbok Club/ELC the organisation was most privileged to be able to welcome Mr. Brian Danes as guest speaker. Mr. Danes has undertaken extensive research into BBC and other media bias, as well as other related aspects of the Blair Government and the effects of immigration. He gave a most concise and captivating talk in which he detailed many of the statistics which his research had uncovered, and also distributed copies of his famous "fact sheets" which analyse his findings in an easy-to-read format. If you would like to obtain copies of these "fact sheets", which include titles such as "The Racist Left", "Calamity Brown - 25 reasons why" and "How the BBC is Racist", please write to: The Springbok Club/ELC, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, U.K., enclosing a small donation to cover postage costs etc.
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MARCH SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC MEETING
Details of the March meeting of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club are as follows :-
Guest Speaker : Mr. MICHAEL SHRIMPTON, who will speak on the subject of "The Intelligence War against the British Empire from 1857 to 2007"
Date : Monday 26th March 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs.
Venue : THE CLARENCE (the upstairs Parliament Room), 53 Whitehall, London SW1 (close to Trafalgar Square, nearest tube stations: Charing Cross and Embankment).
Michael Shrimpton was born in 1957 and is a barrister by profession, having been called to the Bar by Gray's Inn at Michaelmas 1983. He is a specialist in national security and constitutional law, and is also a leading strategic intelligence and counter-terrorism consultant. He is Adjunct Professor of Intelligence Studies at the Department of National Security, Intelligence and Space Studies of the American Military University, teaching intelligence subjects at masters degree level to, inter alia, serving intelligence officers. He advised the late Gen. Pinochet Ugarté following his illegal arrest in London during 1998, and negotiated national security aspects of the Pinochet case with leading American national security officials. He was lead council in the "Metric Martyrs" test case of 2000/2002. He has represented US and Israeli intelligence officers and briefed staffers on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Joint Congressional inquiry into 9/11, and has visited the Golan Heights and the West Bank. He has also actively assisted Intelligence and Law Enforcement Agencies in the Global War on Terror, and was instrumental in exposing the notorious Abu Ghraib "hood" photo as a fake. He advised a number of hereditary peers during their battle against exclusion from Parliament, led the fight to save Rolls-Royce Motor Cars from German ownership, and is Intelligence Consultant to the BBC TV Spooks series. He was formerly Co-Chairman of the Bruges Group, and is a member of the Royal United Services Institute, the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is an Honorary Life Member of the Bomber Command Association and a keen member of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club and Bentley Drivers Club and of Middlesex C.C.C.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC EVENTS
In mid-April the SC/ELC anticipates welcoming a leading official from a respected South African ex-serviceman's organisation as guest speaker.
During May the SC/ELC will be joining forces with the London Swinton Circle in order to stage two events commemorating highly significant anniversaries. On 1st May there will be a celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the Act of Union, at which leading Unionists from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales will give brief key-note talks about why the Union is so important to them. On Wednesday 23rd May a joint meeting will be held to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Victory in the Falklands War, at which the Guest Speaker will be Mr. Peter Pepper of the Falkland Islands Association.
In late May the SC/ELC will be staging their traditional annual Empire Day celebrations, at which it is anticipated that a leading colonial figure from Hong Kong will be Guest of Honour.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB/ELC BRANCH NEWS
Details of the 2007 AGM of the Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club/Empire Loyalist Club are as follows :-
Date : Saturday 31st March 2007
Time : 10.30 hrs for 11.00 hrs
Venue : Finvoy Orange Hall, Finvoy Road, Ballymoney, Co.Antrim (the Finvoy Road runs between Ballymoney and Rasharkin, the Orange Hall is located almost at the half way point in the road, beside a small petrol garage and lay-by).
The Northern Ireland Branch of the SC/ELC of course experienced some minor difficulties last year, all of which now seem to have been happily overcome. Unfortunately, however, the current Chairman and stalwart of the Branch, Pastor Nigel Owens, will be taking up a three-year overseas teaching appointment in mid-year, so therefore needs to hand over the Chairmanship of the Branch to reliable hands at this AGM. In view of these two factors we would like to encourage all members and supporters in Northern Ireland to make every effort to attend this important meeting, and that anyone who is able and willing to stand for office will do their best to support Nigel in this respect. For more details please e-mail nispringbokclub@hotmail.com
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The next gathering of the Kent Branch of the SC/ELC has tentatively been planned for the third weekend in May in the Medway Towns area. Fuller details will be given in next month's edition of the SCN.
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The London Branch of the SC/ELC are highly hopeful that they have obtained a new venue in the Canning Town area of east London, where they will be able to stage regular get-togethers in future, including a summer braai. Again fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The London Swinton Circle was most honoured to be addressed by Ms. Lindsay Jenkins (the famed investigative author and journalist) in February. Ms. Jenkins gave a most informative talk in which she outlined the threat posed to the sovereignty of the UK by the sinister EU schemes of regionalisation. She ended though on a far more optimistic note by explaining how by increasingly overstretching itself the EU had potentially sewn the seeds of its own destruction.
Details of the forthcoming London Swinton Circle spring buffet are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 20th March 2007
Time : 19.00 hrs
Venue : The Crypt, Orange Street Congregational Church, London WC2 (behind the National Gallery)
Guest Speaker : Lady [Ann] Winterton MP
Lady Winterton is Conservative MP for Congleton, and the wife of Sir Nicholas Winterton, the Conservative MP for Macclesfield. She was formerly the official Shadow Cabinet spokesperson for agriculture, but was shockingly dismissed from this position after telling an innocuous joke which the then Conservative leadership considered "politically incorrect". The themes of her address will be the overbearing effects of the "nanny state" and the financial implications of continuing membership of the EU.
Buffet snacks will be provided at this event, and tickets will be priced at £10.00 per head. For more details, or to make a booking, please e-mail: allan@allanrobertson5.wanadoo.co.uk
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FORTHCOMING NEW BRITAIN EVENTS
The New Britain party will be staging two highly significant events during May.
On Wednesday 9th May (so-called "Europe Day") New Britain will be organising a march down Whitehall stopping off to hand a letter to 10 Downing Street demanding a referendum as to whether the UK should leave the European Union, and pointing out that the auditors have refused to sign off the EU accounts for a number of years. The march will then go on to the European Union's UK office in Queen Anne's Gate to hand in a letter similar to the one handed in at Downing Street. The march assembles in Whitehall Place at 13.30 hrs and moves off down Whitehall at 14.00 hrs sharp.
On Tuesday 22nd May, with the approval of Lady Goldsmith, New Britain will be holding their first Goldsmith Lecture in memory of Sir James Goldsmith. This will take place at the Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Hall, University College London, commencing at 19.00 hrs, and the speakers will be the Rt. Hon. Lord Tebbit CH and Professor Stephen Bush of Manchester University, with the meeting being chaired by Mr. Dennis Delderfield, the National Chairman of New Britain. Tickets are priced at £4.00 per head (entrance will be by ticket only), and can be obtained from New Britain, 10 College East, Gunthorpe Street, London E1 7RL. For more details 'phone: 0207-2472524.
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NEW DIADEM BOOKS WEB-SITE
Diadem Books has moved to a new Internet server, and their new web-site can be accessed through www.diadembooks.co.uk (not .com) and www.authorbooks.co.uk. A new e-mail address will also soon be in place, but in the meantime, on account of an over-abundance of spam to the old e-mail address, please communicate through: charles.muller@virgin.net
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LATEST NEWS FROM AGRICAFRICA
The first tribunal hearing of the Dutch Farmers Association (DFA) and their associates AgricAfrica Ltd (AA) in the ICSID cases against the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) was convened on 15th December 2006 in Paris with the three approved arbitrators and legal teams comprising:
Judge Gilbert Guillaume - a former President of the International Court of Justice and is a designee of the Government of France to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators.
Dean Ron Cass - a notable legal man and a citizen of the USA.
Mohammad Zafar - the Minister of Justice of Pakistan.
Ucheeora Onwuamaegbu - Secretary to the tribunal.
The Dutch Farmers Association, the Claimants - Charles Verrill and Matthew Coleman.
The Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) - Mrs Mabiza, responsible for civil litigation in Zimbabwe, Mrs Mandinika, Ministry of Lands responsible for land reform in Zimbabwe, Mr Hove, from Foreign Affairs Zimbabwe based in the Paris Embassy, Mr Mugaviri, from Foreign Affairs based in the Paris Embassy.
The DFA AA Legal team reported that the hearing dealt with all the case management issues and the following dates were agreed to by the parties:
16 March 2007 - The Memorial to be filed by the Dutch together with their evidence
15 June 2007 - The Counter Memorial to be filed by Zimbabwe together with their evidence
14 August 2007 - A reply to be filed by the Dutch
12 October 2007 - The Rejoinder to be filed by Zimbabwe.
29 October 2007 - The substantive hearing will start and will probably run for 3 days.
FUNDING FOR THE DFA CASES
AgricAfrica has successfully raised the funds required to finance the DFA’s share of the substantial costs of this ICSID case. Funding has partly been raised from OSISA (Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa) a George Soros foundation and the balance from the members of AgricAfrica. Open society is essentially an ethos to entrench human rights and democratic openness, as well as to foster the accountability of those who hold and exercise power in public domains.
NOT A FACT!
I recently received an email from an AA client which stated as follows:
"I have been told that the court case of the Hollanders was cancelled due to the fact that the Zimbabwe contingent could not get a visa. Is this the fact?"
The DFA AA Legal Team responded as follows:
"There is NO truth whatsoever in this. The Zimbabwean officials will be given visas to travel with the help of ICSID and as provided for in the Washington Convention"
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN CANADA
A supporter from Alberta has helped to establish a web-site for South Africans who wish to relocate and work in Canada. They are particularly keen to contact those with professional qualifications as Coded-Welders, Welders, Boilermakers, Diesel Mechanics, Sheet Metal Workers, Fitters and Turners, Turner Machinists, Millwrights, Carpenters and those in the restaurant trade. This web-site deals with job offers and work visas, and although aimed at South Africans is applicable to all with the necessary skills, and aims to assist applicants obtain firm offers of employment and work visas. It can be accessed at : www.jobbuddy.net, or alternatively e-mail : ralph@jobbuddy.net
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REMEMBER THE THAMES WHALE
Last year at this time, a northern bottlenose whale that strayed into the River Thames died despite a remarkable rescue effort involving International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) staff.
The media coverage in central London was unprecedented and an estimated 20 million people watched the rescue efforts around the world. But despite such international exposure, the situation for the world’s whales is now even worse than it was the day this unexpected visitor entered our hearts a year ago.
Last June, the pro-whaling nations secured a victory at the International Whaling Commission meeting – holding a simple majority for the first time in decades, and then in October the Iceland government announced its plans to resume commercial whaling, targeting endangered fin whales.
The UK government is against whaling, but its efforts must be stepped up in order to ensure that whalers do not continue their cruel slaughter of these incredible animals. Please e-mail your MP and ask them to meet with the Environment Secretary, David Miliband MP, and the Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett MP. Tell them to urge the Secretaries to take immediate action to end whaling.
The threat to whales from hunting is extremely urgent. Many whale species have yet to recover from previous commercial whaling, and also face numerous other threats including pollution, ocean noise and ship strikes. Without your help, Japanese whalers will kill almost 1,000 whales this year, harpooning them and dragging them onto their factory ships to be processed for meat that virtually no one eats. Please take action in support of whales today.
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HOME BILTONG MAKERS
Biltongmakers.Com! runs a monthly competition which is free for anyone to enter. There are some great prizes to be won each month. Some of the prizes during the last couple of months have included a Skottel Braai, Biltongmakers, Barbecue Utensil sets and Potjies!
To enter please go to: www.biltongmakers.com and follow the competition link!
Biltongmakers.Com! have created a special order page just for readers of the SCN at:-
http://www.biltongmakers.com/biltong09_sc_orderplacing.html
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CAMPBELL'S BILTONG & BOEREWORS
Do You Know?
Campbells Original Farm Style Biltong, Droewors & Boerewors has been established since 1969.
We use only the best quality free-range Wessex beef and pork in our products and that we are a 100% Devon-based business.
We have never added wheat, glutens, binders, fillers, added ingredients or preservatives to any of our products - ever.
All of our products are hand-made by us right here in Torquay to the strictest hygiene standards, and that Campbells Biltong is directly involved with the Torbay Environmental Services - Safer Food for Better Business Programme.
All our game meats - kudu, impala, blesbok, springbok and ostrich - are delivered to us frozen under stringent EU ruling from South Africa, and that we make all our game biltong, and boerewors here in Torquay. We do not import any processed meat products.
We have an excellent courier service which will not only deliver your order to you anywhere in the UK overnight, but also to most countries in the European Union within 5 working days, at very favourable rates.
We have direct access to over 750 imported South African "Treats from Home".
Last year, over a 3 day period at 2 local events, we produced, cooked and sold 1742 boere-burgers and boere-rolls from "The Flame Grill". That has got to be a new record!
For more details 'phone 01803-380712 or 07957-509950, e-mail: campbellsbiltong@tiscali.co.uk or visit the web-site at: www.campbellsbiltong.com
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FLAGS etc.
The Springbok Club retail full-sized real South African and Rhodesian flags priced £6.00 each for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £8.00 each for Associate Members and £10.00 each for non-members (plus £1.00 for p&p).
We also anticipate shortly being able to supply Union Flag lapel badges and key-rings, price £2.00 each.
Payments should be made to "The Springbok Club" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
Copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile (editions 30 to 36) are still available price R5.00 or 50p each, as well as batches of 50 copies (including copies of the original S.A.Patriot) price R80.00 or £8.00 (plus 20% for p&p.)
Payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.
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BOOK OFFERS
"WAY OUT OF LINE" by Trisha Jackson is a novel which tells the story of the profound impact that an innocent youthful love affair has on the lives of two young lovers. The plot moves from a cult and a maximum security prison in the US to the savannah grasslands of Mozambique and Zimbabwe - this makes for adventure, suspense and melodrama. Packed with conflict and sexual tension, anyone who loves romance, passion and excitement should enjoy reading this story.
Trisha Jackson was born and grew up in Rhodesia. She immigrated to the USA with her husband and three children in 1990. She and her husband live in a unique, rural community in the Tonto National Forest in the eastern mountains of Arizona.
Copies of "Way Out of Line" can be ordered from Amazon.com.
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"THE GREAT SOUTH AFRICAN LAND SCANDAL" by Dr. Philip du Toit is a vital piece of work. South Africa can do without many things, but it cannot survive without its farmers. Thirty-five thousand commercial farmers feed 45 million people. Read what has happened to many productive farms which have already been handed over under the government's restitution and redistribution programmes.
It is available priced R150.00 in South Africa from: Jack Loggenberg, TLU/TAU, P.O.Box 91251, Silverton, Pretoria, 0127, Transvaal, South Africa (payments to "TLU/TAU"), or priced £9.95 (+ 15% p&p) in the UK from: The Springbok Club, BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX (payments to "The Springbok Club").
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"GOVERNMENT BY DECEPTION" by Jan Lamprecht details the disasters of Mugabe's Zimbabwe, and illustrates the similarities between Mugabe's rule and that of Mandela/Mbeki in South Africa. It can be ordered on-line at: www.AfricanCrisis.org
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"OF RICE AND MEN", by Jimmy Walker
111 pages. Illustrated. With excellent cartoons by Fusilier Norman Lambert, produced whilst in captivity. Soft-back £5.00 (cover price £10.00)
An irreverent, left of centre, look at life as a POW by Jimmy Walker, who was captured by the Japanese following the fall of Singapore in 1942. Jimmy takes us through incarceration at the notorious Changi jail, forced labour on the railroad, and deportation to Japan, where the Japanese exploited the mining skills of the boys from Northumberland. Norman Lambert’s sketches are both amusing and frightening at the same time. Through the bitterness and resentment, and physical trauma of captivity shines the humour and the indomitable spirit of the British soldier. An enjoyable and educational read, with a surprise ending.
Prices include p&p. Payment can be made by credit or debit card. To order on line, log on to www.paypal.com and enter postmaster@gcartwright.demon.co.uk as payment destination.
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"THE BLIGHT OF BLAIRISM" by Francis Bennion is a devastating indictment of the "new" Labour administration. For more details about the book visit: www.francisbennion.com
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"THE THOUSAND STEPS" by Dr Helen Anderson
Dr Anderson spent what she describes as "26 privileged years in Africa, privileged because life was never dull and medical practice never ceased to be truly exciting and fulfilling." It is a personal account of practice, both in Entebbe, Uganda, and the Sudan, Congo and Botswana. She describes her fascinating experiences. She married in Gulu, Uganda, where she ran the local Hospital, dealing with surgical cases never before described in textbooks. She also describes her time in Serowe, Botswana, and the problems with the resident ghost in the Residency.
The book is copiously and superbly illustrated with numerous colour photographs. Available at £20.00 direct from the author at Lake Hawea, R.D.2., Wanaka, 9382, New Zealand, by cheque or money order.
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"THE RAPE OF ZIMBABWE" by Ricky Wilson - which tells it like it was (and is)!
Rhodesia was once a prosperous and thriving country, and the story of the author's enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit in that land, followed by his desperate escape from the country when, as Zimbabwe, it became ruled by a tyrant, imparts a realistic perspective of the present desperate plight of many exiles from a country that was once a paradise and the breadbasket for so much of Africa.
You can order this book via http://www.diadembooks.co.uk/zimbabwe.htm
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ITEMS FOR SALE
Large real South African flag. 270cm x 180cm. £120 + £10 p&p.
South African Police Flag. £50 including p&p
Republic of Venda Book. £25 including p&p.
If interested please contact Robert Shipley by e-mail at: mrrobertshipley1759@yahoo.co.uk, or by 'phone at: 07930-169718.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.100 : Mr. ERNIE ARTHUR and family
Ernie Arthur served in the RAF during WWII and was seconded to a squadron of the SAAF. After WWII he worked in Chatham Dockyard and became actively involved with the patriotic movement in the UK. He emigrated to South Africa during the late 1970s, working initially at Simonstown Dockyard and briefly becoming active with the "South Africa First Campaign", before being transferred to the Atlas Aircraft Company in the Transvaal. Contact with him then alas ceased, and we are therefore uncertain whether he is still alive or not. He had two sons however, so we wonder whether anyone knows where they are now?
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The "Memories of Rhodesia" web-site contains many items which will be of interest to ex-Rhodies, as well as to all those who supported the Rhodesian cause. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.memoriesofrhodesia.com
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PEARL OF THE ORIENT
Sir,
The year 2007 will mark the 10th anniversary of the tragic and treasonous surrender of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong to the Communist dictatorship of the Peoples Republic of China, regardless of the fact that the island of Hong Kong and Kowloon had been ceded in perpetuity, and as the Communists disavowed almost everything to do with the old Imperial China it was hypocritical of them to lay claim to the New Territories. Politicians being politicians sold British interests down the river and duly deserve to have been hanged for it.
Nevertheless the Pearl of the Orient - Hong Kong - can be British again, with a government that deserves to be called British coming to an honourable agreement with a future Imperial Chinese government, not the gang of Communist tyrants.
Yours etc.,
Robert Shipley, Gillingham, U.K.
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DEATH OF A NATION
Sir,
I believe that South Africa in general is stuck without an idea to change things here, simply because we fail to understand the "political-route" is NOT the way to go but have no (peaceful) alternative for it. Most South Africans right now has been brain-washed by the ANC into "doing whatever the government fails you in yourself" ... and that is the worst thing that could have happened to us. Instead, we, as a nation, should only be focusing on one thing: "How to motivate Government to become effective and doing their job (that we are paying them for) properly."
If you allow me, I would just like to give you an example: the government constantly pleads with the nation to become "actively" involved in the fight against crime, right? So some of us went and erected satellite "police stations" within our suburbs. And what did the government do? They closed them down because the population is not allowed to prescribe to the police how to do their job. So the population decided to erect boomed gates, security controlled entrances and closed off streets in our suburbs to keep unwanted elements out. And what did the government do? They declared those measures "illegal" and forced us to take them down. So the population decided to support the long-existing Commando system, manned by ex-national servicemen from the previous regime, to patrol our rural areas and our suburbs. And what did the government do? They disbanded the Commando system. So the population decided to buy guns to protect ourselves from criminals. And what did the government do? They passed legislation that makes it next to impossible to get a new, legal gun licence.
This brings me to only one conclusion: the government doesn’t want the crime to stop. Firstly it generates billions of Rands in VAT on all crime-related expenses (preventative as well as in damage control), and it forms part of their strategy to drive away as many as possible White South Africans, or have them killed. (Look at our statistics: 18,000 victims died at the hands of criminals during the past 12 months. What nobody sees is this: 90% of victims are White, and 90% of perpetrators are Black). And as the cream of our nation departed, (and we lose high-income tax-payers) the government realized that it was going to take way too long to train and educate Black people to take the departed Whites' place. So what did they do? The approved a plan called BEE (commonly understood to mean Black Economic Empowerment). Well, let me tell you, only a handful of Black people benefited from BEE, which was never designed to benefit the Black masses, but only to “replace” the outgoing "White taxpayers" with "Black taxpayers" by forcing companies to employ Black people in top positions at top salaries. And the rest of this nation is too obtuse to see what is going on. The people that remain in this country deserves exactly what’s coming to them.
Yours etc.,
Johann Marx, Roodepoort, Transvaal
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WHITE FLIGHT
Sir,
A nephew and niece of ours are in the UK at present. Both of them don't want to return to South Africa, and have submitted papers for Canada and are waiting for a favourable reply. Friends of ours have also left South Africa just before Xmas and are now in the Perth area. An old school friend of mine also moved to Australia in October. Other friends are in New Zealand and seem to be doing well. A cousin in Durban and a niece from Boksburg are also looking into the possibilities of coming to Canada. So a lot of people are on the move at the moment.
Yours etc.,
"Skedonk", Edmonton, Canada
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ROGUES GALLERY
Several years ago we established good and friendly contact with those behind a Washington DC-based expat South Africa newsletter with the strange name of "Juluka" (don't ask us what this means!). Some time later, however, they informed us that they had sold this newsletter to a new set of owners based in California, and a short while ago these new owners e-mailed to tell us that they had expanded the publication into full magazine format, and offered to send us some sample copies.
Needless to say, thinking that the magazine was still on the same patriotic pro-South African wavelength as our own movement, we gladly accepted this offer - but alas what we eventually received (issues from December 2006 and January 2007) proved sickening in the extreme, for quite obviously the new owners were being prepared to appease and kow-tow to the current ANC terrorist regime!
Not only were both editions festooned with images of the hated "underpants" flag of the ANC regime, but both also contained articles toadying to the terrorists which all patriotic South Africans must surely find highly offensive. In the December 2006 edition there appeared a "Message from 'our' [sic] Ambassador" (Barbara Masekela, the ANC regime's ambassador to the United States), and in the January 2007 edition there appeared articles praising the renaming of Jan Smuts Airport after a terrorist leader (written by a very sinister Durban-based journalist named Marlan Padayachee, who several years ago we were specifically warned to be extremely wary of) and a favourable review given to a film entitled "Catch the Fire" which was written by Shawn Slovo, the daughter of the evil terrorist godfather Joe Slovo!
Quite obviously therefore "Juluka" in its present format will appeal only to Quislings. It should be avoided like the plague!
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