SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
July 2011 edition
The recent successes of Ulster golfers in the World's major tournaments (Graeme McDowell in the 2010 US Open, Rory McIlroy in the 2011 US Open, and now Darren Clarke in the 2011 Open) has brought fantastic joy to all British and Commonwealth patriots. Northern Ireland
During the 1970s and 1980s, however, Ulster South Africa Northern Ireland South Africa Fort Worth , Texas Manchester Guildford .
In view of this fact it is truly disappointing that these top golfers play as if they are still South African residents, as this only gives aid and comfort to the ANC terrorists who now sadly rule their beleaguered country. Furthermore it gives an opportunity to certain pea-brains who know nothing about the true situation prevailing in South Africa
But back to Darren Clarke's marvellous triumph in this year's Open. Few doubt that he is one of the most noble and likeable players on the current world golfing circuit, and all decent people must share in the pleasure of his long overdue victory in one of the Majors. It was also of course most inspiring to see so many Northern Ireland Sandwich - images which were pleasingly picked-up and transmitted by BBC cameras. Let us just hope that next year no pea-brain states that it his triumph occurred at the same time as some anniversary relating to the terrorist Gerry Adams!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB'S LONDON
The London Branch of the Springbok Club staged a visit to the Imperial War Museum Thames for a convivial and friendly finale to a most pleasant and memorable day.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB'S JULY MEETING
Details of the Springbok Club' July meeting, which will be held to coincide with Rhodes & Founders Day, are as follows :-
Date : Wednesday 27th July 2011
Time : assemble from 18.00 hrs onwards, meeting to start at 19.00 hrs.
Venue: HENNESSY'S (the upstairs function room) 36 Jewry Street , London EC3N 2ET Jewry Street
Guest Speaker : Lt. Col. KEITH KIDDIE
Keith Kiddie was educated at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge
He began his military service at Sandhurst in 1975 and immediately joined the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers as a 2nd Lieutenant on the first of many tours of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Belfast
He attended the Army Staff College Cyprus Libya UK North Norway , on the very Northern Flank of NATO.
After a period working in UK Land Forces Headquarters, in 1989 he returned to the 3rd Battalion as the Second in Command. The Battalion was newly equipped with the Warrior Infantry fighting vehicle, and in this role it deployed to take part in the First Gulf War and the liberation of Kuwait
On promotion to Lt Colonel in 1994, he was appointed commander of the 5th (Warwickshire) Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, a Territorial battalion based in the West Midlands . In 1996 he was posted to become the Chief of Staff of the Joint Arms Control Implementation Group, charged with overseeing international compliance with all major Arms Control treaties on behalf of the UK Government. Four years in this role saw him representing the UK East Timor in the Far East as the senior UK
In 2002, he was appointed the Commander of the Army Training Estates (East). The main training area which he managed was the Stamford Battle Area near Thetford, Norfolk Norfolk
His final posting in 2005, he was the Senior UK Liaison officer with the Canadian Army based in Kingston , Ontario Afghanistan USA Australia New Zealand North America , and beyond. Finally he returned to the UK
He is now living permanently in Diss, Norfolk Diss Town
He enjoys gardening, albeit with rather mixed results, and carpentry. He is a qualified Battlefield Tour Guide, and has a great interest in Military History. Finally he spends much of his time walking his dog, Rodney.
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FUTURE SPRINGBOK CLUB EVENTS
The Springbok Club anticipates welcoming a special guest speaker in September. Full details will of course be given in future editions of the SCN.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB BRANCH NEWS
The Northern Ireland Branch of the Springbok Club will be holding an informal get-together in Belfast
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club is planning to hold a braai in mid-Kent during October, whereat it is hoped that there will be special musical and other entertainment.
It is also hoped that a get-together to re-establish the Hampshire Branch of the Springbok Club will be staged shortly.
Full details about all these events will be appearing in future editions of the SCN.
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The Swinton Circle Swinton Circle Swinton Circle
In July the Swinton Circle
Donations to the Swinton Circle Swinton Circle
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MESSAGE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE
We've recently received the following message from Robbie Marsland of the IFAW, and hope that some of our supporters may be able to help :-
"I’m very sad to tell you the ivory trade continues to flourish. Globally there are about three seizures of illegal ivory every day and thousands of elephants are being cruelly butchered every year to fuel this trade.
"But today I am hopeful we can put a stop to this, because Twiggy and Julie Walters have joined our efforts to get the word out that ivory trinkets are costing elephants their lives.
"You can help: Give up your ivory to save elephants.
"Twiggy, Julie Walters and the Metropolitan Police are working with IFAW to raise awareness of the crisis faced by elephants from the illegal international wildlife trade. Estimated to be worth a staggering £12 billion annually, it is second only to the illicit trade in drugs and arms.
"Unbelievably, illegal ivory items are readily found on the internet.
"IFAW is launching an Ivory Surrender today to help raise awareness of this cruel trade. By donating unwanted ivory items you will be taking ivory from the market and removing its commercial value, making a positive contribution to help protect elephants.
"Ian Knox, of the Met police said, 'The Metropolitan Police Force welcomes IFAW’s Ivory Surrender as it highlights the existence of a damaging and illegal trade. There is still a huge demand for ivory that the illegal trade seeks to satisfy, a significant amount is generated in London UK
"Ivory donated to IFAW will be used to educate the public about the danger facing elephants today.
"If you do not own any ivory, please tell a friend about our campaign. They may legally have ivory at home but wish to donate it or know someone else who does.
"If you would like to donate your ivory to the surrender please email ivory@ifaw.org. For more information about IFAW’s work please visit www.ifaw.org/ivory."
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COMMENT TO PONDER
The following most succinct quotation was recently forwarded to us by an ex-South African supporter from Canada Czech Republic
"The danger to South Africa South Africa
The Republic can survive a Jacob Zuma, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their President."
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CANADIAN ON-LINE INTERVIEW
The Organiser/Secretary of the Springbok Club and Chairman of the Swinton Circle recently took part in an on-line interview conducted by Mr. John Beattie of the Canadian-based British People's League, in which he explained something about the history, ideology and achievements of the Patriotic Forum (the umbrella title which is used for joint events staged by the Springbok Club and Swinton Circle). This interview can still be listened to on-line at :-
http://www.britishpeoplesleague.com/?e=126
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ENQUIRY ABOUT THE ZAMBEZI CLUB
We've recently been contacted and asked if anyone knows what happened to the Zambezi Club, an expatriate hostelry which existed in Barkston Gardens London Africa but from throughout the English-speaking world, and became a very popular venue for social rendezvous’s. Does anyone know why it closed down, and whether there is any chance that it might be re-established one day? If anyone can shed any further information about this establishment please e-mail: springbk@netcomuk.co.uk
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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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"GOVERNMENT BY DECEPTION" by Jan Lamprecht
Details the disasters of Mugabe's Zimbabwe South Africa
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"P.K. VAN DER BYL - AFRICAN STATESMAN" by Hannes Wessels
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The narrative gives the reader an overview of the history of the White man in southern Africa with detailed emphasis on the Rhodesian story through the life and times of PK van der Byl, one of the major players in a political drama that ended in the accession to power of Robert Mugabe under the auspices of the British government. By his very nature PK was controversial and confrontational. This account is likely to give offence to some because it portrays him as bluntly as he was in real life. Much can be contested about PK van der Byl but few will dispute he was an extremely colourful character with a devilish sense of humour. This memoir covers his life with a full flourish while doing nothing to detract from the seriousness of the international political and military conflict in which he was engaged. The reader will glean new information on a highly controversial subject and emerge with a more sympathetic understanding of what PK van der Byl and his colleagues did and strove for. The human tragedy that has followed the removal from power of Ian Smith and his Rhodesian Front party will almost certainly force the reader to deal with some uncomfortable conclusions, of value to anyone sincere about grappling with the volatile and deeply troubling challenges that confront all Africans today.
This book and others of interest can be purchased from 30 Degrees South via their web-site: www.30degreessouth.co.za
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"BLUE WATCH" by Gwyn Fford-Osborne
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"THE SEVEN WATCHMEN" by David Ruppert
A new fascinating novel titled "The Seven Watchmen" by David Ruppert should appeal to South Africans and ex-Rhodesians. It can be ordered from Crest Publishing in South Africa
Glenn MacAskill and Michael Bowery of Crest Publishing have also written three books each. Glenn MacAskill is ex-BSAP Special Branch and still working (as Mugabe has denied him any pension) and Michael Bowery is ex-South African Special Forces. Due to the difficulties confronting White writers in the "new" South Africa
For more information, or to make an order, please contact Crest Publishing at: P.O.Box, 97910, Petervale, Transvaal, 2151, South Africa
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"THE SAINTS" - DVD versions of the book about the history of the RLI
Now available from Msasa Enterprises. Contact: msasasa@iafrica.com or UK
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.152 : Mr. DAVID NORTHMORE of Rochester
David Northmore, who came from the Medway Towns, was a young patriotic activist during the mid-1970s. He took a great interest in the struggle of his kith and kin in southern Africa , but alas all contact with him ceased in the late 1970s. It would however be very interesting to learn what became of him, and whether he is still active in any way.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
As reported above, the Swinton Circle
http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/home/
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CHINESE WHISPERS
Sir,
The report in the "Rogues Gallery" section of June's SCN was most absorbing. I'm afraid I know nothing about the Tim Vaux or Bill Ablett who were mentioned (though they both sound really nasty pieces of work!), but I do know quite a bit about the other person briefly mentioned in connection with them, Mark Cotterill.
Cotterill came from Worcester in the Midlands , his mother being of part-Chinese origin (I'm not certain whether she was half or a quarter Chinese) and he thus obtained the nickname of Chi-Chi. He became an active member of the National Front, and like many of their members with mixed-race ancestry he gravitated towards the more extremist wing of the party (the old "more Papist than the Pope" syndrome!). By all accounts he upset a lot of other members and made many enemies as a result. There was also evidently an allegation of financial irregularity (I don't know the details, nor whether it was true or not) which caused him to flee to Torquay in Devon .
After he'd established himself in Torquay he became active in the National Front again, and almost immediately started to rub people up the wrong way and make another set of enemies. This time his knack of upsetting other people proved far more serious however, as his flat was broken into and trashed and he was then personally assaulted as a result. He tried to blame these attacks on "left-wingers", and a couple of local trade unionists were arrested on his say so, but before the case could come to court Cotterill fled once again, this time all the way to the United States, and all charges against the trade unionists were thus dropped. Most who knew the situation believed that it wasn't "left-wingers" who had staged the attacks, but rather right-wingers who he'd been conducting a vicious personal vendetta campaign against.
He managed to stay and work in the United States US
On his return to the UK he mysteriously settled in Blackburn in Lancashire, but rather than becoming active with the BNP (who he had been plugging whilst in the US Preston where he tried to re-establish his EFP, though he had practically no takers. Evidently he'd run out of people to make enemies with!
If you've also been subjected to this man's vindictive hate campaigns in the past then you haven't been alone, not by a long, long way!
Yours etc.,
O.V., London , U.K.
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J'ACCUSE
Sir,
You always rightly protest that the Afrikaner (Boers) are being persecuted and oppressed by the ANC in South Africa
conservative English-speaking South Africans are in the same boat. In fact any person who is White and has a South African accent is considered a racist! The ignorant Blacks don't discriminate between English-speaking or Afrikaans-speakers. THEY HATE US ALL.
I truly believe that if you are able to accept this fact, your membership would increase as would your support, internationally and domestically.
Yours etc.,
Ralph Labuschagne , Alberta , Canada
[We dispute that we have only ever been concerned with the plight of the Afrikaners in South Africa
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LESSON FROM HISTORY
Sir,
It seems to me that South Africans who want to escape the savagery in South Africa have underestimated their opportunity to claim refugee status in Canada
Porter Stansbury wrote, "By the end of 1935, 100,000 Jews had left Germany Germany
Anyone who thinks they have seen the worst of the ANC should think again - the worst, unfortunately, is yet to come.
Yours etc.,
Robin J. Elliott, Vancouver , Canada
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OBITUARY
MIKE CAMPBELL
We have recently been sent the following obituary to Mike Campbell by a supporter, which originally appeared in the Daily Telegraph :-
Michael Campbell was born on a farm at Klerksdorp , South Africa , in 1932 into a family which had farmed in Africa since 1713. After leaving school he served in the South African Army and was involved in the early 1970s in the bush war.
He decided to move to Rhodesia Zimbabwe
Together with his son-in-law, Ben Freeth, he worked hard to make it profitable, planting mangoes, citrus trees, maize, tobacco and sunflowers, establishing a herd of Mashona/Sussex cattle and dedicating a large area to a wildlife reserve, complete with herds of giraffe, impala and other animals. Their Biri River Safari Lodge became a popular tourist destination.
In 2000, however, after losing a referendum called to approve a new constitution that would entrench his power, Mugabe began encouraging the violent invasion of the country's White-owned commercial farms.
In reality the policy, spearheaded by a ragbag army of armed thugs - the so-called "war veterans" - was a ruse to cement Mugabe's hold on power through the distribution of patronage. It thus became a scramble for the plum, mainly (though not exclusively) White-owned, estates among the country's elite, most of whose members had little interest in farming. Beneficiaries have included Mugabe's relatives, along with generals, judges, provincial administrators, ministers and MPs - and even MPs' girlfriends.
The "war vets" arrived at Mount Carmel farm in 2000. "About 20 or 30 turned up and I gave them a shed to live in because I told them I don't want you chopping my trees to build your huts," Campbell Campbell Mount Carmel . The safari lodge was burned down, wildlife was poached or slaughtered and cattle stolen.
After getting no redress from the Zimbabwean courts, Campbell made legal history in 2007 when he decided to challenge Mugabe's land seizures in the region's highest court, the inter-governmental Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal which sits in Namibia
In November 2008 the tribunal condemned the seizures as "racist" and theft on a grand scale. The farmers could keep their land, it ruled, because the redistribution programme was discriminatory and was not being implemented according to the rule of law.
But before the judgment, on June 29 2008, just two days after the Zimbabwean presidential run-off election, Campbell, his wife and his son-in-law were abducted and taken to a remote militia camp where they were tortured for nine hours. Campbell
His wife Angela was forced to sign a piece of paper promising the family would not continue their court battle. Then they were driven off again and dumped on the roadside, from where they were rushed to hospital.
Despite their injuries, the Campbells
The ruling, when it came, was a Pyrrhic victory. Constant attacks on their farm workers, theft of farm equipment and the destruction of crops drove Campbell
Campbell, a gruff, dignified man who described himself as a White African, remained phlegmatic in the face of danger. In one memorable scene in Mugabe and the White African, the Campbells
In April 2009 the Campbells and Freeths were driven from Mount Carmel Farm by a rampaging mob led by Nathan Shamuyarira, an octogenarian member of Mugabe's politburo. The farmhouse was subsequently burned to the ground, along with the homes of 60 workers and a small linen factory set up by Mrs Freeth to provide employment for the farmers' wives. The Campbells , aged 76 and 68, decamped, penniless, to what they hoped would be temporary accommodation in Harare [Salisbury
In the documentary, Peter Chamada, the son of Nathan Shamuyarira, is seen arriving on Campbell
Mike Campbell is survived by his wife, Angela, and by their son and two daughters. His farm, meanwhile, is derelict, the land reverting to African bush.
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