SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
June 2014 edition
It is of course easy to say “We told you so”, but recent events in Iraq have left us with little alternative other than to shout this phrase out loud.
Following the liberation of Iraq from Saddam Hussein’s evil and threatening rule, the control of the country during the aftermath of hostilities was not ideal – due in no small way we believe to the fact that the United States, with no real experience of colonial administration, had to take the lead in the reconstruction operations. Even more reprehensible, however, was the manner in which the Western powers – firstly the UK under the weak-willed Gordon Brown, and then the US under the odious Obama administration – abdicated their responsibilities by withdrawing from the country long before the job was finished. Indeed we would argue that the job could never be finished, and it was therefore necessary to re-establish some form of ongoing colonial supervision.
Following the unfortunate withdrawal of Western forces from Iraq developments in neighbouring Syria were probably predictable, as detecting Western weakness both moderate and far more militant Sunni Islamic factions rose up in rebellion against President Assad’s Alawite regime. The requirement then of course was for Western military intervention in Syria in support of the more moderate Syrian National Council, and perhaps to construct some form of alliance between them and Assad’s government in opposition to the far more dangerous expansionist Sunni forces. Instead, alas, a spirit of cowardly isolationism triumphed in the West, with both the UK Parliament and the US Congress vetoing military action.
Again we would argue that events which followed were inevitable, as the expansionist Sunni militants in Syria joined forces with the hidden remnants of Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime in Iraq to form the terrorist ISIS organization, which sought to gain power in both countries and thereby to establish a fundamentalist Sunni “Caliphate” stretching across the Middle East. There are of course those ostriches in the West who stick their heads in the sand and claim that such matters are none of our business, and that we should just let the Arabs get on with their own affairs. Such bird-brains seem to fail to realize that we now live in the 21st century, not in the middle ages – in a GLOBAL world of rapid mass-communications and transportation, where events in one part of the world can have immediate impact and significance throughout the globe.
It of course shouldn’t be forgotten also that this part of the Middle East is awash with weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them anywhere in the world. It is not just Saddam Hussein’s WDMs which were shipped over the border into Syria prior to the start of the Second Gulf War which are to be worried about in this regard, but also those WMDs and their means of production which stayed hidden in Iraq – the locations of which are undoubtedly known to those former Ba’athist officials who have now thrown their support behind ISIS.
The current unfolding situation is therefore of extreme concern to us all. Had Western forces not been withdrawn from Iraq, or had the West intervened militarily during the early days of the Syrian civil war, then ISIS would now have been nothing more than an obscure group of powerless Sunni fanatics. But of course we can’t turn the clock back in history to rectify these mistakes. All we can do now is to hope that Western leaders can display enough courage and self-confidence to confront and defeat ISIS before they can establish their “Caliphate” and initiate even more deadly attacks against the West. There can be no hope of this emanating from the US under the current Obama administration of course, but the significant gains made by parties of the patriotic right during the recent Euro Elections – particularly in the former colonial powers of Britain and France – gives us hope.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
Last month the Springbok Club celebrated Empire Day by staging a most enjoyable and informative conducted walking tour through the St.James’s area of London, viewing many sites and statues associated with some of the more colourful characters of Britain’s Imperial history, particularly the 1st Baron Clive (“Clive of India”). After the tour (which was completed in spite of a downpour of rain!) the party adjourned to a most pleasant hostelry near to St.James’s Park, where an informal and somewhat light-hearted discussion took place about some of the places seen during the tour, in a most convivial atmosphere.
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For its June activity the Springbok Club will be reviving many happy memories from those halcyon days in 2012 by staging a trip to the Olympic Park in east London, and viewing several of the venues where Olympic and Paralympic events took place there. All members of the Springbok Club will be notified of the full details about this event once full arrangements have been finalised, but for more information e-mail: springbk@netcomuk.co.uk.
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In July the Springbok Club will be staging a very interesting joint meeting with the Swinton Circle which will feature a most interesting guest speaker associated with the British Overseas Territories, and in September the Springbok Club will be staging a meeting at which will be addressed by a leading member of the organization who will have just returned from a professional contract in the “new” South Africa.
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Later during the year the London Branch of the Springbok Club is planning a trip to a special exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, and the Kent Branch will be organising a trip to see some of the historical sites of the Medway Towns, as well as staging an informal social gathering in Canterbury
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SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The Swinton Circle staged a magnificent spring buffet last month, where the guest speaker was Mr, Michael Shrimpton, the renowned barrister and national intelligence consultant, who used the occasion to launch his new book Spyhunter. This meeting was extremely well attended, resulting in the only real problem at this evening, namely that not nearly enough buffet snacks had been ordered! We apologise therefore to all attendees who were not able to obtain their fair share of buffet snacks, but would emphasise that this is why it is so important for supporters who intend to attend future such buffets to inform the organisers in advance.
We are also happy to be able to announce that this meeting was video-recorded, so a recording of Mr. Shrimpton’s most enlightening and mesmerizing speech can be viewed at the following sites :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J60ihbDFhNk
followed by :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wr_QlsSLfg
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For their June event the Swinton Circle will be giving their full support to New Britain’s annual Canada Day celebrations, the full details of which are given in the “New Britain News” section.
In July the Swinton Circle will be joining forces with the Springbok Club, brief details of which appear above.
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Membership fees and donations to the Swinton Circle can be made via PayPal on the organisation’s web-site home page at www.swintoncircle.co.uk - simply 'click' on the line "PayPal = the safer, easier way to pay online" at the bottom of the home page; if the error message "This content cannot be displayed in a Frame" appears then simply 'click' on the line "Open this Content in a New Window".
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
After a problematic start to the year, when unfortunately several of their planned events had to be cancelled, we are pleased to be able to report that New Britain is fully back on track, and will be staging their annual Canada Day celebrations again this year. The details of this event are as follows:-
Date : Monday 30th June 2014
Time : To commence at 19.00 hrs
Venue : St. Botolph’s Hall, Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TL (adjacent to Liverpool Street Station).
Musical entertainment will be provided by “The Heros Band”, and strawberries and cream will be served. A letter of solidarity with Canada will also be signed at this event, to be sent to the Canadian Prime Minister.
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REPORT FROM THE ZIMBABWE CONSERVATION TASK FORCE
We have recently received a most extensive report from the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, an important section of which we reproduce below :-
“Denlynian, a conservation farm in the Beit Bridge district of Zimbabwe has been the target of illegal invasions for several years now.
“In October last year, the invaders violently evicted all the company staff as well as a group of Polish Safari clients. They took occupation of the staff quarters and went on a looting spree, asset stripping the property and slaughtering the wildlife. The Messenger of the Court in Beit Bridge approached the Officer in Charge of Beit Bridge rural to seek a police escort to effect the Warrant of Ejection issued by the High Court in 771/2010. The eviction of the invaders was carried out satisfactorily on the 4th February 2014.
“The farm owner's daughter in law was on her way out of the property on the 8th February 2014 when her car got stuck in the mud. While she was waiting for assistance a large group of people approached her in 3 vehicles. The leader of the group claimed to be the Lands Officer and said that the farm owner's family had no right to be on the property and that the daughter in law was trespassing. He was extremely rude, aggressive and intimidatory and said that he was soon going to settle 75 people on the property.
“The court order issued in October 2010 stated ‘Ministry of Lands are interdicted from taking any steps to cause any person to occupy the farm or to hinder or disturb the Applicant in his occupation thereof.’ It further stated ‘the companies are entitled to remain on the properties in peaceful and undisturbed possession of the properties and further entitled to continue their safari and hunting operations on the property.’
“In a meeting with their lawyer, the Lands Officer, who had previously been served with the court order didn't have the vaguest understanding of the provisions of the court order. He admitted that he had issued new offer letters and had authorised the invasion of the properties. He further admitted that he had organised the re-invasion group who had harassed the owner's daughter in law.
“A man who owns the mortuaries in Beit Bridge and Gwanda is now building a resort on the property and it is rumoured that he is also building a golf course. It is alleged that this is a joint venture with Kembo Mahade, the Minister of Home Affairs.”
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
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WORLD CUP EUPHORIA
The 2014 Soccer World Cup has now kicked-off in Brazil, and already it looks like being a most efficiently organised and relatively problem-free tournament – quite unlike the previous competition in 2010!
Unfortunately, however, the perhaps predictable mob of left-wing kill-joys have been protesting in many Brazilian cities against the “costs” of staging such a prestigious event, and claiming that the money could be “better spent” on other causes. These leftist demonstrators of course know nothing whatsoever about macro-economics, and remind us very much of the scumbags who similarly protested against the staging of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. The London kill-joys were of course quickly shut-up by the groundswell of almost universal patriotic support for London 2012 – something which of course resulted in a financial bonanza for the UK, which then enabled Britain to be the first nation to come out of recession. Almost certainly the 2014 Soccer World Cup will produce similar long-term financial benefits for Brazil, and we wish the country every success in not only reaping these rewards, but also in silencing their own unpatriotic protesting scum.
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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.
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"BLUE WATCH" by Gwyn Fford-Osborne
Rhodesia, in 1975 and a bloody vicious civil war is at its height. A war between the White minority supported by the Black majority and the ZAPU and ZANU terrorist groups, supported by Zambia and Mozambique. Kensington, a small town in the farming belt has been the subject of several terrorist attacks but with only a small police force for defence, the local T.A. unit having been called up for service on the Zambia border the situation appears grim. Until Iffor Meredith turns up on a pilgrimage to meet up with his wife and son of his old army buddy, recently murdered by terrorists. A deadly ambush on the "Dix" family and his escape from a land mine attack makes Iffor determined to offer resistance of some form or other to the terrorists. His application to join the Rhodesian Army has been accepted and he sets about forming a small militia. With all the fit men already on call up, who can he recruit from. Then he's invited to a darts match at the Moth Club and meets up with the remnants of the town's Fire Brigade, the men considered too old for call up. Blue Watch.
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For more information, or to make an order, please contact Crest Publishing at: P.O.Box, 4178, Honeydew, Johannesburg, 2040, South Africa, e-mail: glennallanmacaskill@gmail.com, or visit the Crest Publishing web-site at: www.crestpublishing.co.za. Special discounts are available to ex-servicemen, Rhodies and Springboks!
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THE WARTHOG’S TUSK
If you enjoyed The Biscuit Barrel, you’re going to love The Warthog’s Tusk, the latest Zimbabwean murder mystery from the pen of Vancouver, BC, author David Slater.
Samuel Kumalo, the giant Matabele policeman, has returned unscathed from the Great War in France and Tanganyika, and is anxious to spend his demobilization pay on a small farm, some cattle and a bride price for his favourite Penhalonga shebeen-queen, Agnes Nyatoti. At his wedding he hears about the death of a well-liked young teacher at a nearby Methodist mission school. The young man has been discovered by the mission’s night-watchman, horribly gored by a warthog, something that Samuel finds very peculiar indeed. He soon discovers that everything at the Mission is not as it should be, with evil undercurrents abounding.
Then the night-watchman himself is found dead and Samuel’s own young family finds itself in grave danger as the story winds up to a terrifying conclusion on the precipitous banks of the Pungwe River gorge.
The book is available in both print and Kindle versions from www.Amazon.com or from www.createspace.com/4582855, or directly from the author at Opusdavey@gmail.com
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.187 : Mr. VIC van de DRONKER of Durban.
Vic van de Dronker lived in the Morningside area of Durban, and ran a highly successful and advanced computer business from an office on the corner of Field Street and the Victoria Embankment during the late 1980s. He was also a low-key but very sincere supporter of the patriotic movement in Durban. A number of people would be interested to learn what has become of him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The Magna Carta Party has recently established a most intriguing web-site, which can be accessed at :-
http://www.magnacartaparty.org.uk
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
KOCH UP
Sir,
It was widely rumoured, and indeed greatly expected, that the death and/or funeral of the ANC terrorist leader "Nelson" Mandela would be the signal for a mass pogrom of Whites in South Africa. The terrorist Mandela died at the end of last year, yet this sadistic apparent wish of his did not come to fruition as he had evidently planned.
”The night of terror" was predicted 100 years ago by two Afrikaans prophets, Siener van Rensburg and Johanna Brandt. "The night of the long knives" was a plan of the Blacks while Mandela was in jail. Even in jail, he was their "hope". If he died in jail, they would cause anarchy amongst the Whites.
It is commonly assumed that the two concepts refer to the same "night", but it is not. The reasons why the "night" has not happened are :-
1. "The night of the long knives" of the Blacks is no longer necessary. Mandela has "freed" them.
2. Siener van Rensburg predicted that "The night of terror" will happen AFTER a Black leader's death, not WITH it. (If you study his predictions carefully, you will notice that he predicted several events between Mandela's death and the "The night of terror", which has not happened.)
"The night of terror" may still come.
Yours etc.,
Heinrich W. Koch, Pretoria, Transvaal.
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HEROIC RHODESIA
Sir,
I do enjoy reading the SCN. You always make some well justified points - and you do write very clearly and well. We now know that you have a long interesting past!
Re my ‘Heroic Rhodesia’ insertion in the Daily Telegraph, when I previously put this in two chaps made contact with kind words, but this time it slipped by without a murmur - or, to be more precise, nothing came back to me.
One point of note: if you ever find yourself doing something similar it is worth knowing that the Telegraph charges significantly less for military notices that than they do for private notices. I now know that it is important to state that this is a military notice.
Look forward to meeting up with you next time you are this way.
Yours etc.,
Alexander von Tutschek, Somerset, U.K.
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A HEROIC RHODESIAN
Sir,
Many thanks for forwarding your Springbok Cyber Newsletter on to me [August 2013 edition. Ed.] You did a magnificent obituary in memory of my Dad and from the bottom of my heart I thank you.
Regarding the 'Raising of the Flag' event, Dad used to be involved in this annual ceremony and therefore Mum and I were sent an invitation by the house staff of Peter Sladden. Regrettably I had to decline as Mum is not up to such events which is sad but that is the reality of her condition unfortunately.
Once again I thank you for such a fine tribute to Dad whom we so sorely miss. It has been truly appreciated and as you will see I have also copied Paul onto this e-mail so he too, can appreciate what you have done in respect of Dad and again, thank you for your condolences.
Yours etc.,
Deborah Petter-Bowyer, Norfolk, U.K.
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ROGUES GALLERY
Long-standing readers will probably recall ongoing adverts which we carried up until a year or so ago for a Belgium-based company called “BiltongMakers”, who retailed not only biltong itself, but also special cabinets in which to cure and produce biltong for yourself.
This company was run by an ex-South African named Mr. Lo Krijger, who gave every impression of being fully supportive of the aims and objectives of our movement – as the fact that he had successfully relocated from the “new” South Africa to Belgium certainly seemed to confirm was the case.
About a year ago, however, we were dumbfounded to learn that he had decided to return to the “new” South Africa, and he consequently asked us to discontinue his advert and to remove his e-mail address from our circulation list. This of course we did immediately upon receiving his request – but what followed over the next few months proved increasingly disturbing. He started to e-mail us regularly each month stating that he was still receiving copies of the SCN, and demanding in increasingly irate terms that his details be removed. We re-checked our records on each occasion, only to confirm that his e-mail address was definitely no longer on our circulation list. We wrote back confirming this on each occasion, suggesting that perhaps has was still on our circulation list under am alternative e-mail address, or else some colleague had been re-forwarding him copies thinking that he might still be interested in our activities – but on each occasion he denied that either possibility was true.
It then came to light where Mr. Krijger’s true loyalties lay, for we received a sickening piece of pro-ANC propaganda from him. Was Mr. Krijger’s trouble-making antics simply the result of on-line incompetence we therefore wonder, or has there always been something more suspicious about him and his motivation? Evidently he has now re-founded his “BiltongMakers” company in the Cape Town area. If anybody knows anything further about this sinister man then we would be most interested to learn, and advise everyone to be highly circumspect in any dealings with him or his company.
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Monday, 19 May 2014
May 2014 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
May 2014 edition
We have for long predicted that the European Union (EU) – or the Common Market as it was originally called – was doomed for failure. It grouped together proud and independent nation-states with long and different traditions and national characteristics, which furthermore possessed very similar – as opposed to complimentary – economies.
The imposition of the Euro single currency (in reality simply the Deutschmark writ large) only compounded the problem. The so-called “PIGS” of southern Europe have suffered tremendously by sacrificing control of their own economies, with Greece and Cyprus faring the worst. The resulting massive riots, unemployment and suicides have wrecked havoc to the very foundations and social fabric of these nations. Just because the international media seems to have lost interest in reporting the devastation suffered in these sorry countries doesn’t mean that the problems have gone away. Quite the reverse in fact. Only the Republic of Ireland somehow seems to have overcome the catastrophic problems wrought by adopting the Euro.
But there has been another more recent problem affecting all the nations of western Europe caused by the EU. The recent acceptance into membership of so many countries from beyond the former Iron Curtain, who because of decades of adherence to the nonsensical communist economic system now find themselves poverty-stricken, has meant that most of their people now wish to migrate west. No-one can surely blame these refugees from the disastrous results of failed communism for wishing to better themselves – but no-one also can surely blame the citizens of the western European nations for objecting to their countries being invaded by foreigners from the east.
This month’s Euro elections therefore seem likely to herald a massive upsurge in support for anti-EU parties throughout Europe. Many of these parties, alas, seem so extreme that we cannot possibly support them, but others – particularly UKIP in the UK – clearly do not fall into this category. There has, indeed, been a fair amount of criticism of UKIP for being “too liberal”, particularly because of their seemingly “knee-jerk” reaction to any allegation that they are a “racist” party. To reject UKIP on these grounds and to vote instead for a way-out fringe party we believe to be a big mistake. In this regard we ask everyone to remember how the HNP continued opposing the Conservative Party of South Africa throughout the 1980s claiming that it was not “pure enough”, with the end result being that the patriotic vote was hopelessly split and the sell-out National Party managed to cling onto power. It is to be hoped therefore that the same reprehensible scenario is not played out at this month’s Euro elections.
These forthcoming elections have all the hallmarks of being epoch-marking, and could well signal the beginning of the end for the entire EU edifice. We urge all supporters therefore to register their votes not necessarily for what they might consider the idealist party, but rather for the anti-EU party which has the most chance of obtaining significant success. We are not experts in the minutiae of party politics in continental Europe, but in the UK this can only possibly be UKIP. In spite of certain misgivings UKIP now seems to have it within their ability to achieve a dramatic national electoral breakthrough, and thereby to lead Britain out of the hated EU. We wish them well.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
Although the turnout for the Springbok Club party who attended the London Scottish v. Bristol rugby match last month was smaller than expected, those who did attend certainly enjoyed a most memorable day. Bristol won this match by 55 points to 31, and after the game was over the Springbok Club party adjourned to a near-by hostelry for a most pleasant conclusion to the day.
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The Springbok Club will be staging a special event to celebrate Empire Day 2014 on Saturday 24th May, the details of which are as follows :-
Congregate at Henry's Cafe-Bar, 80 Piccadilly, London W1J 8HX (adjacent to Green Park underground station) between 12.00 noon and 12.30 hrs.
Susan Gordon will then conduct a shortened version of her highly-acclaimed Art, Architecture and Social Interest walking tour through the St.James's area of London, focusing on the many colourful characters whose steps will be traced, particularly on the 1st Baron Clive (Clive of India) and other prominent personalities from the age of British Imperial expansion.
The party expects to reach The Old Star, 66 Broadway, London SW1H 0DB (adjacent to St.James's Park underground station) at approximately 14.00 hrs to 14.30 hrs, where an alcove table has been booked in the downstairs "vaults" area, and where a convivial and hopefully enlightening discussion will take place about some of the heroes of Empire, particularly Clive of India, whose steps have been traced.
Even if you are unable to join in the conducted walking tour itself, we hope that you may be able to join us for the concluding part of the day's activities at The Old Star. For more details and information e-mail:springbk@netcomuk.co.uk.
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In September the Springbok Club will be staging a meeting at which they will be welcoming a special guest speaker who has been involved with a large contract in the “new” South Africa for the past few months, who will be able to give a firsthand report about the true state of affairs presently prevailing in that country.
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Later during the year the London Branch of the Springbok Club is planning trips to a special exhibition at the Imperial War Museum and to a London brewery, and the Kent Branch will be organizing a trip to see some of the historical sites of the Medway Towns, as well as staging an informal social gathering in Canterbury
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SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The Swinton Circle staged an informal but very informative meeting to celebrate St.George’s Day last month, at which the main talk focused upon the threat to English society posed by expansionist Islam.
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The Swinton Circle’s Spring Buffet will be held later this month, the details being as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 27th May 2014
Time : assemble from 18.30 hrs. onwards, meeting to commence at 19.00 hrs., and buffet to be served at approx. 20.15 hrs.
Venue : The MELTON MOWBRAY (the downstairs function room), 18 Holborn, London EC1N 2LE. (Nearest underground station: Chancery Lane. Pass through the ticket barriers at Chancery Lane station and turn right, then take the left-hand steps up onto Holborn. The Melton Mowbray is then only two minutes walk away on the right-hand side.)
Guest Speaker : Mr. MICHAEL SHRIMPTON
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 advised the late General Pinochet following his illegal arrest in London during 1998, and was lead council in the “Metric Martyrs” test case of 2000/02. 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. He has assisted intelligence and law enforcement agencies in the global War on Terror, and was intelligence consultant to the BBC TV Spooks series. A member of the Royal United Services Institute and of the US Naval Institute, he is also an Honorary Life Member of the Bomber Command Association and a member of the M.C.C..
Michael Shrimpton’s long-awaited book SpyHunter, sub-titled The Secret History of German Intelligence, has recently been published, and has already been widely acclaimed and used as source material by intelligence services around the world. At the Swinton Circle’s Spring Buffet he will formally launch the book in the UK, and will detail his research findings contained in the book. Copies of this book will of course be on sale at this meeting, where Mr. Shrimpton will be signing them.
The price for attending this sumptuous buffet will be only £16.00 per head, which as The Melton Mowbray is renowned for the extremely high standard of its food will provide excellent value for money. For more information please e-mail swinton@netcomuk.co.uk.
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APPEAL FROM THE SANWILD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
We have recently received the following messagel from the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary :-
“While our thoughts are with the many lions held in captivity awaiting their deaths at the hand of trophy hunters, SanWild has been privileged to take care of a small group of very special animals that have been spared a hunter’s bullet. Our battle to ensure their continued safety has been quite a story.
“To feed and care for our lions is becoming more and more difficult every day and we really need your urgent help. Raising sufficient donor funding for the care and feeding of our lions appears to be getting more and more difficult and we simply have to intensify our calls for help.
“All donations will be greatly appreciated; no matter how large or small. We would also like to thank those donors who are already making a regular donation towards our lions. Our appreciation also goes to the wonderful people who respond time and time again on our appeal for help. Your generosity and love is not forgotten and it is only with your help and support that we have managed to keep 14 lions safe from mankind’s greed and cruelty since 2003/2004. From our hearts and souls – thank you once again.
“If you would like to assist us to continue to care for the wonderful animals rescued by our small charity, please make a donation via our on-line payment gateway with your credit card, with PayPal, or by means of a direct internet or bank transfer. You will find our on-line banking details at : http://www.sanwild.org/page11.html
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CAN YOU HELP ?
We have recently been contacted by a researcher who wishes to know more details about the life of the notorious Brendan Joseph Willmer. There was a detailed account written about this controversial man’s political activities during the late 1970s entitled “Brendan Joseph Willmer – the Career of a Political Phony”, but unfortunately we have so far been unable to locate a copy. If anyone is still in possession of this article and could forward us a copy we would be most grateful.
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WORLD CUP EUPHORIA
It seems hardly possible that it is now almost four years since the problematic Soccer World Cup took place in South Africa. This tournament was of course marred by problems from beginning to end – unfinished stadia, rampant crimes committed against both players and spectators, inadequate transport infrastructure etc., etc. - but still FIFA pig-headedly went ahead with the competition in such a woefully unsuitable third world country.
This year’s tournament will of course take place in Brazil – a second world country, where the problems which bedeviled the 2010 finals in South Africa will undoubtedly be nowhere near as bad. In spite of this fact, however, there seems to be a concerted international leftist media campaign to decry this year’s competition in Brazil – with often exactly the same people who were so keen to support the 2010 tournament in South Africa and to overlook all the fundamental inadequacies involved, now being eager to run-down Brazil’s preparations at every opportunity.
It is not only the international leftist media who are trying to sabotage the 2014 Soccer World Cup however. There have also been left-wing street demonstrations in many Brazilian cities against the tournament complaining about the “costs involved” and how the money could be “better spent” on social projects. These nincompoops seem very similar to the left-wing neanderthals who complained about the “costs involved” at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, although it is now universally recognized (except for a certain Mr.A Kimber of Sutton) that the 2012 Games brought an economic bonanza to the UK, and were the most decisive factor which enabled he UK to become the first western nation to come out of recession!
We believe that Brazil is well on course to stage a spectacular and memorable Soccer World Cup this year, in spite of all the leftist opposition. We stated after the culmination of the best-forgotten disastrous South African finals in 2010 that we couldn’t wait for the next tournament in Brazil – and that is still our same position today. Viva Brazil!
[ N.B. It is very interesting to note that in spite of hosting the 2010 competition as allegedly the leading African soccer nation, South Africa haven’t even qualified for the 2014 finals! ]
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ISBN: 978-1-920143-49-7 / paperback / illustrated
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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
Rhodesia, in 1975 and a bloody vicious civil war is at its height. A war between the White minority supported by the Black majority and the ZAPU and ZANU terrorist groups, supported by Zambia and Mozambique. Kensington, a small town in the farming belt has been the subject of several terrorist attacks but with only a small police force for defence, the local T.A. unit having been called up for service on the Zambia border the situation appears grim. Until Iffor Meredith turns up on a pilgrimage to meet up with his wife and son of his old army buddy, recently murdered by terrorists. A deadly ambush on the "Dix" family and his escape from a land mine attack makes Iffor determined to offer resistance of some form or other to the terrorists. His application to join the Rhodesian Army has been accepted and he sets about forming a small militia. With all the fit men already on call up, who can he recruit from. Then he's invited to a darts match at the Moth Club and meets up with the remnants of the town's Fire Brigade, the men considered too old for call up. Blue Watch.
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For more information, or to make an order, please contact Crest Publishing at: P.O.Box, 4178, Honeydew, Johannesburg, 2040, South Africa, e-mail: glennallanmacaskill@gmail.com, or visit the Crest Publishing web-site at: www.crestpublishing.co.za. Special discounts are available to ex-servicemen, Rhodies and Springboks!
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THE WARTHOG’S TUSK
If you enjoyed The Biscuit Barrel, you’re going to love The Warthog’s Tusk, the latest Zimbabwean murder mystery from the pen of Vancouver, BC, author David Slater.
Samuel Kumalo, the giant Matabele policeman, has returned unscathed from the Great War in France and Tanganyika, and is anxious to spend his demobilization pay on a small farm, some cattle and a bride price for his favourite Penhalonga shebeen-queen, Agnes Nyatoti. At his wedding he hears about the death of a well-liked young teacher at a nearby Methodist mission school. The young man has been discovered by the mission’s night-watchman, horribly gored by a warthog, something that Samuel finds very peculiar indeed. He soon discovers that everything at the Mission is not as it should be, with evil undercurrents abounding.
Then the night-watchman himself is found dead and Samuel’s own young family finds itself in grave danger as the story winds up to a terrifying conclusion on the precipitous banks of the Pungwe River gorge.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.186 : Mr. GRAHAM EVANS of Cardiff
Graham Evens was instrumental in establishing the “Friends of the Springbok” organization (subsequently the Friendship International Group) with fellow Welsh rugby enthusiast Stuart Weaving during the early 1970s. There were disagreements between the two however, and Graham Evans left to found his rival “British Southern Africa Association” during the mid-1970s. Alas this venture did not prove a success however, and nothing was heard of Graham Evans, who lived in Cardiff and was a property-owner and part-time wedding car driver, thereafter. It would however be very interesting to learn what became of him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
The South Africa Today web-site provides a very extensive and unbiased overview of what is really happening in today’s “new” South Africa. Their highly professional web-site can be accessed at :-
http://southafricatoday.net
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CARTOON MONSTER
Sir,
Great humour telling the truth about the terrorist Mandela, who has been ‘iconised’ and his evil behaviour hidden. I am sure he now pays the price in hell for what he did. Thanks for the excellent cartoon
Yours etc.,
Anne Parker, Norfolk, U.K.
[ If anyone hasn’t seen a copy of this widely-circulated cartoon entitled “Mandela-Tyres” please let us know and we’ll gladly forward you a copy. – Ed.]
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AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA, WE LUV YER!
Sir,
Australian greetings from Tasmania! I trust that New Britain's Australia Day celebrations in London this year went well. I celebrated the day with a traditional barbecue with friends.
Yours etc.,
Reg Watson, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia
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LOVING THE TRUTH
Sir,
Enjoyed the Mandela info’ in February’s SCN - totally missing from mainstream media here and only a little in the conservative media.
Yours etc.,
Alan Truelove, Virginia, U.S.A.
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ROGUES GALLERY
Long-standing readers will no doubt remember the severe problems which the Swinton Circle encountered in 2008 when the erstwhile Organiser of the organisation, Allan Robertson, attempted to stage a “coup” in order to remove the democratically elected committee and to re-admit a small clique of trouble-making neo-fascists who had earlier been barred from attending meetings.
In total three conspirators were expelled from the organization following a fully constitutional Emergency General Meeting of the Swinton Circle held on 17th January 2009. Apart from Robertson himself one of his two sycophants who was also expelled was a certain Daniel Wilkinson, who one committee member subsequently nicknamed “Little Child” because of the infantile manner in which he initially tried to curry favour with both the committee and Robertson.
It was actually a great surprise that Wilkinson sucked-up to Robertson at the time of this crisis as he always previously gave every impression of being a loyal and affable member of the organization, and indeed his betrayal was probably even more dumbfounding than that of Robertson himself.
Robertson went into complete denial after his expulsion, and pathetically tried to found a rival organization, though his only support seemed to come from his fellow expellees and the neo-fascist clique who had earlier been barred. The Swinton Circle committee initially considered taking legal action against him for this deception, but alas as it transpired that he was a man of extremely limited financial means this did not prove financially viable. Although the meetings which he has tried to stage have been infrequent, they have even so featured a known Scottish Holocaust-denier on a regular annual basis, and more recently a former UKIP councillor who had been expelled from that party after making cranky and controversial remarks about the “cause” of the Somerset floods. As Robertson uses a title for his outfit which is very similar to the name of the Swinton Circle, this could therefore prove extremely embarrassing for the authentic Swinton Circle.
As no mention of Wilkinson’s name had been heard for some time it was believed – and indeed hoped – that he had come to his senses and had cut all ties with Robertson. Indeed preliminary discussions had taken place within the Swinton Circle committee about what action should be taken if he applied to re-join the organisation. More recently, however, has come the news that he is definitely still connected to Robertson, and in fact seems to be acting like his pet poodle and general dogsbody. More someone to be pitied than hated we therefore believe.
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May 2014 edition
We have for long predicted that the European Union (EU) – or the Common Market as it was originally called – was doomed for failure. It grouped together proud and independent nation-states with long and different traditions and national characteristics, which furthermore possessed very similar – as opposed to complimentary – economies.
The imposition of the Euro single currency (in reality simply the Deutschmark writ large) only compounded the problem. The so-called “PIGS” of southern Europe have suffered tremendously by sacrificing control of their own economies, with Greece and Cyprus faring the worst. The resulting massive riots, unemployment and suicides have wrecked havoc to the very foundations and social fabric of these nations. Just because the international media seems to have lost interest in reporting the devastation suffered in these sorry countries doesn’t mean that the problems have gone away. Quite the reverse in fact. Only the Republic of Ireland somehow seems to have overcome the catastrophic problems wrought by adopting the Euro.
But there has been another more recent problem affecting all the nations of western Europe caused by the EU. The recent acceptance into membership of so many countries from beyond the former Iron Curtain, who because of decades of adherence to the nonsensical communist economic system now find themselves poverty-stricken, has meant that most of their people now wish to migrate west. No-one can surely blame these refugees from the disastrous results of failed communism for wishing to better themselves – but no-one also can surely blame the citizens of the western European nations for objecting to their countries being invaded by foreigners from the east.
This month’s Euro elections therefore seem likely to herald a massive upsurge in support for anti-EU parties throughout Europe. Many of these parties, alas, seem so extreme that we cannot possibly support them, but others – particularly UKIP in the UK – clearly do not fall into this category. There has, indeed, been a fair amount of criticism of UKIP for being “too liberal”, particularly because of their seemingly “knee-jerk” reaction to any allegation that they are a “racist” party. To reject UKIP on these grounds and to vote instead for a way-out fringe party we believe to be a big mistake. In this regard we ask everyone to remember how the HNP continued opposing the Conservative Party of South Africa throughout the 1980s claiming that it was not “pure enough”, with the end result being that the patriotic vote was hopelessly split and the sell-out National Party managed to cling onto power. It is to be hoped therefore that the same reprehensible scenario is not played out at this month’s Euro elections.
These forthcoming elections have all the hallmarks of being epoch-marking, and could well signal the beginning of the end for the entire EU edifice. We urge all supporters therefore to register their votes not necessarily for what they might consider the idealist party, but rather for the anti-EU party which has the most chance of obtaining significant success. We are not experts in the minutiae of party politics in continental Europe, but in the UK this can only possibly be UKIP. In spite of certain misgivings UKIP now seems to have it within their ability to achieve a dramatic national electoral breakthrough, and thereby to lead Britain out of the hated EU. We wish them well.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
Although the turnout for the Springbok Club party who attended the London Scottish v. Bristol rugby match last month was smaller than expected, those who did attend certainly enjoyed a most memorable day. Bristol won this match by 55 points to 31, and after the game was over the Springbok Club party adjourned to a near-by hostelry for a most pleasant conclusion to the day.
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The Springbok Club will be staging a special event to celebrate Empire Day 2014 on Saturday 24th May, the details of which are as follows :-
Congregate at Henry's Cafe-Bar, 80 Piccadilly, London W1J 8HX (adjacent to Green Park underground station) between 12.00 noon and 12.30 hrs.
Susan Gordon will then conduct a shortened version of her highly-acclaimed Art, Architecture and Social Interest walking tour through the St.James's area of London, focusing on the many colourful characters whose steps will be traced, particularly on the 1st Baron Clive (Clive of India) and other prominent personalities from the age of British Imperial expansion.
The party expects to reach The Old Star, 66 Broadway, London SW1H 0DB (adjacent to St.James's Park underground station) at approximately 14.00 hrs to 14.30 hrs, where an alcove table has been booked in the downstairs "vaults" area, and where a convivial and hopefully enlightening discussion will take place about some of the heroes of Empire, particularly Clive of India, whose steps have been traced.
Even if you are unable to join in the conducted walking tour itself, we hope that you may be able to join us for the concluding part of the day's activities at The Old Star. For more details and information e-mail:springbk@netcomuk.co.uk.
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In September the Springbok Club will be staging a meeting at which they will be welcoming a special guest speaker who has been involved with a large contract in the “new” South Africa for the past few months, who will be able to give a firsthand report about the true state of affairs presently prevailing in that country.
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Later during the year the London Branch of the Springbok Club is planning trips to a special exhibition at the Imperial War Museum and to a London brewery, and the Kent Branch will be organizing a trip to see some of the historical sites of the Medway Towns, as well as staging an informal social gathering in Canterbury
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SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The Swinton Circle staged an informal but very informative meeting to celebrate St.George’s Day last month, at which the main talk focused upon the threat to English society posed by expansionist Islam.
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The Swinton Circle’s Spring Buffet will be held later this month, the details being as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 27th May 2014
Time : assemble from 18.30 hrs. onwards, meeting to commence at 19.00 hrs., and buffet to be served at approx. 20.15 hrs.
Venue : The MELTON MOWBRAY (the downstairs function room), 18 Holborn, London EC1N 2LE. (Nearest underground station: Chancery Lane. Pass through the ticket barriers at Chancery Lane station and turn right, then take the left-hand steps up onto Holborn. The Melton Mowbray is then only two minutes walk away on the right-hand side.)
Guest Speaker : Mr. MICHAEL SHRIMPTON
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 advised the late General Pinochet following his illegal arrest in London during 1998, and was lead council in the “Metric Martyrs” test case of 2000/02. 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. He has assisted intelligence and law enforcement agencies in the global War on Terror, and was intelligence consultant to the BBC TV Spooks series. A member of the Royal United Services Institute and of the US Naval Institute, he is also an Honorary Life Member of the Bomber Command Association and a member of the M.C.C..
Michael Shrimpton’s long-awaited book SpyHunter, sub-titled The Secret History of German Intelligence, has recently been published, and has already been widely acclaimed and used as source material by intelligence services around the world. At the Swinton Circle’s Spring Buffet he will formally launch the book in the UK, and will detail his research findings contained in the book. Copies of this book will of course be on sale at this meeting, where Mr. Shrimpton will be signing them.
The price for attending this sumptuous buffet will be only £16.00 per head, which as The Melton Mowbray is renowned for the extremely high standard of its food will provide excellent value for money. For more information please e-mail swinton@netcomuk.co.uk.
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Membership fees and payments for the Swinton Circle Spring Buffet can be made via PayPal on the organisation’s web-site home page at www.swintoncircle.co.uk - simply 'click' on the line "PayPal = the safer, easier way to pay online" at the bottom of the home page; if the error message "This content cannot be displayed in a Frame" appears then simply 'click' on the line "Open this Content in a New Window".
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“While our thoughts are with the many lions held in captivity awaiting their deaths at the hand of trophy hunters, SanWild has been privileged to take care of a small group of very special animals that have been spared a hunter’s bullet. Our battle to ensure their continued safety has been quite a story.
“To feed and care for our lions is becoming more and more difficult every day and we really need your urgent help. Raising sufficient donor funding for the care and feeding of our lions appears to be getting more and more difficult and we simply have to intensify our calls for help.
“All donations will be greatly appreciated; no matter how large or small. We would also like to thank those donors who are already making a regular donation towards our lions. Our appreciation also goes to the wonderful people who respond time and time again on our appeal for help. Your generosity and love is not forgotten and it is only with your help and support that we have managed to keep 14 lions safe from mankind’s greed and cruelty since 2003/2004. From our hearts and souls – thank you once again.
“If you would like to assist us to continue to care for the wonderful animals rescued by our small charity, please make a donation via our on-line payment gateway with your credit card, with PayPal, or by means of a direct internet or bank transfer. You will find our on-line banking details at : http://www.sanwild.org/page11.html
”If you would like to visit us, please contact reservations@sanwild.org for our latest accommodation specials. All proceeds raised off the current accommodation specials will be allocated towards this Lion Appeal.
“For more information please e-mail our founder trustee Louise Joubert on louise@sanwild.org or you can ‘phone our office on +27 (0) 15-383 9958.”
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CAN YOU HELP ?
We have recently been contacted by a researcher who wishes to know more details about the life of the notorious Brendan Joseph Willmer. There was a detailed account written about this controversial man’s political activities during the late 1970s entitled “Brendan Joseph Willmer – the Career of a Political Phony”, but unfortunately we have so far been unable to locate a copy. If anyone is still in possession of this article and could forward us a copy we would be most grateful.
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WORLD CUP EUPHORIA
It seems hardly possible that it is now almost four years since the problematic Soccer World Cup took place in South Africa. This tournament was of course marred by problems from beginning to end – unfinished stadia, rampant crimes committed against both players and spectators, inadequate transport infrastructure etc., etc. - but still FIFA pig-headedly went ahead with the competition in such a woefully unsuitable third world country.
This year’s tournament will of course take place in Brazil – a second world country, where the problems which bedeviled the 2010 finals in South Africa will undoubtedly be nowhere near as bad. In spite of this fact, however, there seems to be a concerted international leftist media campaign to decry this year’s competition in Brazil – with often exactly the same people who were so keen to support the 2010 tournament in South Africa and to overlook all the fundamental inadequacies involved, now being eager to run-down Brazil’s preparations at every opportunity.
It is not only the international leftist media who are trying to sabotage the 2014 Soccer World Cup however. There have also been left-wing street demonstrations in many Brazilian cities against the tournament complaining about the “costs involved” and how the money could be “better spent” on social projects. These nincompoops seem very similar to the left-wing neanderthals who complained about the “costs involved” at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, although it is now universally recognized (except for a certain Mr.A Kimber of Sutton) that the 2012 Games brought an economic bonanza to the UK, and were the most decisive factor which enabled he UK to become the first western nation to come out of recession!
We believe that Brazil is well on course to stage a spectacular and memorable Soccer World Cup this year, in spite of all the leftist opposition. We stated after the culmination of the best-forgotten disastrous South African finals in 2010 that we couldn’t wait for the next tournament in Brazil – and that is still our same position today. Viva Brazil!
[ N.B. It is very interesting to note that in spite of hosting the 2010 competition as allegedly the leading African soccer nation, South Africa haven’t even qualified for the 2014 finals! ]
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"LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALFRED JAMES TOMLINSON: MEMOIRS OF AN AFRICAN PIONEER AND BSAP OFFICER" is now available at Amazon.com, and can be shipped to anywhere in the world. This book contains excerpts from Lieut. Tomlinson's writings detailing his experiences as a member of the BSAP in Southern Rhodesia, where he rose from the rank of an ordinary trooper to retire as the commanding officer. It also includes the personal story of Majaqaba Ncube, a man who was enslaved by Lobengula when his entire village was massacred by the chief's soldiers. After he escaped, Lieut. Tomlinson saved him from certain death and gave him a job. They lost contact and were reunited after 45 years, when Majaqaba presented Lieut. Tomlinson with an earthenware jar.
Trish also writes romantic suspense and romantic comedy fiction. www.trishjaxon.com
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"P.K. VAN DER BYL - AFRICAN STATESMAN" by Hannes Wessels
ISBN: 978-1-920143-49-7 / paperback / illustrated
Retail price: R250.00, Web-site price: R200.00 + postage
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
Rhodesia, in 1975 and a bloody vicious civil war is at its height. A war between the White minority supported by the Black majority and the ZAPU and ZANU terrorist groups, supported by Zambia and Mozambique. Kensington, a small town in the farming belt has been the subject of several terrorist attacks but with only a small police force for defence, the local T.A. unit having been called up for service on the Zambia border the situation appears grim. Until Iffor Meredith turns up on a pilgrimage to meet up with his wife and son of his old army buddy, recently murdered by terrorists. A deadly ambush on the "Dix" family and his escape from a land mine attack makes Iffor determined to offer resistance of some form or other to the terrorists. His application to join the Rhodesian Army has been accepted and he sets about forming a small militia. With all the fit men already on call up, who can he recruit from. Then he's invited to a darts match at the Moth Club and meets up with the remnants of the town's Fire Brigade, the men considered too old for call up. Blue Watch.
Available from: www.diadembooks.com
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
Crest Publishing retails books by Glenn MacAskill (ex-BSAP Special Branch) entitled "King's Gold", "Crime Lords", "Kill Victoria!", "Hunt the Assassin" and "MacKinnon's Diamond", and by the late Michael Bowery including "Canham's Run", "The Sligo Piper" "Kill the President", "Al Qaeda Armageddon" and his autobiography "Shred when Read", as well as novels by David Ruppert entitled "The Seven Watchmen" and "The Greater Glory" - all of which will be of great interest to South Africans and ex-Rhodesians.
For more information, or to make an order, please contact Crest Publishing at: P.O.Box, 4178, Honeydew, Johannesburg, 2040, South Africa, e-mail: glennallanmacaskill@gmail.com, or visit the Crest Publishing web-site at: www.crestpublishing.co.za. Special discounts are available to ex-servicemen, Rhodies and Springboks!
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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 tel.: 07732 685400.
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THE WARTHOG’S TUSK
If you enjoyed The Biscuit Barrel, you’re going to love The Warthog’s Tusk, the latest Zimbabwean murder mystery from the pen of Vancouver, BC, author David Slater.
Samuel Kumalo, the giant Matabele policeman, has returned unscathed from the Great War in France and Tanganyika, and is anxious to spend his demobilization pay on a small farm, some cattle and a bride price for his favourite Penhalonga shebeen-queen, Agnes Nyatoti. At his wedding he hears about the death of a well-liked young teacher at a nearby Methodist mission school. The young man has been discovered by the mission’s night-watchman, horribly gored by a warthog, something that Samuel finds very peculiar indeed. He soon discovers that everything at the Mission is not as it should be, with evil undercurrents abounding.
Then the night-watchman himself is found dead and Samuel’s own young family finds itself in grave danger as the story winds up to a terrifying conclusion on the precipitous banks of the Pungwe River gorge.
The book is available in both print and Kindle versions from www.Amazon.com or from www.createspace.com/4582855, or directly from the author at Opusdavey@gmail.com
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.186 : Mr. GRAHAM EVANS of Cardiff
Graham Evens was instrumental in establishing the “Friends of the Springbok” organization (subsequently the Friendship International Group) with fellow Welsh rugby enthusiast Stuart Weaving during the early 1970s. There were disagreements between the two however, and Graham Evans left to found his rival “British Southern Africa Association” during the mid-1970s. Alas this venture did not prove a success however, and nothing was heard of Graham Evans, who lived in Cardiff and was a property-owner and part-time wedding car driver, thereafter. It would however be very interesting to learn what became of him.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CARTOON MONSTER
Sir,
Great humour telling the truth about the terrorist Mandela, who has been ‘iconised’ and his evil behaviour hidden. I am sure he now pays the price in hell for what he did. Thanks for the excellent cartoon
Yours etc.,
Anne Parker, Norfolk, U.K.
[ If anyone hasn’t seen a copy of this widely-circulated cartoon entitled “Mandela-Tyres” please let us know and we’ll gladly forward you a copy. – Ed.]
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AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA, WE LUV YER!
Sir,
Australian greetings from Tasmania! I trust that New Britain's Australia Day celebrations in London this year went well. I celebrated the day with a traditional barbecue with friends.
Yours etc.,
Reg Watson, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia
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LOVING THE TRUTH
Sir,
Enjoyed the Mandela info’ in February’s SCN - totally missing from mainstream media here and only a little in the conservative media.
Yours etc.,
Alan Truelove, Virginia, U.S.A.
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ROGUES GALLERY
Long-standing readers will no doubt remember the severe problems which the Swinton Circle encountered in 2008 when the erstwhile Organiser of the organisation, Allan Robertson, attempted to stage a “coup” in order to remove the democratically elected committee and to re-admit a small clique of trouble-making neo-fascists who had earlier been barred from attending meetings.
In total three conspirators were expelled from the organization following a fully constitutional Emergency General Meeting of the Swinton Circle held on 17th January 2009. Apart from Robertson himself one of his two sycophants who was also expelled was a certain Daniel Wilkinson, who one committee member subsequently nicknamed “Little Child” because of the infantile manner in which he initially tried to curry favour with both the committee and Robertson.
It was actually a great surprise that Wilkinson sucked-up to Robertson at the time of this crisis as he always previously gave every impression of being a loyal and affable member of the organization, and indeed his betrayal was probably even more dumbfounding than that of Robertson himself.
Robertson went into complete denial after his expulsion, and pathetically tried to found a rival organization, though his only support seemed to come from his fellow expellees and the neo-fascist clique who had earlier been barred. The Swinton Circle committee initially considered taking legal action against him for this deception, but alas as it transpired that he was a man of extremely limited financial means this did not prove financially viable. Although the meetings which he has tried to stage have been infrequent, they have even so featured a known Scottish Holocaust-denier on a regular annual basis, and more recently a former UKIP councillor who had been expelled from that party after making cranky and controversial remarks about the “cause” of the Somerset floods. As Robertson uses a title for his outfit which is very similar to the name of the Swinton Circle, this could therefore prove extremely embarrassing for the authentic Swinton Circle.
As no mention of Wilkinson’s name had been heard for some time it was believed – and indeed hoped – that he had come to his senses and had cut all ties with Robertson. Indeed preliminary discussions had taken place within the Swinton Circle committee about what action should be taken if he applied to re-join the organisation. More recently, however, has come the news that he is definitely still connected to Robertson, and in fact seems to be acting like his pet poodle and general dogsbody. More someone to be pitied than hated we therefore believe.
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Sunday, 20 April 2014
April 2014 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
April 2014 edition
It was with great anger and outrage, though we must admit no great surprise, that we recently received a press release issued by Gaye Derby-Lewis, the wife of the controversially imprisoned South African Conservative politician Clive Derby-Lewis, which read as follows :-
“Clive Derby-Lewis and Janus Walus were attacked Wednesday February 26 at around midday in the Pretoria Central Prison by an inmate wielding a sharpened spoon. Both suffered severe head wounds. In addition, the inmate tried to stab Derby-Lewis in his face and to defend himself, Derby-Lewis’s left arm was so badly damaged that a bone was broken. There were multiple stab wounds, and his arm is now in plaster. Both the Department of Correctional Services and the Kalafong Hospital meted out excellent treatment to both Walus and Derby-Lewis – all we have to worry about now is infection which we believe the prison’s medical personnel are keeping under control.
“The facts of the case are now being investigated by the prison authorities but our comment is this: If the Communist Party and Advocate George Bizos hadn’t made it their business to thwart and oppose all of Clive’s parole applications, he wouldn’t have been in prison now. According to the law, Clive was due for parole in October 2008. He was RECOMMENDED for parole by DCS’s own parole board. He has applied for parole three times and EACH TIME Bizos and the Communist Party have come up with some cock and bull reason to oppose the parole. And each time Bizos has managed to manipulate the system so that Clive’s parole was refused.
“We are now in the process of taking legal action against the former DCS Minister who stated publicly that she would ‘never’ grant parole to Clive. Clearly politics is the reason why Clive is still in jail at the age of 78. And for someone like Bizos whose clarion cry is justice for all, it is something of a travesty that he should be the reason why justice is NOT for all, particularly with regard to Clive Derby-Lewis.
“We await the results of the Department of Correctional Service’s findings about the attack. But the key question that should be asked by all who believe in justice is: why should the SA Communist Party and George Bizos be able to thwart justice to suit their political ends? That is the question for South Africa.
“If Clive had been killed in the attack, where would that put the SACP and George Bizos? It is question they should ask themselves. Does South Africa need a political martyr at this stage of its political history?”.
As we have stated often in the past, although it is indisputable that Janus Walus pulled the trigger which eliminated the terrorist leader Chris Hani, there was not a scintilla of evidence produced in court which would have convicted Clive Derby-Lewis had the trial taken place in any Western nation. All that the “evidence” against him consisted of was the fact that he knew Walus, that Walus had ‘phoned him after the deed to boast about having done it – and a sinister alleged “hit-list” of names and addresses which was mysteriously found at his home. This listing had evidently been drawn up by a certain Arthur Kemp, who was initially also charged with the murder, but who subsequently turned State’s Witness and testified for the prosecution. (It should also be remembered in this regard that “The Mail & Guardian” of February 18th 1997 revealed that Kemp was an “informant” for the new South African security services, something which was subsequently confirmed and expended upon by his first wife on various Internet forums).
Clive Derby-Lewis has now been incarcerated since 1993, in conditions which – as this recent hellish attack has confirmed – are the epitome of the worst of third world jails. He should of course never have been imprisoned for one day, but the ANC terrorists and their sellout NP poodles realized just how dangerous his charismatic oratory and incisive political analysis was, so he therefore simply had to be silenced. The big question is, however, why now that the ANC have long since consolidated power and therefore no longer have anything to fear from him, they still insist that he remains behind bars? Is it just out of sheer spite, or are they eager to ensure that such a clear miscarriage of justice is never brought to light?
But who is responsible for this abomination whereby a great patriot and innocent man has now been locked away for over 20 years? Yes, individual scum such as Bizos and Kemp are directly to blame, as indeed are also group entities such as the ANC regime and the sellout NP traitors. They are not alone however. All those of us who knew of Clive Derby-Lewis’s terrible situation yet who have from time to time forgotten about his plight are responsible. The fact that he has remained in prison for over 20 years must surely mean that none of us have tried hard enough to procure his release. We are all guilty. Clive Derby-Lewis’s continuing incarceration remains a stain on the conscience of all decent people throughout the West.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
On Saturday 26th April the Springbok Club will be staging an informal trip to a top Rugby match with special South African significance in south-west London. The kick-off for this match will be at 15.00 hrs., and it is aimed to assemble between 14.00 hrs and 14.30 hrs. The ticket prices for the seats where the Springbok Club party plans to sit are priced £17.00 (£14.00 for concessions) and should be purchased individually on the day. After the match it is intended to patronize the Clubhouse bar and restaurant facilities for a convivial ending to the day. For more details about the match and the rendezvous arrangements either e-mail: springbk@netcomuk.co.uk or ‘phone: 07711188430.
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In May the London Branch of the Springbok Club plans to celebrate Empire Day by staging a special conducted tour of sites in London associated with Clive of India.
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In August the Springbok Club will be staging a meeting at which they will be welcoming a special guest speaker who has been involved with a large contract in the “new” South Africa for the past few months, who will be able to give a firsthand report about the true state of affairs presently prevailing in that country.
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Later during the year the London Branch of the Springbok Club is planning trips to a special exhibition at the Imperial War Museum and to a London brewery, and the Kent Branch will be organizing a trip to see some of the historical sites of Chatham, as well as staging an informal social gathering in Canterbury
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SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The Swinton Circle staged a most successful meeting last month, which was addressed by Mr. Edward Spalton, the Honorary Secretary of the Campaign for an Independent Britain. In a very well-received address entitled "Weltanschauung und Geopolitik" Mr. Spalton expertly and incisively detailed the sinister origins of the EU, the dominating German influence over the structure, and the ongoing dangers to national sovereignty which will remain all the time that entanglement with the EU continues.
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THE SWINTON CIRCLE'S APRIL (ST.GEORGE'S DAY) MEETING
Unfortunately, as you may well be aware, New Britain has been forced to cancel its planned St.George's Day celebrations this year. The Swinton Circle of course has tremendous admiration for New Britain and all the fantastic work which the organisation has done by advancing the British patriotic cause over the years, so the Swinton Circle has therefore agreed to "pick up the baton" to ensure that New Britain's excellent efforts in keeping the spirit of St.George's Day alive during recent years will continue. For this reason the Swinton Circle has therefore organised a celebration meeting for St.George's Day itself, the details of which are as follows :-
Date : Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Time : Assemble from 18.30 hrs onwards, meeting to commence at 19.00 hrs.
Venue : The Golden Fleece (the downstairs Cellar Bar), 8/9 Queen Street, City of London, EC4N 1SP. (nearest tube stations : Bank, St.Paul's and Mansion House).
Musical entertainment will be provided at this meeting by the Swinton Circle Chairman Robin Willow, and this will be followed by a talk on the threat which expansionist Islam poses to England today by a prominent and well-known personality. In this talk not only will the nature of the threat be illustrated, but it will also be shown how the spirit of St.George can - and undoubtedly will - be activated in the days ahead in order counteract and remove this Islamic threat.
In view of the tight timescale involved in organising this meeting in place of New Britain's planned event, we therefore hope that all supporters will make every effort to attend, and to circulate details as widely as possible.
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On Tuesday 27th May the Swinton Circle will be staging its Spring Buffet, at which the guest speaker will be Mr. Michael Shrimpton, the famed barrister and national security consultant, who will be launching his highly-awaited new book Spy Hunter.
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Membership fees and donations to the Swinton Circle can be paid via PayPal on the organisation’s web-site home page at:-
www.swintoncircle.co.uk
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REPORT FROM THE ZIMBABWE CONSERVATION TASK FORCE
January’s report from the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF) reads as follows :-
“NEW YEAR'S PARTY IN CHARARA
“Despite all our previous attempts to put a stop to this party, it took place as usual. It lasted for 3 nights of continuous loud disco music.
“During that period, we received a phone call from Charara advising us that the party goers were once again teasing the elephants. We are not sure how many elephants were involved but they were apparently shot with a paint ball gun and 2 vehicles were damaged. We contacted KAWFT in Kariba and asked them to please check out the situation and ask the police to get involved. A while later, we received another phone call to say that the police went to Charara to warn the youngsters to leave the elephants alone so thanks very much to KAWFT and the police for preventing another tragedy from happening.
“ANOTHER RHINO SHOT
“Shortly after Christmas, a black rhino was shot at Midlands Conservancy and the horn was removed.
“The man suspected of being responsible for this atrocity was a worker at Bemthree Ranch who was recently fired from his job.
“2 ELEPHANTS SHOT IN MATUSADONA
“Some holiday makers over the Christmas period saw the remains of 2 elephants that had been shot between Spurwing and Palm Bay. The tusks had been removed.”
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CAN YOU HELP ?
A supporter has recently contacted us to ask whether anyone can provide any information about the current whereabouts of Natalie Rosemarie Burgess. She was born in 1937 of White South African parents, lived in Hillbrow in 1960 and in Francistown, Botswana, in 1963. She had a daughter named Tracey.in1967 and is believed to have been living in England in 1980. She was last known living in Johannesburg and working as a bookkeeper.
A reward of R250 is being offered for information about this person, which can be reported to :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/get_paid_to_find_missing_people.html
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ANTONIE CLAASSEN
During the recent Scotland v. France match in the 6-nations championship we were quite surprised to see Antonie Claassen, the son of the great former Springbok Rugby captain Wynand Claassen, come on as a replacement. We of course remember Wynand Claassen well from the days when he played for Natal, and indeed recall seeing him often and socialising with him at Collegians Club in Durban during the 1980s. We remember also his small but active son running around and playing in the Clubhouse at the time – undoubtedly the infant Antonie Claassen! We believe that Wynand Claassen and his wife both had strong Huguenot ancestry, so the decision of Antonie Claassen to play for France rather than the “new” South Africa is simply loyalty to his ancestral roots. Like Tommoso Allan earlier during this year’s 6-nations tournament, Antonie Claassen has therefore turned his back on the disintegrating “new” South Africa and to pledge his future to the land of his ancestry. We wish them both well.
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"BLUE WATCH" by Gwyn Fford-Osborne
Rhodesia, in 1975 and a bloody vicious civil war is at its height. A war between the White minority supported by the Black majority and the ZAPU and ZANU terrorist groups, supported by Zambia and Mozambique. Kensington, a small town in the farming belt has been the subject of several terrorist attacks but with only a small police force for defence, the local T.A. unit having been called up for service on the Zambia border the situation appears grim. Until Iffor Meredith turns up on a pilgrimage to meet up with his wife and son of his old army buddy, recently murdered by terrorists. A deadly ambush on the "Dix" family and his escape from a land mine attack makes Iffor determined to offer resistance of some form or other to the terrorists. His application to join the Rhodesian Army has been accepted and he sets about forming a small militia. With all the fit men already on call up, who can he recruit from. Then he's invited to a darts match at the Moth Club and meets up with the remnants of the town's Fire Brigade, the men considered too old for call up. Blue Watch.
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“THE BISCUIT BARREL” by David Slater
Do you still remember Christmas Pass, Penhalonga, Cross Kopje, Murambi? The Biscuit Barrel will take you back to those sunny days in Manicaland. It is 1914 and Hastings Follett, a new BSAP recruit, has been posted to Umtali. His assistant is a smart-as-a-whip Matabele named Samuel Kumalo. Together they investigate several murders before the Great War breaks out and they are sent off to fight the Germans on the Caprivi Strip, and then later to France and the killing fields of the western front.
One critic wrote: “The Biscuit Barrel is a great story weaving fact and fiction, taking the reader from Rhodesia to war-time Europe to the modern day. Slater's story transports the reader with descriptions that lets you hear the African bush and the sounds of battle, while also experiencing what the characters are feeling. This is a must-read!” (Jean Phillips, Talahasee, Florida )
Another wrote: “I had just returned from a month in Africa when I read this novel and found it to be a fascinating story. The Biscuit Barrel provides the reader with an insightful look into life in various parts of colonial Africa at the onset of the First World War. Told through the eyes of a young English police officer who has taken a position in southern Africa, it also provides an interesting take on policing in the early part of the 20th century as well as the impact that the Great War had on both the participants and their families. And if the history doesn't interest you, there's still plenty of action and romance to keep you entertained! The pace of the novel never flags as the first-time author keeps things moving along with great enthusiasm for his subject matter. An easy and enjoyable read.” (Michael Fitch, Vancouver)
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.185 : Mrs. ENGELA NORTJE of Durban
Engela Nortje was the widow of Johan Nortje, the great Durban patriotic activist who tragically died following a botched hernia operation in 1999 at an appallingly young age. They had twin children, still only young at the time, named Johan jnr. and Engela jnr., but alas nothing has been heard from any them since the tragedy. It would however be nice to learn what became of them.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
Mick Greenhough, who wrote the highly-acclaimed EuroSceptic booklet “Brave New Europe”, also runs a thoroughly well-researched web-site which exposes the excesses and sinister nature of the EU called The EuroProbe. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.theeuroprobe.org
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DEAD AS THE DINOSAURS
Sir,
With the passing of Mandela, albeit half a century overdue, I’ve been asked by a few friends and colleagues to show them examples of the atrocities that he (and other ANC people) have committed over the years. Any documents, photos, URL links, etc. that you can you let me have would be appreciated.
It got to a rather sad point a few weeks ago when an ex-pat vicar at the church to which we used to go prayed for Mandela’s recovery. You think he would’ve known better! Suffice to say we no longer worship there.
Yours etc.,
A.A.N., Kapiti Coast, New Zealand.
[ Our own Terrorist Watch web-page provides many most revealing and useful reports about the evil terrorist nature of Mandela and the ANC, and this page can be accessed at: http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~springbk/enemy.html In addition our FaceBook page entitled "The Truth about the ANC's Mandela" can always be accessed at:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/133750470050183/ Hope this helps - Ed.]
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SAVAGE JUDGMENT
Sir,
Not everyone is being taken in by the mass media. I am sure God is giving his judgment to the evil Mandela, and I would think this vile man is going 'downstairs'! Best wishes and know that the truth will out.
Yours etc.,
Anne Parker, Norfolk, U.K.
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WE WILL FIGHT THEM IN THE MEETING HALLS
Sir,
Very interesting comments by “South African Observer” concerning Thinkers’ Library [March SCN – Ed.]. One thing he or she didn’t mention was Thinkers’ Library’s involvement with a tour of South Africa by the quack historian David Irving. I was young at the time and didn’t know anything about Irving then, but I was a history student and had studied Churchill in depth, so seeing that Thinkers’ Library was advertising a meeting in Durban to be addressed by Irving on a book he’d written about Churchill I went along. Quite naturally, as Irving was apparently a British historian, I – and I think probably most other people in attendance – thought that it would be in praise of the great man. Instead he simply ran Churchill down, and by all accounts the book was simply an ignorant diatribe against him. The meeting ended in a near riot.
Yours etc.,
“Patriot”, Durban, Natal.
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OBITUARY
JOHN WILKINSON
John Wilkinson, who sadly died earlier this month, was a diligent Conservative MP and a true patriot. The son of an Eton housemaster, he was educated at that school and then at the RAF College, Cranwell. Commissioned into the RAF in 1961, he took a brief sabbatical from the service in order to read modern history at Churchill College. He finally left the RAF in 1967 and immediately embarked upon a new career in politics, joining Conservative Central Office as an aviation research specialist.
He entered Parliament first in 1970 as Conservative MP for Bradford West, but after losing this seat in 1974 re-entered Parliament as MP for Ruislip-Northwood in 1979, a seat which he held until his retirement in 2005. He specialized on defence matters in Parliament, serving variously as PPS to Defence Secretary John Nott and on both the Defence Select Committee and the Conservative Defence Committee. He was scathing in his criticisms of defence cuts and inefficient defence spending, and warned forthrightly against weakness in the face of Soviet threats during the Cold War. It was at the time of the Falklands War when John Wilkinson played his (up to then) most important role in national life however, for as PPS to the increasingly out-of-his-depth John Nott his expertise and backbone played a pivotal role in ensuring triumph in this conflict.
Although initially blind to the insidious dangers posed to the British nation by the EU, John Wilkinson’s eyes were opened by his experiences of the reality of the situation in Parliament. Once convinced he became a brave and defiant opponent of increased European integration, and as such became one of the nine courageous “Maastricht Rebels” who defied John Major and thereby had the Conservative Whip withdrawn for five months. This bold action, in retrospect, can be seen to have kick-started the EuroSceptic movement.
John Wilkinson spoke on several occasions to the Swinton Circle and was always well-received. Although on one occasion his apparent opposition to British military intervention in Sierra Leone was questioned he replied by saying that he thought that Britain’s then limited military resources should be better used by intervening in Zimbabwe. He would never forget faces from Swinton Circle meetings, and during subsequent pleasant social contacts would display his keen interest in cricket.
All the time that the British nation can produce men like John Wilkinson we have nothing to worry about for the future. Our sincerest condolences are extended to his widow Cecilia and to his two children.
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April 2014 edition
It was with great anger and outrage, though we must admit no great surprise, that we recently received a press release issued by Gaye Derby-Lewis, the wife of the controversially imprisoned South African Conservative politician Clive Derby-Lewis, which read as follows :-
“Clive Derby-Lewis and Janus Walus were attacked Wednesday February 26 at around midday in the Pretoria Central Prison by an inmate wielding a sharpened spoon. Both suffered severe head wounds. In addition, the inmate tried to stab Derby-Lewis in his face and to defend himself, Derby-Lewis’s left arm was so badly damaged that a bone was broken. There were multiple stab wounds, and his arm is now in plaster. Both the Department of Correctional Services and the Kalafong Hospital meted out excellent treatment to both Walus and Derby-Lewis – all we have to worry about now is infection which we believe the prison’s medical personnel are keeping under control.
“The facts of the case are now being investigated by the prison authorities but our comment is this: If the Communist Party and Advocate George Bizos hadn’t made it their business to thwart and oppose all of Clive’s parole applications, he wouldn’t have been in prison now. According to the law, Clive was due for parole in October 2008. He was RECOMMENDED for parole by DCS’s own parole board. He has applied for parole three times and EACH TIME Bizos and the Communist Party have come up with some cock and bull reason to oppose the parole. And each time Bizos has managed to manipulate the system so that Clive’s parole was refused.
“We are now in the process of taking legal action against the former DCS Minister who stated publicly that she would ‘never’ grant parole to Clive. Clearly politics is the reason why Clive is still in jail at the age of 78. And for someone like Bizos whose clarion cry is justice for all, it is something of a travesty that he should be the reason why justice is NOT for all, particularly with regard to Clive Derby-Lewis.
“We await the results of the Department of Correctional Service’s findings about the attack. But the key question that should be asked by all who believe in justice is: why should the SA Communist Party and George Bizos be able to thwart justice to suit their political ends? That is the question for South Africa.
“If Clive had been killed in the attack, where would that put the SACP and George Bizos? It is question they should ask themselves. Does South Africa need a political martyr at this stage of its political history?”.
As we have stated often in the past, although it is indisputable that Janus Walus pulled the trigger which eliminated the terrorist leader Chris Hani, there was not a scintilla of evidence produced in court which would have convicted Clive Derby-Lewis had the trial taken place in any Western nation. All that the “evidence” against him consisted of was the fact that he knew Walus, that Walus had ‘phoned him after the deed to boast about having done it – and a sinister alleged “hit-list” of names and addresses which was mysteriously found at his home. This listing had evidently been drawn up by a certain Arthur Kemp, who was initially also charged with the murder, but who subsequently turned State’s Witness and testified for the prosecution. (It should also be remembered in this regard that “The Mail & Guardian” of February 18th 1997 revealed that Kemp was an “informant” for the new South African security services, something which was subsequently confirmed and expended upon by his first wife on various Internet forums).
Clive Derby-Lewis has now been incarcerated since 1993, in conditions which – as this recent hellish attack has confirmed – are the epitome of the worst of third world jails. He should of course never have been imprisoned for one day, but the ANC terrorists and their sellout NP poodles realized just how dangerous his charismatic oratory and incisive political analysis was, so he therefore simply had to be silenced. The big question is, however, why now that the ANC have long since consolidated power and therefore no longer have anything to fear from him, they still insist that he remains behind bars? Is it just out of sheer spite, or are they eager to ensure that such a clear miscarriage of justice is never brought to light?
But who is responsible for this abomination whereby a great patriot and innocent man has now been locked away for over 20 years? Yes, individual scum such as Bizos and Kemp are directly to blame, as indeed are also group entities such as the ANC regime and the sellout NP traitors. They are not alone however. All those of us who knew of Clive Derby-Lewis’s terrible situation yet who have from time to time forgotten about his plight are responsible. The fact that he has remained in prison for over 20 years must surely mean that none of us have tried hard enough to procure his release. We are all guilty. Clive Derby-Lewis’s continuing incarceration remains a stain on the conscience of all decent people throughout the West.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
On Saturday 26th April the Springbok Club will be staging an informal trip to a top Rugby match with special South African significance in south-west London. The kick-off for this match will be at 15.00 hrs., and it is aimed to assemble between 14.00 hrs and 14.30 hrs. The ticket prices for the seats where the Springbok Club party plans to sit are priced £17.00 (£14.00 for concessions) and should be purchased individually on the day. After the match it is intended to patronize the Clubhouse bar and restaurant facilities for a convivial ending to the day. For more details about the match and the rendezvous arrangements either e-mail: springbk@netcomuk.co.uk or ‘phone: 07711188430.
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In May the London Branch of the Springbok Club plans to celebrate Empire Day by staging a special conducted tour of sites in London associated with Clive of India.
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In August the Springbok Club will be staging a meeting at which they will be welcoming a special guest speaker who has been involved with a large contract in the “new” South Africa for the past few months, who will be able to give a firsthand report about the true state of affairs presently prevailing in that country.
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Later during the year the London Branch of the Springbok Club is planning trips to a special exhibition at the Imperial War Museum and to a London brewery, and the Kent Branch will be organizing a trip to see some of the historical sites of Chatham, as well as staging an informal social gathering in Canterbury
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SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The Swinton Circle staged a most successful meeting last month, which was addressed by Mr. Edward Spalton, the Honorary Secretary of the Campaign for an Independent Britain. In a very well-received address entitled "Weltanschauung und Geopolitik" Mr. Spalton expertly and incisively detailed the sinister origins of the EU, the dominating German influence over the structure, and the ongoing dangers to national sovereignty which will remain all the time that entanglement with the EU continues.
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THE SWINTON CIRCLE'S APRIL (ST.GEORGE'S DAY) MEETING
Unfortunately, as you may well be aware, New Britain has been forced to cancel its planned St.George's Day celebrations this year. The Swinton Circle of course has tremendous admiration for New Britain and all the fantastic work which the organisation has done by advancing the British patriotic cause over the years, so the Swinton Circle has therefore agreed to "pick up the baton" to ensure that New Britain's excellent efforts in keeping the spirit of St.George's Day alive during recent years will continue. For this reason the Swinton Circle has therefore organised a celebration meeting for St.George's Day itself, the details of which are as follows :-
Date : Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Time : Assemble from 18.30 hrs onwards, meeting to commence at 19.00 hrs.
Venue : The Golden Fleece (the downstairs Cellar Bar), 8/9 Queen Street, City of London, EC4N 1SP. (nearest tube stations : Bank, St.Paul's and Mansion House).
Musical entertainment will be provided at this meeting by the Swinton Circle Chairman Robin Willow, and this will be followed by a talk on the threat which expansionist Islam poses to England today by a prominent and well-known personality. In this talk not only will the nature of the threat be illustrated, but it will also be shown how the spirit of St.George can - and undoubtedly will - be activated in the days ahead in order counteract and remove this Islamic threat.
In view of the tight timescale involved in organising this meeting in place of New Britain's planned event, we therefore hope that all supporters will make every effort to attend, and to circulate details as widely as possible.
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On Tuesday 27th May the Swinton Circle will be staging its Spring Buffet, at which the guest speaker will be Mr. Michael Shrimpton, the famed barrister and national security consultant, who will be launching his highly-awaited new book Spy Hunter.
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Membership fees and donations to the Swinton Circle can be paid via PayPal on the organisation’s web-site home page at:-
www.swintoncircle.co.uk
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REPORT FROM THE ZIMBABWE CONSERVATION TASK FORCE
January’s report from the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF) reads as follows :-
“NEW YEAR'S PARTY IN CHARARA
“Despite all our previous attempts to put a stop to this party, it took place as usual. It lasted for 3 nights of continuous loud disco music.
“During that period, we received a phone call from Charara advising us that the party goers were once again teasing the elephants. We are not sure how many elephants were involved but they were apparently shot with a paint ball gun and 2 vehicles were damaged. We contacted KAWFT in Kariba and asked them to please check out the situation and ask the police to get involved. A while later, we received another phone call to say that the police went to Charara to warn the youngsters to leave the elephants alone so thanks very much to KAWFT and the police for preventing another tragedy from happening.
“ANOTHER RHINO SHOT
“Shortly after Christmas, a black rhino was shot at Midlands Conservancy and the horn was removed.
“The man suspected of being responsible for this atrocity was a worker at Bemthree Ranch who was recently fired from his job.
“2 ELEPHANTS SHOT IN MATUSADONA
“Some holiday makers over the Christmas period saw the remains of 2 elephants that had been shot between Spurwing and Palm Bay. The tusks had been removed.”
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CAN YOU HELP ?
A supporter has recently contacted us to ask whether anyone can provide any information about the current whereabouts of Natalie Rosemarie Burgess. She was born in 1937 of White South African parents, lived in Hillbrow in 1960 and in Francistown, Botswana, in 1963. She had a daughter named Tracey.in1967 and is believed to have been living in England in 1980. She was last known living in Johannesburg and working as a bookkeeper.
A reward of R250 is being offered for information about this person, which can be reported to :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/get_paid_to_find_missing_people.html
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ANTONIE CLAASSEN
During the recent Scotland v. France match in the 6-nations championship we were quite surprised to see Antonie Claassen, the son of the great former Springbok Rugby captain Wynand Claassen, come on as a replacement. We of course remember Wynand Claassen well from the days when he played for Natal, and indeed recall seeing him often and socialising with him at Collegians Club in Durban during the 1980s. We remember also his small but active son running around and playing in the Clubhouse at the time – undoubtedly the infant Antonie Claassen! We believe that Wynand Claassen and his wife both had strong Huguenot ancestry, so the decision of Antonie Claassen to play for France rather than the “new” South Africa is simply loyalty to his ancestral roots. Like Tommoso Allan earlier during this year’s 6-nations tournament, Antonie Claassen has therefore turned his back on the disintegrating “new” South Africa and to pledge his future to the land of his ancestry. We wish them both well.
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"BLUE WATCH" by Gwyn Fford-Osborne
Rhodesia, in 1975 and a bloody vicious civil war is at its height. A war between the White minority supported by the Black majority and the ZAPU and ZANU terrorist groups, supported by Zambia and Mozambique. Kensington, a small town in the farming belt has been the subject of several terrorist attacks but with only a small police force for defence, the local T.A. unit having been called up for service on the Zambia border the situation appears grim. Until Iffor Meredith turns up on a pilgrimage to meet up with his wife and son of his old army buddy, recently murdered by terrorists. A deadly ambush on the "Dix" family and his escape from a land mine attack makes Iffor determined to offer resistance of some form or other to the terrorists. His application to join the Rhodesian Army has been accepted and he sets about forming a small militia. With all the fit men already on call up, who can he recruit from. Then he's invited to a darts match at the Moth Club and meets up with the remnants of the town's Fire Brigade, the men considered too old for call up. Blue Watch.
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Do you still remember Christmas Pass, Penhalonga, Cross Kopje, Murambi? The Biscuit Barrel will take you back to those sunny days in Manicaland. It is 1914 and Hastings Follett, a new BSAP recruit, has been posted to Umtali. His assistant is a smart-as-a-whip Matabele named Samuel Kumalo. Together they investigate several murders before the Great War breaks out and they are sent off to fight the Germans on the Caprivi Strip, and then later to France and the killing fields of the western front.
One critic wrote: “The Biscuit Barrel is a great story weaving fact and fiction, taking the reader from Rhodesia to war-time Europe to the modern day. Slater's story transports the reader with descriptions that lets you hear the African bush and the sounds of battle, while also experiencing what the characters are feeling. This is a must-read!” (Jean Phillips, Talahasee, Florida )
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.185 : Mrs. ENGELA NORTJE of Durban
Engela Nortje was the widow of Johan Nortje, the great Durban patriotic activist who tragically died following a botched hernia operation in 1999 at an appallingly young age. They had twin children, still only young at the time, named Johan jnr. and Engela jnr., but alas nothing has been heard from any them since the tragedy. It would however be nice to learn what became of them.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
Mick Greenhough, who wrote the highly-acclaimed EuroSceptic booklet “Brave New Europe”, also runs a thoroughly well-researched web-site which exposes the excesses and sinister nature of the EU called The EuroProbe. It can be accessed at :-
http://www.theeuroprobe.org
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DEAD AS THE DINOSAURS
Sir,
With the passing of Mandela, albeit half a century overdue, I’ve been asked by a few friends and colleagues to show them examples of the atrocities that he (and other ANC people) have committed over the years. Any documents, photos, URL links, etc. that you can you let me have would be appreciated.
It got to a rather sad point a few weeks ago when an ex-pat vicar at the church to which we used to go prayed for Mandela’s recovery. You think he would’ve known better! Suffice to say we no longer worship there.
Yours etc.,
A.A.N., Kapiti Coast, New Zealand.
[ Our own Terrorist Watch web-page provides many most revealing and useful reports about the evil terrorist nature of Mandela and the ANC, and this page can be accessed at: http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~springbk/enemy.html In addition our FaceBook page entitled "The Truth about the ANC's Mandela" can always be accessed at:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/133750470050183/ Hope this helps - Ed.]
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SAVAGE JUDGMENT
Sir,
Not everyone is being taken in by the mass media. I am sure God is giving his judgment to the evil Mandela, and I would think this vile man is going 'downstairs'! Best wishes and know that the truth will out.
Yours etc.,
Anne Parker, Norfolk, U.K.
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WE WILL FIGHT THEM IN THE MEETING HALLS
Sir,
Very interesting comments by “South African Observer” concerning Thinkers’ Library [March SCN – Ed.]. One thing he or she didn’t mention was Thinkers’ Library’s involvement with a tour of South Africa by the quack historian David Irving. I was young at the time and didn’t know anything about Irving then, but I was a history student and had studied Churchill in depth, so seeing that Thinkers’ Library was advertising a meeting in Durban to be addressed by Irving on a book he’d written about Churchill I went along. Quite naturally, as Irving was apparently a British historian, I – and I think probably most other people in attendance – thought that it would be in praise of the great man. Instead he simply ran Churchill down, and by all accounts the book was simply an ignorant diatribe against him. The meeting ended in a near riot.
Yours etc.,
“Patriot”, Durban, Natal.
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OBITUARY
JOHN WILKINSON
John Wilkinson, who sadly died earlier this month, was a diligent Conservative MP and a true patriot. The son of an Eton housemaster, he was educated at that school and then at the RAF College, Cranwell. Commissioned into the RAF in 1961, he took a brief sabbatical from the service in order to read modern history at Churchill College. He finally left the RAF in 1967 and immediately embarked upon a new career in politics, joining Conservative Central Office as an aviation research specialist.
He entered Parliament first in 1970 as Conservative MP for Bradford West, but after losing this seat in 1974 re-entered Parliament as MP for Ruislip-Northwood in 1979, a seat which he held until his retirement in 2005. He specialized on defence matters in Parliament, serving variously as PPS to Defence Secretary John Nott and on both the Defence Select Committee and the Conservative Defence Committee. He was scathing in his criticisms of defence cuts and inefficient defence spending, and warned forthrightly against weakness in the face of Soviet threats during the Cold War. It was at the time of the Falklands War when John Wilkinson played his (up to then) most important role in national life however, for as PPS to the increasingly out-of-his-depth John Nott his expertise and backbone played a pivotal role in ensuring triumph in this conflict.
Although initially blind to the insidious dangers posed to the British nation by the EU, John Wilkinson’s eyes were opened by his experiences of the reality of the situation in Parliament. Once convinced he became a brave and defiant opponent of increased European integration, and as such became one of the nine courageous “Maastricht Rebels” who defied John Major and thereby had the Conservative Whip withdrawn for five months. This bold action, in retrospect, can be seen to have kick-started the EuroSceptic movement.
John Wilkinson spoke on several occasions to the Swinton Circle and was always well-received. Although on one occasion his apparent opposition to British military intervention in Sierra Leone was questioned he replied by saying that he thought that Britain’s then limited military resources should be better used by intervening in Zimbabwe. He would never forget faces from Swinton Circle meetings, and during subsequent pleasant social contacts would display his keen interest in cricket.
All the time that the British nation can produce men like John Wilkinson we have nothing to worry about for the future. Our sincerest condolences are extended to his widow Cecilia and to his two children.
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Sunday, 23 March 2014
March 2014 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
March 2014 edition
A supporter has recently sent us a highly revealing report from the Irish Political Review of January 2014. In this report, written by Manus O’Riordan, he states inter alia:-
“Kader Asmal was South Africa’s Minister of Education on the occasion of our last meeting in May 2006, when he and Louise hot-footed it from Dublin Airport to spend the afternoon with the O’Riordan family on the day of my father’s funeral. There was, however, one Asmal-O’Riordan secret that my father had taken to the grave with him, and Kader certainly did not divulge it to any of us on that day. Indeed, it was only after Kader’s own funeral – five years later – that their secret was first published in his memoirs, in Chapter 3 on Ireland:
“’The 1980s opened with a spectacular coup de main against one of South Africa’s most strategic installations (which) did involve an Irish connection, a fact that till now has not been public knowledge. In the late 1970s I was asked if it was possible to arrange military training for some MK {ANC terrorists] combatants. I wanted very much to undertake this task, but it was a delicate one because it would of necessity involve the IRA. I went to see the general secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland, Michael O’Riordan, who was a man of great integrity [sic] and whom I trusted to keep secret the information at his disposal. He in turn contacted Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin, and it was arranged that two military experts would come to Dublin to meet two MK personnel and take them to a safe place for two weeks of intensive training. Later we did arrange a successful meeting, the training was conducted, and I believe the expertise the MK cadres obtained was duly imparted to others in the ANC camps in Angola. Then on 1 June 1980 South Africa was shocked by one of the most daring [sic] and audacious acts of military [sic] insurgency in the struggle against apartheid. On that day the country’s major oil refinery plant in the town of Sasolburg was bombed by explosives. Black smoke billowed over the Highveld. Every newspaper and television station carried pictures, footage and stories of the attack. The propaganda value and its effect on the morale of the liberation movement [sic] were inestimable. I had again been approached by the MK High Command who wanted us to find two people to conduct a reconnaissance operation and report back on the feasibility of attacking Sasol, South Africa’s major oil refinery, vital to the maintenance of the apartheid state [sic]. Once again I arranged the task with Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin through the intermediation of Michael O’Riordan. They laid the ground for one of the most dramatic operations carried out by MK personnel. Some months after we’d set arrangements in place Louise rang me at work to say that I must come home immediately. I excused myself from an important academic meeting at Trinity College and drove as fast as I could in the Dublin traffic. There on the television was the extraordinary spectacle of Sasol in flames, lighting up the sky for miles around. We cheered and felt we had made a major contribution to the struggle. It was a huge morale booster, and must have been the same in South Africa. It was evident that the regime [sic] had suffered a demonstrable loss and embarrassment. Yet only Louise and I knew (plus, of course, O’Riordan and Adams – MO’R) that the attack on Sasolburg was the result of reconnaissance carried out by members of the IRA.’
“Mandela fully approved of Asmal’s revelations in Politics in My Blood, and penned an appreciation of Kader as a forward to that book. His debt to Adams was, in turn, repaid by his inclusion in the Mandela guard of honour this December 14th.”
So there we have it, straight from the horse’s mouth. It has been known for some time, of course, that the Ellis Park car bombing in 1988 was a direct operation carried out by IRA operatives, but never before has the full extent of IRA involvement in ANC terrorism in South Africa been revealed. Not only this, but the fact that the SF/IRA terrorist leader Gerry Adams was given the “honour” of being in the guard of honour at Mandela’s funeral (something sinisterly ignored by most of the international media at the time) shows just how close ANC/IRA links have been.
There are two important factors which must be emphasized as a result of these revelations. 1) That international terrorist organizations co-operated closely throughout the era of the Cold War, and that liaison between them seems to have been coordinated by the international Communist movement (witness the fact that Michael O’Riordan was general secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland), and 2) that the ANC themselves were probably the most ineffective international terrorist organization, and relied upon assistance from elsewhere in order to carry out their “spectaculars”.
Given these factors, the fact that the NP government decided to surrender to ineffective ANC terrorism at the very time when the entire evil empire of Soviet Communism was collapsing is even more inexplicable and reprehensible. Had a counter-coordinated Western War Against Terror, similar to that initiated during the 2000s, been conducted during the 1980s then in all probability South Africa would not have been allowed to fall to the ANC terrorists. All that of course is history now, but what we should be looking towards today is a re-vigourated Western War Against Terror, and this will mean the Western powers taking steps to remove that ANC terrorists now ensconced in power, who undoubtedly are not only re-paying favours to the IRA, but are also harbouring and bankrolling many of the Islamic/Palestinian terrorist movements causing havoc around the globe..
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club organized a most enjoyable trip to Rochester earlier this month. The highlight of this event was a visit to the historic Rochester Guildhall Museum, whereat Springbok Club member Gary Vincent, who is an expert on Royal Navy history, gave a fascinating illustrated talk about the lives and careers of Admirals Sir Cloudesley Shovell and Sir John Leake, both of whom served as MPs for Rochester at various times, and whose portraits and other artifacts are housed in the Guildhall Museum.
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On Saturday 26th April the Springbok Club will be staging a trip to a top Rugby match with special significance in south-west London. Full details will be given in next month’s SCN.
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Later during the year the Springbok Club plans to welcome two guest speakers who have recently visited the “new” South Africa and Zimbabwe, who will be able to give firsthand reports about the true state of affairs in these beleaguered lands.
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The London Branch of the Springbok Club is planning trips to a special exhibition at the Imperial War Museum and to a London brewery during the next few months, as well as organizing a conducted tour of sites associated with Clive of India,.
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SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
Details of March’s Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Monday 31st March 2014
Time : Assemble from 18.30 hrs, meeting to commence at 19.00 hrs.
Venue : The GOLDEN FLEECE (the downstairs Cellar Bar), 8/9 Queen Street, City of London, EC4N 1SP. (nearest tube stations: Bank, St.Paul’s and Mansion House)
Guest Speaker : Mr. EDWARD SPALTON (Honorary Secretary of the Campaign for an Independent Britain)
Edward Spalton was a corn merchant and animal feed miller, supplying the livestock industry. In 1981 he started his own company making appetite stimulants and feed flavours for farm animals and domestic pets. He has now retired from business. Initially favourable to the idea of European togetherness, his experience of the Common Agricultural Policy led him to question the bona fides of the whole EU project. Digging deeper into legal, foreign policy and defence integration convinced him of the fundamentally anti-democratic, authoritarian nature of the EU. He became a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in 1994 and stood as a candidate for the East Midlands to the European Parliament in 1999. He also stood in the 2005 General Election in South Derbyshire as a candidate for Veritas “because I have always voted at elections and there is nobody else standing whom I can support”. He is not now a member of any political party and campaigns for British independence on a cross-party basis. He is particularly interested in Eastern European and Balkan affairs and is a member of the Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies, and is Honorary Secretary of the cross-party Campaign for an Independent Britain (CIB).
The CIB is a long established cross-party group which has existed since the late Sixties. The affiliate organisations are Labour Euro Safeguards Campaign, Conservatives Against a Federal Europe, Get Britain Out (originally the Anti-Common Market League) and the Freedom Association. Members of UKIP serve on its national committee. It exists by members' subscriptions and public donations, with the support of patrons from both Houses of Parliament, as well as eminent economists and business people. It is an umbrella organisation, in competition with nobody but the EU. It aims to become a catalyst and force multiplier for the independence movement, bringing activists and organisations together for the long haul.
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As unfortunately New Britain has had to cancel its planned St.George’s Day celebration on St.George’s Day itself, the Swinton Circle has stepped into the breach, and will be holding a special meeting on that day (Wednesday 23rd April) in central London, at which there will be special musical entertainment as well as a speech on the threats to England today being posed by expansionist Islam. Full details will of course be given in next month’s SCN.
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Membership fees and donations to the Swinton Circle can be paid via PayPal on the organisation’s web-site home page at:-
www.swintoncircle.co.uk
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
Unfortunately New Britain’s planned events to celebrate St.David’s Day, Commonwealth Day and St.Patrick’s Day all had to be cancelled for reasons beyond the organisation’s control, and the planned Keep the United Kingdom United Rally has now been postponed until September. It is however hoped that New Britain will be celebrating St.George’s Day with a special event featuring a 15-member professional choir and a children’s fancy dress competition on Saturday 26th April in the City of London. Further details will hopefully be given in next month’s SCN.
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SANWILD LION FEEDING APPEAL
We have recently received the following appeal from the SanWild Wildlife Trust :-
“Please do spare a thought for the SanWild lions today, rescued many years ago in 2003/2004 from South Africa's sordid canned lion hunting industry. Although we unfortunately do not have enough land to set them all free, they have lived in their respective prides in large natural habitat enclosures. Those lionesses that arrived pregnant gave birth and raised their own cubs. Since then all the male lions have had vasectomies and no breeding is allowed.
”Feeding and caring for these lions remain one of our small charity's most costly overheads; however with the support of a handful of fantastic donors we have always managed to give our lions the care and love they deserve. This morning I would like to once again appeal for your generosity and help to raise the necessary funds to ensure we can continue to provide food and quality veterinary care if and when needed. We will be most appreciative of your support and kind donations.”
The SanWild Wildlife Trust can be contacted in this regard by visiting their web-site at :-
http://www.sanwild.org/page11.html
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CONGRATULATIONS!
We have recently learnt the splendid news that the famed Rhodesian singer David Scobie and his fiancée and singing partner Brigitte Rodrigues are expecting their first child in July. Our hearty congratulations and very best wishes are of course extended to both of them!
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PRESS RELEASE BY RODNEY ATKINSON
We have recently received the following press release from Rodney Atkinson concerning the most dramatic book which he has recently published. It reads as follows :-
“AND INTO THE FIRE - FASCIST ELEMENTS IN POST WAR EUROPE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION”
By Rodney Atkinson
Published as an e-book by GMBooks (except in Germany, Austria and Switzerland where the book cover’s reminder of the Third Reich makes it illegal to distribute!)
http://www.amazon.com/And-Into-The-Fire-ebook/dp/B00E68O9SG
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/and-into-the-fire/id674151107?mt=11&uo=4
Rodney Atkinson describes the escape of Europe from the frying pan of fascism and German imperialism in 1945 only to land in the fire of the German dominated European Union founded and initially run by Nazis and Fascists which today is devastated by economic collapse, mass unemployment, welfare collapse, child malnutrition and depopulation.
“AND INTO THE FIRE” REVEALS NAZI AND FASCIST IDEAS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE FOUNDATION AND GOVERNANCE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND EU COUNTRIES – AND THEIR INFLUENCE TODAY.
NAZI ORGANISATIONS ACTIVE IN EUROPE TODAY. APPEASERS OF FASCISM PROMOTE TODAY’S EUROPEAN UNION
CONSTITUTIONAL DESTRUCTION OF NATION STATES, ETHNIC CONFLICT AND ECONOMIC CENTRALISATION MADE WAR UNNECESSARY THIS TIME
THE EURO ZONE’S COLLAPSE IS PERMANENTLY DE-POPULATING SOUTHERN STATES – TO THE ECONOMIC PROFIT AND THE IMPERIAL GAIN OF THE GERMAN CORE.
THE BOOK PUBLISHES THE ALTERNATIVE TO THE DISASTER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION – THE CHARTER OF THE FREE NATIONS OF EUROPE, SUPPORTED BY ACADEMICS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE.
In his new book published by GMBooks the author, British political economist and former occasional adviser to Ministers Rodney Atkinson, (www.rodneyatkinson.freeuk.com) details the ominous parallels between the Europe of German Nazism and European Fascism (which the Anglo Saxon world believed they had vanquished in 1945) and the design, foundation personnel and structures of the European Union today. He describes the covert and anti democratic methods chosen to destroy the constitutions of democratic nation states and the (entirely predicted) catastrophe of the Euro which daily brings social and economic destruction and economic refugees on a par with wartime.
Atkinson lists the many individuals and institutions with fascist backgrounds and histories of appeasement of European Fascism prominent in the establishment of the European Union on the ashes of democratic nation states inter alia:
- The German magazine Der Spiegel a supporter of the European Union had for many years Nazis in prominent managerial and journalistic roles.
- The BBC, financed by and promoting the EU today, pursued a policy of appeasement of Fascism in the 1930s, keeping Churchill off the air while the BBC’s Head in the 1930s and 1940s was an admirer of Hitler.
- The first president of the European Commission Walter Hallstein was a leading Nazi academic and had been trained as a “Nazi Leadership Officer”.
- Adenauer’s Chief of Staff in the 1950s, Hans Josef Globke, who made his senior appointments, had drafted the Nuremberg Race laws and the emergency legislation which gave Hitler absolute power in the 1930s.
- The Hitler appointed Secretary of his "Europe Committee", was chosen by Adenauer in 1949 for a similar job as Director of the "European Division" of the West German Foreign Office leading the negotiations for founding the European Economic Community in 1958.
- Several Nazi institutions like the Toepfer Foundation, the Federation of European Ethnic Groups and the Charlemagne Prize carry on even today.
Atkinson quotes many late 20th century founders and promoters of the European Union to prove that their words would have equally reflected the ideology of the Fascist Europe of the 1940s :-
“Might is right in politics and war”, "Those who take a position against Maastricht will no longer have the right to engage in politics" “The Jews should consider whether they would have behaved heroically if they had not been victims of the persecution”. “Germans are tired of philosemitic over-compensation in the media”. "Genocide is a natural phenomenon, even commanded by the Almighty".
He describes how the rise of State and corporatist power over enterprise capitalism and democracy and the appeasement of multinational companies and political institutions by national Governments removed democratic power from the people and prepared the way for a new corporatist fascist European Union.
The Euro was a political idea forged by many who expected economic collapse as a direct route to more power for the European Union over nation states – a surrender which voters would never have contemplated without such a collapse.
Throughout the creation of the corporatist fascist European Union, says Atkinson, the voters were ignored, manipulated or deceived into the surrender of their precious democratic rights and their countries were bled of their sovereignty and - through the Euro – their economic existence. The European Union’s share of world trade has fallen dramatically, welfare systems have collapsed, suicides have risen and a whole generation of young people (unemployment rates of between 30% and 55%) has been betrayed by an unaccountable European elite.
No area of Europe better proves the return to the violence and fascism of the past than what the new Europe has done in Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia and Atkinson devotes several chapters to proving the resurgence of Nazi and Fascist ideas and institutions in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo.
The vast majority of the EU’s population, says Atkinson, entirely reject the “European project” but, because it was established on anti-democratic principles it is almost impossible to overturn by normal democratic means. The Euro-elite are able to continue their destruction of parliaments, constitutions, economies, welfare, education, health services (“more Europe”) – until there remains to the peoples of Europe only increasingly violent confrontations.
The book proposes the alternative to the democratic and economic disaster of the European Union – The Charter of the Free Nations of Europe, supported by academics from all over Europe.
Chapters include: The Nazis and Fascists who founded the European Union; The Vatican and the European State; European Regionalism and Historic Nazism; Yugoslavia – Fascist propaganda in America Today; Nazism alive and well in Ireland; In their own words – Fascism and European Leaders Today; Decline and Fall and Imperial Ambition – Europe of the Euro.
THE AUTHOR: RODNEY ATKINSON BA MSC MIL
Rodney Atkinson is one of Britain's leading political economists, an expert on the constitutional effects of British membership of the European Union and a former occasional adviser to ministers. He has a track record of successful prediction of economic and political crisis, having predicted in advance inter alia the collapse of oil prices in 1983, the fall in British house prices in 1989, the end of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1990, and the precise consequences of the Euro in 2000. He has been a successful linguist and linguistic theorist, was formerly a lecturer at the University of Mainz, Germany and a merchant banker in the City of London. He is the founder of the Freenations website (visited by individuals and government institutions from over 100 countries) an occasional adviser to MPs and the proprietor of his own commercial property company. He is the author of over 100 articles and policy papers, three internationally praised books on political economy: Government against the People (1986), The Emancipated Society (1988), The Failure of the State (1989) and three on the European Union, Treason at Maastricht (with Norris McWhirter CBE, fourth edition 1998) Europe's Full Circle (third edition 1998 also published in Yugoslavia and Poland) and Fascist Europe Rising (2001 also published in Yugoslavia). For the extensive all party and international praise of these books and other work see the websites www.rodneyatkinson.freeuk.com and www.freenations.freeuk.com/publications.html
Atkinson was Referendum Party candidate in North West Durham in the 1997 General Election (5.2% of the vote) and the lead UK Independence Party candidate for the North East Region in the 1999 European Elections (8.83% of the vote). He has been a contributor to radio and television programmes on both sides of the Atlantic and has addressed public and academic meetings throughout central and Eastern Europe. He launched the cross party British Declaration of Independence in 1999.
The Author can be contacted on Freenations@freeuk.com
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OLYMPIC FEVER
Following the highly successful London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012, post boxes in all the home towns of British competitors who won gold medals were painted gold in their honour. It was reasonable to expect therefore that post boxes in the home towns of gold medal winning competitors in this year’s Sochi Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games would also be accorded the same honour – but alas this has not turned out to be the case. An on-line petition campaign has therefore been set up in order to try to persuade the authorities to paint a post box gold in Sevenoaks, the hometown of Lizzie Arnold, who of course won Gold in the Women’s Skeleton competition. We hope all readers will therefore be prepared to sign this petition, which can be accessed at :-
http://www.change.org/petitions/royalmail-give-lizzy-yarnold-a-gold-post-box-paintitgoldforlizzy?utm_campaign=new_signature&utm_medium=email&utm_source=signature_receipt#share
But why we wonder only in honour of Lizzie Arnold? Why aren’t the authorities organising the painting of a post box in Bangor gold also, in honour of Kelly Gallagher who won Gold in the Women’s Visually Impaired Super-G at the Sochi Paralympic Games?
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BOOK OFFERS
"LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALFRED JAMES TOMLINSON: MEMOIRS OF AN AFRICAN PIONEER AND BSAP OFFICER" is now available at Amazon.com, and can be shipped to anywhere in the world. This book contains excerpts from Lieut. Tomlinson's writings detailing his experiences as a member of the BSAP in Southern Rhodesia, where he rose from the rank of an ordinary trooper to retire as the commanding officer. It also includes the personal story of Majaqaba Ncube, a man who was enslaved by Lobengula when his entire village was massacred by the chief's soldiers. After he escaped, Lieut. Tomlinson saved him from certain death and gave him a job. They lost contact and were reunited after 45 years, when Majaqaba presented Lieut. Tomlinson with an earthenware jar.
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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
Rhodesia, in 1975 and a bloody vicious civil war is at its height. A war between the White minority supported by the Black majority and the ZAPU and ZANU terrorist groups, supported by Zambia and Mozambique. Kensington, a small town in the farming belt has been the subject of several terrorist attacks but with only a small police force for defence, the local T.A. unit having been called up for service on the Zambia border the situation appears grim. Until Iffor Meredith turns up on a pilgrimage to meet up with his wife and son of his old army buddy, recently murdered by terrorists. A deadly ambush on the "Dix" family and his escape from a land mine attack makes Iffor determined to offer resistance of some form or other to the terrorists. His application to join the Rhodesian Army has been accepted and he sets about forming a small militia. With all the fit men already on call up, who can he recruit from. Then he's invited to a darts match at the Moth Club and meets up with the remnants of the town's Fire Brigade, the men considered too old for call up. Blue Watch.
Available from: www.diadembooks.com
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
Crest Publishing retails books by Glenn MacAskill (ex-BSAP Special Branch) entitled "King's Gold", "Crime Lords", "Kill Victoria!", "Hunt the Assassin" and "MacKinnon's Diamond", and by the late Michael Bowery including "Canham's Run", "The Sligo Piper" "Kill the President", "Al Qaeda Armageddon" and his autobiography "Shred when Read", as well as novels by David Ruppert entitled "The Seven Watchmen" and "The Greater Glory" - all of which will be of great interest to South Africans and ex-Rhodesians.
For more information, or to make an order, please contact Crest Publishing at: P.O.Box, 4178, Honeydew, Johannesburg, 2040, South Africa, e-mail: glennallanmacaskill@gmail.com, or visit the Crest Publishing web-site at: www.crestpublishing.co.za. Special discounts are available to ex-servicemen, Rhodies and Springboks!
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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 tel.: 07732 685400.
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“THE BISCUIT BARREL” by David Slater
Do you still remember Christmas Pass, Penhalonga, Cross Kopje, Murambi? The Biscuit Barrel will take you back to those sunny days in Manicaland. It is 1914 and Hastings Follett, a new BSAP recruit, has been posted to Umtali. His assistant is a smart-as-a-whip Matabele named Samuel Kumalo. Together they investigate several murders before the Great War breaks out and they are sent off to fight the Germans on the Caprivi Strip, and then later to France and the killing fields of the western front.
One critic wrote: “The Biscuit Barrel is a great story weaving fact and fiction, taking the reader from Rhodesia to war-time Europe to the modern day. Slater's story transports the reader with descriptions that lets you hear the African bush and the sounds of battle, while also experiencing what the characters are feeling. This is a must-read!” (Jean Phillips, Talahasee, Florida )
Another wrote: “I had just returned from a month in Africa when I read this novel and found it to be a fascinating story. The Biscuit Barrel provides the reader with an insightful look into life in various parts of colonial Africa at the onset of the First World War. Told through the eyes of a young English police officer who has taken a position in southern Africa, it also provides an interesting take on policing in the early part of the 20th century as well as the impact that the Great War had on both the participants and their families. And if the history doesn't interest you, there's still plenty of action and romance to keep you entertained! The pace of the novel never flags as the first-time author keeps things moving along with great enthusiasm for his subject matter. An easy and enjoyable read.” (Michael Fitch, Vancouver)
The Biscuit Barrel is available as an E-book (Kindle) through www.Amazon.com or, if you prefer real paper, through www.createspace.com/4034067
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.184 : Mr. RAY JOLLIVET of Rhodesia
Ray Jollivet had been a keen and long-standing member of the SCN circulation list for some time. He was an ex-Rhodesian and is believed to have served with the RRAF/RhAF, though alas nothing further is known about him. The latest few copies of the SCN sent to his last known e-mail address (rhodie001@yahoo.co.uk) have all been returned to us however. We wonder therefore whether anyone can provide us with any further information about what has happened to him, hopefully letting us know any new e-mail address.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
A supporter has recently informed us of an excellent YouTube video entitled “Rhodesia Unafraid”, which is actually the first in a highly informative series of such videos about Rhodesia during the days of UDI. It can be accessed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYL6aTK3k6Y
From it other videos in the same series can subsequently be accessed.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
BOOK ENDS
Sir,
Regarding Thinkers’ Library (see January 2014 SCN – Ed.), the business definitely did seem to go out of existence about a decade ago. I met Frank ------ * on a few occasions when he visited Durban, and he was certainly a very charismatic and intelligent character. The books he stocked were an eclectic lot, but I decided not to purchase anything from him when I became aware that they included many advancing wacko conspiracy theories, and even worse holocaust denial. I also knew his Durban agent, Brian Kemper, who also disappeared many years go. Brian Kemper clearly had mental health and alcohol problems (probably related?), and was known to “spike” the drinks of those he was socializing with who didn’t agree with his holocaust denial theories. I don’t know whether they both saw through all the holocaust denial nonsense and that this was why they disappeared from the scene. I doubt whether this was the case with Brian Kemper, but I hope it was the reason with Frank. He was a nice chap.
Yours etc.,
“South African Observer”, Durban, Natal.
(Surname withheld in respect of a request made many years ago – Ed.)
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OBITUARY
NICK LAMPRECHT
It was much sadness that we recently learnt of the death of Nick Lamprecht. Nick grew up in Johannesburg and became a keen and very successful amateur boxer during his youth. He fought in the South African qualification competition for the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games at Flyweight, when he opposed Willie Toweel in the final. Toweel won a controversial decision after Nick had tripped on his shoelace and the referee mistakenly stopped the bout as a result. Willie Toweel went on to win a Bronze Medal for South Africa at the Helsinki Olympics.
Later Nick Lamprecht moved to Durban where he played soccer in goal for Durban City, and also ran the Comrades Marathon twice, winning silver medals on both occasions. He worked in the building trade at this time, and was heavily involved with major building work at both Glenwood High School and the Royal Hotel. He subsequently became a building inspector employed by the Durban City Council, and passed approximately 500,000 houses and 200 schools in the Black townships during the final days of civilized rule.
Our sincere sympathies are extended to his nephew Nicky Lamprecht, and to the rest of his family.
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March 2014 edition
A supporter has recently sent us a highly revealing report from the Irish Political Review of January 2014. In this report, written by Manus O’Riordan, he states inter alia:-
“Kader Asmal was South Africa’s Minister of Education on the occasion of our last meeting in May 2006, when he and Louise hot-footed it from Dublin Airport to spend the afternoon with the O’Riordan family on the day of my father’s funeral. There was, however, one Asmal-O’Riordan secret that my father had taken to the grave with him, and Kader certainly did not divulge it to any of us on that day. Indeed, it was only after Kader’s own funeral – five years later – that their secret was first published in his memoirs, in Chapter 3 on Ireland:
“’The 1980s opened with a spectacular coup de main against one of South Africa’s most strategic installations (which) did involve an Irish connection, a fact that till now has not been public knowledge. In the late 1970s I was asked if it was possible to arrange military training for some MK {ANC terrorists] combatants. I wanted very much to undertake this task, but it was a delicate one because it would of necessity involve the IRA. I went to see the general secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland, Michael O’Riordan, who was a man of great integrity [sic] and whom I trusted to keep secret the information at his disposal. He in turn contacted Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin, and it was arranged that two military experts would come to Dublin to meet two MK personnel and take them to a safe place for two weeks of intensive training. Later we did arrange a successful meeting, the training was conducted, and I believe the expertise the MK cadres obtained was duly imparted to others in the ANC camps in Angola. Then on 1 June 1980 South Africa was shocked by one of the most daring [sic] and audacious acts of military [sic] insurgency in the struggle against apartheid. On that day the country’s major oil refinery plant in the town of Sasolburg was bombed by explosives. Black smoke billowed over the Highveld. Every newspaper and television station carried pictures, footage and stories of the attack. The propaganda value and its effect on the morale of the liberation movement [sic] were inestimable. I had again been approached by the MK High Command who wanted us to find two people to conduct a reconnaissance operation and report back on the feasibility of attacking Sasol, South Africa’s major oil refinery, vital to the maintenance of the apartheid state [sic]. Once again I arranged the task with Gerry Adams of Sinn Féin through the intermediation of Michael O’Riordan. They laid the ground for one of the most dramatic operations carried out by MK personnel. Some months after we’d set arrangements in place Louise rang me at work to say that I must come home immediately. I excused myself from an important academic meeting at Trinity College and drove as fast as I could in the Dublin traffic. There on the television was the extraordinary spectacle of Sasol in flames, lighting up the sky for miles around. We cheered and felt we had made a major contribution to the struggle. It was a huge morale booster, and must have been the same in South Africa. It was evident that the regime [sic] had suffered a demonstrable loss and embarrassment. Yet only Louise and I knew (plus, of course, O’Riordan and Adams – MO’R) that the attack on Sasolburg was the result of reconnaissance carried out by members of the IRA.’
“Mandela fully approved of Asmal’s revelations in Politics in My Blood, and penned an appreciation of Kader as a forward to that book. His debt to Adams was, in turn, repaid by his inclusion in the Mandela guard of honour this December 14th.”
So there we have it, straight from the horse’s mouth. It has been known for some time, of course, that the Ellis Park car bombing in 1988 was a direct operation carried out by IRA operatives, but never before has the full extent of IRA involvement in ANC terrorism in South Africa been revealed. Not only this, but the fact that the SF/IRA terrorist leader Gerry Adams was given the “honour” of being in the guard of honour at Mandela’s funeral (something sinisterly ignored by most of the international media at the time) shows just how close ANC/IRA links have been.
There are two important factors which must be emphasized as a result of these revelations. 1) That international terrorist organizations co-operated closely throughout the era of the Cold War, and that liaison between them seems to have been coordinated by the international Communist movement (witness the fact that Michael O’Riordan was general secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland), and 2) that the ANC themselves were probably the most ineffective international terrorist organization, and relied upon assistance from elsewhere in order to carry out their “spectaculars”.
Given these factors, the fact that the NP government decided to surrender to ineffective ANC terrorism at the very time when the entire evil empire of Soviet Communism was collapsing is even more inexplicable and reprehensible. Had a counter-coordinated Western War Against Terror, similar to that initiated during the 2000s, been conducted during the 1980s then in all probability South Africa would not have been allowed to fall to the ANC terrorists. All that of course is history now, but what we should be looking towards today is a re-vigourated Western War Against Terror, and this will mean the Western powers taking steps to remove that ANC terrorists now ensconced in power, who undoubtedly are not only re-paying favours to the IRA, but are also harbouring and bankrolling many of the Islamic/Palestinian terrorist movements causing havoc around the globe..
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club organized a most enjoyable trip to Rochester earlier this month. The highlight of this event was a visit to the historic Rochester Guildhall Museum, whereat Springbok Club member Gary Vincent, who is an expert on Royal Navy history, gave a fascinating illustrated talk about the lives and careers of Admirals Sir Cloudesley Shovell and Sir John Leake, both of whom served as MPs for Rochester at various times, and whose portraits and other artifacts are housed in the Guildhall Museum.
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On Saturday 26th April the Springbok Club will be staging a trip to a top Rugby match with special significance in south-west London. Full details will be given in next month’s SCN.
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Later during the year the Springbok Club plans to welcome two guest speakers who have recently visited the “new” South Africa and Zimbabwe, who will be able to give firsthand reports about the true state of affairs in these beleaguered lands.
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The London Branch of the Springbok Club is planning trips to a special exhibition at the Imperial War Museum and to a London brewery during the next few months, as well as organizing a conducted tour of sites associated with Clive of India,.
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SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
Details of March’s Swinton Circle meeting are as follows :-
Date : Monday 31st March 2014
Time : Assemble from 18.30 hrs, meeting to commence at 19.00 hrs.
Venue : The GOLDEN FLEECE (the downstairs Cellar Bar), 8/9 Queen Street, City of London, EC4N 1SP. (nearest tube stations: Bank, St.Paul’s and Mansion House)
Guest Speaker : Mr. EDWARD SPALTON (Honorary Secretary of the Campaign for an Independent Britain)
Edward Spalton was a corn merchant and animal feed miller, supplying the livestock industry. In 1981 he started his own company making appetite stimulants and feed flavours for farm animals and domestic pets. He has now retired from business. Initially favourable to the idea of European togetherness, his experience of the Common Agricultural Policy led him to question the bona fides of the whole EU project. Digging deeper into legal, foreign policy and defence integration convinced him of the fundamentally anti-democratic, authoritarian nature of the EU. He became a member of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in 1994 and stood as a candidate for the East Midlands to the European Parliament in 1999. He also stood in the 2005 General Election in South Derbyshire as a candidate for Veritas “because I have always voted at elections and there is nobody else standing whom I can support”. He is not now a member of any political party and campaigns for British independence on a cross-party basis. He is particularly interested in Eastern European and Balkan affairs and is a member of the Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies, and is Honorary Secretary of the cross-party Campaign for an Independent Britain (CIB).
The CIB is a long established cross-party group which has existed since the late Sixties. The affiliate organisations are Labour Euro Safeguards Campaign, Conservatives Against a Federal Europe, Get Britain Out (originally the Anti-Common Market League) and the Freedom Association. Members of UKIP serve on its national committee. It exists by members' subscriptions and public donations, with the support of patrons from both Houses of Parliament, as well as eminent economists and business people. It is an umbrella organisation, in competition with nobody but the EU. It aims to become a catalyst and force multiplier for the independence movement, bringing activists and organisations together for the long haul.
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As unfortunately New Britain has had to cancel its planned St.George’s Day celebration on St.George’s Day itself, the Swinton Circle has stepped into the breach, and will be holding a special meeting on that day (Wednesday 23rd April) in central London, at which there will be special musical entertainment as well as a speech on the threats to England today being posed by expansionist Islam. Full details will of course be given in next month’s SCN.
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Membership fees and donations to the Swinton Circle can be paid via PayPal on the organisation’s web-site home page at:-
www.swintoncircle.co.uk
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
Unfortunately New Britain’s planned events to celebrate St.David’s Day, Commonwealth Day and St.Patrick’s Day all had to be cancelled for reasons beyond the organisation’s control, and the planned Keep the United Kingdom United Rally has now been postponed until September. It is however hoped that New Britain will be celebrating St.George’s Day with a special event featuring a 15-member professional choir and a children’s fancy dress competition on Saturday 26th April in the City of London. Further details will hopefully be given in next month’s SCN.
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SANWILD LION FEEDING APPEAL
We have recently received the following appeal from the SanWild Wildlife Trust :-
“Please do spare a thought for the SanWild lions today, rescued many years ago in 2003/2004 from South Africa's sordid canned lion hunting industry. Although we unfortunately do not have enough land to set them all free, they have lived in their respective prides in large natural habitat enclosures. Those lionesses that arrived pregnant gave birth and raised their own cubs. Since then all the male lions have had vasectomies and no breeding is allowed.
”Feeding and caring for these lions remain one of our small charity's most costly overheads; however with the support of a handful of fantastic donors we have always managed to give our lions the care and love they deserve. This morning I would like to once again appeal for your generosity and help to raise the necessary funds to ensure we can continue to provide food and quality veterinary care if and when needed. We will be most appreciative of your support and kind donations.”
The SanWild Wildlife Trust can be contacted in this regard by visiting their web-site at :-
http://www.sanwild.org/page11.html
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CONGRATULATIONS!
We have recently learnt the splendid news that the famed Rhodesian singer David Scobie and his fiancée and singing partner Brigitte Rodrigues are expecting their first child in July. Our hearty congratulations and very best wishes are of course extended to both of them!
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PRESS RELEASE BY RODNEY ATKINSON
We have recently received the following press release from Rodney Atkinson concerning the most dramatic book which he has recently published. It reads as follows :-
“AND INTO THE FIRE - FASCIST ELEMENTS IN POST WAR EUROPE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION”
By Rodney Atkinson
Published as an e-book by GMBooks (except in Germany, Austria and Switzerland where the book cover’s reminder of the Third Reich makes it illegal to distribute!)
http://www.amazon.com/And-Into-The-Fire-ebook/dp/B00E68O9SG
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/and-into-the-fire/id674151107?mt=11&uo=4
Rodney Atkinson describes the escape of Europe from the frying pan of fascism and German imperialism in 1945 only to land in the fire of the German dominated European Union founded and initially run by Nazis and Fascists which today is devastated by economic collapse, mass unemployment, welfare collapse, child malnutrition and depopulation.
“AND INTO THE FIRE” REVEALS NAZI AND FASCIST IDEAS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE FOUNDATION AND GOVERNANCE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND EU COUNTRIES – AND THEIR INFLUENCE TODAY.
NAZI ORGANISATIONS ACTIVE IN EUROPE TODAY. APPEASERS OF FASCISM PROMOTE TODAY’S EUROPEAN UNION
CONSTITUTIONAL DESTRUCTION OF NATION STATES, ETHNIC CONFLICT AND ECONOMIC CENTRALISATION MADE WAR UNNECESSARY THIS TIME
THE EURO ZONE’S COLLAPSE IS PERMANENTLY DE-POPULATING SOUTHERN STATES – TO THE ECONOMIC PROFIT AND THE IMPERIAL GAIN OF THE GERMAN CORE.
THE BOOK PUBLISHES THE ALTERNATIVE TO THE DISASTER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION – THE CHARTER OF THE FREE NATIONS OF EUROPE, SUPPORTED BY ACADEMICS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE.
In his new book published by GMBooks the author, British political economist and former occasional adviser to Ministers Rodney Atkinson, (www.rodneyatkinson.freeuk.com) details the ominous parallels between the Europe of German Nazism and European Fascism (which the Anglo Saxon world believed they had vanquished in 1945) and the design, foundation personnel and structures of the European Union today. He describes the covert and anti democratic methods chosen to destroy the constitutions of democratic nation states and the (entirely predicted) catastrophe of the Euro which daily brings social and economic destruction and economic refugees on a par with wartime.
Atkinson lists the many individuals and institutions with fascist backgrounds and histories of appeasement of European Fascism prominent in the establishment of the European Union on the ashes of democratic nation states inter alia:
- The German magazine Der Spiegel a supporter of the European Union had for many years Nazis in prominent managerial and journalistic roles.
- The BBC, financed by and promoting the EU today, pursued a policy of appeasement of Fascism in the 1930s, keeping Churchill off the air while the BBC’s Head in the 1930s and 1940s was an admirer of Hitler.
- The first president of the European Commission Walter Hallstein was a leading Nazi academic and had been trained as a “Nazi Leadership Officer”.
- Adenauer’s Chief of Staff in the 1950s, Hans Josef Globke, who made his senior appointments, had drafted the Nuremberg Race laws and the emergency legislation which gave Hitler absolute power in the 1930s.
- The Hitler appointed Secretary of his "Europe Committee", was chosen by Adenauer in 1949 for a similar job as Director of the "European Division" of the West German Foreign Office leading the negotiations for founding the European Economic Community in 1958.
- Several Nazi institutions like the Toepfer Foundation, the Federation of European Ethnic Groups and the Charlemagne Prize carry on even today.
Atkinson quotes many late 20th century founders and promoters of the European Union to prove that their words would have equally reflected the ideology of the Fascist Europe of the 1940s :-
“Might is right in politics and war”, "Those who take a position against Maastricht will no longer have the right to engage in politics" “The Jews should consider whether they would have behaved heroically if they had not been victims of the persecution”. “Germans are tired of philosemitic over-compensation in the media”. "Genocide is a natural phenomenon, even commanded by the Almighty".
He describes how the rise of State and corporatist power over enterprise capitalism and democracy and the appeasement of multinational companies and political institutions by national Governments removed democratic power from the people and prepared the way for a new corporatist fascist European Union.
The Euro was a political idea forged by many who expected economic collapse as a direct route to more power for the European Union over nation states – a surrender which voters would never have contemplated without such a collapse.
Throughout the creation of the corporatist fascist European Union, says Atkinson, the voters were ignored, manipulated or deceived into the surrender of their precious democratic rights and their countries were bled of their sovereignty and - through the Euro – their economic existence. The European Union’s share of world trade has fallen dramatically, welfare systems have collapsed, suicides have risen and a whole generation of young people (unemployment rates of between 30% and 55%) has been betrayed by an unaccountable European elite.
No area of Europe better proves the return to the violence and fascism of the past than what the new Europe has done in Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia and Atkinson devotes several chapters to proving the resurgence of Nazi and Fascist ideas and institutions in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo.
The vast majority of the EU’s population, says Atkinson, entirely reject the “European project” but, because it was established on anti-democratic principles it is almost impossible to overturn by normal democratic means. The Euro-elite are able to continue their destruction of parliaments, constitutions, economies, welfare, education, health services (“more Europe”) – until there remains to the peoples of Europe only increasingly violent confrontations.
The book proposes the alternative to the democratic and economic disaster of the European Union – The Charter of the Free Nations of Europe, supported by academics from all over Europe.
Chapters include: The Nazis and Fascists who founded the European Union; The Vatican and the European State; European Regionalism and Historic Nazism; Yugoslavia – Fascist propaganda in America Today; Nazism alive and well in Ireland; In their own words – Fascism and European Leaders Today; Decline and Fall and Imperial Ambition – Europe of the Euro.
THE AUTHOR: RODNEY ATKINSON BA MSC MIL
Rodney Atkinson is one of Britain's leading political economists, an expert on the constitutional effects of British membership of the European Union and a former occasional adviser to ministers. He has a track record of successful prediction of economic and political crisis, having predicted in advance inter alia the collapse of oil prices in 1983, the fall in British house prices in 1989, the end of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1990, and the precise consequences of the Euro in 2000. He has been a successful linguist and linguistic theorist, was formerly a lecturer at the University of Mainz, Germany and a merchant banker in the City of London. He is the founder of the Freenations website (visited by individuals and government institutions from over 100 countries) an occasional adviser to MPs and the proprietor of his own commercial property company. He is the author of over 100 articles and policy papers, three internationally praised books on political economy: Government against the People (1986), The Emancipated Society (1988), The Failure of the State (1989) and three on the European Union, Treason at Maastricht (with Norris McWhirter CBE, fourth edition 1998) Europe's Full Circle (third edition 1998 also published in Yugoslavia and Poland) and Fascist Europe Rising (2001 also published in Yugoslavia). For the extensive all party and international praise of these books and other work see the websites www.rodneyatkinson.freeuk.com and www.freenations.freeuk.com/publications.html
Atkinson was Referendum Party candidate in North West Durham in the 1997 General Election (5.2% of the vote) and the lead UK Independence Party candidate for the North East Region in the 1999 European Elections (8.83% of the vote). He has been a contributor to radio and television programmes on both sides of the Atlantic and has addressed public and academic meetings throughout central and Eastern Europe. He launched the cross party British Declaration of Independence in 1999.
The Author can be contacted on Freenations@freeuk.com
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OLYMPIC FEVER
Following the highly successful London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012, post boxes in all the home towns of British competitors who won gold medals were painted gold in their honour. It was reasonable to expect therefore that post boxes in the home towns of gold medal winning competitors in this year’s Sochi Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games would also be accorded the same honour – but alas this has not turned out to be the case. An on-line petition campaign has therefore been set up in order to try to persuade the authorities to paint a post box gold in Sevenoaks, the hometown of Lizzie Arnold, who of course won Gold in the Women’s Skeleton competition. We hope all readers will therefore be prepared to sign this petition, which can be accessed at :-
http://www.change.org/petitions/royalmail-give-lizzy-yarnold-a-gold-post-box-paintitgoldforlizzy?utm_campaign=new_signature&utm_medium=email&utm_source=signature_receipt#share
But why we wonder only in honour of Lizzie Arnold? Why aren’t the authorities organising the painting of a post box in Bangor gold also, in honour of Kelly Gallagher who won Gold in the Women’s Visually Impaired Super-G at the Sochi Paralympic Games?
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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
Rhodesia, in 1975 and a bloody vicious civil war is at its height. A war between the White minority supported by the Black majority and the ZAPU and ZANU terrorist groups, supported by Zambia and Mozambique. Kensington, a small town in the farming belt has been the subject of several terrorist attacks but with only a small police force for defence, the local T.A. unit having been called up for service on the Zambia border the situation appears grim. Until Iffor Meredith turns up on a pilgrimage to meet up with his wife and son of his old army buddy, recently murdered by terrorists. A deadly ambush on the "Dix" family and his escape from a land mine attack makes Iffor determined to offer resistance of some form or other to the terrorists. His application to join the Rhodesian Army has been accepted and he sets about forming a small militia. With all the fit men already on call up, who can he recruit from. Then he's invited to a darts match at the Moth Club and meets up with the remnants of the town's Fire Brigade, the men considered too old for call up. Blue Watch.
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
Crest Publishing retails books by Glenn MacAskill (ex-BSAP Special Branch) entitled "King's Gold", "Crime Lords", "Kill Victoria!", "Hunt the Assassin" and "MacKinnon's Diamond", and by the late Michael Bowery including "Canham's Run", "The Sligo Piper" "Kill the President", "Al Qaeda Armageddon" and his autobiography "Shred when Read", as well as novels by David Ruppert entitled "The Seven Watchmen" and "The Greater Glory" - all of which will be of great interest to South Africans and ex-Rhodesians.
For more information, or to make an order, please contact Crest Publishing at: P.O.Box, 4178, Honeydew, Johannesburg, 2040, South Africa, e-mail: glennallanmacaskill@gmail.com, or visit the Crest Publishing web-site at: www.crestpublishing.co.za. Special discounts are available to ex-servicemen, Rhodies and Springboks!
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“THE BISCUIT BARREL” by David Slater
Do you still remember Christmas Pass, Penhalonga, Cross Kopje, Murambi? The Biscuit Barrel will take you back to those sunny days in Manicaland. It is 1914 and Hastings Follett, a new BSAP recruit, has been posted to Umtali. His assistant is a smart-as-a-whip Matabele named Samuel Kumalo. Together they investigate several murders before the Great War breaks out and they are sent off to fight the Germans on the Caprivi Strip, and then later to France and the killing fields of the western front.
One critic wrote: “The Biscuit Barrel is a great story weaving fact and fiction, taking the reader from Rhodesia to war-time Europe to the modern day. Slater's story transports the reader with descriptions that lets you hear the African bush and the sounds of battle, while also experiencing what the characters are feeling. This is a must-read!” (Jean Phillips, Talahasee, Florida )
Another wrote: “I had just returned from a month in Africa when I read this novel and found it to be a fascinating story. The Biscuit Barrel provides the reader with an insightful look into life in various parts of colonial Africa at the onset of the First World War. Told through the eyes of a young English police officer who has taken a position in southern Africa, it also provides an interesting take on policing in the early part of the 20th century as well as the impact that the Great War had on both the participants and their families. And if the history doesn't interest you, there's still plenty of action and romance to keep you entertained! The pace of the novel never flags as the first-time author keeps things moving along with great enthusiasm for his subject matter. An easy and enjoyable read.” (Michael Fitch, Vancouver)
The Biscuit Barrel is available as an E-book (Kindle) through www.Amazon.com or, if you prefer real paper, through www.createspace.com/4034067
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.184 : Mr. RAY JOLLIVET of Rhodesia
Ray Jollivet had been a keen and long-standing member of the SCN circulation list for some time. He was an ex-Rhodesian and is believed to have served with the RRAF/RhAF, though alas nothing further is known about him. The latest few copies of the SCN sent to his last known e-mail address (rhodie001@yahoo.co.uk) have all been returned to us however. We wonder therefore whether anyone can provide us with any further information about what has happened to him, hopefully letting us know any new e-mail address.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
A supporter has recently informed us of an excellent YouTube video entitled “Rhodesia Unafraid”, which is actually the first in a highly informative series of such videos about Rhodesia during the days of UDI. It can be accessed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYL6aTK3k6Y
From it other videos in the same series can subsequently be accessed.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
BOOK ENDS
Sir,
Regarding Thinkers’ Library (see January 2014 SCN – Ed.), the business definitely did seem to go out of existence about a decade ago. I met Frank ------ * on a few occasions when he visited Durban, and he was certainly a very charismatic and intelligent character. The books he stocked were an eclectic lot, but I decided not to purchase anything from him when I became aware that they included many advancing wacko conspiracy theories, and even worse holocaust denial. I also knew his Durban agent, Brian Kemper, who also disappeared many years go. Brian Kemper clearly had mental health and alcohol problems (probably related?), and was known to “spike” the drinks of those he was socializing with who didn’t agree with his holocaust denial theories. I don’t know whether they both saw through all the holocaust denial nonsense and that this was why they disappeared from the scene. I doubt whether this was the case with Brian Kemper, but I hope it was the reason with Frank. He was a nice chap.
Yours etc.,
“South African Observer”, Durban, Natal.
(Surname withheld in respect of a request made many years ago – Ed.)
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OBITUARY
NICK LAMPRECHT
It was much sadness that we recently learnt of the death of Nick Lamprecht. Nick grew up in Johannesburg and became a keen and very successful amateur boxer during his youth. He fought in the South African qualification competition for the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games at Flyweight, when he opposed Willie Toweel in the final. Toweel won a controversial decision after Nick had tripped on his shoelace and the referee mistakenly stopped the bout as a result. Willie Toweel went on to win a Bronze Medal for South Africa at the Helsinki Olympics.
Later Nick Lamprecht moved to Durban where he played soccer in goal for Durban City, and also ran the Comrades Marathon twice, winning silver medals on both occasions. He worked in the building trade at this time, and was heavily involved with major building work at both Glenwood High School and the Royal Hotel. He subsequently became a building inspector employed by the Durban City Council, and passed approximately 500,000 houses and 200 schools in the Black townships during the final days of civilized rule.
Our sincere sympathies are extended to his nephew Nicky Lamprecht, and to the rest of his family.
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