SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
September 2019 edition
The offer by United States President Donald Trump to purchase Greenland from Denmark surprised and puzzled a lot of people. There is however a lot of logic behind this attempted move, as Greenland (like Alaska to the west) forms a very strategic position guarding the whole of the North American continent – and Denmark, sadly, has been very remiss in carrying out its duties and responsibilities in this regard.
Although now alas little remembered, Denmark played a small but significant role in the great age of European colonisation during the 18th century. Denmark not only possessed the long-standing Viking-rooted colonies of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, but also claimed the islands of St.Thomas, St.John and St.Croix in the West Indies, where important supplies of sugar and other tropical produce were grown for European markets. In addition Denmark possessed five important fort enclaves along the Gold Coast and surrounding West African coastline, where slaves were obtained to work in its West Indian sugar plantations, and also claimed a number of similar small enclaves around the Indian coastline. It would appear, however, that the Danish people didn’t share the same degree of enthusiasm for the splendours of global Imperialism as most of the other Western European nations did, and as a result Denmark sold all of its West African and Indian enclaves to Britain during the 19th Century, and then finally in 1917 sold its three Caribbean islands to the United States, which then became the U.S.Virgin Islands.
This therefore only left Denmark with its long-standing colonies of Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Sadly, as the 20th Century progressed, Denmark’s interest in these two remaining colonies also faded, and as a result they became more and more neglected. Matters were made far worse of course by Denmark’s retrograde decision to join the EEC (now the EU) in 1974, and as a consequence of this damaging decision interest in her North Atlantic possessions declined even further, with increasing degrees of “Home Rule” being forced upon them which their low population levels couldn’t really cope with.
As Denmark has neglected Greenland so badly since the mistaken decision to join the EEC/EU, is it therefore any wonder that the current forward-looking U.S. administration should wish to take over control of this vast land for its own security reasons? It would be ideal of course if Dexit could follow Brexit, and that as a result Denmark could look afresh towards its remaining colonies (and perhaps even to revive interest in its earlier global possessions from bygone centuries?). If not, however, then perhaps the idea of the U.S. purchasing Greenland would be the best option.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
After an unfortunate two months enforced break, the Springbok Club will be resuming activities with a trip to an exciting festival due to take place at Chatham Dockyard in Kent during the afternoon of Sunday 22nd September. This festival, called “Salute to the Forties”, has become an annual event over recent years, and supporters who have attended in the past report that it proves to be a most enjoyable day out, re-living the spirit of national self-confidence and determination from the WWII wartime era. There is a quite high admission charge of £19.00 per head to attend this festival, but concession rates are available, and a reduced cost if tickets are bought in advance. For more details about the Springbok Club’s visit to this event, or to find out rendezvous arrangements, please ‘phone: 07711188430.
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Plans are still afoot to obtain another suitable venue whereat to stage the annual “Raising of the Flag” ceremony later this year, and fuller details will of course be given in future editions of the SCN.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM NEWS
The Patriotic Forum will be staging its annual Canadian solidarity event a little later than normal this year, and this will take the form of a celebration of the 260th anniversary of the Battle of Quebec with a trip to Greenwich. The details of this event are as follows :-
Date: Sunday 15th September 2019
Rendezvous place : Alongside the Cutty Sark in Greenwich (towards the bow). Nearest station : DLR Cutty Sark.
Rendezvous time : 13.30 hrs for 14.00 hrs.
The day’s activities will consist of a visit to a near-by house which was once the home of Gen. James Wolfe, to be followed by a trip to the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich. The day will then finish at a near-by hostelry where Mr. Gary Vincent will give an illustrated talk about the Battle of Quebec, and two members will give brief report-backs on a recent visit to Newfoundland and about the current situation in the Philippines.
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The Patriotic Forum will be holding a special meeting in honour of the memory of the late, great Dennis Delderfield in October. The guest speaker at this event is hoped to be someone who knew Dennis Delderfield well, and who will give a talk under the theme of “Keep the United Kingdom United”, a subject which was always very close to Dennis’s heart. More details about this meeting will be given in next month’s edition of the SCN.
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MESSAGE FROM THE NETWORK FOR ANIMALS ORGANISATION
We have recently received the following most harrowing message from the Network for Animals organisation, giving a yet further example of the cruel and uncivilised conditions which now pertain in “Zimbabwe”. It reads as follows :-
“In financially-ruined Zimbabwe, the donkeys of this once flourishing country are suffering almost unbelievable cruelty.
“On a recent visit to MARES, a donkey sanctuary in Bulawayo, our team found four abused creatures collapsed in their harnesses. The ‘owner’ was slashing one poor donkey with a machete (a long-bladed knife/axe). The donkey’s head was gushing with blood from deep wounds. He was so weak he could barely move, but the man didn’t care. He said he was using the donkey to plough a field; the donkey wasn’t working fast enough, so he was going to make the poor creature suffer.
“In a rage the man was hacking the donkey to death!
“The MARES donkey sanctuary is run by Claire Einhorn – a passionate and caring animal lover – who is saving as many of these gentle and loving animals as she possibly can. MARES arrived at the tragic scene in the nick of time and Claire immediately called police, who discovered the donkeys had been stolen, but by this time the crooks had run away.
“Our Network for Animals team helped rescue the donkeys, including the machete victim, whom we renamed Freddie. You will be pleased to know that Freddie is recovering from his wounds and has already found a new home.
“But there are thousands of other donkeys who suffer lives of hell in Zimbabwe. They are worked until they are too weak to move and then left to die.
“When they aren’t being hacked the donkeys are literally being worked to death.
“Donkeys like Merlin, who had been whipped so severely that he collapsed – his owner abandoned him on the side of the road and left him to die. We were shocked to discover that Merlin’s tail had been destroyed by the cart he was pulling. All the skin on his rear end had been worn away and he was bleeding heavily on his flanks.
“We rescued Merlin and provided medical help and food, the gentle creature is making a slow but steady recovery. And, a really nice touch, we’ve even created an artificial tail for him to swat flies away.
“There are 48 donkeys at MARES, many rescued from unspeakable cruelty by people who don’t understand that animals feel pain, just like you and NFA. Our team is helping MARES financially and by providing much-needed medicines. If you donate today, we can give even more assistance. The need is so great that any delay means more dead donkeys, so please donate to Network for Animals right now.
“For the Animals,
“Brian and Gloria Davies (and Max and Flora!), founders and CEOs
“P.S. there is a desperate need to teach local people how to care for donkeys and for proper harnesses for donkeys pulling carts. Help us supply modern pain-free donkey harnesses and fund critical outreach programs to educate donkey owners about proper care. Please find it in your heart to help and donate to Network for Animals today.”
For more details about the Network for Animals organisation, or to make a donation, visit their web-site at: https://networkforanimals.org/
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ASHES CROWD REACTIONS
The reactions of England supporters to the appearances of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft at matches in the current Ashes series have been unfortunate, though perhaps predictable. Smith, Warner and Bancroft were of course all found guilty of ball-tampering during the Third Test against South Africa (a country not particularly renowned for fairness in sport nowadays) at Cape Town in March 2018. All admitted their guilt, showed genuine remorse, and served lengthy bans as punishment. That should have been the end of the matter, but alas that doesn’t seem to be the case with many England supporters. The constant boo-ing of Steve Smith in particular – undoubtedly Australia’s greatest batsman since Sir Donald Bradman – certainly leaves a nasty taste in the mouth and can only be considered as extremely bad sportsmanship. Hopefully therefore it will all shortly cease.
These reactions should however be compared poignantly to the actions of the ground authorities at Old Trafford who ejected two Australia supporters who evidently shouted out derogative comments at Jofra Archer, the West Indian-born England fast-bowler, specifically questioning what passport he carried. Jofra Archer is unquestionably a great fast bowler, and appears also to be a very decent and affable person (as his actions in returning the beach-ball confirm!), but the fact remains that he is a West Indian (specifically a Barbadian) and not an Englishman, and that it is therefore immoral for the English authorities to “steal” him from the West Indies, particularly at a time when West Indian Cricket is going through the doldrums. There are many England supporters – as well as Australian supporters – who therefore question his right to play for England.
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WHY CONSERVATIVES SHOULD STOP GIVING TO ARTS ORGANISATIONS
A supporter from the United States has recently informed us about a most interesting article in the on-line publication The Federalist which makes the case for stopping all public funding to the arts. It can be accessed at :-
https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/10/conservatives-stop-giving-arts-organizations/
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LUNACY IN THE “NEW” SOUTH AFRICA
Those with long memories may well remember a joke organisation which operated in South Africa shortly before the surrender of the country to the ANC terrorists called the AWB. All those in the know were fully aware that this absurd outfit had been deliberately established by the sell-out NP Government in order to divide and discredit authentic opposition to their treason plans – and they certainly did their job well, as through their pantomime antics and anti-English rhetoric they drove away English-speaking voters from the “No” camp in their tens-of-thousands at the time of the vital 1992 Referendum. That seemed to be the end of this phony outfit, and indeed the subsequent death of their leader, a clown-like character named Terre’Blanche, who was bludgeoned to death by two of his young Black farm-labourers after he refused to pay them what they were asking for performing sexual favours on him, proved to everyone just what an unsavoury organisation they actually were!
After all the exposures about their phony nature and the revelations of the perverted proclivities of their “great leader” one would have thought that this irrelevant outfit would never be heard of again – but no, for we have recently learnt that a small group of fools have sought to resurrect the AWB name (in Durban of all places!), in spite of the fact that the ANC terrorist regime has now been firmly entrenched in power for 25 years! By all accounts this lunatic grouping is led by a fantasist who styles himself a “General” - although searches of official records have shown that nobody of his name ever held such rank in either the SADF/SANDF or the SAP/SAPS. Quite clearly this man is delusional therefore, and is acting like a little schoolboy in the playground saying “Let’s play soldiers – I’ll be the general”! But this character seems to be not just a fantasist, but also a con-man, for evidently he has somehow managed to persuade a well-meaning but tragically naïve colleague to “loan” him his car, thus leaving the poor naïve fellow with no vehicle of his own!
We have considered it best not to name the two individuals involved in order to protect the poor naïve victim, but we hope that – despite all their incompetence – the “new” South African Police Service will shortly investigate the con-merchant concerned, and put him behind bars where he belongs!
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PETITION TO OPPOSE AN AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
As we observed in last month’s edition of the SCN, although we are basically very supportive of Mr.Boris Johnson’s new UK Government, we do however have a few worries and concerns. One of the most important of these involves his proposed amnesty for all illegal immigrants who have been in the UK for more than 15 years. A petition has now been initiated asking the Government to rule out any prospect of granting such an amnesty, and this can be accessed and signed at :-
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266925
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.250 - Ms. ALLISON BENNETT of Durban
The one-time Allison Bennett (alas we don’t know what surname she currently uses) was Durban-born and an exceptional beauty with a mischievous sense of humour, though alas she evidently had a very troubled childhood. She married Mike Bennett (see “Where are they now?” section of the April 2007 SCN) around 1980, and soon afterwards they moved to Ontario, Canada. As they couldn’t settle there and the marriage evidently hit problems they returned to South Africa a few years later, but alas their marriage problems continued and they divorced shortly thereafter. Allison was last seen with a soccer referee at a Natal Sunday League match around 1988, and it is believed that she married this referee. It would however be very interesting to learn what then became of her.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITES OF THE MONTH
“Ye Matthew Legacy” is a most fascinating museum in Bonavista, Newfoundland, Canada, which charts the history of John Cabot’s voyage of discovery on the commission of King Henry VII in 1497, and which contains a full-size replica of Cabot’s ship The Matthew. This museum is well worth a visit, but it also runs a very informative web-site which can be accessed at :-
http://thematthew.ca/
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A GREAT ONE REMEMBERED
Sir,
The August SCN received safely thanks. Another superb issue.
Malcolm Nash was very much so a great player, and even better his over against the negro Sobers wasn’t mentioned!
Yours etc.,
David Warner, Dover, Kent, U.K.
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OBITUARY
LARS EDVARD KARNESTAM
It was with great shock and sadness that we recently learnt of the death of Lars Karnestam from skin cancer at the tragically early age of only 55. Lars Karnestam was a great Swedish patriot and a good friend of our movement. He was a founding member of the BSS (“Keep Sweden Swedish”) organisation in 1979 (see S.A.Patriot No.22), and was also a founding member of the Swedish Democrats in 1988, the political party which grew out of the BSS organisation, and which performed extremely well at the 2018 Swedish General Election, emerging in third place with 62 seats.
But Lars Karnestam was more than just a Swedish patriot, he was a Swedish Imperial patriot. He took great pride in Sweden’s expansionist Viking history, broadcasting regularly on the subject for Radio Ragnarok. More significantly, however, Lars studied Sweden’s colonial history during the glorious age of global European colonisation in great depth, and identified far more Swedish overseas colonies from over the years than is usually accepted – well into the teens in fact. In this regard Lars was strongly motivated by his great love for the United Kingdom and the British people, and by his admiration for the achievements of the British Empire. He visited Hong Kong in 1997 just prior to its sell-out to the Communist Chinese, more because of his determination to witness the manifestations of British Imperial life than by any desire to experience Chinese culture. His favourite drinks were also influenced by his affection for British colonialism, namely tea and Bombay Sapphire Gin – which of course features a picture of Queen Victoria on its label!
Lars also took a great interest in South Africa, visiting the country several times during the final decade of civilised rule there. His main motivation in this was again his admiration for the British Empire, as he recognized the fact that British-South Africans as well as Afrikaners would suffer terribly if the ANC terrorists gained power, so therefore wanted to do his best to help his fellow-Whites from both language groups. When he returned to Sweden he furthermore took a courageous direct action against the ANC office in Stockholm. Although from overseas, he soon realised that the absurd AWB outfit was completely phony (see article “Lunacy in the ‘new’ South Africa” above) and treated it with complete contempt – even though so many Afrikaners sadly failed to recognize this patently obvious fact. He spoke at meetings of the Patriotic Forum (mark 1) in Durban on two different occasions, and his talks about the BSS and Swedish-South African friendship received glowing accolades both times. He also spoke at a meeting of the then recently-founded Springbok Club in London during the late-1990s, and again his talk was very well received. Following this meeting he accepted the position as the Springbok Club’s Scandinavian co-ordinator, but alas his failing health meant that he was never really able to do justice to this position as was hoped.
Lars Karnestam will always be fondly remembered with great respect by our movement, and our love and admiration for the Swedish people and nation will always be remain as a result. His living memorial will undoubtedly be the phenomenal success of the Swedish Democrats party which he helped to found, and it is to be hoped that out of their growth a new generation of Swedes will emerge full of the same Imperial vision and friendship towards Britain as Lars always radiated. Our sincerest sympathies are expressed to his family and to all his colleagues.
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Monday, 9 September 2019
Monday, 19 August 2019
August 2019 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
August 2019 edition
The election of Mr. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson as Leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party, and thereby the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, initially brought us great joy and excitement. Mr. Johnson, after all, had been in the forefront of the “Vote Leave” campaign during the 2016 EU Referendum, and had furthermore been forthright in his opposition to former Prime Minister Theresa May’s flawed withdrawal deal, which aimed at leaving the EU with certain unacceptable provisions. In addition he seemed to embody an optimistic “can do” spirit for Britain’s future once freed from EU entrapment – a positive vision which mirrored our own forward-looking ideals exemplified by our movement’s motto of “Out of Europe and into the World”.
Alas, however, very shortly after he ascended to the Premiership Mr. Johnson took a number of steps which have given rise to great concern. Firstly there was the composition of his first cabinet, which incredibly included six non-Whites (i.e. non-Britons) out of a total of 33. This therefore represents a percentage figure of just over 18%, which as the current non-White population of the UK is estimated to be only between 6 and 7% means that they are far over-represented – even if we are to accept that any such foreigners are entitled to sit in the British Cabinet in the first place!
Secondly there has been Mr. Johnson’s announcement that he plans to extend an amnesty to illegal immigrants who have been in the UK for a certain length of time undetected, and who have not committed any crimes. Even with these provisos we believe that this proposal is completely unacceptable. The British Isles are already far too over-populated from an environmental standpoint, but surely it is the duty of any genuinely patriotic Prime Minister to initiate a policy of speedy repatriation for those non-Whites currently living in the country, not to allow yet more to settle here! We wonder therefore what Mr. Johnson’s agenda really is?
Thirdly we have recently been alerted to a video made by Mr. Johnson in which he sends his greeting to all Muslims around the globe on the occasion of their holy festival of Eid. Nothing wrong with this in itself of course – but in the course of this video he repeats the inaccurate propaganda figure claimed by expansionist Mohammedans that there are currently some 3.3 million Muslims residing in the UK. The true number is of course less than half this figure, so again we are therefore left wondering what Mr. Johnson’s agenda is, as he appears to be exaggerating Islamic numbers out of all proportion in order to justify their demands for more funding and influence than their true size actually merits.
Mr. Johnson ascended to the Premiership with high hopes and enthusiasm from the bulk of the British people, but alas he has quickly forfeited much of this initial goodwill. We believe however that it is best not to “rock the boat” prior to October 31st and the UK’s final exit from the hated EU. After that has happened, however, then the next important political battleground for all true patriots to campaign on must surely be to halt non-White immigration entirely and – perhaps more importantly – to initiate an effective policy of repatriation for those already here. If Mr. Johnson hasn’t by then reversed his initial appalling policy measures as detailed above then his tenancy in Downing Street is likely to be very, very short.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
Alas the Springbok Club has encountered two unfortunate unavoidable problems concerning planned guest speakers over the past few months, and as a result has not been able to stage events during both July and August. Firstly the planned guest speaker for July had to return to South Africa both suddenly and unexpectedly – though happily he anticipates returning to the UK in a few months time when he still plans to speak for the organisation. Far more tragically, however, we recently learnt that the planned guest speaker for the organisation’s annual “Rhodes & Founders” commemoration meeting, Mr. John Oliver, had sadly died. We had only first met John Oliver at last year’s “Raising of the Flag” ceremony in Bath, but were extremely impressed with him. He had been a candidate for the Rhodesian Action Party at the 1977 Rhodesian General Election, and had promised to give a talk about the history and policies of this party at this year’s “Rhodes & Founders” meeting, an event which therefore promised to be extremely interesting and enlightening. Now tragically this will never be. Our sincerest condolences are of course extended to John’s widow Thorley.
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Alas also it seems as if the refurbishment of Southrepps Hall will not be completed in time for it to stage this year’s annual “Raising of the Flag” ceremony, and as other commitments mean that the alternative venue which was found in Bath for last year’s event will not be available either it means that we are now searching for another suitable venue containing an outdoors flag-pole. We take our promise to Peter Sladden that we would ensure the continuation of this important ceremony for posterity seriously, so are therefore determined to find another alternative venue. If anyone can help in any way in this regard then please let us know. In view of the fact that it seems highly unlikely that this event will be able to take place in September this year the Springbok Club is therefore planning another activity in the form of a visit to an event of historic and cultural interest towards the end of September.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM NEWS
As mentioned in last month’s SCN, as it’s been discovered that this year marks the 260th anniversary of the Battle of Quebec, the Patriotic Forum has therefore decided to stage its annual Canadian solidarity celebration near to the anniversary of this battle on Sunday 15th September this year, rather than holding its usual Canada Day celebration. At this event a leading official in the organisation will be giving a report-back on his recent trip to Canada, during which he visited some historically significant sites there..
The Patriotic Forum is still intending to stage a special meeting in honour of the memory of the late, great Dennis Delderfield in the near future, though this will now probably take place in October. The guest speaker at this event will be someone who knew Dennis Delderfield well, and who will give a talk under the theme of “Keep the United Kingdom United”, a subject which was always very close to Dennis’s heart. More details about both these events will be given in next month’s edition of the SCN.
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MESSAGE FROM THE SANWILD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
We have recently received the following important message from the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary. It reads as follows :-
“Dear fans and supporters of SanWild,
”We would like to thank each and everyone that has helped us so far to sponsor our very imported Counter Poaching Team. Without you we simply won’t be able to afford them and keep our wildlife safe, especially our rhinos.
”With your helped we raised enough funds to carry them the last two months but we are still in urgent need of your help to keep the feet on the ground and help our CPU team to keep on doing what they do so well, and that is protect our wildlife.
“If you could spare a donation, no matter how small we will really really appreciate it. Their running costs at this stage is about R6,500 per ranger, per month. We also supply them with diesel, food, and clothes as well as medical bills.
”Thank you again to everyone that has supported us thus far, be it by just sharing, a donation or just words of encouragement!
“Lots of love to you all,
”Lizel Kachelhoffer
”Trustee and daughter of the late Louise Joubert”
To contact the Sanwild Wildlife Sanctuary either e-mail: lizel@sanwild.org or visit their web-site at: www.sanwild.org
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THE RESULT OF THE 2019 CRICKET WORLD CUP
As was widely predicted, the 2019 Cricket World Cup took a long time to excite the public imagination, and this delay was undoubtedly because it was not a truly World Cup. Only 10 countries took part in the finals, and of these only one was from the continent of Europe – this in spite of the fact that the finals took place in England-and-Wales! When the public imagination had been aroused, however, there quickly proved to be substantial widespread interest, and the final few matches of the tournament certainly provided some exciting results.
The final in particular, which was between England and New Zealand, produced a truly mesmerizing match, with England eventually being declared the winners. Sadly, however, there were several debatable decisions made in relation to this match which badly marred the result, which initially ended in a tie. Firstly there was as apparently incorrect extra run added to the England total during an overthrow incident during the final overs (and certainly the law concerning runs credited as a result of overthrows needs to be reviewed and clarified). More importantly, however, it had earlier been decided that if the totals after 50 overs were tied than a “super over” (previously only a T20 concept) should be enacted, rather than then deciding the match on the least number of wickets lost – as had been the case in previous competitions. If this had still been the case then New Zealand would have been declared the winners. Finally, even after the “super over” was tied it was revealed that the match would then be decided on the most number of boundaries scored – something which few people, including many of the players, were previously unaware of. In view of all these most unsatisfactory decisions the best idea must surely be to agree to arrange a re-play – with all the extra public excitement and revenue for the MCC which this would provide!
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HORRIFIC MURDER IN THE “NEW” SOUTH AFRICA
It was with great sadness and outrage that we recently learnt of the brutal murder of Annette Kennealy. Annette was a farmer and a farm-protection activist in the Far North Transvaal, and was also a good FaceBook friend of this current writer. A full report about her terrible murder can be found at :-
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/true-story-single-mother-beaten-death-south-african-home/
It was most interesting to note, of course, that this horrific murder was not carried out by any of the genocidal terrorists of the ANC or EFF murder-gangs, but rather by a “trusted” Black farm worker. Annette’s determination not to be driven from the land which was rightfully hers and to help protest her neighbours and fellow-countrymen-and-women was of course admirable, but alas, given the realities of the “new” South Africa, was doomed to failure. We have advocated for the past 25 years that there is absolutely no future for Whites in South Africa under the current dispensation, and that all Whites should leave the country as quickly as possible and by whatever means is possible and to join the resistance movement “in exile”. Annette’s tragic death only confirms that what we have been saying for the past 25 years has been correct. Our heartfelt sympathies are of course extended to Annette’s daughters, mother, extended family and friends.
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CANADIAN PRO-SOUTH AFRICAN DEMONSTRATION
In last month’s SCN we advertised a pro-South African vigil and demonstration which was to take place in Ottawa, Canada, co-ordinated by the National Citizens Alliance. A YouTube video has now been placed on-line about this vigil and demonstration, which can be viewed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq-t66l835c
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WARNING ABOUT SINISTER ON-LINE PETITIONING SITE
We have recently been alerted to an on-line protest and petitioning organisation calling itself “38 Degrees”, which claims to be politically neutral and supporting all sorts of good and respectable causes. A closer examination of the campaigns which this web-service provides a platform for shows that far from being neutral it is in reality a propaganda vehicle for far-left outfits, some of which can only be described as subversive. An even greater cause for concern about this sinister organisation is that it not only refuses to allow petitions of a moral or patriotic nature to appear on its distribution list, but it also circulates unsolicited postings of an objectionable nature to all e-mail addresses which it manages to get hold of. We therefore warn readers to be extremely wary of this poisonous petitioning site, and if possible to protest to the relevant Internet authorities about its vile nature, and the fact that it infringes Internet etiquette by posting unsolicited circulars.
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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.
Trish also writes romantic suspense and romantic comedy fiction. www.trishjaxon.com
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
The latest book published by Crest Publishing is entitled: “BOWLS - QUIRKS, CHIRPS AND ANECDOTES". This is not an instruction manual but rather a cheerful, humourous and sometimes controversial chronicle about the game and its history worldwide. Written to celebrate 40 years in the sport by the author, Glenn MacAskill, it should be of interest to all bowlers and other sports enthusiasts.
For more information about all books published, 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" – a unique documentary in support of the book on the brief history of the RLI.
DVD available along with other premium titles of historical interest from Msasa Enterprises. Visit www.rhodesianvideos.co.za or write to msasasa@mweb.co.za for more information. UK contact telephone: 07415 753 340.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.249 - Mr. ANDY PAINE of Gravesend
The Patriotic Forum’s recent trip to Gravesend and the great sadness expressed at the news of the death of Harry Tuff, reminded us of another British patriot who was active in Gravesend during the 1970s, namely Andy Paine (his surname may have been spelt Payne). Andy was a good friend and colleague of Harry Tuff at this time, and indeed acted as his de facto 2-i-c in the Gravesend Branch of the National Party of the UK. Alas when we re-made contact with Harry Tuff during the mid-1990s he told us that Andy had apparently married and moved away from the area, and that he had unfortunately lost contact with him. It would however be good to learn what has become of him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITES OF THE MONTH
A short while ago we were informed about a most praise-worthy film made in the United States during the 1950s which warned teenaged boys about the insidious dangers posed by predatory homosexuals. Titled “Boys Beware”, this film has now been placed on YouTube, and in spite of its age the warnings which this film contains alas still seem to apply today. It therefore warrants wider distribution among youngsters of today – and perhaps the authorities should also seriously consider commissioning a more up-to-date version. It can be accessed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmqNiFJyI28
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
POLLS APART
Sir,
The results yesterday from the general election here in Australia was indeed a surprise to ALL. It does show once again, how wrong polls can be. The latest gave Labor 52 per cent with Liberal 48 per cent, and the exact opposite happened.
Yours etc.,
Reg A.Watson, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia..
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OBITUARY
MALCOLM ANDREW NASH
It was with much sadness that we recently learnt of the death of Malcolm Nash, the Glamorgan left-arm medium-paced bowler. Malcolm Nash was born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in 1945. His prowess for his local Cricket club soon brought him to the attention of Glamorgan CCC, for whom he played from 1966 until 1983.
He was part of the undefeated Glamorgan team which won the County Championship in 1969, being their leading wicket-taker that season capturing 71 wickets at an average of 18.98. In total he took 993 first-class wickets for Glamorgan at an average of 25.87, and made 7,103 runs, with a highest score of 130 made against Surrey in 1976. His best innings bowling figures were 9 for 56 against Hampshire in 1975 (the tenth wicket being a run out!) He also captained Glamorgan during the 1980 and 1981 seasons, and took a total of 148 first-class catches during his career. After retiring from the first-class game he played Minor Counties Cricket for both Wales MC and Shropshire, before embarking upon a successful coaching career on both sides of the Atlantic.
Malcolm Nash was also a good friend of South Africa, and was a close colleague and confidant of Graham Evans (see “Where are they now?” section of the May 2014 SCN), and indeed worked for his British Southern African Association during the closed-seasons whilst the organisation still functioned.
Our sincerest condolences are extended to his widow and daughter, and to the rest of his family and friends.
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August 2019 edition
The election of Mr. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson as Leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party, and thereby the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, initially brought us great joy and excitement. Mr. Johnson, after all, had been in the forefront of the “Vote Leave” campaign during the 2016 EU Referendum, and had furthermore been forthright in his opposition to former Prime Minister Theresa May’s flawed withdrawal deal, which aimed at leaving the EU with certain unacceptable provisions. In addition he seemed to embody an optimistic “can do” spirit for Britain’s future once freed from EU entrapment – a positive vision which mirrored our own forward-looking ideals exemplified by our movement’s motto of “Out of Europe and into the World”.
Alas, however, very shortly after he ascended to the Premiership Mr. Johnson took a number of steps which have given rise to great concern. Firstly there was the composition of his first cabinet, which incredibly included six non-Whites (i.e. non-Britons) out of a total of 33. This therefore represents a percentage figure of just over 18%, which as the current non-White population of the UK is estimated to be only between 6 and 7% means that they are far over-represented – even if we are to accept that any such foreigners are entitled to sit in the British Cabinet in the first place!
Secondly there has been Mr. Johnson’s announcement that he plans to extend an amnesty to illegal immigrants who have been in the UK for a certain length of time undetected, and who have not committed any crimes. Even with these provisos we believe that this proposal is completely unacceptable. The British Isles are already far too over-populated from an environmental standpoint, but surely it is the duty of any genuinely patriotic Prime Minister to initiate a policy of speedy repatriation for those non-Whites currently living in the country, not to allow yet more to settle here! We wonder therefore what Mr. Johnson’s agenda really is?
Thirdly we have recently been alerted to a video made by Mr. Johnson in which he sends his greeting to all Muslims around the globe on the occasion of their holy festival of Eid. Nothing wrong with this in itself of course – but in the course of this video he repeats the inaccurate propaganda figure claimed by expansionist Mohammedans that there are currently some 3.3 million Muslims residing in the UK. The true number is of course less than half this figure, so again we are therefore left wondering what Mr. Johnson’s agenda is, as he appears to be exaggerating Islamic numbers out of all proportion in order to justify their demands for more funding and influence than their true size actually merits.
Mr. Johnson ascended to the Premiership with high hopes and enthusiasm from the bulk of the British people, but alas he has quickly forfeited much of this initial goodwill. We believe however that it is best not to “rock the boat” prior to October 31st and the UK’s final exit from the hated EU. After that has happened, however, then the next important political battleground for all true patriots to campaign on must surely be to halt non-White immigration entirely and – perhaps more importantly – to initiate an effective policy of repatriation for those already here. If Mr. Johnson hasn’t by then reversed his initial appalling policy measures as detailed above then his tenancy in Downing Street is likely to be very, very short.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
Alas the Springbok Club has encountered two unfortunate unavoidable problems concerning planned guest speakers over the past few months, and as a result has not been able to stage events during both July and August. Firstly the planned guest speaker for July had to return to South Africa both suddenly and unexpectedly – though happily he anticipates returning to the UK in a few months time when he still plans to speak for the organisation. Far more tragically, however, we recently learnt that the planned guest speaker for the organisation’s annual “Rhodes & Founders” commemoration meeting, Mr. John Oliver, had sadly died. We had only first met John Oliver at last year’s “Raising of the Flag” ceremony in Bath, but were extremely impressed with him. He had been a candidate for the Rhodesian Action Party at the 1977 Rhodesian General Election, and had promised to give a talk about the history and policies of this party at this year’s “Rhodes & Founders” meeting, an event which therefore promised to be extremely interesting and enlightening. Now tragically this will never be. Our sincerest condolences are of course extended to John’s widow Thorley.
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Alas also it seems as if the refurbishment of Southrepps Hall will not be completed in time for it to stage this year’s annual “Raising of the Flag” ceremony, and as other commitments mean that the alternative venue which was found in Bath for last year’s event will not be available either it means that we are now searching for another suitable venue containing an outdoors flag-pole. We take our promise to Peter Sladden that we would ensure the continuation of this important ceremony for posterity seriously, so are therefore determined to find another alternative venue. If anyone can help in any way in this regard then please let us know. In view of the fact that it seems highly unlikely that this event will be able to take place in September this year the Springbok Club is therefore planning another activity in the form of a visit to an event of historic and cultural interest towards the end of September.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM NEWS
As mentioned in last month’s SCN, as it’s been discovered that this year marks the 260th anniversary of the Battle of Quebec, the Patriotic Forum has therefore decided to stage its annual Canadian solidarity celebration near to the anniversary of this battle on Sunday 15th September this year, rather than holding its usual Canada Day celebration. At this event a leading official in the organisation will be giving a report-back on his recent trip to Canada, during which he visited some historically significant sites there..
The Patriotic Forum is still intending to stage a special meeting in honour of the memory of the late, great Dennis Delderfield in the near future, though this will now probably take place in October. The guest speaker at this event will be someone who knew Dennis Delderfield well, and who will give a talk under the theme of “Keep the United Kingdom United”, a subject which was always very close to Dennis’s heart. More details about both these events will be given in next month’s edition of the SCN.
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MESSAGE FROM THE SANWILD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
We have recently received the following important message from the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary. It reads as follows :-
“Dear fans and supporters of SanWild,
”We would like to thank each and everyone that has helped us so far to sponsor our very imported Counter Poaching Team. Without you we simply won’t be able to afford them and keep our wildlife safe, especially our rhinos.
”With your helped we raised enough funds to carry them the last two months but we are still in urgent need of your help to keep the feet on the ground and help our CPU team to keep on doing what they do so well, and that is protect our wildlife.
“If you could spare a donation, no matter how small we will really really appreciate it. Their running costs at this stage is about R6,500 per ranger, per month. We also supply them with diesel, food, and clothes as well as medical bills.
”Thank you again to everyone that has supported us thus far, be it by just sharing, a donation or just words of encouragement!
“Lots of love to you all,
”Lizel Kachelhoffer
”Trustee and daughter of the late Louise Joubert”
To contact the Sanwild Wildlife Sanctuary either e-mail: lizel@sanwild.org or visit their web-site at: www.sanwild.org
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THE RESULT OF THE 2019 CRICKET WORLD CUP
As was widely predicted, the 2019 Cricket World Cup took a long time to excite the public imagination, and this delay was undoubtedly because it was not a truly World Cup. Only 10 countries took part in the finals, and of these only one was from the continent of Europe – this in spite of the fact that the finals took place in England-and-Wales! When the public imagination had been aroused, however, there quickly proved to be substantial widespread interest, and the final few matches of the tournament certainly provided some exciting results.
The final in particular, which was between England and New Zealand, produced a truly mesmerizing match, with England eventually being declared the winners. Sadly, however, there were several debatable decisions made in relation to this match which badly marred the result, which initially ended in a tie. Firstly there was as apparently incorrect extra run added to the England total during an overthrow incident during the final overs (and certainly the law concerning runs credited as a result of overthrows needs to be reviewed and clarified). More importantly, however, it had earlier been decided that if the totals after 50 overs were tied than a “super over” (previously only a T20 concept) should be enacted, rather than then deciding the match on the least number of wickets lost – as had been the case in previous competitions. If this had still been the case then New Zealand would have been declared the winners. Finally, even after the “super over” was tied it was revealed that the match would then be decided on the most number of boundaries scored – something which few people, including many of the players, were previously unaware of. In view of all these most unsatisfactory decisions the best idea must surely be to agree to arrange a re-play – with all the extra public excitement and revenue for the MCC which this would provide!
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HORRIFIC MURDER IN THE “NEW” SOUTH AFRICA
It was with great sadness and outrage that we recently learnt of the brutal murder of Annette Kennealy. Annette was a farmer and a farm-protection activist in the Far North Transvaal, and was also a good FaceBook friend of this current writer. A full report about her terrible murder can be found at :-
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/true-story-single-mother-beaten-death-south-african-home/
It was most interesting to note, of course, that this horrific murder was not carried out by any of the genocidal terrorists of the ANC or EFF murder-gangs, but rather by a “trusted” Black farm worker. Annette’s determination not to be driven from the land which was rightfully hers and to help protest her neighbours and fellow-countrymen-and-women was of course admirable, but alas, given the realities of the “new” South Africa, was doomed to failure. We have advocated for the past 25 years that there is absolutely no future for Whites in South Africa under the current dispensation, and that all Whites should leave the country as quickly as possible and by whatever means is possible and to join the resistance movement “in exile”. Annette’s tragic death only confirms that what we have been saying for the past 25 years has been correct. Our heartfelt sympathies are of course extended to Annette’s daughters, mother, extended family and friends.
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CANADIAN PRO-SOUTH AFRICAN DEMONSTRATION
In last month’s SCN we advertised a pro-South African vigil and demonstration which was to take place in Ottawa, Canada, co-ordinated by the National Citizens Alliance. A YouTube video has now been placed on-line about this vigil and demonstration, which can be viewed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq-t66l835c
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WARNING ABOUT SINISTER ON-LINE PETITIONING SITE
We have recently been alerted to an on-line protest and petitioning organisation calling itself “38 Degrees”, which claims to be politically neutral and supporting all sorts of good and respectable causes. A closer examination of the campaigns which this web-service provides a platform for shows that far from being neutral it is in reality a propaganda vehicle for far-left outfits, some of which can only be described as subversive. An even greater cause for concern about this sinister organisation is that it not only refuses to allow petitions of a moral or patriotic nature to appear on its distribution list, but it also circulates unsolicited postings of an objectionable nature to all e-mail addresses which it manages to get hold of. We therefore warn readers to be extremely wary of this poisonous petitioning site, and if possible to protest to the relevant Internet authorities about its vile nature, and the fact that it infringes Internet etiquette by posting unsolicited circulars.
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SEARCH SERVICES FOR THOSE SEEKING LOST RELATIVES
Find any South African, even those who have emigrated. We also search Botswana, Namibia and ex-Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.
Please use the search request form at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/emails.php?id=emails_from_SCN
Also check the list of South African expatriates/emigrants web-sites, which can be found at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/uruguay/uruguay.php?id=uruguay_from_springbk
and
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/expatriates/toplist_expatriates.php?id=toplist_expatriates_from_springbk
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BILTONG AND BOEREWORS
Springers Biltong offers a marvellous range of biltong, boerewors and drywors – all of the very highest quality, reasonably priced, and fully registered and licensed with their local authority Their web-site can be accessed at :-
http://www.springersbiltong.com/index.html
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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.
Trish also writes romantic suspense and romantic comedy fiction. www.trishjaxon.com
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
The latest book published by Crest Publishing is entitled: “BOWLS - QUIRKS, CHIRPS AND ANECDOTES". This is not an instruction manual but rather a cheerful, humourous and sometimes controversial chronicle about the game and its history worldwide. Written to celebrate 40 years in the sport by the author, Glenn MacAskill, it should be of interest to all bowlers and other sports enthusiasts.
For more information about all books published, 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" – a unique documentary in support of the book on the brief history of the RLI.
DVD available along with other premium titles of historical interest from Msasa Enterprises. Visit www.rhodesianvideos.co.za or write to msasasa@mweb.co.za for more information. UK contact telephone: 07415 753 340.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.249 - Mr. ANDY PAINE of Gravesend
The Patriotic Forum’s recent trip to Gravesend and the great sadness expressed at the news of the death of Harry Tuff, reminded us of another British patriot who was active in Gravesend during the 1970s, namely Andy Paine (his surname may have been spelt Payne). Andy was a good friend and colleague of Harry Tuff at this time, and indeed acted as his de facto 2-i-c in the Gravesend Branch of the National Party of the UK. Alas when we re-made contact with Harry Tuff during the mid-1990s he told us that Andy had apparently married and moved away from the area, and that he had unfortunately lost contact with him. It would however be good to learn what has become of him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITES OF THE MONTH
A short while ago we were informed about a most praise-worthy film made in the United States during the 1950s which warned teenaged boys about the insidious dangers posed by predatory homosexuals. Titled “Boys Beware”, this film has now been placed on YouTube, and in spite of its age the warnings which this film contains alas still seem to apply today. It therefore warrants wider distribution among youngsters of today – and perhaps the authorities should also seriously consider commissioning a more up-to-date version. It can be accessed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmqNiFJyI28
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
POLLS APART
Sir,
The results yesterday from the general election here in Australia was indeed a surprise to ALL. It does show once again, how wrong polls can be. The latest gave Labor 52 per cent with Liberal 48 per cent, and the exact opposite happened.
Yours etc.,
Reg A.Watson, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia..
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OBITUARY
MALCOLM ANDREW NASH
It was with much sadness that we recently learnt of the death of Malcolm Nash, the Glamorgan left-arm medium-paced bowler. Malcolm Nash was born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in 1945. His prowess for his local Cricket club soon brought him to the attention of Glamorgan CCC, for whom he played from 1966 until 1983.
He was part of the undefeated Glamorgan team which won the County Championship in 1969, being their leading wicket-taker that season capturing 71 wickets at an average of 18.98. In total he took 993 first-class wickets for Glamorgan at an average of 25.87, and made 7,103 runs, with a highest score of 130 made against Surrey in 1976. His best innings bowling figures were 9 for 56 against Hampshire in 1975 (the tenth wicket being a run out!) He also captained Glamorgan during the 1980 and 1981 seasons, and took a total of 148 first-class catches during his career. After retiring from the first-class game he played Minor Counties Cricket for both Wales MC and Shropshire, before embarking upon a successful coaching career on both sides of the Atlantic.
Malcolm Nash was also a good friend of South Africa, and was a close colleague and confidant of Graham Evans (see “Where are they now?” section of the May 2014 SCN), and indeed worked for his British Southern African Association during the closed-seasons whilst the organisation still functioned.
Our sincerest condolences are extended to his widow and daughter, and to the rest of his family and friends.
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Monday, 15 July 2019
July 2019 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
July 2019 edition
That period between the end of WWII and the turn of the Millennium will probably go down in history as the worst and weakest era in Western history. It was a period marked by colonial abdication, diminishing self-confidence and the sell-out of the West’s own people. Nowhere was this betrayal of our Western (specifically British) kith-and-kin better illustrated than with the lack of support shown by successive British and other Western establishments towards their own people battling against the evils of Communist-backed terrorism in Rhodesia and South Africa.
But it was not only our own White kith-and-kin who were betrayed and stabbed-in-the back during this bleak era of global abdication of power, As was detailed in S.A.Patriot-in-Exile No.35, the people of Hong Kong were also sold-out to the tender mercies of the Communist Chinese during the final years of this sorry period The main instigator of Britain’s weak and visionless surrender of Hong Kong was of course Sir Geoffrey Howe – surely a man who personified this sickening era of lack of self-confidence and quest for a “managed decline” worse than anyone else. The final hand-over however was carried out by Chris Patten, a man with sinister international affiliations which have probably been the main driving force behind the West’s increasing weakness.
As also noted in S.A.Patriot-in-Exile No.35 however, there was tremendous opposition among native Hong Kongers to Britain’s abandonment of their colony. Opinion polls showed that over 70% of the population opposed the hand-over to the Communist Chinese, and Kowloon was festooned with wall graffiti saying such things as “Long Live British Martial Rule” and “God Save the Queen, the Royal Armoured Corps and British Forces”. Now, some 20 years after the sell-out of Hong Kong, all the nightmarish predictions about Communist Chinese rule have been proved correct – but as a result the Hong Kong people have shown remarkable resistance, resolve and courage, with well over half of the territory’s population taking to the streets in protest against new legislation allowing extradition to mainland China. These protests have furthermore become increasingly about far more than just opposition to this extradition legislation, and have crystallised into calls for total Hong Kong independence. Undoubtedly the most encouraging factor about these protest demonstrations has of course been the proud display of the Hong Kong colonial flag as the symbol of resistance to Communist rule!
We of course express our complete and utter solidarity with the Hong Kong people in their current struggle against Communist oppression. The kow-towing Sir Geoffrey Howe is now of course dead, but Chris Patten should surely now be brought to account for the part which he played in the cowardly surrender of the colony. We furthermore call for British government support for the aspirations of Hong Kong independence, with a warm welcome being extended to the territory to re-join the Commonwealth when this comes about. Bullies always tend to back-away when confronted with defiant opposition, and so we therefore also call for massive Western military and naval deployment in the area in order to place pressure on the Communist regime in Peking to allow Hong Kong to go its own way.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Springbok Club staged a most enjoyable trip to the Isle of Dog’s last month, to visit the site where Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s greatest construction, the massive steamship S.S.Great Eastern, was built and launched. This trip was followed by a most fascinating PowerPoint demonstration in a near-by convivial hostelry, which told not only about the history of the building and mercantile career of the S.S.Great Eastern, but also recounted the mysterious rumour about the Curse of the Hope Diamond!
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In view of the fact that the scheduled guest speaker for this year’s annual Rhodes & Founders meeting will be out of the country for most of July, this event has therefore now been postponed until August. The annual “Raising of the Flag” ceremony is still anticipated to take place in September, with the planned meeting to be addressed by a prominent South African journalist now planned for later during the year.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM NEWS
In order to celebrate Empire Day, albeit rather belatedly, the Patriotic Forum staged a trip to Gravesend last month, in order to visit many of the town’s historical attractions. In particular this trip focused upon several sites associated with Gen.Charles George Gordon (“Gordon of Khartoum”) who had been stationed for several years in the town as the Royal Engineers’ commanding officer, where he supervised the strengthening and re-construction of the town’s New Tavern Fort. As well as visiting the New Tavern Fort itself the Patriotic Forum party also visited the Gordon Gardens, in which stands a massive statue to Gen.Gordon. The trip concluded at the Bat & Ball pub next to the Bat & Ball Cricket Ground, which is not only a historic venue in itself, but was also a favourite stomping-ground of the late and great Harry Tuff (see obituary in the June 2019 SCN). A few words were said about the life and achievements of Harry Tuff there, which were followed by a toast in honour of his memory.
[ One of the other interesting sights seen in Gravesend was a statue to Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Pujji, a brave and heroic Sikh from Simla in the Punjab who had volunteered for the RAF during WWII, wherein he qualified as a fighter pilot and then served in both the European and Far Eastern theatres of operation. For some unknown reason Mahinder Singh Pujji chose not to return to his native Punjab after the conflict was over, but settled in Gravesend – hence the fact that his statue is now situated there. Like most British towns which currently have a significant non-White immigrant population there is widespread resentment towards non-Whites in Gravesend, and as a result this statue to this brave man is apparently not appreciated as much as it should be. Would it therefore not be a good idea to move this statue of this heroic Sikh to his native Punjab, where it would undoubtedly be respected far more? In its place perhaps a statue could be erected to a great Gravesend-born hero and patriot – Harry Tuff.]
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As it has been discovered that this year marks the 260th anniversary of the Battle of Quebec, the Patriotic Forum has therefore decided to stage its annual Canadian solidarity celebration on the anniversary of this battle in September this year, rather than holding its usual Canada Day celebration. The Patriotic Forum will however still be holding a special meeting in honour of the memory of the late, great Dennis Delderfield on the anniversary of his birth in August, when the guest speaker will be someone who knew him well who will give a talk under the theme of “Keep the United Kingdom United”, a subject which was always close to Dennis’s heart. More details about both these events will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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THE IMPERIAL PATRIOT
Work on the third edition (which will be numbered No.40 for continuity purposes) of the re-branded The Imperial Patriot (formerly S.A.Patriot/S.A.Patriot-in-Exile) has now commenced, and it is hoped that it will be published before the end of the year. We have however been slightly concerned by the lack of acknowledgements of receipt which we have received from overseas subscribers to the second edition, which were all posted well over a month ago now – with one subscriber from Australia even telling us that his copy had been intercepted by Australian Customs. If you are an overseas subscriber and have not yet received your copy, or have experienced any similar problems, please let us know.
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MESSAGE FROM THE NETWORK FOR ANIMALS ORGANISATION
We have recently received the following harrowing but most revealing message confirming the ongoing and systematic cruelty to animals which is occurring in the “new” South Africa from the Network for Animals organisation. It reads as follows :-
“We have told you before about our fight to stop 50 donkeys being slaughtered. This is an important and urgent UPDATE! We’ve managed to save 28. But 22 are still in peril
“The 50 donkeys who live in South Africa, were saved from the Chinese-led donkey genocide that is sweeping Africa. Jonno Sherwin, a kind-hearted South African outbid a Chinese syndicate that wanted to illegally slaughter the donkeys and send their skins to China to be boiled down for use in phony medicine.
“Now, we are in a race against the clock! Jonno doesn’t have the money to feed and care for them so we have to find new, safe homes for them. Thanks to the support of people like you, 28 donkeys have found new forever homes! We saved all 50 of the donkeys from being skinned alive.
“We have helped more than half of them find homes. We can’t let the remaining 22 be led to their death now!
“Donkeys are being wiped out in Africa by insatiable demand for their skins. African people use donkeys as transport in tasks such as water carrying. Uneducated rural people are easily persuaded to sell their animals by Chinese buyers who offer hard cash. They don’t realize that in Africa, donkeys are worth more alive than dead because in places of poor roads and poverty, donkeys offer tremendous support to local communities.
“If people won’t sell their donkeys, the Chinese arrange for them to be stolen. Then the poor creatures are led into the bush where men, often drunk, wait to slaughter them. First, they are clubbed and when they fall to the ground, they are skinned alive. Yes, that’s the level of barbarism we are dealing with here.
“The Doomsday Clock is still ticking… …for 22 gentle donkeys who could have ended up skinned alive without our help!
“We are fighting for the doomed donkeys and are desperately trying to raise the funds to keep them fed, housed and alive until loving homes can be found for them. We really, really need your help to do so. Please, if you possibly can, give generously to Network for Animals today.
“For the animals,
“Brian and Gloria Davies (and Max) founders and CEO.”
For more details about the Network for Animals organisation, or to make a donation, visit their web-site at: https://networkforanimals.org/
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2019 CRICKET WORLD CUP
England are of course to be congratulated upon winning the 2019 Cricket World Cup – but New Zealand should be equally congratulated upon producing such a close and exciting final!
Alas, however, this year’s tournament didn’t seem to generate as much worldwide interest as may have been expected. The reason for this seems clearly to be because of the format of this year’s competition, with only ten teams competing in the finals – of which only one was from the continent of Europe (where the tournament took place) and only one from all the Americas, yet five from Asia! Of these two were from countries which are now so lawless and strife-torn that they can’t play any home games (Afghanistan and Pakistan) and one from a country which is still feeling the after-effects of an ongoing bitter civil war (Ceylon/Sri Lanka) – not forgetting of course the failed state and most crime-ridden country on earth, the “new” South Africa! What is needed in order to generate more global interest and growth for the game is a tournament involving at least 16 countries, and with more places guaranteed for first-world countries and less from the third world.
[ In recent editions of the SCN we have voiced full support for Israel Folau’s rights of free speech and freedom of religion. As a result a supporter from Australia has informed us about a most praise-worthy YouTube video which we believe readers will be very interested in viewing. It can be accessed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2RUZHVlJXI ]
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CAMPAIGN TO MAKE THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF VJ DAY A BANK HOLIDAY
A supporter has recently informed us about a most interesting article in the April 2019 edition of the estimable magazine New Directions which advocates making the 75th anniversary of VJ Day on 15th August 2020 a bank holiday in a similar manner to the 75th anniversary of VE Day on 8th May 2020. We believe that this is an excellent idea, and inform readers that archived copies of New Directions can be accessed at :-
https://forwardinfaith.com/subscribe/Archive.php
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CANADIAN PRO-SOUTH AFRICAN DEMONSTRATION
A supporter still based in the “new” South Africa has recently informed us about a planned vigil and protest in support of South Africans due to take place in Canada on 19th July. We don’t know too much about this protest or who is organising it, apart from a FaceBook posting which evidently first appeared on the “Free Canada FB” FaceBook page. Inter alia this posting reads as follows :-
“There is going to be a vigil and protest on the 19th of July at 2pm [14.00 hrs] in Canada. If anyone can join us we will be walking between the South African Embassy [sic – they probably mean towards the South African High Commission] to protest [against] farm murders and White genocide, discrimination of [sic] Whites etc.
“Then we will be going to the Canadian side to protest at [the Department of] External Affairs about no [sic] illegal immigration, denying White South Africans refugee status in Canada.
“All taking place at Sussex Drive in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, so if you [are] Canadian or have Canadian friends let them know to be there. It is a peaceful protest, no yelling and screaming or burning or anything like that please!!
“Kindest regards, Natalie Quinn. Pl[ea]s[e] Pray that all goes well for us.”
In spite of the bad grammar (which was undoubtedly caused by this message being written in a hurry) we believe that this is a most praise-worthy initiative being organized by our kith-and-kin in Canada, and so therefore encourage all of our readers and supporters in North America to attend if they can.
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SUPPORT FOR TOMMY ROBINSON
As most readers will be aware, Tommy Robinson (aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon), the charismatic British patriotic activist, was recently jailed for 9 months after being found guilty of contempt of court – even though a previous such conviction had been set-aside by another court. This verdict was therefore very controversial, and related to a live-streamed FaceBook broadcast which Tommy Robinson had made from outside a Leeds court where an alleged gang of Muslim rapists were standing trial. The trial of these alleged Muslim rapists had ominously received very little coverage in the mainstream media, and when it was covered the gang were always euphemistically referred to simply as “sex groomers”. Tommy Robinson therefore felt it his civic duty to publicise what was going on – something which we would have thought the authorities would praise him for, rather than charging him on a legal technicality! A petition has now been started in order to express support for Tommy Robinson, which we believe many readers will be keen to sign. It can be accessed at :-
www.knightstemplarorder.com/support-tommy
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SEARCH SERVICES FOR THOSE SEEKING LOST RELATIVES
Find any South African, even those who have emigrated. We also search Botswana, Namibia and ex-Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.
Please use the search request form at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/emails.php?id=emails_from_SCN
Also check the list of South African expatriates/emigrants web-sites, which can be found at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/expatriates/toplist_expatriates.php?id=toplist_expatriates_from_springbk
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BILTONG AND BOEREWORS
Springers Biltong offers a marvellous range of biltong, boerewors and drywors – all of the very highest quality, reasonably priced, and fully registered and licensed with their local authority Their web-site can be accessed at :-
http://www.springersbiltong.com/index.html
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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.
Trish also writes romantic suspense and romantic comedy fiction. www.trishjaxon.com
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
The latest book published by Crest Publishing is entitled: “BOWLS - QUIRKS, CHIRPS AND ANECDOTES". This is not an instruction manual but rather a cheerful, humourous and sometimes controversial chronicle about the game and its history worldwide. Written to celebrate 40 years in the sport by the author, Glenn MacAskill, it should be of interest to all bowlers and other sports enthusiasts.
For more information about all books published, 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" – a unique documentary in support of the book on the brief history of the RLI.
DVD available along with other premium titles of historical interest from Msasa Enterprises. Visit www.rhodesianvideos.co.za or write to msasasa@mweb.co.za for more information. UK contact telephone: 07415 753 340.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.248 - Mr. KEITH BALDWIN of Durban
Keith Baldwin, who lived in the Hillary district of Durban, was the son-in-law of Robert Hall (see August 2000 SCN). Although not as active within the patriotic movement in the city as his father-in-law, it was quite clear that his heart was definitely in the same place, and he would occasionally join his father-in-law in attending Patriotic Forum events. It would be very interesting to learn where he is now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITES OF THE MONTH
We recently received a very interesting copy of The Orange Torch (the official journal of the Loyal Orange Institution of Scotland) through the post. There was no indication as to who sent us this copy however, and the mystery only deepened when it was spotted that it had been posted in France! If the sender is reading this, however, then we would like to thank him or her most sincerely for what proved to be a very informative and indeed inspiring read. The web-page for The Orange Torch from the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland’s web-site can be accessed at :-
https://orangeorderscotland.com/category/torch/
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CASE FOR HOLMES
Sir,
Gosh, old Blighty is in a mess with Brexit. How sad, and I have been following the Tommy Robinson case. The Establishment certainly do dirty work.
Yours etc.,
Reg A.Watson, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia..
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STORY OF BLACK AFRICA
Sir,
The report in the Transvaal Agricultural Union (SA)’s International Bulletin of 24th April (“Platitudes and Promises while South Africa burns”) is how farm invasions started in Zimbabwe, although this one seems to have been more strategically planned - possibly by the ANC.
Yours etc.,
Johan Geelvink, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
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MENTAL FRAILTY
Sir,
I am a Zionist..By this I mean that I support Israel. I do not believe Jeremy Corbyn to be an anti-Semite; my definition of the term is disliking Jews for no reason other than their being Jewish. I'd loathed Robert Maxwell for years before he died but would have felt the same had he been 100% pure Nordic. The same goes for the man I regarded with good cause as my worst enemy.
I do, however, believe Corbyn to be careless of the company he keeps, and an extreme anti-Zionist who would discriminate against Israel were he to become Prime Minister. He's one of those "progressives" who operate a double standard; at one time they rightly condemned repression in Rhodesia and South Africa while ignoring, condoning or defending it when practiced by their ‘heroes’ in Black Africa - names like Lumumba, Nkrumah, Mugabe, Kaunda, Nasser and Nyerere come to mind. Now they denounce democratic Israel while turning a blind eye to repression in various Islamic dictatorships. May I remind the Communists and Trotskyists that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that tolerates them?
I also believe that it's a pity we've become so mealy-mouthed. When it comes to humour anything goes. Acceptable then is acceptable now and vice versa. Let's tell the old jokes again and answer the complaints with the words of BSM Williams-"Oh dear, how sad, never mind."
Yours etc.,
Mark Taylor, London, U.K.
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE THREE ADDINGTON TRAINEE NURSES?
The sad news of the death of Harry Tuff, and the Patriotic Forum’s recent trip to Gravesend which finished up at his old stomping ground of the Bat & Ball Cricket Ground, brought back vivid recollections of a most memorable episode which occurred in 1974/75.
In 1974 a then young pro-South African British patriot visited Southern Africa in order to follow Willie-John McBride’s British Lions around the country. He finished his trip to the sub-continent in Durban, where a fellow-sports loving South African friend introduced him to a flat-load of three trainee nurses who were qualifying at Addington Hospital on the Durban beachfront. Their names were Cathy Dreyer (see December 2008 SCN), Jenny Humphries (see October 2008 SCN) and Louise Leiper (see December 2011 SCN). All three were stunningly beautiful, with Jenny Humphries exceptionally so, and it was with her that the strongest relationship was formed. They were all planning to visit the UK the following year and arrangements were accordingly made to rendezvous when that occasion came, and after the young pro-South African British patriot had returned home Jenny Humphries started writing to him regularly and fondly.
Upon returning to the UK, and with his pro-South African sentiments having been increased significantly by his trip, the young pro-South African British patriot decided to join a new seemingly patriotic and pro-South African political party which was standing in his constituency at the October 1974 General Election – the National Front (it should be noted that at this time the National Front was still a mainstream and democratic political party, and it was only subsequently that it was taken over by a clique of neo-fascists, and thus became a toxic brand which it has so remained to this day). Through his membership of the National Front the young pro-South African British patriot met and formed good friendships with not only Harry Tuff but also with George Hazelden (see obituary in August 2011 SCN) and his wife Jane (see December 2017 SCN), who were the leading figures in the party’s Medway Towns Branch.
The three trainee nurses were due to arrive in the UK in the autumn of 1975, and all within the National Front in the north Kent area were becoming very excited by the prospect of meeting these young South Africans. The Hazelden’s had offered to let them use a seaside chalet which they owned at Allhallows on the north Kent coast for the duration of their stay free of charge, and Harry Tuff organised a “Welcome to the UK” party to be held in their honour in the pavilion of the Bat & Ball Cricket Ground in Gravesend – a building which the Patriotic Forum party was able to view from the veranda of the Bat & Ball pub during their recent trip to Gravesend.
Disaster then alas struck. The three trainee nurses had decided to travel to the UK by Union Castle liner (one of the last passenger trips which this line made), but unfortunately mechanical problems meant that they were several days late docking at Southampton. As a result they alas missed the special “Welcome to the UK” party which Harry Tuff had laid on in Gravesend, and furthermore Louise Leiper left immediately for Edinburgh where she evidently had family members to stay with, stating puzzlingly that she had no intention of ever returning to South Africa! Cathy Dreyer and Jenny Humphries were able to take advantage of George and Jane Hazelden’s kind offer of accommodation at Allhallows however, and really seemed to enjoy their stay there tremendously, with the young pro-South African British patriot and other National Front activists such as Harry Tuff taking them out on an almost daily basis to show them the historic sights of Kent. George and Jane Hazelden also treated them and the young pro-South African British patriot to an evening meal at a plush restaurant in Cobham – but it was here that another surprising problem arose, for Cathy Dreyer let it slip that she and her family were supporters of the leftist Progressive Federal Party – hardly a wise admission to make to patriotic pro-South African activists who had done so much to provide such a warm welcome for them! She also intriguingly told how she was in a relationship with a South African scientist who was evidently currently stationed at South Africa’s Antarctic scientific base.
After their stay in the UK was over the two remaining trainee nurses went on a brief tour of continental Europe, before returning home to South Africa. Jenny Humphries continued to write regularly and touchingly to the young pro-South African British patriot, and as a result he decided to emigrate to South Africa permanently. Everyone involved thought that he was emigrating in order to marry Jenny Humphries, but alas he discovered that upon her return she had taken up with an “old flame” again, a trainee gynaecologist who she had met at Addington Hospital named “Nutty” Martin, and by all accounts subsequently married him!
After that very little is known about the three trainee nurses. Cathy Dreyer was last seen shopping at OK Bazaars near to the Durban Ice Rink in the late 1970s, though no conversation took place. The rumour was heard during the late 1980s that Jenny Humphries’ marriage to “Nutty” Martin had failed and that they had divorced. Nothing further was ever heard of Louise Leiper.
It would however be very interesting to learn what did eventually happen to all three of the trainee nurses. Did Cathy Dreyer marry her Antarctic scientist, and did the disasters of the “new” South Africa make her realise her catastrophic mistake in supporting the vile ProgressiveFederal Party during the 1970s? Did Jenny Humphries really divorce “Nutty” Martin, and did she ever realise her own big mistake? And did Louise Leiper really remain in Edinburgh and never returned to South Africa? Needless to say, any information which can be provided will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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July 2019 edition
That period between the end of WWII and the turn of the Millennium will probably go down in history as the worst and weakest era in Western history. It was a period marked by colonial abdication, diminishing self-confidence and the sell-out of the West’s own people. Nowhere was this betrayal of our Western (specifically British) kith-and-kin better illustrated than with the lack of support shown by successive British and other Western establishments towards their own people battling against the evils of Communist-backed terrorism in Rhodesia and South Africa.
But it was not only our own White kith-and-kin who were betrayed and stabbed-in-the back during this bleak era of global abdication of power, As was detailed in S.A.Patriot-in-Exile No.35, the people of Hong Kong were also sold-out to the tender mercies of the Communist Chinese during the final years of this sorry period The main instigator of Britain’s weak and visionless surrender of Hong Kong was of course Sir Geoffrey Howe – surely a man who personified this sickening era of lack of self-confidence and quest for a “managed decline” worse than anyone else. The final hand-over however was carried out by Chris Patten, a man with sinister international affiliations which have probably been the main driving force behind the West’s increasing weakness.
As also noted in S.A.Patriot-in-Exile No.35 however, there was tremendous opposition among native Hong Kongers to Britain’s abandonment of their colony. Opinion polls showed that over 70% of the population opposed the hand-over to the Communist Chinese, and Kowloon was festooned with wall graffiti saying such things as “Long Live British Martial Rule” and “God Save the Queen, the Royal Armoured Corps and British Forces”. Now, some 20 years after the sell-out of Hong Kong, all the nightmarish predictions about Communist Chinese rule have been proved correct – but as a result the Hong Kong people have shown remarkable resistance, resolve and courage, with well over half of the territory’s population taking to the streets in protest against new legislation allowing extradition to mainland China. These protests have furthermore become increasingly about far more than just opposition to this extradition legislation, and have crystallised into calls for total Hong Kong independence. Undoubtedly the most encouraging factor about these protest demonstrations has of course been the proud display of the Hong Kong colonial flag as the symbol of resistance to Communist rule!
We of course express our complete and utter solidarity with the Hong Kong people in their current struggle against Communist oppression. The kow-towing Sir Geoffrey Howe is now of course dead, but Chris Patten should surely now be brought to account for the part which he played in the cowardly surrender of the colony. We furthermore call for British government support for the aspirations of Hong Kong independence, with a warm welcome being extended to the territory to re-join the Commonwealth when this comes about. Bullies always tend to back-away when confronted with defiant opposition, and so we therefore also call for massive Western military and naval deployment in the area in order to place pressure on the Communist regime in Peking to allow Hong Kong to go its own way.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Springbok Club staged a most enjoyable trip to the Isle of Dog’s last month, to visit the site where Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s greatest construction, the massive steamship S.S.Great Eastern, was built and launched. This trip was followed by a most fascinating PowerPoint demonstration in a near-by convivial hostelry, which told not only about the history of the building and mercantile career of the S.S.Great Eastern, but also recounted the mysterious rumour about the Curse of the Hope Diamond!
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In view of the fact that the scheduled guest speaker for this year’s annual Rhodes & Founders meeting will be out of the country for most of July, this event has therefore now been postponed until August. The annual “Raising of the Flag” ceremony is still anticipated to take place in September, with the planned meeting to be addressed by a prominent South African journalist now planned for later during the year.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM NEWS
In order to celebrate Empire Day, albeit rather belatedly, the Patriotic Forum staged a trip to Gravesend last month, in order to visit many of the town’s historical attractions. In particular this trip focused upon several sites associated with Gen.Charles George Gordon (“Gordon of Khartoum”) who had been stationed for several years in the town as the Royal Engineers’ commanding officer, where he supervised the strengthening and re-construction of the town’s New Tavern Fort. As well as visiting the New Tavern Fort itself the Patriotic Forum party also visited the Gordon Gardens, in which stands a massive statue to Gen.Gordon. The trip concluded at the Bat & Ball pub next to the Bat & Ball Cricket Ground, which is not only a historic venue in itself, but was also a favourite stomping-ground of the late and great Harry Tuff (see obituary in the June 2019 SCN). A few words were said about the life and achievements of Harry Tuff there, which were followed by a toast in honour of his memory.
[ One of the other interesting sights seen in Gravesend was a statue to Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Pujji, a brave and heroic Sikh from Simla in the Punjab who had volunteered for the RAF during WWII, wherein he qualified as a fighter pilot and then served in both the European and Far Eastern theatres of operation. For some unknown reason Mahinder Singh Pujji chose not to return to his native Punjab after the conflict was over, but settled in Gravesend – hence the fact that his statue is now situated there. Like most British towns which currently have a significant non-White immigrant population there is widespread resentment towards non-Whites in Gravesend, and as a result this statue to this brave man is apparently not appreciated as much as it should be. Would it therefore not be a good idea to move this statue of this heroic Sikh to his native Punjab, where it would undoubtedly be respected far more? In its place perhaps a statue could be erected to a great Gravesend-born hero and patriot – Harry Tuff.]
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As it has been discovered that this year marks the 260th anniversary of the Battle of Quebec, the Patriotic Forum has therefore decided to stage its annual Canadian solidarity celebration on the anniversary of this battle in September this year, rather than holding its usual Canada Day celebration. The Patriotic Forum will however still be holding a special meeting in honour of the memory of the late, great Dennis Delderfield on the anniversary of his birth in August, when the guest speaker will be someone who knew him well who will give a talk under the theme of “Keep the United Kingdom United”, a subject which was always close to Dennis’s heart. More details about both these events will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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THE IMPERIAL PATRIOT
Work on the third edition (which will be numbered No.40 for continuity purposes) of the re-branded The Imperial Patriot (formerly S.A.Patriot/S.A.Patriot-in-Exile) has now commenced, and it is hoped that it will be published before the end of the year. We have however been slightly concerned by the lack of acknowledgements of receipt which we have received from overseas subscribers to the second edition, which were all posted well over a month ago now – with one subscriber from Australia even telling us that his copy had been intercepted by Australian Customs. If you are an overseas subscriber and have not yet received your copy, or have experienced any similar problems, please let us know.
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MESSAGE FROM THE NETWORK FOR ANIMALS ORGANISATION
We have recently received the following harrowing but most revealing message confirming the ongoing and systematic cruelty to animals which is occurring in the “new” South Africa from the Network for Animals organisation. It reads as follows :-
“We have told you before about our fight to stop 50 donkeys being slaughtered. This is an important and urgent UPDATE! We’ve managed to save 28. But 22 are still in peril
“The 50 donkeys who live in South Africa, were saved from the Chinese-led donkey genocide that is sweeping Africa. Jonno Sherwin, a kind-hearted South African outbid a Chinese syndicate that wanted to illegally slaughter the donkeys and send their skins to China to be boiled down for use in phony medicine.
“Now, we are in a race against the clock! Jonno doesn’t have the money to feed and care for them so we have to find new, safe homes for them. Thanks to the support of people like you, 28 donkeys have found new forever homes! We saved all 50 of the donkeys from being skinned alive.
“We have helped more than half of them find homes. We can’t let the remaining 22 be led to their death now!
“Donkeys are being wiped out in Africa by insatiable demand for their skins. African people use donkeys as transport in tasks such as water carrying. Uneducated rural people are easily persuaded to sell their animals by Chinese buyers who offer hard cash. They don’t realize that in Africa, donkeys are worth more alive than dead because in places of poor roads and poverty, donkeys offer tremendous support to local communities.
“If people won’t sell their donkeys, the Chinese arrange for them to be stolen. Then the poor creatures are led into the bush where men, often drunk, wait to slaughter them. First, they are clubbed and when they fall to the ground, they are skinned alive. Yes, that’s the level of barbarism we are dealing with here.
“The Doomsday Clock is still ticking… …for 22 gentle donkeys who could have ended up skinned alive without our help!
“We are fighting for the doomed donkeys and are desperately trying to raise the funds to keep them fed, housed and alive until loving homes can be found for them. We really, really need your help to do so. Please, if you possibly can, give generously to Network for Animals today.
“For the animals,
“Brian and Gloria Davies (and Max) founders and CEO.”
For more details about the Network for Animals organisation, or to make a donation, visit their web-site at: https://networkforanimals.org/
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2019 CRICKET WORLD CUP
England are of course to be congratulated upon winning the 2019 Cricket World Cup – but New Zealand should be equally congratulated upon producing such a close and exciting final!
Alas, however, this year’s tournament didn’t seem to generate as much worldwide interest as may have been expected. The reason for this seems clearly to be because of the format of this year’s competition, with only ten teams competing in the finals – of which only one was from the continent of Europe (where the tournament took place) and only one from all the Americas, yet five from Asia! Of these two were from countries which are now so lawless and strife-torn that they can’t play any home games (Afghanistan and Pakistan) and one from a country which is still feeling the after-effects of an ongoing bitter civil war (Ceylon/Sri Lanka) – not forgetting of course the failed state and most crime-ridden country on earth, the “new” South Africa! What is needed in order to generate more global interest and growth for the game is a tournament involving at least 16 countries, and with more places guaranteed for first-world countries and less from the third world.
[ In recent editions of the SCN we have voiced full support for Israel Folau’s rights of free speech and freedom of religion. As a result a supporter from Australia has informed us about a most praise-worthy YouTube video which we believe readers will be very interested in viewing. It can be accessed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2RUZHVlJXI ]
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CAMPAIGN TO MAKE THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF VJ DAY A BANK HOLIDAY
A supporter has recently informed us about a most interesting article in the April 2019 edition of the estimable magazine New Directions which advocates making the 75th anniversary of VJ Day on 15th August 2020 a bank holiday in a similar manner to the 75th anniversary of VE Day on 8th May 2020. We believe that this is an excellent idea, and inform readers that archived copies of New Directions can be accessed at :-
https://forwardinfaith.com/subscribe/Archive.php
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CANADIAN PRO-SOUTH AFRICAN DEMONSTRATION
A supporter still based in the “new” South Africa has recently informed us about a planned vigil and protest in support of South Africans due to take place in Canada on 19th July. We don’t know too much about this protest or who is organising it, apart from a FaceBook posting which evidently first appeared on the “Free Canada FB” FaceBook page. Inter alia this posting reads as follows :-
“There is going to be a vigil and protest on the 19th of July at 2pm [14.00 hrs] in Canada. If anyone can join us we will be walking between the South African Embassy [sic – they probably mean towards the South African High Commission] to protest [against] farm murders and White genocide, discrimination of [sic] Whites etc.
“Then we will be going to the Canadian side to protest at [the Department of] External Affairs about no [sic] illegal immigration, denying White South Africans refugee status in Canada.
“All taking place at Sussex Drive in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, so if you [are] Canadian or have Canadian friends let them know to be there. It is a peaceful protest, no yelling and screaming or burning or anything like that please!!
“Kindest regards, Natalie Quinn. Pl[ea]s[e] Pray that all goes well for us.”
In spite of the bad grammar (which was undoubtedly caused by this message being written in a hurry) we believe that this is a most praise-worthy initiative being organized by our kith-and-kin in Canada, and so therefore encourage all of our readers and supporters in North America to attend if they can.
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SUPPORT FOR TOMMY ROBINSON
As most readers will be aware, Tommy Robinson (aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon), the charismatic British patriotic activist, was recently jailed for 9 months after being found guilty of contempt of court – even though a previous such conviction had been set-aside by another court. This verdict was therefore very controversial, and related to a live-streamed FaceBook broadcast which Tommy Robinson had made from outside a Leeds court where an alleged gang of Muslim rapists were standing trial. The trial of these alleged Muslim rapists had ominously received very little coverage in the mainstream media, and when it was covered the gang were always euphemistically referred to simply as “sex groomers”. Tommy Robinson therefore felt it his civic duty to publicise what was going on – something which we would have thought the authorities would praise him for, rather than charging him on a legal technicality! A petition has now been started in order to express support for Tommy Robinson, which we believe many readers will be keen to sign. It can be accessed at :-
www.knightstemplarorder.com/support-tommy
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SEARCH SERVICES FOR THOSE SEEKING LOST RELATIVES
Find any South African, even those who have emigrated. We also search Botswana, Namibia and ex-Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.
Please use the search request form at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/emails.php?id=emails_from_SCN
Also check the list of South African expatriates/emigrants web-sites, which can be found at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/expatriates/toplist_expatriates.php?id=toplist_expatriates_from_springbk
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BILTONG AND BOEREWORS
Springers Biltong offers a marvellous range of biltong, boerewors and drywors – all of the very highest quality, reasonably priced, and fully registered and licensed with their local authority Their web-site can be accessed at :-
http://www.springersbiltong.com/index.html
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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.
Trish also writes romantic suspense and romantic comedy fiction. www.trishjaxon.com
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
The latest book published by Crest Publishing is entitled: “BOWLS - QUIRKS, CHIRPS AND ANECDOTES". This is not an instruction manual but rather a cheerful, humourous and sometimes controversial chronicle about the game and its history worldwide. Written to celebrate 40 years in the sport by the author, Glenn MacAskill, it should be of interest to all bowlers and other sports enthusiasts.
For more information about all books published, 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" – a unique documentary in support of the book on the brief history of the RLI.
DVD available along with other premium titles of historical interest from Msasa Enterprises. Visit www.rhodesianvideos.co.za or write to msasasa@mweb.co.za for more information. UK contact telephone: 07415 753 340.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.248 - Mr. KEITH BALDWIN of Durban
Keith Baldwin, who lived in the Hillary district of Durban, was the son-in-law of Robert Hall (see August 2000 SCN). Although not as active within the patriotic movement in the city as his father-in-law, it was quite clear that his heart was definitely in the same place, and he would occasionally join his father-in-law in attending Patriotic Forum events. It would be very interesting to learn where he is now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITES OF THE MONTH
We recently received a very interesting copy of The Orange Torch (the official journal of the Loyal Orange Institution of Scotland) through the post. There was no indication as to who sent us this copy however, and the mystery only deepened when it was spotted that it had been posted in France! If the sender is reading this, however, then we would like to thank him or her most sincerely for what proved to be a very informative and indeed inspiring read. The web-page for The Orange Torch from the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland’s web-site can be accessed at :-
https://orangeorderscotland.com/category/torch/
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CASE FOR HOLMES
Sir,
Gosh, old Blighty is in a mess with Brexit. How sad, and I have been following the Tommy Robinson case. The Establishment certainly do dirty work.
Yours etc.,
Reg A.Watson, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia..
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STORY OF BLACK AFRICA
Sir,
The report in the Transvaal Agricultural Union (SA)’s International Bulletin of 24th April (“Platitudes and Promises while South Africa burns”) is how farm invasions started in Zimbabwe, although this one seems to have been more strategically planned - possibly by the ANC.
Yours etc.,
Johan Geelvink, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
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MENTAL FRAILTY
Sir,
I am a Zionist..By this I mean that I support Israel. I do not believe Jeremy Corbyn to be an anti-Semite; my definition of the term is disliking Jews for no reason other than their being Jewish. I'd loathed Robert Maxwell for years before he died but would have felt the same had he been 100% pure Nordic. The same goes for the man I regarded with good cause as my worst enemy.
I do, however, believe Corbyn to be careless of the company he keeps, and an extreme anti-Zionist who would discriminate against Israel were he to become Prime Minister. He's one of those "progressives" who operate a double standard; at one time they rightly condemned repression in Rhodesia and South Africa while ignoring, condoning or defending it when practiced by their ‘heroes’ in Black Africa - names like Lumumba, Nkrumah, Mugabe, Kaunda, Nasser and Nyerere come to mind. Now they denounce democratic Israel while turning a blind eye to repression in various Islamic dictatorships. May I remind the Communists and Trotskyists that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that tolerates them?
I also believe that it's a pity we've become so mealy-mouthed. When it comes to humour anything goes. Acceptable then is acceptable now and vice versa. Let's tell the old jokes again and answer the complaints with the words of BSM Williams-"Oh dear, how sad, never mind."
Yours etc.,
Mark Taylor, London, U.K.
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE THREE ADDINGTON TRAINEE NURSES?
The sad news of the death of Harry Tuff, and the Patriotic Forum’s recent trip to Gravesend which finished up at his old stomping ground of the Bat & Ball Cricket Ground, brought back vivid recollections of a most memorable episode which occurred in 1974/75.
In 1974 a then young pro-South African British patriot visited Southern Africa in order to follow Willie-John McBride’s British Lions around the country. He finished his trip to the sub-continent in Durban, where a fellow-sports loving South African friend introduced him to a flat-load of three trainee nurses who were qualifying at Addington Hospital on the Durban beachfront. Their names were Cathy Dreyer (see December 2008 SCN), Jenny Humphries (see October 2008 SCN) and Louise Leiper (see December 2011 SCN). All three were stunningly beautiful, with Jenny Humphries exceptionally so, and it was with her that the strongest relationship was formed. They were all planning to visit the UK the following year and arrangements were accordingly made to rendezvous when that occasion came, and after the young pro-South African British patriot had returned home Jenny Humphries started writing to him regularly and fondly.
Upon returning to the UK, and with his pro-South African sentiments having been increased significantly by his trip, the young pro-South African British patriot decided to join a new seemingly patriotic and pro-South African political party which was standing in his constituency at the October 1974 General Election – the National Front (it should be noted that at this time the National Front was still a mainstream and democratic political party, and it was only subsequently that it was taken over by a clique of neo-fascists, and thus became a toxic brand which it has so remained to this day). Through his membership of the National Front the young pro-South African British patriot met and formed good friendships with not only Harry Tuff but also with George Hazelden (see obituary in August 2011 SCN) and his wife Jane (see December 2017 SCN), who were the leading figures in the party’s Medway Towns Branch.
The three trainee nurses were due to arrive in the UK in the autumn of 1975, and all within the National Front in the north Kent area were becoming very excited by the prospect of meeting these young South Africans. The Hazelden’s had offered to let them use a seaside chalet which they owned at Allhallows on the north Kent coast for the duration of their stay free of charge, and Harry Tuff organised a “Welcome to the UK” party to be held in their honour in the pavilion of the Bat & Ball Cricket Ground in Gravesend – a building which the Patriotic Forum party was able to view from the veranda of the Bat & Ball pub during their recent trip to Gravesend.
Disaster then alas struck. The three trainee nurses had decided to travel to the UK by Union Castle liner (one of the last passenger trips which this line made), but unfortunately mechanical problems meant that they were several days late docking at Southampton. As a result they alas missed the special “Welcome to the UK” party which Harry Tuff had laid on in Gravesend, and furthermore Louise Leiper left immediately for Edinburgh where she evidently had family members to stay with, stating puzzlingly that she had no intention of ever returning to South Africa! Cathy Dreyer and Jenny Humphries were able to take advantage of George and Jane Hazelden’s kind offer of accommodation at Allhallows however, and really seemed to enjoy their stay there tremendously, with the young pro-South African British patriot and other National Front activists such as Harry Tuff taking them out on an almost daily basis to show them the historic sights of Kent. George and Jane Hazelden also treated them and the young pro-South African British patriot to an evening meal at a plush restaurant in Cobham – but it was here that another surprising problem arose, for Cathy Dreyer let it slip that she and her family were supporters of the leftist Progressive Federal Party – hardly a wise admission to make to patriotic pro-South African activists who had done so much to provide such a warm welcome for them! She also intriguingly told how she was in a relationship with a South African scientist who was evidently currently stationed at South Africa’s Antarctic scientific base.
After their stay in the UK was over the two remaining trainee nurses went on a brief tour of continental Europe, before returning home to South Africa. Jenny Humphries continued to write regularly and touchingly to the young pro-South African British patriot, and as a result he decided to emigrate to South Africa permanently. Everyone involved thought that he was emigrating in order to marry Jenny Humphries, but alas he discovered that upon her return she had taken up with an “old flame” again, a trainee gynaecologist who she had met at Addington Hospital named “Nutty” Martin, and by all accounts subsequently married him!
After that very little is known about the three trainee nurses. Cathy Dreyer was last seen shopping at OK Bazaars near to the Durban Ice Rink in the late 1970s, though no conversation took place. The rumour was heard during the late 1980s that Jenny Humphries’ marriage to “Nutty” Martin had failed and that they had divorced. Nothing further was ever heard of Louise Leiper.
It would however be very interesting to learn what did eventually happen to all three of the trainee nurses. Did Cathy Dreyer marry her Antarctic scientist, and did the disasters of the “new” South Africa make her realise her catastrophic mistake in supporting the vile ProgressiveFederal Party during the 1970s? Did Jenny Humphries really divorce “Nutty” Martin, and did she ever realise her own big mistake? And did Louise Leiper really remain in Edinburgh and never returned to South Africa? Needless to say, any information which can be provided will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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Monday, 10 June 2019
June 2019 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
June 2019 edition
When the results of the 2019 EuroElections in the UK are analysed in depth, and when the votes for the Labour Party – who don’t know where they stand on Brexit – are discounted, the combined votes for all the pro-Brexit parties (Brexit Party, Conservative Party, UKIP and the Unionist parties in Northern Ireland) total 52%, whereas the combined votes for all the anti-Brexit parties (LibDems, Greens, ChangeUK and all the nationalist parties) total only 48%. In other words the result was almost exactly the same as at the 2016 Referendum. There is therefore absolutely no need for any “second referendum” as this has already taken place – and the “remoaners” have lost yet again!
We actually received a fair amount of criticism for the editorial in last month’s edition of the SCN, wherein we expressed doubts about the motivations of Mr. Nigel Farage and the foundation of his Brexit Party, and indeed a handful of subscribers requested to be unsubscribed as a result. We however stand by the comments which we made in last month’s editorial, and indeed it was interesting to note that none of the unsubscribers were prepared to argue their case in detail. Having said this, however, we must admit that Farage’s Brexit Party managed to inject more energy into the pro-Brexit campaign than perhaps UKIP could have obtained on its own, and that there were and are many good people within the Brexit Party who have contributed considerably to the broader pro-Brexit movement.
Since the EuroElections there have however been three significant developments in the United Kingdom. Firstly there has been the State Visit of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America, which the vast majority of commentators have agreed was an outstanding success, and which confirmed that a mutually-beneficial trade deal between the US and the UK was highly likely to be enacted post-Brexit. Secondly of course there has been the final resignation of Theresa May as Prime Minister of the UK. Now is probably not a good time to condemn Theresa May too harshly. At core she is undoubtedly a good woman, bur alas through her stubbornness and over-reliance upon remote civil servants she proved to be a tragedy as Prime Minister. We can therefore only wish her contentment and a stress-free retirement. Finally and most significantly there has been the Peterborough by-election. It was initially predicted that the Brexit Party would win this seat by a wide margin, and that the Conservative Party would finish in an ignominious fifth place with less than 2000 votes. As it was, however, the Brexit Party failed to win this seat from the Labour Party, and the Conservative Party gained significant renewed support, and not only gained third place with 7243 votes, but also came within 3241 votes of winning the seat! The resurgence of support for the Conservative Party was undoubtedly caused by Theresa May’s resignation, and shows that the Brexit Party has no long-term future.
The predictions which we made in the editorial of the April 2019 Edition of the SCN therefore now seem to be rapidly coming to fruition. Mr. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson seems to be highly likely to become the next British Prime Minister, and if he fails to pass a managed “No Deal” Brexit through Parliament will then call a General Election, which with his charisma and probable electoral pact – official or unofficial - with the deflated Brexit Party, will result in a comfortable Conservative majority, with sufficient support in the new Parliament to be able to force through a managed “No Deal” Brexit. Venit hora, ecce homo!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
On Saturday 29th June the Springbok Club will be staging a trip to the site on the Isle of Dog’s where Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s greatest construction, the massive steamship S.S.Great Eastern, was built and launched. This will be a follow-up to the visit staged by the Springbok Club to the Brunel Museum at Rotherhithe in March this year. Assemble at the main entrance to the Island Gardens DLR station between 14.00 hrs and 14.30 hrs. The Great Eastern Launch Site is only a ten minute walk from this station.
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In July the Springbok Club will be holding its annual meeting to celebrate Rhodes and Founders Day, at which the guest speaker will be a prominent Rhodesian who was actively involved in the Rhodesian struggle for continuing independence, and in August will be holding a meeting to be addressed by an interesting South African guest speaker. More details about both these events will be given in next month’s SCN. Plans are also well afoot to stage the annual “Raising of the Flag” ceremony in September.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM NEWS
On Saturday 22nd June the Patriotic Forum will be holding its delayed Empire Day celebrations by staging a trip to Gravesend in order to visit several sites associated with General Charles George Gordon (“Gordon of Khartoum”) as well as a number of other places of historical interest in the town. The organisation will also be using the opportunity to honour the memory of Mr. Harry Tuff who sadly died at the end of 2017 (see Obituaries Section at the end of this edition of the SCN), who was a good friend and an active patriot, and who was born and lived most of his life in Gravesend. Assemble at the “Sir Robert Pocock” Wetherspoon’s pub, 181/182 Windmill Street, Gravesend, DA12 1AH (which is only a couple of blocks away from the Gravesend Railway Station) between 12.00 hrs and 13.00 hrs.
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In early July the Patriotic Forum will be staging a special event in order to celebrate Canada Day, and in August the organisation will be holding the first of an annual series of meetings in honour of the memory of the late, great Dennis Delderfield under the theme of “Keep the United Kingdom United”. More details about both these events will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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MESSAGE FROM THE SANWILD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
We have recently received the following quite distressing message from the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary. It reads as follows :-
“Dearest SanWild friends,
”This is the hardest thing I must do this morning, but I am at my wits end and I realise we need urgent help. Fund-raising has never been my forte and I have no idea how to do it properly. Maybe because I don't like asking for help...
”SanWild has run out of funds and I am stressed out totally on where we are going to get funds for our lions’ next meal, salaries for our CPU men, material to maintain fences, food for the animals in rehab, diesel, etc etc.
”I am on my knees today begging if someone can please help us, be it, with fund-raising ideas, donating a small amount, donating diesel or visiting our small tourist camp, anything will help.
”Words of encouragement will mean a lot to us at the moment. As much as we love our work and have a burning passion for what we do, unfortunately everything costs money to maintain and we really need help to do this.
”Apologies for being so morbid today. I usually always try to be very positive no matter how it goes, but things have just been a bit stressful at the moment. I know things will work out and I am trying to stay positive.
”My email address is lizel@sanwild.org if anyone wants to contact me and would like to offer help or would like to fund-raise for us.
”Lots of love
“Lizel (Trustee and daughter of the Late Louise Joubert)”
If you can help the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary in any way visit their web-site at: www.sanwild.org, where you can also find details of how to make a PayPal donation.
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SPORTS BODIES MUST PROTECT CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE
Scotland has recently been rocked by revelations of a massive and long-running child sex abuse scandal involving the Celtic Boys’ Club, a feeder club to Celtic Football Club. Three youth coaches at the Celtic Boys’ Club, Jim McCafferty, Jim Torbett and Frank Cairney, have now been convicted and jailed for a number of disgusting indecent acts committed against minors playing for the club’s boys teams. Given the strong supporter-base which Celtic F.C. enjoys among Scotland’s Roman Catholic community, and the numerous cases of child sex abuse involving the Roman Catholic priesthood, perhaps these recent revelations should not be too surprising – but alas this has been only one of several cases of vile child sex abuse exposed within leading Soccer clubs throughout the United Kingdom during recent years.
One thing is significant about all these sickening revelations however, and that is that they all involved young boys, for as far as we can ascertain none have involved girls’ teams – in other words they have all been of a homosexual nature. This therefore provides yet more proof, if more proof is needed, that one form of sexual perversion leads inevitably to another. Against this background the decisions by various sporting governing bodies (and we are not only talking about Soccer ruling bodies here) to accept financial contributions from pro-homosexual lobbying groups in exchange for allowing propaganda promoting their deviancy to appear at their events is even more reprehensible. It is surely the primary duty of all sporting governing bodies to protect youngsters in their care from evil perverts such as McCafferty, Torbett and and Cairney, rather than pandering to those who would excuse their degeneracy.
In the past we have praised the likes of Margaret Court and Israel Folau who have taken strong moral stances against the pro-homosexual lobbying groups, and it has been most encouraging to note in this regard that several other prominent sportsmen and women, most notably Billy Vunipola, have been brave enough to support Israel Folau’s rights of freedom of speech and religious belief openly. We therefore call upon Rugby Australia to lift Israel Folau’s suspension immediately, and also call on all sporting authorities to ensure that effective steps be taken to protect all those under their care from sexual perverts and to end the pillorying of those such as Margaret Court and Billy Vunipola who have had the courage the speak out in favour of moral decency.
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FREENATIONS NEWS POSTS
We featured the FreeNations web-site in the “Recommended Web-Site of the Month” section of the April 2004 Edition of the SCN, and also featured a YouTube video produced by the same organisation in our July 2012 Edition. The FreeNations organisation now circulates a regular series of most interesting and informative News Posts, which particularly expose the iniquities of the European Union. To register to receive copies of these News Posts simply visit the FreeNations web-site and “click” on the appropriate section at :-
http://freenations.net/
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PETITION AGAINST ARMY PROSECUTIONS
A supporter has recently alerted us to a most estimable petition demanding immunity from prosecution for all soldiers who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. We encourage all our supporters to add their names to this petition, which can be accessed and signed at :-
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/243947?fbclid=IwAR195B5DXRJujZHt6FYFZgjINqP71ijj0LINMl5jX6hTp5HkDzVzNJJYEjg
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SEARCH SERVICES FOR THOSE SEEKING LOST RELATIVES
Find any South African, even those who have emigrated. We also search Botswana, Namibia and ex-Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.
Please use the search request form at :-
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Also check the list of South African expatriates/emigrants web-sites, which can be found at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/expatriates/toplist_expatriates.php?id=toplist_expatriates_from_springbk
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BILTONG AND BOEREWORS
Springers Biltong offers a marvellous range of biltong, boerewors and drywors – all of the very highest quality, reasonably priced, and fully registered and licensed with their local authority Their web-site can be accessed at :-
http://www.springersbiltong.com/index.html
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BOOK OFFERS
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
The latest book published by Crest Publishing is entitled: “BOWLS - QUIRKS, CHIRPS AND ANECDOTES". This is not an instruction manual but rather a cheerful, humourous and sometimes controversial chronicle about the game and its history worldwide. Written to celebrate 40 years in the sport by the author, Glenn MacAskill, it should be of interest to all bowlers and other sports enthusiasts.
For more information about all books published, 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" – a unique documentary in support of the book on the brief history of the RLI.
DVD available along with other premium titles of historical interest from Msasa Enterprises. Visit www.rhodesianvideos.co.za or write to msasasa@mweb.co.za for more information. UK contact telephone: 07415 753 340.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.247 - Mr. “JOCK” COETZEE of Durban
Jock Coetzee (we never knew his real christian name as “Jock” was undoubtedly a nickname) lived in Chelsea Court on the Victoria Embankment in Durban. He was a keen supporter of the Conservative Party of South Africa and was a regular attendee at Patriotic Forum events staged in Durban during the late 1980s. He also once wrote a book which claimed to show how one could win at roulette by using a very complex mathematical equation! It would be very interesting to learn what happened to him and where he is now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITES OF THE MONTH
A supporter from the United States has recently informed us of two interesting web-sites explaining the importance of retaining Australia Day in its current format and on its traditional date. They can be accessed at :-
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/rita-panahi/happy-australia-dayignore-the-agitators/news-story/4300e272f10f1384e76647d848a24831
and
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/destroying-australia-day-is-an-attack-on-our-culture/news-story/ebbd1708dc63744a708f057b0eec2f82
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BLOODY RIGHT
Sir,
Nobody should be prosecuted over Bloody Sunday. Terrorists have been let off for far worse atrocities committed far more recently. The Paras were doing what they were trained to do in the face of an anti-British mob.
There should be full amnesty for all our servicemen who served in Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, Iraq, Syria or anywhere else for anything they did in the course of duty. They answer to military discipline, not to lawyers, politicians, army-haters and do-gooders who've never been through anything like they have.
Yours etc.,
Mark Taylor, London, U.K.
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RHODESIAN SUPPORT WORLDWIDE
Sir,
Thanks for the invitation to the celebration meeting commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ian Smith. Back in the 1970s when the attacks on Rhodesia were taking place (followed by South Africa) I worked very hard from Tasmania to inform all the truth about Rhodesia. I would love to be at the celebration meeting, but naturally distance does not permit. If the opportunity arises please send my greetings from Tasmania...
Yours etc.,
Reg A.Watson, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia..
[ Mr. Watson’s greetings were indeed read out at the celebration meeting! ]
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BLACK POWER
Sir,
At the moment we’re ducking and diving between power outages in South Africa. Three of two hours plus outages each day, for an indefinite period.
Yours etc.,
Johan Geelvink, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
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RUN OUT
Sir,
South Africa’s cricket team is going down the toilet – just like their country!
Yours etc.,
Craig Selvage, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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OBITUARIES
MICKY STEELE-BODGER
It was with great sadness that we learnt of the recent death of Michael Roland “Micky” Steele-Bodger. Born at Tamworth in 1925 and educated at Rugby School and at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, Micky Steele-Bodger became one of the most dominant figures in the Rugby Football Union, and helped to maintain the amateur ethos and Corinthian spirit of the Rugby Union game which made it such a special sport even after the advent of professionalism.
During his playing days Micky Steele-Bodger played as flanker for Cambridge University, Harlequins and England, for whom he won nine caps, before a serious knee injury curtailed his playing career prematurely. He then threw his energies into coaching and Rugby administration. He served as a England selector for 15 years and was also at various times chairman of the Home Rugby Union Tours Committee (which supervises British Lions tours), the Rugby Football Union and the International Rugby Board, as well as being a member of the Sports Council.
Micky Steele-Bodger’s most significant achievements have however been to ensure the survival and increasing popularity of the invitation Barbarians Rugby Football Club with its special brand of free-flowing rugby, (which he played for and then served as committee member, Vice-President and as President for 40 years up until his death), and the creation of the famous Steele-Bodger’s XV which regularly played against Cambridge University in their warm-up game prior to the annual Varsity Match. Micky Steele-Bodger was also a habitué of the East India Club in St.James’s Square, London, which he turned into an extension of Twickenham and where with drink in hand he would conduct most of his Rugby administration!
Perhaps one of his most praise-worthy achievements, however, was to ensure that Rugby contact with South Africa was maintained during the 1960s, 70s and 80s when extreme left-wing elements were calling for a sporting boycott against the country, and in particular he ensured that British Lions tours to South Africa were maintained during this period in the face of fierce opposition. Micky Steele-Bodger also clearly appreciated the importance that sport, particularly team sport with all its traditions, played in national life, and how it could maintain national morale and well-being during times of troubles and depression.
Micky Steele-Bodger was a great man and a great Briton, and it is to be hoped that similar able and like-minded men and women emerge to continue all the excellent work which he did for the good of his sport and his country. Our sincerest condolences are extended to his widow “Muff” and to their three children.
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HARRY WILLIAM TUFF
It was with great shock and devastation that we recently learnt that Harry Tuff had died suddenly at the end of 2017, aged only 69. Foul play is not suspected, and it is believed that he died from a massive heart-attack. He had been a heavy smoker for all of his adult life.
Harry Tuff was born at Gravesend in 1948, being one of three children born into a renowned Gravesend family. He was educated at Kings School, Rochester, and at the University of London, where he gained a BSc in industrial chemistry. His first job was working at the Dounreay Nuclear Power Station in Caithness, but after a few years he moved back to his native Gravesend and worked as an industrial chemist for a number of paper and cement companies in north-west Kent, until his retirement in 2013.
He was a lifelong British patriot, and was particularly concerned about the growing number of predominantly non-White immigrants settling in Gravesend. As a result of these concerns he became active within a number of patriotic parties and organisations, most notably the National Party of the United Kingdom (see S.A.Patriot-in-Exile No.37), which many observers see as the ideological predecessor of today’s UKIP. His natural leadership talents and popularity (he had an infectious laugh and the ability to make everyone who he greeted feel as if they were the most important person in the world!) made him the obvious leader and main driving force of the NPUK in Gravesend and the north-west Kent area. As a result north-west Kent became one of the strongest areas for the NPUK in the entire country, when alas other regional leaders were found severely wanting, with the party declining and collapsing as a result. Harry’s political interests extended beyond those of the United Kingdom however, and he was a firm supporter of his kith and kin in both the Rhodesia and South Africa and their struggles to maintain civilised standards and their Western way of life. He was also an early subscriber to S.A.Patriot magazine – being subscriber No.266 in fact.
Harry Tuff didn’t marry until his mid30s, and then married a woman far older than himself, and as a result he sadly had no children. It proved to be a very happy and long-lasting marriage however. His wife, Eileen, was a prominent activist within the Gravesend Conservative Association, and in order not to interfere with her political position in any way Harry from then onwards confined all of his own political activities to the Conservative Party. In private conversation, however, it was clear that he was still as concerned as ever about the issues which had motivated him during the 1970s.
Outside politics Harry Tuff’s main interests were cricket and bridge. Although he never played cricket following his school days, he was an avid spectator and a Life Member of Kent CCC, and throughout the summer could regularly be found watching Kent at the Spitfire St.Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, or watching his local Gravesend CC at their Bat & Ball Ground. He was evidently a skilled and tactically astute bridge player, and it was actually through playing bridge that he first met Eileen.
Harry Tuff’s sudden and premature death has saddened all of his close friends and extended family members, but perhaps the most tragic factor has been the knowledge that he never really fulfilled the potential which his talents and abilities offered to the patriotic movement during the final decades of his life. Our sincerest condolences are extended to his widow Eileen and to other members of his extended family.
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June 2019 edition
When the results of the 2019 EuroElections in the UK are analysed in depth, and when the votes for the Labour Party – who don’t know where they stand on Brexit – are discounted, the combined votes for all the pro-Brexit parties (Brexit Party, Conservative Party, UKIP and the Unionist parties in Northern Ireland) total 52%, whereas the combined votes for all the anti-Brexit parties (LibDems, Greens, ChangeUK and all the nationalist parties) total only 48%. In other words the result was almost exactly the same as at the 2016 Referendum. There is therefore absolutely no need for any “second referendum” as this has already taken place – and the “remoaners” have lost yet again!
We actually received a fair amount of criticism for the editorial in last month’s edition of the SCN, wherein we expressed doubts about the motivations of Mr. Nigel Farage and the foundation of his Brexit Party, and indeed a handful of subscribers requested to be unsubscribed as a result. We however stand by the comments which we made in last month’s editorial, and indeed it was interesting to note that none of the unsubscribers were prepared to argue their case in detail. Having said this, however, we must admit that Farage’s Brexit Party managed to inject more energy into the pro-Brexit campaign than perhaps UKIP could have obtained on its own, and that there were and are many good people within the Brexit Party who have contributed considerably to the broader pro-Brexit movement.
Since the EuroElections there have however been three significant developments in the United Kingdom. Firstly there has been the State Visit of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America, which the vast majority of commentators have agreed was an outstanding success, and which confirmed that a mutually-beneficial trade deal between the US and the UK was highly likely to be enacted post-Brexit. Secondly of course there has been the final resignation of Theresa May as Prime Minister of the UK. Now is probably not a good time to condemn Theresa May too harshly. At core she is undoubtedly a good woman, bur alas through her stubbornness and over-reliance upon remote civil servants she proved to be a tragedy as Prime Minister. We can therefore only wish her contentment and a stress-free retirement. Finally and most significantly there has been the Peterborough by-election. It was initially predicted that the Brexit Party would win this seat by a wide margin, and that the Conservative Party would finish in an ignominious fifth place with less than 2000 votes. As it was, however, the Brexit Party failed to win this seat from the Labour Party, and the Conservative Party gained significant renewed support, and not only gained third place with 7243 votes, but also came within 3241 votes of winning the seat! The resurgence of support for the Conservative Party was undoubtedly caused by Theresa May’s resignation, and shows that the Brexit Party has no long-term future.
The predictions which we made in the editorial of the April 2019 Edition of the SCN therefore now seem to be rapidly coming to fruition. Mr. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson seems to be highly likely to become the next British Prime Minister, and if he fails to pass a managed “No Deal” Brexit through Parliament will then call a General Election, which with his charisma and probable electoral pact – official or unofficial - with the deflated Brexit Party, will result in a comfortable Conservative majority, with sufficient support in the new Parliament to be able to force through a managed “No Deal” Brexit. Venit hora, ecce homo!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
On Saturday 29th June the Springbok Club will be staging a trip to the site on the Isle of Dog’s where Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s greatest construction, the massive steamship S.S.Great Eastern, was built and launched. This will be a follow-up to the visit staged by the Springbok Club to the Brunel Museum at Rotherhithe in March this year. Assemble at the main entrance to the Island Gardens DLR station between 14.00 hrs and 14.30 hrs. The Great Eastern Launch Site is only a ten minute walk from this station.
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In July the Springbok Club will be holding its annual meeting to celebrate Rhodes and Founders Day, at which the guest speaker will be a prominent Rhodesian who was actively involved in the Rhodesian struggle for continuing independence, and in August will be holding a meeting to be addressed by an interesting South African guest speaker. More details about both these events will be given in next month’s SCN. Plans are also well afoot to stage the annual “Raising of the Flag” ceremony in September.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM NEWS
On Saturday 22nd June the Patriotic Forum will be holding its delayed Empire Day celebrations by staging a trip to Gravesend in order to visit several sites associated with General Charles George Gordon (“Gordon of Khartoum”) as well as a number of other places of historical interest in the town. The organisation will also be using the opportunity to honour the memory of Mr. Harry Tuff who sadly died at the end of 2017 (see Obituaries Section at the end of this edition of the SCN), who was a good friend and an active patriot, and who was born and lived most of his life in Gravesend. Assemble at the “Sir Robert Pocock” Wetherspoon’s pub, 181/182 Windmill Street, Gravesend, DA12 1AH (which is only a couple of blocks away from the Gravesend Railway Station) between 12.00 hrs and 13.00 hrs.
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In early July the Patriotic Forum will be staging a special event in order to celebrate Canada Day, and in August the organisation will be holding the first of an annual series of meetings in honour of the memory of the late, great Dennis Delderfield under the theme of “Keep the United Kingdom United”. More details about both these events will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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MESSAGE FROM THE SANWILD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
We have recently received the following quite distressing message from the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary. It reads as follows :-
“Dearest SanWild friends,
”This is the hardest thing I must do this morning, but I am at my wits end and I realise we need urgent help. Fund-raising has never been my forte and I have no idea how to do it properly. Maybe because I don't like asking for help...
”SanWild has run out of funds and I am stressed out totally on where we are going to get funds for our lions’ next meal, salaries for our CPU men, material to maintain fences, food for the animals in rehab, diesel, etc etc.
”I am on my knees today begging if someone can please help us, be it, with fund-raising ideas, donating a small amount, donating diesel or visiting our small tourist camp, anything will help.
”Words of encouragement will mean a lot to us at the moment. As much as we love our work and have a burning passion for what we do, unfortunately everything costs money to maintain and we really need help to do this.
”Apologies for being so morbid today. I usually always try to be very positive no matter how it goes, but things have just been a bit stressful at the moment. I know things will work out and I am trying to stay positive.
”My email address is lizel@sanwild.org if anyone wants to contact me and would like to offer help or would like to fund-raise for us.
”Lots of love
“Lizel (Trustee and daughter of the Late Louise Joubert)”
If you can help the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary in any way visit their web-site at: www.sanwild.org, where you can also find details of how to make a PayPal donation.
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SPORTS BODIES MUST PROTECT CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE
Scotland has recently been rocked by revelations of a massive and long-running child sex abuse scandal involving the Celtic Boys’ Club, a feeder club to Celtic Football Club. Three youth coaches at the Celtic Boys’ Club, Jim McCafferty, Jim Torbett and Frank Cairney, have now been convicted and jailed for a number of disgusting indecent acts committed against minors playing for the club’s boys teams. Given the strong supporter-base which Celtic F.C. enjoys among Scotland’s Roman Catholic community, and the numerous cases of child sex abuse involving the Roman Catholic priesthood, perhaps these recent revelations should not be too surprising – but alas this has been only one of several cases of vile child sex abuse exposed within leading Soccer clubs throughout the United Kingdom during recent years.
One thing is significant about all these sickening revelations however, and that is that they all involved young boys, for as far as we can ascertain none have involved girls’ teams – in other words they have all been of a homosexual nature. This therefore provides yet more proof, if more proof is needed, that one form of sexual perversion leads inevitably to another. Against this background the decisions by various sporting governing bodies (and we are not only talking about Soccer ruling bodies here) to accept financial contributions from pro-homosexual lobbying groups in exchange for allowing propaganda promoting their deviancy to appear at their events is even more reprehensible. It is surely the primary duty of all sporting governing bodies to protect youngsters in their care from evil perverts such as McCafferty, Torbett and and Cairney, rather than pandering to those who would excuse their degeneracy.
In the past we have praised the likes of Margaret Court and Israel Folau who have taken strong moral stances against the pro-homosexual lobbying groups, and it has been most encouraging to note in this regard that several other prominent sportsmen and women, most notably Billy Vunipola, have been brave enough to support Israel Folau’s rights of freedom of speech and religious belief openly. We therefore call upon Rugby Australia to lift Israel Folau’s suspension immediately, and also call on all sporting authorities to ensure that effective steps be taken to protect all those under their care from sexual perverts and to end the pillorying of those such as Margaret Court and Billy Vunipola who have had the courage the speak out in favour of moral decency.
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FREENATIONS NEWS POSTS
We featured the FreeNations web-site in the “Recommended Web-Site of the Month” section of the April 2004 Edition of the SCN, and also featured a YouTube video produced by the same organisation in our July 2012 Edition. The FreeNations organisation now circulates a regular series of most interesting and informative News Posts, which particularly expose the iniquities of the European Union. To register to receive copies of these News Posts simply visit the FreeNations web-site and “click” on the appropriate section at :-
http://freenations.net/
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PETITION AGAINST ARMY PROSECUTIONS
A supporter has recently alerted us to a most estimable petition demanding immunity from prosecution for all soldiers who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. We encourage all our supporters to add their names to this petition, which can be accessed and signed at :-
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/243947?fbclid=IwAR195B5DXRJujZHt6FYFZgjINqP71ijj0LINMl5jX6hTp5HkDzVzNJJYEjg
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SEARCH SERVICES FOR THOSE SEEKING LOST RELATIVES
Find any South African, even those who have emigrated. We also search Botswana, Namibia and ex-Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.
Please use the search request form at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/emails.php?id=emails_from_SCN
Also check the list of South African expatriates/emigrants web-sites, which can be found at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/expatriates/toplist_expatriates.php?id=toplist_expatriates_from_springbk
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BILTONG AND BOEREWORS
Springers Biltong offers a marvellous range of biltong, boerewors and drywors – all of the very highest quality, reasonably priced, and fully registered and licensed with their local authority Their web-site can be accessed at :-
http://www.springersbiltong.com/index.html
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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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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
The latest book published by Crest Publishing is entitled: “BOWLS - QUIRKS, CHIRPS AND ANECDOTES". This is not an instruction manual but rather a cheerful, humourous and sometimes controversial chronicle about the game and its history worldwide. Written to celebrate 40 years in the sport by the author, Glenn MacAskill, it should be of interest to all bowlers and other sports enthusiasts.
For more information about all books published, 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" – a unique documentary in support of the book on the brief history of the RLI.
DVD available along with other premium titles of historical interest from Msasa Enterprises. Visit www.rhodesianvideos.co.za or write to msasasa@mweb.co.za for more information. UK contact telephone: 07415 753 340.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.247 - Mr. “JOCK” COETZEE of Durban
Jock Coetzee (we never knew his real christian name as “Jock” was undoubtedly a nickname) lived in Chelsea Court on the Victoria Embankment in Durban. He was a keen supporter of the Conservative Party of South Africa and was a regular attendee at Patriotic Forum events staged in Durban during the late 1980s. He also once wrote a book which claimed to show how one could win at roulette by using a very complex mathematical equation! It would be very interesting to learn what happened to him and where he is now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITES OF THE MONTH
A supporter from the United States has recently informed us of two interesting web-sites explaining the importance of retaining Australia Day in its current format and on its traditional date. They can be accessed at :-
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/rita-panahi/happy-australia-dayignore-the-agitators/news-story/4300e272f10f1384e76647d848a24831
and
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/destroying-australia-day-is-an-attack-on-our-culture/news-story/ebbd1708dc63744a708f057b0eec2f82
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BLOODY RIGHT
Sir,
Nobody should be prosecuted over Bloody Sunday. Terrorists have been let off for far worse atrocities committed far more recently. The Paras were doing what they were trained to do in the face of an anti-British mob.
There should be full amnesty for all our servicemen who served in Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, Iraq, Syria or anywhere else for anything they did in the course of duty. They answer to military discipline, not to lawyers, politicians, army-haters and do-gooders who've never been through anything like they have.
Yours etc.,
Mark Taylor, London, U.K.
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RHODESIAN SUPPORT WORLDWIDE
Sir,
Thanks for the invitation to the celebration meeting commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ian Smith. Back in the 1970s when the attacks on Rhodesia were taking place (followed by South Africa) I worked very hard from Tasmania to inform all the truth about Rhodesia. I would love to be at the celebration meeting, but naturally distance does not permit. If the opportunity arises please send my greetings from Tasmania...
Yours etc.,
Reg A.Watson, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia..
[ Mr. Watson’s greetings were indeed read out at the celebration meeting! ]
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BLACK POWER
Sir,
At the moment we’re ducking and diving between power outages in South Africa. Three of two hours plus outages each day, for an indefinite period.
Yours etc.,
Johan Geelvink, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
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RUN OUT
Sir,
South Africa’s cricket team is going down the toilet – just like their country!
Yours etc.,
Craig Selvage, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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OBITUARIES
MICKY STEELE-BODGER
It was with great sadness that we learnt of the recent death of Michael Roland “Micky” Steele-Bodger. Born at Tamworth in 1925 and educated at Rugby School and at Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, Micky Steele-Bodger became one of the most dominant figures in the Rugby Football Union, and helped to maintain the amateur ethos and Corinthian spirit of the Rugby Union game which made it such a special sport even after the advent of professionalism.
During his playing days Micky Steele-Bodger played as flanker for Cambridge University, Harlequins and England, for whom he won nine caps, before a serious knee injury curtailed his playing career prematurely. He then threw his energies into coaching and Rugby administration. He served as a England selector for 15 years and was also at various times chairman of the Home Rugby Union Tours Committee (which supervises British Lions tours), the Rugby Football Union and the International Rugby Board, as well as being a member of the Sports Council.
Micky Steele-Bodger’s most significant achievements have however been to ensure the survival and increasing popularity of the invitation Barbarians Rugby Football Club with its special brand of free-flowing rugby, (which he played for and then served as committee member, Vice-President and as President for 40 years up until his death), and the creation of the famous Steele-Bodger’s XV which regularly played against Cambridge University in their warm-up game prior to the annual Varsity Match. Micky Steele-Bodger was also a habitué of the East India Club in St.James’s Square, London, which he turned into an extension of Twickenham and where with drink in hand he would conduct most of his Rugby administration!
Perhaps one of his most praise-worthy achievements, however, was to ensure that Rugby contact with South Africa was maintained during the 1960s, 70s and 80s when extreme left-wing elements were calling for a sporting boycott against the country, and in particular he ensured that British Lions tours to South Africa were maintained during this period in the face of fierce opposition. Micky Steele-Bodger also clearly appreciated the importance that sport, particularly team sport with all its traditions, played in national life, and how it could maintain national morale and well-being during times of troubles and depression.
Micky Steele-Bodger was a great man and a great Briton, and it is to be hoped that similar able and like-minded men and women emerge to continue all the excellent work which he did for the good of his sport and his country. Our sincerest condolences are extended to his widow “Muff” and to their three children.
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HARRY WILLIAM TUFF
It was with great shock and devastation that we recently learnt that Harry Tuff had died suddenly at the end of 2017, aged only 69. Foul play is not suspected, and it is believed that he died from a massive heart-attack. He had been a heavy smoker for all of his adult life.
Harry Tuff was born at Gravesend in 1948, being one of three children born into a renowned Gravesend family. He was educated at Kings School, Rochester, and at the University of London, where he gained a BSc in industrial chemistry. His first job was working at the Dounreay Nuclear Power Station in Caithness, but after a few years he moved back to his native Gravesend and worked as an industrial chemist for a number of paper and cement companies in north-west Kent, until his retirement in 2013.
He was a lifelong British patriot, and was particularly concerned about the growing number of predominantly non-White immigrants settling in Gravesend. As a result of these concerns he became active within a number of patriotic parties and organisations, most notably the National Party of the United Kingdom (see S.A.Patriot-in-Exile No.37), which many observers see as the ideological predecessor of today’s UKIP. His natural leadership talents and popularity (he had an infectious laugh and the ability to make everyone who he greeted feel as if they were the most important person in the world!) made him the obvious leader and main driving force of the NPUK in Gravesend and the north-west Kent area. As a result north-west Kent became one of the strongest areas for the NPUK in the entire country, when alas other regional leaders were found severely wanting, with the party declining and collapsing as a result. Harry’s political interests extended beyond those of the United Kingdom however, and he was a firm supporter of his kith and kin in both the Rhodesia and South Africa and their struggles to maintain civilised standards and their Western way of life. He was also an early subscriber to S.A.Patriot magazine – being subscriber No.266 in fact.
Harry Tuff didn’t marry until his mid30s, and then married a woman far older than himself, and as a result he sadly had no children. It proved to be a very happy and long-lasting marriage however. His wife, Eileen, was a prominent activist within the Gravesend Conservative Association, and in order not to interfere with her political position in any way Harry from then onwards confined all of his own political activities to the Conservative Party. In private conversation, however, it was clear that he was still as concerned as ever about the issues which had motivated him during the 1970s.
Outside politics Harry Tuff’s main interests were cricket and bridge. Although he never played cricket following his school days, he was an avid spectator and a Life Member of Kent CCC, and throughout the summer could regularly be found watching Kent at the Spitfire St.Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, or watching his local Gravesend CC at their Bat & Ball Ground. He was evidently a skilled and tactically astute bridge player, and it was actually through playing bridge that he first met Eileen.
Harry Tuff’s sudden and premature death has saddened all of his close friends and extended family members, but perhaps the most tragic factor has been the knowledge that he never really fulfilled the potential which his talents and abilities offered to the patriotic movement during the final decades of his life. Our sincerest condolences are extended to his widow Eileen and to other members of his extended family.
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