Saturday 16 December 2000

Special Yuletide 2000 Edition.

SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER

Special Yuletide 2000 edition
It is not our usual practice to publish editions of the SCN other than on a monthly cycle, but in view of several recent most important developments we though that we would make an exception at the end of the year.

We trust therefore that supporters will not mind receiving this unexpected extra e-mail, and that you will find the contents interesting, encouraging and useful.

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DAY OF THE VOW GATHERING

Although, as we informed everybody in the December edition of the SCN, we had to cancel our planned Day of the Vow meeting because our anticipated Guest of Honour, Mr. Nicky Lamprecht of Durban, decided to cancel his planned visit to the UK at short notice, we have now arranged to stage an unofficial get-together in its place.

This will take the form of an informal "pub evening" on the same date and at the same venue (well almost the same venue - now to take place in the main downstairs bar rather than in the function room). The full details are therefore as follows:-

Venue :  The MORPETH ARMS, 58 Millbank, Westminster, London SW1

Date  :  Monday 18th December 2000

As we say, this get-together will be a very informal affair, and will take place throughout the evening, starting from approximately 17.00 hrs, so please feel free to turn up at any time. It will just take the form of a friendly unofficial gathering - though we hope it will provide an opportunity to discuss our plans to re-constitute the Springbok Club after the disasters which to all intents and purposes destroyed the original organisation in November.

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SPRINGBOK CLUB DEVELOPMENTS

The de facto meeting held last week (as mentioned in the December edition of the SCN) proved to be a good success, with both Committee members and founder members of the original Springbok Club being present. It was unanimously agreed to re-constitute the organisation after the disasters which befell us last month, and that more definite decisions concerning the re-constituted format would be decided at the future unofficial gatherings which are advertised elsewhere in this special edition of the SCN.

Most surprisingly, however, our erstwhile Chairman, Peter Fisher, informed us that the wrecker Bill Yates had made contact with him, and had forwarded him a most interesting registered package. This package turned out to contain Yates's own official resignation from the SC, the return of all the Treasurer's artefacts (accounts book and receipt book etc), a so-called "statement of accounts", and a cheque for £54.29, which he claimed was the total amount which he still owed the organisation following his tenure as Treasurer.

Nobody present could make head-nor-tail of the so-called "statement of accounts", with the "income" section proving totally incomprehensible. An approximate calculation of the amounts which we knew he had received and which we knew he had paid out showed that he actually still owed the organisation at least £117.29 however (i.e. exactly £63 more - though perhaps even more if he had received additional income to that which we knew about). Needless to say it is not worth taking legal action to recover such a relatively small amount - but to be candidly frank the £54.29 which he returned was £54.29 more than we ever expected to see again. It was therefore decided to draw a line under this whole unfortunate saga, and to put all these sorry experiences down to experience.

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JANUARY SPRINGBOK CLUB EVENT

One of our supporters, being aware of the serious problems which have recently befallen us, has made a most kind contribution of £25 to cover the cost of hiring a function room for an official re-constitution meeting of the SC in January 2001. It has further been suggested that if we could receive three other such kind donations then we will be able to provide buffet snacks as well, thus enabling us to stage one of our usual - though belated - Day of the Vow commemoration meetings. If anybody is willing to help us in this regard then they should forward their contributions, made payable to "Patriotic Press", to: BCM SAPAT, London SW1N 3XX, UK.

At this meeting Peter Fisher, who has expressed willingness to resume his position as Chairman of the re-constituted Springbok Club, has agreed to give a brief "report-back" talk on his recent visit to Gambia, and we are also hopeful that Mr. Rob Burnett of Southampton will be present to tell us a bit about the documentary film he is helping to produce about the plight of the Whites of Africa.

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CAN YOU HELP?
 
Our very good supporters Andrew and Shirley Anderson from New Zealand have recently written to us as follows:-

"I wonder if you could help us. Both of us are thinking about returning to UK - probably March next year. I am keen to touch base with any employment or management consultants who may be members of the group and who could assist me in my search for suitable employment. My main target area is the utility sector, but will look at anything once."

If anybody is able to help Andrew and Shirley in this regard then please contact them direct at:-

andya@xtra.co.nz

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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE

Our very good friend Anthony LoBaido of WorldNetDaily (who of course was the guest speaker for the Springbok Club in October) has recently had an excellent article about the current situation in Zimbabwe and the significant Rhodesian exile movement published on the WDN web-site which we can thoroughly recommend. It can be accessed at:-

www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_lobaido_news/20001210_xnlob_surviving_.shtml
Enjoy!

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YULETIDE GREETINGS FROM JO'BURG

"To all of you wherever you may be, we wish you and yours a happy and joyful Christmas and New Year."
Rodger Harrison-Graeme, Johannesburg Social Club, South Africa.

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YULETIDE GREETINGS FROM THE SCN

We thank Rodger for these kind greetings, and reiterate our own very best wishes for a Merry Yuletide and a happy and prosperous New Year to all our friends and supporters around the globe.

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Wednesday 6 December 2000

December 2000 Edition.

SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER

December 2000 edition
At the time of writing George Walker Bush has all but been officially declared the 43rd President of the United States of America.

The wretched Al Gore jnr may be attempting every legalistic con-trick known in order to reverse the official result, but his chances now appear to be minuscule, and with them - let us hope - comes the end of the "touchy-feely" Clinton/Blair/Diana zeitgeist of the 1990's.

It is not only the defeat of Gore which fills us full of hope however, but the impending presidency of George W. Bush. His father, never forget, was a staunch Anglophile, and probably one of the greatest (though unsung) presidents in American history - who moreover DIDN'T "go wobbly" during the Gulf War. The previous Republican administration of Ronald Reagan (when George Bush snr served as Vice President) also proved to be probably the strongest friend of South Africa during the era of civilised rule. South Africa at that time was actively encouraged to intervene to defeat communist expansionism in Angola, and there was also much more clandestine American support during those years. How ironic, therefore, that at the time of the ascendancy of probably their greatest potential American friend ever - George Bush snr - White South Africa should choose voluntarily to commit national suicide.

George W. Bush gives us far more encouragement than merely the fact that he is his father's son however. His decision to speak at the Bob Jones University in defiance of liberal opposition, his appointment of James Baker (if anything an even stronger Anglophile than his father) as his representative at the Florida recounts, and - perhaps most importantly of all - his existing close links with William Hague, suggests that he may well prove to be the saviour of the Western free world. The future's bright.

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TRAGEDY - AND HOPE

As many supporters will probably know, the Springbok Club's UDI Day Dinner ended in a catastrophic disaster, and as the result both the SC Chairman, Peter Fisher, and this present writer (the SC Organiser) have officially resigned from the organisation.

The reason for this disaster was entirely due to the actions of one man, the so-called "Treasurer" of the SC, Mr. A.W. "Bill" Yates. We do not intend to go into precise detail about the problems caused by this man since he was appointed Treasurer in August of this year (though if any reader would like to to know the full sorry saga I will gladly supply them with a copy of my official resignation statement), but the salient facts are as follows. 1) Yates failed to carry out his primary agreed task of opening up a bank account in the name of the Springbok Club, unilaterally deciding to use a dormant account held in his own name instead. This led to many concerns and misgivings, with a number of supporters being unwilling to purchase tickets for the UDI Day Dinner as a result. 2) Yates made a number of unilateral decisions concerning the Dinner (including altering the price of the tickets) without consulting the rest of the committee. 3) He annoyed and antagonised a number of potential attendees by his aggressive attitude, and by making unwelcome late-night 'phone calls. 4) A week prior to the Dinner he announced that he was refusing to accept any more payments, thus abdicating all his responsibilities. Emergency action was therefore taken in order to take over the organising of the Dinner, but upon contacting the management of the venue it was discovered that he had only paid just over half of the agreed costs and had implied that only half the guaranteed number people would be attending - and as a result the venue was seriously considering cancelling the entire event. 5) On the evening of the Dinner Yates unexpectedly turned up - but then acted as if he had not been relieved of all responsibility. He went around slyly collecting cash from those whose cheques he had refused to accept, but then pocketed all this money instead of handing it over for the payment of the Dinner. As a result an inevitable fierce altercation took place, which was HIGHLY embarrassing because it took place in front of the Guest of Honour and his wife, and other supporters who had travelled a long way to attend. Yates then refused to leave the premises as requested, and as a result a number of people (including this present writer) were not able to take part in the Dinner which they had arranged and paid for. 6) The balance amount outstanding for the Dinner was paid with a private cheque, which entailed taking out a short-term loan in order to cover.

Events since the disasters of the evening of the 11th have been extremely encouraging however, and we have been overwhelmed by the messages of support which we have received from members and supporters from around the world, with several even making small donations to help replace the funds which Yates had misappropriated. Peter Fisher has furthermore now called an ad hoc meeting for later this week to see whether we can "pick up the pieces" in any way, and to re-constitute the Springbok Club in one form or another. Needless to say we will notify everybody of the outcome of this meeting as soon as possible after it takes place.
                      
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YATES - THE FRANCO CONNECTION

Yates's motivation for wanting to sabotage our UDI Day Dinner - and indeed the Springbok Club itself - has remained a big mystery. The man himself is a bit of an enigma; he seemed to appear from nowhere, yet his connections with South Africa seem negligible - he didn't even know what boerewors was for instance! Some people have suggested that he was a deliberately infiltrated agent provocateur, whereas others have been of the opinion that he merely suffered from a personality or "attitude" problem. We have recently been informed, however, that a few weeks ago he attended a dinner in London in honour of none other than the late Spanish fascist dictator General Franco! We know that in the past we have been subjected to attempted infiltration by extreme-Right elements, so wonder therefore whether Yates actions were part of some form of a neo-fascist destabilisation and takeover campaign. Needless to say, any further information which could be provided about Yates and any neo-fascist connections would be most appreciated.

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CANCELLATION OF DAY OF THE VOW MEETING

Alas the wrecking campaign of Yates has not been the only disaster to befall the Springbok Club during the last few weeks. As most supporters will recall, we were anticipating to welcome Mr. Nicky Lamprecht of Durban as our Guest of Honour for our Day of the Vow commemoration meeting this year, and indeed had already made a booking and had started to advertise accordingly. Barely a month before this meeting was due to take place, however, we were informed (when we 'phoned him moreover!) that he would not be coming to the UK this year after all. In view of the other severe problems which the Springbok Club has recently encountered this might prove to be a "blessing in disguise" however, but regardless of this we have had no alternative but to cancel this formal event. Depending upon decisions reached at the forthcoming ad hoc meeting we may decide to hold a small informal gathering in lieu, and once again we will inform everybody as soon as the decision has been made.
      
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JOHANNESBURG UDI DAY PARTY

Happily we can report that although the London UDI Day Dinner turned out to be such a catastrophic disaster, the equivalent event held in Johannesburg proved to be a triumphant success. We are grateful to Rodger Harrison-Graeme for the detailed and inspiring report which we publish below:-

"11th November arrived at last - Charmaine and I had put all the ducks in a row and now we waited for the people to arrive at 18.30, and to their credit 90% came on time. Once settled there were a lot of hugs, kisses and handshakes from people who hadn't seen each other for many years! The car park looked like the United Nations with people having travelled from all over Southern Africa and Europe - what a sight! The bar did brisk business, and to background music we set off on our evening of being nothing but Rhodesians.

"I opened the party with a small speech, we had a minutes silence, and then the bagpipes piped the Rhodesian flag in carried by my daughter Hillary (13) and son Rogan (12) [very stirring]. My youngest daughter Sharon (11) sang the Rhodesian anthem, and I could see a lot of wet eyes amongst the crowd. The pipes led them out to a standing ovation.

"After dinner John Edmond started the next portion of the evening and had the crowd dancing and singing in no time. He played for 90 minutes and the crowd loved it of course. He finished with 'Rhodesians Never Die', and I am sure there wasn't a dry eye amongst us, me included!

"The band and DJ finished the evening off, and it was a very tied crowd that left eventually at 4.30 the next morning. I must thank Charmaine for all her hard work, and for all the Rhodies till next year I wish you well and God bless. Keep the flag flying."
 
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PATRIOTIC PRESS PRODUCTS

We are pleased to be able to confirm that we still have a few full-sized real South African flags left in stock. They are being sold for £12.00 each, though the price is only £10.00 if collected personally.

During that vital period of South African history during the end of 1989 and the beginning of 1990 we managed to publish an in-depth analysis of the developing situation in the country called "Patriotic Press's South African Newsletter". Although we had to cease publication when we were forced to relocate operations to the UK, we have recently been able to re-issue the eight editions which we originally produced. Although this publication is of course no longer of any current relevance, it is even so still of great historical interest, and can be purchased for £20.00 for a complete set of all eight issues.

All payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" (in Sterling) and sent to :  BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, U.K..

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HOME BILTONG MAKERS

The "Biltong Team" have developed and are manufacturing a Home Biltong Maker. It is a wonderous piece of equipment that allows you to make your own fresh biltong in the comfort of your own home. It's easy to use (available in both 110 and 220 volt models), economical, and pays for itself in a couple of batches of biltong. The Home Biltong Maker has been received with much enthusiasm by ex-South Africans around the world in such countries as the UK, the USA, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand.

To find out more information visit the Home Biltong Maker web-site at:-

http://www.biltongmakers.com

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BONFIRE

Several supporters went to Lewes for the Bonfire clebrations this year, and as always had a marvellous time. It was particularly good to be able to meet two Australian supporters there, Jock Spooner and David Astin, who were over in the UK on holiday.

The Bonfire festivities themselves went ahead practically the same as normal, in spite of all the severe floods which had affected Lewes just a few weeks earlier - indeed the Archbishop of the Cliffe made the point in his opening address prior to Bonfire Prayers at 18.30 hrs by stating, after listing all those who had tried to stop the Bonfire Celebrations over the years, that this year even the floods couldn't stop them!

The Cliffe B.S.'s possession seemed to be as big than normal, with several visiting societies from other parts of Sussex joining their ranks at the end. One member of one visiting society - who were all dressed as space aliens - carried a large banner proclaiming "Shove the Pope right up Uranus"!

One of the "Enemies of Bonfire" who was pilloried this year was called "Old Leaflet Ears", and was evidently a leafleteering member of a local fundamentalist chapel who had objected to the phallic innuendoes behind the giant tableau featuring Bill Clinton seated astride a huge cruise missile which was the Cliffe B.S.'s fantastic "Mammoth Grand Realistic Tableau" two years ago.

This year, not to be out done, the Cliffe B.S.'s "Mammoth Grand Realistic Tableau" was even more risque. Entitled "Don't it make your Brown eye blue" it featured Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown dressed as a schoolmistress (complete with fishnet stockings) caning a schoolboy-clad Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Mandleson over his/her knee on his bare and very reddened bottom!

Perhaps the only casualty of the floods was the fact that the South Street B.S. were not able to use their normal bonfire site, and as a result held their Pope-burning (or perhaps Pope-explosion would be a more accurate description) on the middle of Cliffe Bridge.

All in all a most enjoyable and exciting "5th" this year (or "4th" to be accurate, as the "5th" fell on a Sunday) as usual, and in spite of all the problems which the floods threw at us they weren't able to dampen the success and enthusiasm one iota!
  
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CAN YOU HELP?

Margrit Stutz-Laube writes from Switzerland with two requests.

Firstly she asks whether anyone knows where she can obtain some car bumper stickers featuring real South African flag designs?

Secondly she wonders whether anyone can remember her from her athletics days in Natal? She was in Natal from 1974 to 1980 when she ran for firstly D.A.C. and subsequently Pinetown & District A.C., where she specialised in the 100 and 200 metres.

If anyone can help Margrit on either of these matters please contact her direct at:

mmstutz@compuserve.com

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"FREEBIES" WEB-SITE

This web-site designed by ex-Rhodesian John Allman, now living in York, has recently been upgraded.

This new "green" and environmentally friendly web-site is to help people re-cycle items which they no longer use or want. The idea is that others in your community will visit the site, see useful items, and claim them. No money changes hands, all transactions are free, although you have to make your own arrangements to collect the items you want. If you see something you want, just claim it. No mailings will be used for commercial purposes.

To find out more visit this "freebies" web-site at :-

http://www.freebiesrus.co.uk
 
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BRITISH EMPIRE & COMMONWEALTH MUSEUM

As mentioned in November's edition of the SCN, a special Rhodesian Army Association exhibition is being staged at the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum in Bristol, commemorating the history of Rhodesia from 1890 to 1980. This will be officially opened by Viscount Cranbourne on Saturday 9th December 2000, but we now learn that the opening ceremony is completely sold out, so alas ticket-holders only can now attend. Supporters might also be interested to know that the Springbok Club (or its successor organisation) is planning an official visit to the Museum in February of next year, so if you are interested in joining us please let us know.

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BOOK OFFER

COVOS BOOKS of South Africa are specialist publishers of Africana, and offer a range of most interesting and illuminating books which will appeal to many of our supporters. Amongst the titles they stock are:-
FIREFORCE - One man's war in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, by Chris Cocks. Hard cover with dust jacket, 228 x 155 mm., 368 pages, 120 black and white and colour photos, plus maps and sketches. Widely acclaimed as the classic account of counter-insurgency warfare in Africa. Includes the RLI roll of honour, citations and operational orders. Price R185.00.

HOW WE KEPT THE FLAG FLYING, by Donald MacDonald. Hard cover, 213 x 137 mm., 303 pages, with frontispiece and 7 illustrations and various diagrams. This enduring story of the Siege of Ladysmith is the first in a series of Anglo-Boer War reprints. Price R169.95.

PAMWE CHETE - The Legend of the Selous Scouts, by Lt.Col. Ron Reid-Daly. The revamped, rewritten version of the best-selling "Top Secret War". With new, previously unpublished material, including the roll of honour and full schedules of citations and wings. New photo sections. The definitive account of this exceptional unit's short but distinguished service in the field of counter-insurgency operations during the Rhodesian Bush War. Price R225.00.

COVOS BOOKS can be contacted at :  P.O.Box 6996, Weltevredenpark, Transvaal, 1715, South Africa. Tel.: +2711-4769926, fax.: +2711-4769927, e-mail :  covos@global.co.za

We are happy to be able to confirm that the Springbok Club can now supply copies of all these books, prices being £20.00 (Fireforce), £15.00 (How We Kept the Flag Flying) and £27.50 (Pamwe Chete). All payments should be made payable to "Patriotic Press", and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK. (Please add 10% for p.& p.).

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?

A regular feature in which we ask whether anyone knows the current whereabouts of a friend or colleague who has lost contact.

No.1 (re-visited!) :  Mr. PAUL ROBINSON

Although we have already included our great friend and colleague Paul Robinson in this section before we unfortunately received no information about him - but we have recently received some news which suggests that he is still in South Africa. A recent edition of "Southern Cross Africa News" reported as follows:-

"Mandisa Fatyela-Lindie, Black, newly 'empowered' director of the so-called 'Independent Development Trust', has been fined R40,000 for a racist e-mail she sent out. The Johannesburg Magistrate's Court found that her message to White Paul Robinson had indeed been racist. She had said, quote, I am not some kaffir meisie that you think you can push around ... you gonna get exactly what you deserve, unquote."

It would appear therefore that Paul is still based somewhere on the Rand, so if anyone could find out his current address (postal or e-mail) we would be most grateful.

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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE

In view of the impending opening of the Rhodesian Army Association exhibition at the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, we thought that readers might be very interested to visit the Museum's excellent web-site, which can be accessed at:-

http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk

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MORE ON MANDELA

Yet more revealing information has recently come to light about the history of the terrorist Mandela. It was contained in a "Boernews" article entitled "The Rivonia Documents: Where will they be safe?", which we re-print in full below:-

The Rivonia high treason trial, in which Mandela was one of the accused, is in the news again. According to reports Dr Percy Yutar, who was the prosecutor in the case, is going to sell his documents and books in a public auction. Foreign universities are allegedly very interested.

The first reaction is alarm that these very valuable and unique Africana could become lost to South Africans. However, after a little reflection one has to admit that the documents will probably be safer in the library of some foreign university than in South Africa, where the ANC/SACP is trying to wipe out the past by neglect and destruction.

Mandela and others were found guilty of high treason in the Rivonia trial. The case was a culmination of the firm and effective actions of the security services and the courts in those days, which brought a long era of political stability and economic prosperity to South Africa.

Keeping in mind that the people who were prosecuted then, are now ruling South Africa, it could be meaningful to take note of what the court’s findings were. Dr Yutar wrote the following in a prologue to Lauritz Strydom’s book "Rivonia - Masker af!", and we quote:

"I was deeply shocked and could hardly believe what I read in the documents, which either were in their handwriting, or was found in their possession. These documents clearly indicated that the accused purposefully and maliciously planned and effectuated deeds of violence and destruction throughout the country"

"This was aimed at creating chaos, disorder, and unrest in the Republic of South Africa, which according to their plans, would be aggravated by the actions of thousands of trained guerilla fighter deployed all over the country......"

"The combined actions were planned to lead to confusion, violent insurrection and rebellion and malicious destruction, followed up at a suitable opportunity, by an armed invasion of the country by military units from foreign countries. In the midst of the resultant chaos the accused planned to bring about a revolutionary government...."

The accused admitted to the validity of all these documents as well as that their policy included the eventual violent overthrowing of the Government of South Africa. "

"It is for this reason that I presented the court with the fact that this was pre-eminently a case of high treason."

"Broadly seen these documents supply us with more than enough evidence for every accusation ..... including,

"(a) the involvement of Moscow, the Communist parties of Algeria, China, Czechoslovakia, East Germany and several other countries regarding the provision of monetary help, weapons, ammunition and military personnel "

"(b) the fact that the African National Congress is totally dominated by the Communist Party and that they consulted altogether less than 1 percent of the total population in South Africa...."
So far Dr Yutar.

There is much more in the prologue and even more in the book itself, but what we have quoted here depicts a valuable picture of the people to whom the De Klerk government has handed the country in 1994.
We hope that Dr Yutar’s documents will find a place in a foreign archive where it will be kept safe from malicious destruction. We believe at a suitable time it will be used for research by a postgraduate student and that he will then unmask the ANC/SACP for the whole world to see.

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OBITUARIES

LORD COWDREY OF TONBRIDGE

Lord Cowdrey of Tonbridge (Colin Cowdrey) was not only one of the greatest batsmen cricket has ever produced, but he was also a great patriot - and a great friend of South Africa.

He toured South Africa on a number of occasions during the 1950s and 1960s, and held the country and its people in very high regard. In 1970, when scum like the traitor Peter Hain were trying to disrupt the rugby Springbok's tour, and cause the cancellation of the cricket springbok's tour, Colin Cowdrey was in the forefront of the "Save the '70 Tour" campaign, which gained the support of a large number of British sportsmen of all codes.

Colin Cowdrey's two sons, Chris and Graeme, both played for Kent, with Chris following his father in both playing for and captaining England. Chris also held the same pro-South African views as his father, taking part in one of the "rebel" England tours to South Africa during the late 1980's. In him Colin Cowdrey's blood lives on.

TOM HAWKINS

It was with great sadness that we recently learnt of the death of Tom Hawkins after a long illness. Tom Hawkins was a great White patriot. He served in the South African forces as a volunteer during World War II whilst only a young man, and subsequently fought under Mike Hoare in the Congo. He was and always remained proud of his British roots, and did not see any contradiction between this and his South African patriotism.

He was also extremely active in the patriotic movement in Durban during the 1980s, standing as a Conservative candidate for Durban West Ward during the municipal elections of 1988, only narrowly being defeated.

It was during this election that his zany sense of humour came to light. Phoning up his son Paul after a hectic day's canvassing Paul evidently asked where he was. "Hillary Police Station" came the reply. "What are you doing there?" Paul evidently enquired. "Drunken driving" Tom responded. The whole room full of election helpers burst into hysterics.

Alas Tom took the fall of South Africa badly, and sadly he ceased contact with his former friends. He will still always be fondly remembered however.

SUZANNE SMITH

We have also recently learnt of the death of Suzanne Smith, though alas we don't know the details.
Suzanne was a keen and highly active supporter of the Durban Branch of the "Save Rhodesia Campaign" during the late 1970's, eventually taking up the position of Office Manageress, where she supervised the "Vote No" postal campaign of the organisation during the 1979 Rhodesian Constitutional Referendum.
Like many in the SRC, however, she became increasing suspicious about the "National Director" of the organisation, the notorious Brendan Willmer, and resigned her position shortly afterwards. Alas this bad experience with Willmer seriously dampened her enthusiasm, and she was rarely politically active thereafter (though she did help in one of Dave Taylor's municipal election campaigns). Her work for the SRC during those vital days at the end of the 1970's should never be forgotten however.

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Saturday 4 November 2000

November 2000 Edition.

SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER

November 2000 edition
It is rare for an octogenarian to be able to put the fear of God into a tyrant, but that Ian Douglas Smith certainly seems to have done to "comrade" Mugabe.

Ebagum's latest rantings that all those who fought for Western civilisation during the Rhodesian Bush War will be charged with "genocide", and that Ian Smith in particular will be arrested on these grounds when he returns to zimbabwe were not only the words of a megalomaniac, but also show clearly what a total illusion all the talk of "reconciliation" is as far as African tyrants are concerned (South Africans please note!).

IDS has laughed off all these lunatic ravings, and indeed has dared Mugabe to arrest him and put him on trial, saying that he would welcome the opportunity of having his say in court. He has good reason to be unafraid of Ebagum's threats, as it is clearly a sign of just how unhinged the dictator has become as his own imminent removal from power becomes ever more certain. There is a maxim that a cornered rat is the wildest rat, and this certainly seems to be the case here.

In the past we have tended to be critical of Ian Smith - certainly we believe that he surrendered to the pressure of John Vorster and Henry Kissinger far too early and far too easily in 1978/79 - but this does not diminish our overall great admiration for the man. By standing up to the tinpot dictator Mugabe at the age of 81 he could well act as a catalyst to hasten his downfall and to usher in a far less oppressive regime. It may not herald the rebirth of Rhodesia, but that area of land between the Limpopo and the Zambezi may well be taking a giant step along the road back to civilised rule.

IDS's brave defiance in his 80's may well go down in history as an even greater achievement than his inspirational leadership during the glorious days of UDI.             
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SPRINGBOK CLUB'S OCTOBER MEETING

The Springbok Club's October meeting proved a good success, with a high-quality turnout and a powerful and thrilling keynote speech. Our guest speaker was Mr. Anthony LoBaido, the roving international investigative reporter of the Internet-based news service WorldNetDaily. In his speech he recounted his experiences in South Africa and Angola, and particularly emphasised his admiration for Willem Ratte (who he had met and interviewed), who he stated was regarded as the greatest soldier that South Africa had ever produced. He also reminded us that since the end of WWII the West had tended to betray all their allies - not only the Rhodesians and White South Africans, but also the Karen people of Burma, the Hmong of Laos, UNITA and the Christians of southern Sudan.

[Anthony LoBaido is currently writing a story about what he terms the "Rhodesian remnant" (i.e. the Rhodesian expatriate community around the world), and whilst in London not only interviewed Mr. Geoff Cooke of the Rhodesians Worldwide movement, but was also granted a written interview with Ian Smith himself. As soon as this story appears on the pages of WorldNetDaily we will inform everybody of its address.]

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SPRINGBOK CLUB UDI DAY DINNER

We are happy to be able to confirm that our Guest of Honour for our forthcoming UDI Day Dinner will be Brig. Pat Lawless. Pat Lawless was born in 1955 and raised in Nyasaland and Rhodesia, and educated at St.Stephen's College near Bulawayo. He was commissioned into the 1st Battalion Rhodesian African Rifles in 1975 and served on operations with the Battalion as a rifle platoon commander, mortar platoon commander and operations officer. He qualified as a paratrooper in 1977, and was awarded the Silver Cross of Rhodesia in 1980. He joined the British Army in 1981, training as an army pilot. He was posted to Germany, and completed a number of tours of duty to Northern Ireland. Promoted Lieut.Col. in 1992, Pat Lawless completed a 6-month tour in Angola working for the FCO. On his return he assumed command of 9 Regiment Army Air Corps in North Yorkshire, then part of 24 Airmobile Brigade. His tour of command ended in 1994 when he was posted to the Army Staff College as a member of the Directing Staff and Warfare Team Leader. He joined the HQ of the ACR Rapid Reaction Corps in Sarajevo in 1996 on promotion to Colonel, and conducted the Functional Review of HQ ARRC in the early half of 1997, before moving to HQ Adjutant General to take up the appointment of Col. AG O&D in December 1997. He attended the Higher Command and Staff Course in January 1999, taking up his next appointment as Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the new Joint Helicopter Command on promotion to the rank of Brigadier. Having resigned from the Army in 2000, Pat Lawless is to be the new Chief Executive of a UK based Defence Company, THOMRO Defence Electronics Ltd., which opens for business on 15 November 2000. He is married to Cherril and has 3 sons. He is a qualified rugby referee, and is President of the Army Air Corps Rugby club.
  
The dinner, which will entail a 3-course meal, will take place on Saturday 11th November 2000 at the Old Whitgiftians Clubhouse in Croham Manor Road, South Croydon. There are still a few tickets left priced £16.50 per head, and payments should be sent to Springbok Club treasurer Bill Yates (who is organising the event) at P.O.Box 144, London SW2 3LG, and made payable simply to "A. Yates". Tickets are however limited, and will be allocated strictly on a "first come first served" basis, so if you are interested in attending then please forward your payment as soon as possible. (If you would like acknowledgement that your place has been booked safely then please let us know your telephone number and the best time when you would like to be 'phoned.)

We are also pleased to be able to announce that the first prize in the raffle to be held that evening will be a rugby ball signed by both the Springbok and All Black players from Wynand Claasens's Springbok tour of New Zealand in 1981. This item is very  valuable, and we believe therefore that many people who may not able to attend the dinner might also like to be included in the draw. Tickets will be priced £1.00 each (or £5.00 per strip), so if you would like to purchase any please send your payment to the same address as soon as possible - but also please inform us by e-mail of your request.

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JOHANNESBURG UDI DAY PARTY

There will also be a "Rhodesia is Super" Dinner/Dance taking place on that same day at the JHB Social Club in Bertsham, Johannesburg, and the Guest of Honour will be John Edmond - freshly returned from his concert tour of Australia. If you would like to obtain more details about this event then please write to Rodger Graeme (who is organising the event) at jhbsocialclub@yahoo.com

A "contact board" will be on display at this function, where all Rhodies can post details in order to try to re-make contact with former friends and colleagues. If you would like to have any such message displayed then again please contact Rodger at the same address.
  
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PATRIOTIC PRESS PRODUCTS

We are pleased to confirm that we still have a few full-sized real South African flags left in stock. They are being sold for £12.00 each, though the price is only £10.00 if collected personally at future Springbok Club events.

During that vital period of South African history during the end of 1989 and the beginning of 1990 we managed to publish an in-depth analysis of the developing situation in the country called "Patriotic Press's South African Newsletter". Although we had to cease publication when we were forced to relocate operations to the UK, we have recently been able to re-issue the eight editions which we originally produced. Although this publication is of course no longer of any current relevance, it is even so still of great historical interest, and can be purchased for £20.00 (£10.00 for Full Members of the Springbok Club) for a complete set of all eight issues.

All payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" (in Sterling) and sent to :  BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, U.K..

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BRANCH NEWS

The Hampshire Branch of the Springbok Club held a happy and successful get-together last month, and they aim to hold a pre-Christmas "pub evening" in Southampton in early December. If you're interested in participating then please contact us at the usual address.

The Kent Branch is also planning a get-together in December, and full details will be given in next month's SCN.
    
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DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT MARCH & RALLY

The Democracy Movement's anti-Nice Treaty protest march proved a great success, with over 10,000 taking part. Several Springbok Club members attended this march and the subsequent rally in Trafalgar Square, and reported on the great sense of optimism which prevailed. Amongst he speakers at Trafalgar Square were John Redwood MP, Austin Mitchell MP and Robin Page. With the EU seeming increasingly to be heading for collapse, the prospects for renewed interest in our traditional global spheres of influence therefore seems to be on the ascendancy.

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BONFIRE

Several Springbok Club supporters will be attending the Lewes Bonfire celebrations on Saturday 4th November this year, and as usual will basically be following the Cliffe B.S.. We will be rendezvousing at "The Volunteer" in Eastgate Street, Lewes, between 16.00 hrs and 18.00 hrs, and will be congregating at Cliffe Corner between 20.00 hrs and 20.45 hrs. A full report will be carried in next month's SCN.
  
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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE

The London Swinton Circle will be holding a very interesting meeting at the House of Commons (Committee Room 16) on Tuesday 14th November 2000, to be addressed by Teresa Gorman, the Euro-sceptic Conservative MP for Billericay, commencing at 19.00 hrs.

The Swinton Circle have also recently produced a most informative brochure based upon a speech given by Philip Benwell MBE, the Chairman of the Australian Monarchy League. Copies can be obtained from: Allan Robertson, 22 Albury Street, Deptford, London SE8 3PS, UK. We would suggest that you include £2.00 in order to cover costs.

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NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS

Our friends at the Falklands Society have recently been good enough to provide us with a new "customised" e-mail address. Although our existing address will still be valid for the foreseeable future, you might still like to start using this new address, which is: springbok@falklands.org

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"FREEBIES" WEB-SITE

This web-site designed by ex-Rhodesian John Allman, now living in York, has recently been upgraded.

This new "green" and environmentally friendly web-site is to help people re-cycle items which they no longer use or want. The idea is that others in your community will visit the site, see useful items, and claim them. No money changes hands, all transactions are free, although you have to make your own arrangements to collect the items you want. If you see something you want, just claim it. No mailings will be used for commercial purposes.

To find out more visit this "freebies" web-site at :-

http://www.freebiesrus.co.uk
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BRITISH EMPIRE & COMMONWEALTH MUSEUM

Several Springbok Club supporters are closely involved with the establishment of the new Southern African section of the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum in Bristol, and this will be officially opened by Viscount Cranbourne on Saturday 9th December 2000. Full details will be given in the next edition of the SCN, but supporters might also be interested to know that the Springbok Club is planning an official visit to the Museum in February of next year.

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BOOK OFFER

COVOS BOOKS of South Africa are specialist publishers of Africana, and offer a range of most interesting and illuminating books which will appeal to many of our supporters. Amongst the titles they stock are:-

FIREFORCE - One man's war in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, by Chris Cocks. Hard cover with dust jacket, 228 x 155 mm., 368 pages, 120 black and white and colour photos, plus maps and sketches. Widely acclaimed as the classic account of counter-insurgency warfare in Africa. Includes the RLI roll of honour, citations and operational orders. Price R185.00.

HOW WE KEPT THE FLAG FLYING, by Donald MacDonald. Hard cover, 213 x 137 mm., 303 pages, with frontispiece and 7 illustrations and various diagrams. This enduring story of the Siege of Ladysmith is the first in a series of Anglo-Boer War reprints. Price R169.95.

PAMWE CHETE - The Legend of the Selous Scouts, by Lt.Col. Ron Reid-Daly. The revamped, rewritten version of the best-selling "Top Secret War". With new, previously unpublished material, including the roll of honour and full schedules of citations and wings. New photo sections. The definitive account of this exceptional unit's short but distinguished service in the field of counter-insurgency operations during the Rhodesian Bush War. Price R225.00.

COVOS BOOKS can be contacted at :  P.O.Box 6996, Weltevredenpark, Transvaal, 1715, South Africa. Tel.: +2711-4769926, fax.: +2711-4769927, e-mail :  covos@global.co.za

We are happy to be able to confirm that the Springbok Club can now supply copies of all these books, prices being £20.00 (Fireforce), £15.00 (How We Kept the Flag Flying) and £27.50 (Pamwe Chete). All payments should be made payable to "Patriotic Press", and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK. (Please add 10% for p.& p.).

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?

A regular feature in which we ask whether anyone knows the current whereabouts of a friend or colleague who has lost contact.

No.27 :  Mr. WARWICK DAVIES-WEBB

Warwick Davies-Webb earned a BA and an MA from Wits University in the early and mid 1980s. He was involved in patriotic organisations on campus and edited a political journal. His family owned a farm in the Eastern Transvaal near Nelspruit.

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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE

In previous years we have recommended the home page of Conrad Bladey's excellent Bonfire web-site at this time of year. This year we thought that we would draw everybody's attention to some of the special pages which he has constructed for the individual Lewes bonfire societies, specifically that for the Cliffe B.S.

It can be accessed at:-

http://members.tripod.com/~Fawkes/cliffe.htm
   
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MORE ON MANDELA

The two extensive reports which we carried last month detailing the history of the convicted terrorist criminal Nelson Mandela produced great interest and a number of interesting reactions. One supporter still based in South Africa wrote as follows:-

"I thought it might interest your readers to know that Mandela was so impressed with the house that he stayed in at Pollsmoor Prison that he has used the plans for his new home in the Transkei."

More surprisingly, however, we received a mysterious e-mail from someone who glories in the name of Derrick Feridok who told us that he was sent a copy of the SCN by a nameless "friend", but who then went on to castigate us by saying "Your views on the ex-president [sic] Mandela border on slander". We wrote back to this character asking him who his nameless "friend" was, and challenging him to justify that anything which we reproduced was "slander". Significantly he has been unwilling to - on incapable of - replying to this challenge. Does anyone know anything about this Feridok therefore, or where he comes from? It would appear that maybe state brainwashing is now at a very advanced stage in the "new" South Africa.
 
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Tuesday 10 October 2000

October 2000 Edition.

SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER

October 2000 edition
One of the main methods by which the NP regime managed to convince the gullible electorate to support their sellout proposals during the 1992 Referendum was to say that it was the only way that South Africa would be allowed back into international sport. We warned at the time, of course, that if de Klerk was to win the Referendum then in a few short years there would be no South African nation for any Whites to represent in international sport!

This prediction is of course rapidly being proved correct. At the Sydney Olympics there was blatant political interference in the selection of competitors (e.g. the hockey team was not allowed to compete - although they qualified - because they were considered "too White" by the ANC authorities), and as a result South Africa returned home with a magnificent total of zero gold medals - something which would be inconceivable in previous decades.

One sports personality who was most vociferous and blatantly biased in advocating a "yes" vote during the 1992 Referendum was John Robbie (not himself a South African in fact, but a former [Southern] Irish rugby international). Robbie was rewarded, in a way, for his efforts in persuading his hosts to commit national suicide by being given more prominent radio talk-show programmes - but more recently he has fallen foul of his new masters. Whilst interviewing the ANC's so-called health minister, who glories in the name of Ms. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, about the current AIDS epidemic engulfing South Africa Robbie became totally infuriated by her ignorance, arrogance and total crankiness, and eventually simply told her to "go away".

As a result Robbie became the "bete noire" of the ANC regime, and they demanded and received (albeit grudgingly) an apology from Robbie, and indeed are still eager to have him dismissed. Now what is it that Lenin said about "useful idiots"?
       
(We possess the full text of Robbie's interview with Tshabalala-Msimang, and could supply a copy to anyone who is interested.)

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SPRINGBOK CLUB AUTUMN BRAAI

Alas there was a very disappointing turnout at our Autumn Braai last month, although those who did attend still had a most enjoyable time!

We don't know whether this was because of the inclement weather (it rained practically all day long!) the awkwardness of the location, or simply because we didn't give supporters sufficient advanced notice. Of course we can do nothing about the first of these difficulties - but we can try to rectify the other two problems. The date of our 2001 Spring Braai has therefore already been set for Sunday 29th April, and we are now seriously looking for a new location - hopefully nearer to the centre of London. If anyone can help in any way with a new venue then please let us know at the usual address (springbk@netcomuk.co.uk).

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SPRINGBOK CLUB OCTOBER MEETING

Details of our most exciting next meeting are as follows :-

Date  :   Thursday 26th October 2000

Time  :   19.30 hrs for 20.00 hrs.

Venue :   The MORPETH ARMS (in the upstairs function room), 58 Millbank, Westminster, London SW1. (close to the Tate Gallery and Vauxhall Bridge, nearest underground station: Pimlico).

Guest Speaker :  Mr. Anthony LoBaido

Anthony LoBaido is the roving international investigative reporter of the internet-based news service WorldNetDaily. He has worked as a journalist in South Africa, Angola, Korea, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Mexico, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. Whilst in South Africa he reported on the elite Special Forces of the SADF and the "Executive Outcomes" mercenary organisation, and has also reported from behind UNITA lines in Angola. Whilst there he also wrote an apocalyptic novel entitled "The Third Boer War". He obtained a degree in political science from the Arizona State University, and a masters degree in international journalism from Baylor. An accomplished filmmaker, LoBaido was hired by former U.S. President George Bush snr to produce a documentary on his life.

We hope there will be a very good attendance to hear this most prominent speaker, and in order to help defray costs have decided to make a small charge for this event. Admission will be free for all Full Members of the Springbok Club, £1.00 per head for Associate Members, and £2.00 per head for non-members.
   
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SPRINGBOK CLUB UDI DAY DINNER

Some very good news! In view of the fact that several supporters who are interested in attending our special UDI Dinner have told us that they would like greater choice in their liquid refreshment, we have decided not to provide any set table wine with the meal - and as a result the price will now only be £16.50 per head!

Once again the dinner, which will entail a 3-course meal, will take place on Saturday 11th November in South Croydon, and we are anticipating a very high-profile Rhodesian personality as our Guest of Honour - the precise identity of whom will be announced as soon as details have been finalised. 

The Dinner is being organised by Springbok Club treasurer Bill Yates, and all payments should therefore be made payable to "A. Yates" and sent to him direct at :  P.O.Box 144, London SW2 3LG. As we've stated before tickets are limited, and will be allocated strictly on a "first come first served" basis, so if you are interested in attending then send your £16.50 to Bill as soon as possible. (If you would like telephonic acknowledgement that your place has been booked safely then please also let us know the best time when you would like to be 'phoned.)

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JOHANNESBURG UDI DAY PARTY

There will be a Rhodie Party on 11th November 2000 at the JHB Social Club, and the Guest of Honour will be John Edmond - freshly returned from his concert tour of Australia. If you would like to obtain more details about this event, or would like to send "contact details" which will be displayed at this party, then write to Rodger Graeme (who is organising the event) at :  jhbsocialclub@yahoo.com

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BRANCH NEWS

The Hampshire Branch of the Springbok Club will be holding their next meeting on Friday 20th October 2000 at the Dolphin Hotel, High Street, Southampton, commencing at 18.00 hrs for 18.30 hrs. Springbok Club chairman Peter Fisher will be present, and will report on the progress on the Club and its plans and ambitions for the future - but this event will mainly be simply a friendly and informal gathering, where everyone will have the opportunity to get know each other in a social environment.

If you live in Hampshire (or nearby), or know of any other potential supporters in the county, then please accept this as an open invitation to attend.

The organiser of the Springbok Club will be making a trip to Exeter next week (October 16th to 18th) and hopes to meet a number of our supporters from Devon whilst there. We know that we have quite an amount of support in the county, and the potential to form an active branch there. If you are based in Devon and would like to meet up with the organiser on an informal basis then please let us know - Wednesday 18th October will probably be the best day.
    
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DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT MARCH

The Democracy Movement will be staging a massive "Stop the [Nice] Treaty March and Rally" in London on Saturday 28th October 2000. All those who believe in "Empire and Commonwealth before Common Market" will probably be interested in attending this protest against the provisions of the proposed Nice Treaty which will strengthen EU-entrapment. The "hotline" for more information about this march is :  0990-110440.
 
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BONFIRE

As is customary, a number of Springbok Club supporters will be visiting Lewes for the Bonfire Celebrations to mark the 395th anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, and the 312th anniversary of the landing of William, Prince of Orange, at Tor Bay. As November 5th falls on a Sunday this year the celebrations will therefore take place on Saturday 4th November. If you would be keen to join our party for these festivities then please email us at :  springbk@netcomuk.co.uk to obtain rendezvous details.
 
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ED THUNSTROM

In the August edition of the SCN we speculated that Ed Thunstrom, who acted as the over-eager attorney for the late notorious homosexual trouble-maker Brendan Willmer, may also have died of AIDS, like Willmer himself. We have subsequently been informed that this was not the case, and that Thunstrom died of a heart attack, and that furthermore he was a happily married man who gave no hint of any overt homosexuality. Thunstrom only had himself to blame for all these apparently untrue rumours however. If he had not been so eager to defend the wretched Willmer - who caused so much trouble for the patriotic movement in Durban - then no doubt they would not have gained credibility.
  
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"FREEBIES" WEB-SITE

This web-site designed by ex-Rhodesian John Allman, now living in York, has recently been upgraded.

This new "green" and environmentally friendly web-site is to help people re-cycle items which they no longer use or want. The idea is that others in your community will visit the site, see useful items, and claim them. No money changes hands, all transactions are free, although you have to make your own arrangements to collect the items you want. If you see something you want, just claim it. No mailings will be used for commercial purposes.

To find out more visit this "freebies" web-site at :-

http://www.freebiesrus.co.uk
 
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NEW BOOK

Isaac Benatar has recently published an interesting new novel entitled "The Song of Africa", in which many of the events described are true and based upon the author's and family experiences in Rhodesia. Isaac Benatar, a law graduate from the University of London, was born in Rhodesia in 1943, and was elected the "Youth Mayor" of Salisbury for 1965/66, and subsequently became public prosecutor in Rhodesia from 1970 to 1980. For more details about how to obtain this book contact Isaac at :  Rhodesian@aol.com

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BOOK OFFER

COVOS BOOKS of South Africa are specialist publishers of Africana, and offer a range of most interesting and illuminating books which will appeal to many of our supporters. Amongst the titles they stock are:-

FIREFORCE - One man's war in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, by Chris Cocks. Hard cover with dust jacket, 228 x 155 mm., 368 pages, 120 black and white and colour photos, plus maps and sketches. Widely acclaimed as the classic account of counter-insurgency warfare in Africa. Includes the RLI roll of honour, citations and operational orders. Price R185.00.

HOW WE KEPT THE FLAG FLYING, by Donald MacDonald. Hard cover, 213 x 137 mm., 303 pages, with frontispiece and 7 illustrations and various diagrams. This enduring story of the Siege of Ladysmith is the first in a series of Anglo-Boer War reprints. Price R169.95.

PAMWE CHETE - The Legend of the Selous Scouts, by Lt.Col. Ron Reid-Daly. The revamped, rewritten version of the best-selling "Top Secret War". With new, previously unpublished material, including the roll of honour and full schedules of citations and wings. New photo sections. The definitive account of this exceptional unit's short but distinguished service in the field of counter-insurgency operations during the Rhodesian Bush War. Price R225.00.

COVOS BOOKS can be contacted at :  P.O.Box 6996, Weltevredenpark, Transvaal, 1715, South Africa. Tel.: +2711-4769926, fax.: +2711-4769927, e-mail :  covos@global.co.za

We are happy to be able to confirm that the Springbok Club can now supply copies of all these books, prices being £20.00 (Fireforce), £15.00 (How We Kept the Flag Flying) and £27.50 (Pamwe Chete). All payments should be made payable to "Patriotic Press", and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK. (Please add 10% for p.& p.).

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?

A regular feature in which we ask whether anyone knows the current whereabouts of a friend or colleague who has lost contact.

No.26 :  Mr. DOUG HOPPER of Durban North

Doug Hopper lived in the Glenashley area of Durban North, and worked for the Durban City Council on the administration side. A quiet and unassuming man, who was even so a good and strong supporter of the patriotic movement in the city, though unfortunately his official position meant that he could not be as active as he would have liked.
   
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE

Although we have previously recommended one of Anthony LoBaido's WorldNetDaily web-pages, in view of the fact that he will be addressing the Springbok Club later this month we thought that supporters might be interested to read this recent most informative story which he has filed about "South Africa's War Crimes". It can be accessed at :-

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_lobaido_news/20000703_xnlob_atrocities.shtml

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MANDELA

In the September edition of the SCN a friend from Australia asked for precise information about "Nelson" Mandela's terrorist past. As a result two supporters forwarded detailed accounts about this terrorist's history, which we thought would be of great interest to all our readers. We reprint them below, but for obvious reasons (as both correspondents still have South African connections) we have kept them anonymous.

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The first report was as follows :-

1) Concerning Mandela's jail sentence. The crimes he committed were shamelessly criminal, and included no heroic acts. In fact, it is still a mystery why Percy Yutar (the then state attorney) did not file for murder, but manslaughter instead. Based on the facts it is commonly agreed by legal scholars that Mandela would have been hanged if Yutar filed for murder. You can easily get access to the case and you will find facts that the media, for whatever reason, prefer to ignore.

2) They often show Mandela's cell on Robben Island. That is not where he spent most of his time. He later lived in a house under so-called "arrest". It was comfortable if not luxurious, and most people work every day of their lives for the privilege to live in something not nearly as good as that. Why do they never show photographs of that?

3) What is really mind-boggling is the fact that while he was in the "house jail" he had free access, on account of the S.A. tax-payers, to telephone, fax and other communicating facilities to organize the ANC. That is why he was still the leader when he was "released".

4) You already know of the terrible deeds he ordered for his own people who disappointed him. He has many murders of his own on his hands.

5) He was supposedly in "jail" for 20 or more years. One would expect that he had a negligible income in that time. Yet when he and his wife were divorced about 4 years after his "release" he had to pay her millions in settlement. Where did these millions come from? Who else could earn millions in 4 years from a salaried job after taxes? Obviously something is seriously wrong. You find out where all that money came from and you will discover a lot about Mandela that the press never report.

6) Once he left "jail" (the house the government provided) he moved into a very luxurious home in one of the richest suburbs of Johannesburg. However, he kept a little four-room house in Soweto and pretended to live there. That is where he would interview reporters and where photographs were taken. What a liar and bigot. I cannot believe that the press did not know this. It simply played along to sell this falsehood of a hero and martyr.

These are six leads that anyone from S.A. should be able to confirm easily with documentary proof. Mandela is a murderer and a liar. He only lived in "poverty" when it suited him. Just ask where he is presently living. There are very few Whites or other people that can, after a lifetime of working, afford the house he is living in now. Nonetheless, for some reason, I have no reason why, the media are ignoring all of this and misrepresent the actual situation.

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The second report was as follows :-

The ANC is part of an alliance with the SA Communist Party and the Black super-union COSATU, of which the Communists are the numerical minority, but the most influential and dominant partner. Most key positions in the ANC are occupied by SACP and ex-SACP members. Before 1990 the ANC/Communist alliance was a terrorist organisation, which waged a relatively unsuccessful, but nasty and cowardly "war", mostly against civilians and against what was supposed to be "their" people, the Blacks, through the barbaric "necklacing" (torching a helpless victim with a burning tyre around his neck to death), bombs and assassinations. From 1990 to 1994 the last White president of SA, F.W. de Klerk, railroaded the traditional power structure of the country into accepting a staged "democratic election" in 1994, which was manipulated to bring the ANC/Communist alliance to power. By lying and cheating he kept many Whites in the dark about his real intentions. Since 1994 the ANC/Communist regime is dutifully busy destroying everything good and strong in the country in the name of "affirmative action" and "Black empowerment", while step by step suppressing the freedom of the people and nations under its heel.

"Nelson R. Mandela", a Xhosa from the Transkei, got involved as a young lawyer with a bunch of White would-be terrorists with large caches of explosives and weapons in Johannesburg, who were found out and tried in a court of law (the old SA courts were still independent). Left to face the music by the White instigators, who had mostly run away overseas, Mandela got a life sentence for his involvement in terrorism, being part of the planning of attacks on installations and non-military targets and the beginning of the terrorist war mentioned above. He sat in prison for 27 years, treated as a political prisoner, regularly visited by all sorts of monitors and others, in clean, efficient prisons of the old SA (not like the new SA's hell-holes). In the early nineties de Klerk let him out to become the "nice" figurehead of the "new SA".

This is just a nutshell. Quite tragic really what is happening in SA. But in the end the Whites have only themselves to blame for the gutless way they allowed the treacherous handover to happen - and the even more disgusting way many of them are now helping keep the regime in power by fawning and toadying up to the new rulers.

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Monday 11 September 2000

September 2000 Edition.

SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER

September 2000 edition
Newly-elected Springbok Club Chairman Peter Fisher organised a private party to celebrate the 100th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in Hampshire last month.

It turned out to be a marvellous occasion which was greatly enjoyed by all who were present. The venue was absolutely packed, live music was provided by an excellent local band, and a well-researched history of the Queen Mother's life was recounted.

There were a high number of expatriate South Africans and others with connections to Southern Africa present at this event, which should not be surprising in view of some of the anecdotes about the Queen Mother which were told. We learnt, for instance, that she still refers to Rhodesia as Rhodesia, and still regards the Royal visit to South Africa in 1947 as one of the highlights of her late husband's reign, and to this day retains the greatest respect for that great South African statesman Jan Christian Smuts.

It is a total tragedy that subsequent events drove a wedge between the Royal Family and their previous most loyal subjects in Southern Africa. It serves no purpose to accredit blame, but let us just hope that the Queen Mother's favourite grandson inherits his grandmother's respect and love for his kith and kin in Southern Africa after he ascends to the throne.

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SPRINGBOK CLUB A.G.M.

The 2000 Springbok Club A.G.M. was successfully held in South Croydon at the end of August. The office-holders for 2000/2001 were elected as follows :-

Chairman  -  Peter Fisher
Deputy Chairman  -  John Samuel
Organiser  -  Alan Harvey
Secretary  -  Grace Healey (though the Organiser will act as secretary until her return from South Africa)
Treasurer  -  Bill Yates
Branch Development Officer  -  Tony Waller
Liaison Officer  -  Kelvin Sanderson

A number of other important decisions were taken at this A.G.M. concerning future Springbok Club activities, which will be detailed in the relevant sections later during this newsletter.

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SPRINGBOK CLUB AUTUMN BRAAI

The Springbok Club Autumn Braai will take place during the afternoon of Sunday 24th September (commencing at approximately 14.00 hrs) at the home of Mr. Tony Waller at :-

1 West View Road, Crockenhill, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8JP.
(This is only 15 minutes walk from Swanley Railway Station, and close to junction 3 of the M25 via the B2173 and B258. If you have any difficulty finding the venue then either 'phone Tony Waller on 01322-666303 or Alan Harvey on 07711-188430)

Meat, rolls, utensils and braai-ing facilities will be provided, though we ask everyone to bring their own liquid refreshment and other requirements. Admission will be free for Full Members of the Springbok Club, £2.50 per head for Associate Members and £5.00 per head for non-members. Payment may be made on the day itself, though we would ask all those who anticipate attending - if possible - to inform us prior to the event, so that we can make catering provisions accordingly.

After the braai itself Tony Waller will give a "report-back" on his recent trips to Sweden, which he not only visited on Swinton Circle business, but also had the opportunity of liaising with Lars Karnestam (the Springbok Club's Scandinavian co-ordinator) and other supporters of the Springbok Club's embryo Stockholm Branch.
 
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UDI DAY DINNER

The Springbok Club will be staging a special UDI Day celebration dinner on Saturday 11th November in South Croydon. We are anticipating welcoming a high-profile Rhodesian personality as our Guest of Honour for this event, and hope to be able to confirm the person involved in the October edition of the SCN. The dinner will however involve a three-course meal and table wine.

At the recent SC AGM it was decided by majority vote that - in view of the special nature of this event - there would be a set charge of £20.00 per head for everybody in attendance. Tickets will be allocated on a "first come, first served" basis, so if you are interested in attending please inform us as soon as possible. In view of the fact that, following the election of our new Treasurer, the Springbok Club will shortly, at last, be obtaining its own separate bank account, we ask everyone not to send any money for the dinner at this stage. Simple notification of your wish to attend will be sufficient to make a provisional booking.
  
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BRANCH DEVELOPMENT

The Hampshire Branch of the Springbok Club staged a small but happy and successful foundation meeting at the beginning of August. With other supporters in Hampshire who were not able to attend sending their apologies and best wishes, the omens for the growth of this branch therefore seem very good. Future meetings will probably be held in the Southampton area.

The Kent Branch of the SC also held another successful "pub evening" in Herne Bay during August. It was especially good to see a number of London-based supporters coming down for this event.

Neil and Sandy Griffin are also very keen to meet up with other supporters in the Chilterns region (specifically the Aylesbury/Leighton Buzzard area). If you live in this region, or know of any other potential supporter who does, then please let us know and we'll put them into contact with Neil and Sandy with a view of establishing a Chilterns Branch.

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S.A.PATRIOT-IN-EXILE APPEAL

At the SC AGM much discussion took place concerning the worrying financial situation of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile. Although the magazine is a distinctly different entity from the SC itself, the publicity which it gives to the SC and the fact that it is the nearest thing which we have to our own journal means that it is essential that it appears more regularly.

In a nutshell the situation is as follows. The re-establishment of S.A.Patriot in the form of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile during the early 1990's meant that we were forced to take out two loans in order to establish an infrastructure and to print and distribute the early editions. Although there is no danger of these loans being "called in" in full, we do even so have to make regular monthly repayments in order to cover interest payments etc, and unfortunately we currently find that the income from sales etc which we receive barely covers these interest costs. To make matters worse, moreover, we are now receiving enquiries from subscribers asking when the next issue will be appearing.

It has therefore been decided to launch an appeal fund in order to try to clear both these loans as soon as possible, so that we are therefore faced with no further interest payments, and as a result all future income can be put directly towards publishing and distributing new editions.

At the moment the total of these two outstanding loans stands at £3754.34 - not a particularly vast amount. We hope therefore that all our supporters who are in a position to assist us in this appeal will be prepared to help. All donations should of course be made payable to "Patriotic Press" in Sterling and sent to : BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK.

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CAN YOU HELP?

Niel Pretorius writes to ask whether anyone can help him find employment in the catering industry in the UK. He is a 47 year-old White South African with 23 years experience in buffet catering for old-age homes and retirement villages. His wife has experience as a bank manageress.

If anyone can help Niel please contact him direct at :  marethapretorius@Intekom.co.za

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LOOKING FOR SOMEONE

Pat Boyd (nee Clark) writes from Canada to ask whether anyone can help her trace an ex-schoolfriend, Penny Hendry. They attended Mabelreign Girls High School together during the 1960's, and it is believed that Penny married an old Etonian, Lord Elseworthy, and also worked in the British Foreign Office.
If anyone can help Pat please contact her direct at :  Pat_Boyd@telus.net

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"FREEBIES" WEB-SITE

This web-site designed by ex-Rhodesian John Allman, now living in York, has recently been upgraded.
This new "green" and environmentally friendly web-site is to help people re-cycle items which they no longer use or want. The idea is that others in your community will visit the site, see useful items, and claim them. No money changes hands, all transactions are free, although you have to make your own arrangements to collect the items you want. If you see something you want, just claim it. No mailings will be used for commercial purposes.

To find out more visit this "freebies" web-site at :-

http://www.freebiesrus.co.uk
 
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NEW BOOK

"Many Shades of Black", which is sub-titled "Inside Britain's Far Right", is a newly-published book by John Bean. Although this work chronicles the development of various Right-wing movements in Britain during the fifties, sixties and seventies, and although John Bean himself was a leading figure in many of these groups, he himself now emphasises that he has moderated his political views in recent years - although he will still not endear himself to today's Politically Correct lobby.

Of particular interest to South African readers will be those sections detailing pro-White South African and pro-Rhodesian demonstrations in Britain - not all of which can be described as involving and being organised by the far Right. 

Copies of "Many Shades of Black" are available price £8.95 from John Bean at P.O.Box 97, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8WT, UK. Cheques should be made payable to "John Bean", though the equivalent value in overseas currency is also acceptable.

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BOOK OFFER

COVOS BOOKS of South Africa are specialist publishers of Africana, and offer a range of most interesting and illuminating books which will appeal to many of our supporters. Amongst the titles they stock are:-

FIREFORCE - One man's war in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, by Chris Cocks. Hard cover with dust jacket, 228 x 155 mm., 368 pages, 120 black and white and colour photos, plus maps and sketches. Widely acclaimed as the classic account of counter-insurgency warfare in Africa. Includes the RLI roll of honour, citations and operational orders. Price R185.00.

HOW WE KEPT THE FLAG FLYING, by Donald MacDonald. Hard cover, 213 x 137 mm., 303 pages, with frontispiece and 7 illustrations and various diagrams. This enduring story of the Siege of Ladysmith is the first in a series of Anglo-Boer War reprints. Price R169.95.

PAMWE CHETE - The Legend of the Selous Scouts, by Lt.Col. Ron Reid-Daly. The revamped, rewritten version of the best-selling "Top Secret War". With new, previously unpublished material, including the roll of honour and full schedules of citations and wings. New photo sections. The definitive account of this exceptional unit's short but distinguished service in the field of counter-insurgency operations during the Rhodesian Bush War. Price R225.00.

COVOS BOOKS can be contacted at :  P.O.Box 6996, Weltevredenpark, Transvaal, 1715, South Africa. Tel.: +2711-4769926, fax.: +2711-4769927, e-mail :  covos@global.co.za

We are happy to be able to confirm that the Springbok Club can now supply copies of all these books, prices being £20.00 (Fireforce), £15.00 (How We Kept the Flag Flying) and £27.50 (Pamwe Chete). All payments should be made payable to "Patriotic Press", and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK. (Please add 10% for p.& p.).

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?

A regular feature in which we ask whether anyone knows the current whereabouts of a friend or colleague who has lost contact.

No.25 :  Mr. CHARLIE ROBINSON of Durban

Charlie Robinson worked for the Durban Corporation, where he was a very good friend and colleague of that great South African patriot, the late Mike Skelly. Charlie and his wife Cherylene lived in the Sarnia Road, Bellair, Durban, a house which they took over when his father, Vic, retired to Northen Natal. Vic Robinson also proved to be a good friend, and was an active and reliable supporter of all Conservative candidates who stood for election in south Durban during the 1980's. We would also be most keen to learn of the current whereabouts of Cherylene and Vic as well as Charlie himself.
  
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE

Most readers will remember how Bill Cooke from Baltimore in the United States visited Britain earlier during the year, and gave a fascinating speech to the Patriotic Forum (of which the Springbok Club is an affiliate) whilst here. Bill has subsequently returned to the United States, but has constructed a web-page featuring the pictures which he took whilst in the British Isles. It can be accessed at :-

http://members.fortunecity.com/dasflugzeug/britishisles.html
 
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

NATIONAL SPORT

Sir,

Actually I was hoping that they'd get the World Cup so as to show the world the "new" South Africa. I would have loved to see all those liberal news media getting mugged, raped and murdered. I really wanted to see how they would report it.

Yours etc.,
Francis Harvey  -  Pennsylvania, USA.

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GARDEN BOY

Sir,

Nelson Mandela arrived in Australia and was treated like a hero. His history of "necklacing" Black opponents of the ANC was not mentioned. What details do you have on his rule and that of the ANC in South Africa? Please advise.

Yours etc.,
Geoff Muirden  -  Victoria, Australia.

[ Anyone who can help Mr. Muirden with detailed information about the convicted terrorist Mandela should contact him at :  nedrium@netspace.net.au ]

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OBITUARY

It was of course with great sadness that we recently learnt the devastating news of the sudden death of Mr. Jaap Marais.

Jaap Marais was not only a highly-respected politician, but was also someone who we were proud to call a personal friend.

Although Jaap and the party which he led, the HNP, obtained the image of being very anti-English-speaking, this was never the impression which we gained from the man himself. He was certainly an Afrikaner nationalist who fought all his life for the preservation of his Afrikaner culture and language, but this did not make him antagonistic to his English-speaking fellow South African Whites. He gave nothing but encouragement to us when we founded S.A.Patriot in 1981 (and indeed wrote for us on subsequent occasions), worked as an official interpreter for Germiston Town Council, translated Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" into Afrikaans, and was an honorary patron of the Durban Parliament - hardly the attributes of someone who was anti-English!

Jaap Marais was a man who would never give up, and the title of his most famous ideological work "Stryd is Lewe" ("Struggle is Life") was therefore most appropriate. He was convinced that his interpretation of political developments was correct, and was fearless (especially in view of having been born handicapped with a club-foot) in his non-stop attempts to awaken his fellow-countrymen to the treacherous nature of successive NP governments which were selling-out the country. History, of course, has proved him completely right.    

Alas Jaap Marais had one great failing. He was an absolutist, and refused to compromise one iota with those who did not see exactly eye-to-eye with him. In normal circumstances this may have been regarded as a virtue, but when the entire future existence of the South African nation was at stake it was alas a catastrophic disaster. Dr. Treurnicht and Gen. Viljoen may not have possessed the full vision and political acumen of Jaap Marais, but they were both sincere patriots who he should have co-operated with more fully in order to present a united front against the de Klerk treason.

We choose, however, to remember the talents and achievements of Jaap Marais. In fighting for the preservation of his own Afrikaner nationalist he was actually fighting for the rights and liberties of ALL White South Africans. One of his last actions was to draw everyone's attention to the fact that it was actually the British colonial administrations which invented apartheid (separate development). He also never compromised in his desire to maintain a complete and united South African nation, rather than back any idea for a small and unviable "Boerstaat". We must always therefore remember the contribution that Jaap Marais made in his struggle for the well-being of all White South Africans.

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Thursday 3 August 2000

August 2000 Edition.

SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER

August 2000 edition
The very idea that the "new" South Africa could be capable of staging a global sporting tournament of the magnitude of the World Cup is laughable.

Everybody surely knows that South Africa is now the "crime capital of the world", and that the entire infrastructure of the state is rapidly collapsing. Even to contemplate staging the World Cup in the country - as many FIFA officials alas did - seems so foolhardy that it borders on the criminal.

We know that a colleague of one of our Liverpool-supporting friends visited South Africa a few years ago when Liverpool were playing a friendly against Kaiser Chiefs (or one of the "kaffir" sides from the Transvaal), and had all his belongings stolen from out of his hotel room! With vastly more fans visiting from around the world such incidents would probably prove tame in comparison, as undoubtedly it would prove an "open season" for muggers, fraudsters and thieves - and without question there would be many deaths at the hands of gun and knife wielding robbers. Not only the supporters but the players too would be under constant threat - after all we cannot forget the two Pakistani cricketers who were mugged as they left their Sandton hotel a couple of years ago.

In the end it was the vote (or more accurately the abstention) of the New Zealand delegate, Mr. Charles Dempsey, which prevented this frightening scenario coming about. The 2006 World Cup will therefore now be played in the civilised and peaceful environs of Germany (the England bid having been killed stone-dead when the clown Tony Banks was put in charge of the campaign!). The whole civilised world therefore owes a big debt of gratitude to Charlie Dempsey.

If it is decided that it must be "Africa's turn" in 2010 then the tournament must surely be given to Morocco - then hopefully England in 2014 and Brazil in 2018. South Africa should only possibly be considered as host once civilised rule has been re-established in the country - and the heirs of Chicken Price and Gary Bailey make up the team!
  
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JULY SPRINGBOK CLUB MEETING

In July the Springbok Club welcomed Mr. Dennis Delderfield as guest speaker, and we are pleased to report that this produced a very encouraging attendance. Dennis Delderfield, who is the editor of the "City of London & Docklands Times", and National Chairman of the "New Britain" party, gave an excellent speech, which one of the audience even described as inspiring. He told us how "New Britain" placed great emphasis on links with our kith and kin in the old White Commonwealth, and how they accordingly regularly celebrated "Australia Day", "Canada Day" and "New Zealand Day" - so it was therefore very appropriate that he was addressing the Springbok Club on "Rhodes & Founders Day"! He also emphasised the dangers posed to the UK by continuing EU membership, and reminded us how when twice during the 20th century Britain rescued the nations of continental Europe from aggression the Commonwealth had stood four-square behind the Crown - and reminded us particularly that Ian Smith had served as a pilot in the RAF!

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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS

The Springbok Club will be holding its 2000 AGM on Thursday 24th August. You are reminded that only fully paid-up members will be entitled to attend this meeting, and that only Life, Honorary and Full Members will be able to vote and stand for office. Membership fees are £500.00 for Life Members, £20.00 per annum for Full Members (discounted to £12.00 for senior citizens, the unemployed and bona fide students), and £5.00 per annum for Associate Members. All payments should be made payable to "Patriotic Press" and sent to BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK. If you wish to nominate or stand for office then confirmation should be sent in writing to arrive in plenty of time for the meeting. Full details of the location will be notified to all fully paid-up members nearer to the date.

Our Autumn Braai is planned for September, hopefully at a new venue in South-West London. Full details will be given next month.

We are also planning a special UDI Day dinner to be held in Croydon on Saturday 11th November, when hopefully we will be welcoming a special Rhodesian guest of honour as after-dinner speaker. Tickets will be limited, and will cover a 3-course meal plus wine. Exact prices will be finalised at our AGM, but if you are keen to attend please inform us as soon as possible, as we anticipate great interest in this event.

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BRANCH DEVELOPMENT

The Hampshire Branch of the Springbok Club will be formally launched on Sunday 6th August at "The Old Drum", Chapel Street, Petersfield. We have Peter Fisher to thank for organising the branch and this meeting, which will take place at lunchtime, commencing at approximately midday. All supporters and friends from Hampshire are given a warm and cordial invitation to attend.

Another informal "pub evening" gathering of the Kent Branch of the Springbok Club is being organised by Tony Waller for Sunday 20th August at the "Saxon Shore" on the Herne Bay beachfront. Again all supporters and friends from Kent (or indeed from anywhere else who are able to attend) are given a very welcome invitation.

Tony Waller will also be visiting Sweden during the week of August 6th to 12th, when he will be meeting with Lars Karnestam, and holding an informal meeting of the Stockholm Branch of the Springbok Club. If there is anyone from Sweden who would like to attend this get-together then please let us know as soon as possible, and we will put you into contact with Lars.

The Chairman of the Springbok Club visited Jersey last month, when he was able to meet our staunch supporter from the island, Jim Sinclair. Although only a small island, Jim is still very keen to form a branch there, so if anyone has any contacts on Jersey (or on any of the Channel Islands for that matter) who might be interested in the Club then please let us know.

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LONDON SWINTON CIRCLE MEETING

The London Swinton Circle staged a very well-attended meeting which was addressed by Lord [Peter] Shore last month. Although a former Labour cabinet minister Lord Shore is still one of Parliament's most effective Eurosceptics, and gave a most informative and well-received speech to match.

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PATRIOTIC PRESS PRODUCTS

We are pleased to confirm that we still have a few full-sized real South African flags left in stock. They are being sold for £12.00 each, though the price is only £10.00 if collected personally at future Springbok Club events.

During that vital period of South African history during the end of 1989 and the beginning of 1990 we managed to publish an in-depth analysis of the developing situation in the country called "Patriotic Press's South African Newsletter". Although we had to cease publication when we were forced to relocate operations to the UK, we have recently been able to re-issue the eight editions which we originally produced. Although this publication is of course no longer of any current relevance, it is even so still of great historical interest, and can be purchased for £20.00 (£10.00 for Full Members of the Springbok Club) for a complete set of all eight issues.

All payments should be made to "Patriotic Press" (in Sterling) and sent to :  BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, U.K..
   
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CON-MAN'S DEATH - A FURTHER RIDDLE

In last month's edition of the SCN we reported the news of the death of the notorious Brendan Willmer from AIDS. Willmer, of course, proved to be a constant trouble-maker for the patriotic movement in South Africa, right from his early days of sabotaging the "Save Rhodesia Campaign" in the late 1970's, until he performed similar disruptive actions amongst Durban ratepayers organisations in the early 1990's. He also, of course, unsuccessfully threatened to sue us for libel in 1989 concerning the essay "The 'Save Rhodesia Campaign' - why it failed" which we produced.

Now comes the equally surprising news of the death of Mr. Ed Thunstrom. A leading Durban attorney and fellow-member of the "Durban Parliament", we always regarded Thunstrom as a good supporter - until he disappointed us greatly by acting as Willmer's attorney in his failed libel action, and more particularly by the completely unnecessary vicious nature of his legal briefs. Following that we never had any further dealings with Thunstrom, but the suspicion abounded that his close relationship with the known homosexual Willmer was as much personal as political. It is not known at the moment whether Thunstrom also died of AIDS, but we will report back once we have any further news.    

[If anybody would like to receive a copy of the essay "The 'Save Rhodesia Campaign' - why it failed", which details more about how Willmer sabotaged the Campaign from within, please let us know, and we'll gladly supply a copy.]
  
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SOUTH AFRICAN GIFT SERVICE

Friends and family in South Africa? Need to send a gift? Streetcar.com delivers beautifully packaged gift certificates from South Africa's finest stores ANYWHERE in South Africa within 24 hours! Visit Streetcar.com to deliver great gifts to your loved ones: www.streetcar.com/cyberbok

Also, register on our site and stand a chance to win a R500 shopping spree every month - and if you register before the end of August you stand in line to win return air-tickets to South Africa to visit family and friends!

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"FREEBIES" WEB-SITE

This web-site designed by ex-Rhodesian John Allman, now living in York, has recently been upgraded.

This new "green" and environmentally friendly web-site is to help people re-cycle items which they no longer use or want. The idea is that others in your community will visit the site, see useful items, and claim them. No money changes hands, all transactions are free, although you have to make your own arrangements to collect the items you want. If you see something you want, just claim it. No mailings will be used for commercial purposes.

To find out more visit this "freebies" web-site at :-

http://www.freebiesrus.co.uk
 
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Geoff Abbott was originally from Rhodesia, and his company "Bratzz Ltd." runs a number of pubs in the Buckinghamshire/Hertfordshire area, who are always looking for staff. If anyone is interested in such a position then contact Geoff either by e-mail on geoff@villagepubs.com or by writing to him at: Bratzz Ltd., Longacre, Nightingales Lane, Chalfont St.Giles, Buckinghamshire, HP8 4SH.

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BOOK OFFER

COVOS BOOKS of South Africa are specialist publishers of Africana, and offer a range of most interesting and illuminating books which will appeal to many of our supporters. Amongst the titles they stock are:-

FIREFORCE - One man's war in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, by Chris Cocks. Hard cover with dust jacket, 228 x 155 mm., 368 pages, 120 black and white and colour photos, plus maps and sketches. Widely acclaimed as the classic account of counter-insurgency warfare in Africa. Includes the RLI roll of honour, citations and operational orders. Price R185.00.

HOW WE KEPT THE FLAG FLYING, by Donald MacDonald. Hard cover, 213 x 137 mm., 303 pages, with frontispiece and 7 illustrations and various diagrams. This enduring story of the Siege of Ladysmith is the first in a series of Anglo-Boer War reprints. Price R169.95.

PAMWE CHETE - The Legend of the Selous Scouts, by Lt.Col. Ron Reid-Daly. The revamped, rewritten version of the best-selling "Top Secret War". With new, previously unpublished material, including the roll of honour and full schedules of citations and wings. New photo sections. The definitive account of this exceptional unit's short but distinguished service in the field of counter-insurgency operations during the Rhodesian Bush War. Price R225.00.

COVOS BOOKS can be contacted at :  P.O.Box 6996, Weltevredenpark, Transvaal, 1715, South Africa. Tel.: +2711-4769926, fax.: +2711-4769927, e-mail :  covos@global.co.za

We are happy to be able to confirm that the Springbok Club can now supply copies of all these books, prices being £20.00 (Fireforce), £15.00 (How We Kept the Flag Flying) and £27.50 (Pamwe Chete). All payments should be made payable to "Patriotic Press", and sent to: BCM SAPAT, London WC1N 3XX, UK. (Please add 10% for p.& p.).

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?

A regular feature in which we ask whether anyone knows the current whereabouts of a friend or colleague who has lost contact.

No.24 :  Mr. ROBERT OSWALD HALL of Graaff-Reinet

Robert Hall served in the SADF for a number of years, and was an active member of a number of ex-serviceman's organisations. He was also an early computer expert, and lectured computer science at the Natal Technikon. Although originally living in the Hillary district of Durban, he moved to Graaff-Reinet in the eastern Cape in the early 1990's in order to escape the declining chaos of inner-city South Africa. He was an active and very popular figure amongst patriotic circles in Durban, and a number of old colleagues would like to re-make contact with him.

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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE

Georgina Erasmus, originally from Rhodesia, but now living in Cape Town, runs her own most interesting web-site. Amongst a number of most useful features are ones on Business Opportunities, a Rhodesian Lost Contacts listing, and advice on Fuel Saving. It can be accessed at:-

http://www.skybusiness.com/eras
 
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

KINDRED SPIRIT

Dear Springbok Club,

Many thanks for your cyber-newsletter. I agree with everything in it, and hope you can assist people to leave Rhodesia, for as you say "the forces of darkness prevail".

Personally I feel that our Government here in Britain, with its politically correct mandate, has badly let down our kith and kin in South Africa and Rhodesia, and thrown decent civilised White people (our kith and kin) to a pack of braying savages. The behaviour of Blacks in Africa are well represented in the many no-go areas of the UK now emerging, and such long-established murder zones as the Black districts of Washington, USA.

I am really sorry to hear how White women in Zimbongoland are being raped and White farmers murdered so arbitarily. However, the Whites living there will never control what appears to be the natural and normal behaviour of Blacks, even though we regard this as highly deviant in civilised society.

Best wishes to you all,

Vivienne Parker, Norfolk, UK.

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BRIDGET OVER TROUBLED WATERS

Sir,

I found the following statement in your cyber-newsletter so offensive that I had to comment:

"Those naive liberals who believed Mugabe's promises of 'reconciliation' in 1980 have in many cases signed their own death certificates by their stupidity."

I really don't know who you are or where you get the audacity from to make such a [sic] idiotic statement!

I am currently living in the USA and have a brother who is a hotel owner and farmer in Zimbabwe. The very suggestion that he is a naive liberal who believed Mugabe's promises in 1980 and signed his own death warrent by his stupidity is an atrocious thought.

I suggest you apologize to all the White farmers of Zimbabwe who are in this awful predicament and thank your lucky stars you are not suffering the same fate. I would also like to advise you to think carefully in future before making such frivolous statements. This is of no help to anyone.

Sincerely,

Bridget Cerny, Springbok Club of Southern California Vice President (Orange County).

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OBITUARY

We have recently been greatly shocked to learn the news of the untimely death of Leon Strydom from cancer at a sadly young age.

Leon Strydom was a good friend and, in spite of certain idiosyncratic views, a good South African patriot. He was an active member of a number of White patriotic organisations, and was an early staunch supporter of "S.A.Patriot".

After we were forced to leave South Africa contact with Leon alas ceased, in spite of many attempts to re-establish contact with him. In late 1998 we heard that he was touring Europe on behalf of an Afrikaner-rights organisation however, and went out of our way to make telephonic contact with him whilst he was in Germany. He expressed a keen interest in coming over to the UK, but alas could give us only tentative dates. Even so we went out of our way to organise a number of provisional events for him to address, and even arranged a dinner in his honour. Alas he never came back to us to confirm his plans, and when we tried to contact him again in Germany we learnt that he had left giving no forwarding address; we were thus left with no alternative other than to cancel all the arrangements which we had made for him.

Perhaps his inconsiderate behaviour was caused by the early effects of his cancer, we shall never know. The fact remains, however, that he never had the decency to apologise to us for the troublesome way that he messed us around. This, perhaps even more than the tragically early age of his death, was Leon's true tragedy.   

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