Britannia Radio

Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht 
Southern Africa in Crisis 
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 4th January 2009

From 1994-Present over 3,000 Farmers have been murdered in S.Africa. Many thousands of their farm workers have also been murdered too. Click here for Photos & Updates - WARNING: Very Graphic & Gruesome

News - Africa: Hundreds killed in Christmas massacre Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: Kinshasa - Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels killed more than 400 people in Christmas massacres in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Caritas aid charity said on Tuesday. The rebels (By Jan)...	Africa is less self-sufficient since the demise of Colonialism and Apartheid.... Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: I am a firm believer in work, work, work. If Whites want to get anywhere... they must pull finger... and ditto for the blacks and other non-whites. There is nothing free in life. You must work and fig (By Jan)...
A Historical Mystery: The Vandals, and when North Africa was the breadbasket of the Roman Empire... Thursday 01-Jan-2009: I was watching some documentaries about the final days of Rome, and it really is most fascinating. The fall of Rome is truly a subject I want to study. Jeff Nyquist also told me some bizarre things ab (By Jan)...	USA: Influx of black renters raises tension in Bay Area Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: As more and more black renters began moving into this mostly white San Francisco Bay Area suburb a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about loud parties, mean pit bulls, blaring car radios, (By Gairk)...
News - South Africa: What's in a name? Friday 02-Jan-2009: So what's in a name? This may well be asked after the tussle over the ANC breakaway group's choice of Congress of the People as their party's name. The answer is that it indeed says a good deal ab (By Jan)...	Middle East: Defiant Hamas hits Israel with dozens of rockets Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian militants sent a deadly barrage of missiles flying deep into Israel on Monday, demonstrating that Hamas still had firepower three days into Israel's punishing (By Gairk)...
Zimbabwe: The War against Mugabe - Cutting his military supply lines as an important strategy... Thursday 01-Jan-2009: I want to sit and think more carefully about Mugabe and Zimbabwe and things that can be done there to assist in the fight against Mugabe. I get irritated by all this talk that the MDC must strike a de (By Jan)...	Chinese Helped Export Nuclear Program To Middle East; France, Pre-ANC South Africa With Israel Saturday 03-Jan-2009: Now here's something of no major surprise that (By Lone Wolf)...
Zimbabwe: White farmers confront Mugabe in a legal battle Monday 29-Dec-2008: Chegutu - Edna Madzongwe, president of the Senate and a powerful member of Zimbabwe’s ruling party, began showing up uninvited at the Etheredges’ farm here last year, at times still dressed up after a (By JanOlifant)...	Military hisory: The bloodiest battle ever Monday 29-Dec-2008: Military history: The bloodiest battle ever Submitted by List: The bloodiest battle in history wasnt Verdun or Stalingrad. It was little-known battle of Rjev (Rzhev)on Eastern front(1942). It was (By JoAn)...
S.Africa: The Deliberate Dumbing down of future generations of Black Children Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: It is my aim to get information out, which is important which would be lost, for everyone to see. We whites forget that we know a *LOT* that Black leaders have deliberately hidden from their people. (By Jan)...	Zimbabwe: New Years Message – The Failed State – Remembering Ian Smith Monday 29-Dec-2008: Many people have usually been critical of major human right abuses, starvation, constant political instability, and the complete economic collapse in Zimbabwe. What makes me laugh is just that fact t (By Gairk)...
USA: Federal Reserve sets stage for Weimar-style Hyperinflation Tuesday 30-Dec-2008: Submitted by Spiculum: by F. William Engdahl Global Research, December 15, 2008 The Federal Reserve has bluntly refused a request by a major US financial news service to disclose the recipien (By JoAn)...	Zimbabwe: MDC must put an end to this farce Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: ROBERT Mugabe’s regime has sunk to new low levels of cynicism and depravity. Over the past few weeks its secret police has abducted over 40 people including a two-year old child. This happens at a (By Gairk)...
Zimbabwe: Now Mugabe imprisons 2 year olds - 2 yo toddler, 2, beaten in prison Sunday 04-Jan-2009: [Mugabe is cruel, and his system is hideous. This makes my blood boil. They use ruthless communist techniques. Jan] Horror stories are emerging from Chikurubi Maximum Security prison in Zimbabwe wh (By Jan)...	Middle East: Hamas gives go ahead for crucifixion of enemies Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: Both Iran and its Hamas proxy in Gaza have been busy this Christmas week showing Christendom just what they think of it. But no one seems to have noticed. On Tuesday, Hamas legislators marked the (By JanOlifant)...
UK:Whites becoming a minority in London Tuesday 30-Dec-2008: [I think whites are already a minority in London,statistics don't include the huge number of illegals living here. However there is a good news: even if I'm Italian I'm now a very active member(and of (By Giuseppe)...	Global: Marked changes in world's political, economic landscape Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The world has undergone remarkable changes this year, but international security situation on the whole remained stable with "peace" and "development" prevailing as the th (By Gairk)...
News - World: Hamas hits Israel with dozens of rockets Tuesday 30-Dec-2008: Palestinian militants sent a deadly barrage of missiles flying deep into Israel on Monday, demonstrating that Hamas still had firepower three days into Israel's punishing air offensive in Gaza. Fou (By Jan)...	Middle East: Israel's recent Gaza operations explained Thursday 01-Jan-2009: A quick guide to some of the big issues This week, Israeli warplanes pounded Hamas strongholds in the Gaza Strip. The goal of the operation is to strike a major blow to Hamas's terror infrastru (By JanOlifant)...
A message from Jan... and some quick comments and analyses... Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: Hi JoAn, Don't worry about being behind!!! Nobody is more behind on everything than me!! I am happy to leave all this work in your capable and reliable hands. To All, Just a note, I did sugge (By Jan)...	USA: Is Oprah's Golden Touch Tarnished? Another Faked Memoir Plugged by Winfrey Plagues Publishing Industry Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: Unfortunately for Oprah Winfrey, some stories really are too good to be true. Heartwarming Holocaust love story that turned into a book is not true. More PhotosHerman Rosenblat's memoir, "Angel (By Gairk)...
What worse disaster than this could befall Zimbabwe? Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: [Zimbabweans hate Mugabe and his party and want them removed, but are too fearful to do it themselves, with good reason. This comment by a friend in Zimbabwe] I wonder what bigger disaster is there (By Gairk)...	News - South Africa: Cholera is under control in Gauteng Saturday 03-Jan-2009: By Zara Nicholson No new cases of cholera have been reported in Gauteng this week, although two more cases were confirmed in Cape Town. The Gauteng Health Department is however still urging res (By Jan)...
News - World: Israeli war planes flatten Hamas mosque Friday 02-Jan-2009: By Ibrahim Barzak and Matti Friedman Gaza City - Israel showed no sign of slowing a blistering seven-day offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza, destroying homes of more than a dozen of the grou (By Jan)...	News - South Africa: ANC members disrupt COPE meeting Saturday 03-Jan-2009: Police in Mpumalanga had to be called to restore order at a Congress of the People meeting in Mbuzini after ANC members stormed the venue on Saturday, they said. Superintendent Abie Khoabane said (By Jan)...
Military History: Britain's Greatest General of WWII, the despicable & disgusting, worthless General Montgomery Thursday 01-Jan-2009: I love military history, and I really admire great generals tremendously. Even among the evil, you can sometimes find some talent. Like Wallenstein of the Thirty Years war in Germany. Wallenstein ran (By Jan)...	News - South Africa: 'We don't know if it's good to eat moles... ' Saturday 03-Jan-2009: By Zara Nicholson and Nwabisa Msutwana-Stemela Hunting for moles and other small animals to eat has become something of an art for the poor residents of White House Village informal settlement in B (By Jan)...
Zimbabwe: Diplomats watch to see if Robert Mugabe dare go on holiday Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: Each morning and afternoon a nauseating ritual is performed in Harare as President Robert Mugabe travels in a heavily guarded motorcade between his home and State House. Police motorcyclists force tra (By JanOlifant)...	Mexico's Zapatista Leader Supporting Hamas Terrorists; Demands Obama Be Honest In His True Opinion Saturday 03-Jan-2009: Now here's something which caught my attention. During the 2008 elections, (By Lone Wolf)...
News - World: Hamas says it will fight to the last breath Thursday 01-Jan-2009: Gaza City - Hamas vowed to fight "until the last breath" if Israel makes good on threats to send ground troops into Gaza after rejecting calls for a truce and pressing on with its air assault. "We (By Jan)...	Zimbabwe to retain 716 white farmers after land reforms Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: More than 700 white farmers will retain their land in keeping with proposals by Zimbabwe's government to improve food security and restore confidence in the agriculture sector, the state-run Sunday Ma (By Gairk)...
News - South Africa: Recognised in death? Friday 02-Jan-2009: Veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman had not been given the recognition she deserved, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi said on Friday. "I hope that in the hour of h (By Jan)...	News - South Africa: A wave of crime Thursday 01-Jan-2009: Limpopo saw a wave of crime over the last twenty four hours, including four murders, a rape, an armed robbery and various other crimes, said police on Thursday. Police spokesperson Superintendent M (By Jan)...
Iranian State Run Media Run Interview Of Free Gaza 'Activist' Organizer; Organizer Calls For Israel's Destruction Friday 02-Jan-2009: Now here's something that I picked up that's no major surprise about the notorious (By Lone Wolf)...	[Pic] [Humor] Zimbabwe's new 1 trillion dollar note... Thursday 01-Jan-2009: This was no doubt done by someone in America. The wording is definitely not African. But clearly there are Americans who also look at this lunatic in Zimbabwe and know what a complete idiot we're deal (By Jan)...
Middle East: Israel rejects truce call, attacks Gaza Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel rejected international pressure for a two-day cease-fire with Hamas and sent warplanes Wednesday to demolish smuggling tunnels that are the lifeline of Gaza's Islam (By Gairk)...	News - World: UN leader deplores violence in Gaza Monday 29-Dec-2008: Gaza City - Israel bombed Gaza for a third day on Monday in an "all-out war" on Hamas, as tanks massed on the border and the Islamists fired deadly rockets to retaliate for the blitz that has killed n (By Jan)...
[Doc] International Crisis Group's document suggesting a way forward in Zimbabwe... Thursday 01-Jan-2009: [Here is the ICG's report and downloadable document on a suggested way forward in Zimbabwe. Personally, I don't see why the MDC should share anything with Mugabe. The MDC won, so Mugabe should go. Its (By Jan)...	News - South Africa: Eskom considers alternatives Sunday 04-Jan-2009: Ahead of what could be a triple whammy for consumers - another price hike, penalties for not saving power and more power cuts - Eskom, the national electricity provider, has confirmed that renewable e (By Jan)...
News - South Africa: Significant events of 2008 Friday 02-Jan-2009: By Patrick Laurence As the year draws to an end, it is appropriate to pause and look back in order to appraise the significance of events over the past 12 months and their implications for the comi (By Jan)...	Hezbollah Rallies For Hamas; Greek Communists Who Agitated Riots Join In Wednesday 31-Dec-2008: It seems here that aside from typical Hezbollah terrorists rallying for Hamas, it seems members of the (By Lone Wolf)...
Global: Economic Crisis Grows Politically Dangerous Tuesday 30-Dec-2008: Submitted by Spiculum: Economic Crisis Grows Politically Dangerous December 26, 2008 Will social protest against ailing economies around the world trigger protectionism and trade war? As deva (By JoAn)...	News - South Africa: Fuel-good start to year Saturday 03-Jan-2009: By Fiona Gounden Motorists can look forward to a petrol price drop of 18 percent next week, which makes it the lowest price since March 2007. And the good news doesn't stop there: economists pr (By Jan)...
News - South Africa: A lone voice has been silenced Friday 02-Jan-2009: I don't know what to write about Helen Suzman. For once, I am, as the cliche has it, at a loss for words. Let me try to list some of her achievements without getting sentimental. A member of par (By Jan)...	Israeli Air Force uses new US-supplied smart bomb in Gaza attacks Tuesday 30-Dec-2008: The Israel Air Force used a new bunker-buster missile that it received recently from the United States in strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, The Jerusalem Post learned on Sun (By JanOlifant)...
News - Africa: Mugabe to form government - Zim media Saturday 03-Jan-2009: Zimbabwe's main opposition leader has insisted that he will not become prime minister in a government of national unity until disagreements are settled. There were signs on Saturday that President (By Jan)...	Case Of Attempted Domestic Terrorism In Aspen, Colorado; Reason Economic Crisis? Thursday 01-Jan-2009: Now here's an odd case which is just being mentioned as it seems like there could have been an attempted case of domestic terrorism in (By Lone Wolf)...
News - South Africa: New Year drunk driving down... Saturday 03-Jan-2009: Just how widespread the scourge of drinking and driving is was illustrated on New Year's Eve when an off-duty police officer in full uniform was arrested for drunk driving. The officer, who was th (By Jan)...	News - World: Gaza militants pound Israel with fire Monday 29-Dec-2008: Gaza City - Militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza pounded Israel with rocket and mortar fire on Wednesday, dimming the chances of a renewed ceasefire between the Jewish state and the Palestinian Islamist grou (By Jan)...
News - Africa: Lawyers want Mugabe charged Tuesday 30-Dec-2008: Lawyers for detained rights activists called on Monday for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government to be charged with contempt, as the country's cholera death toll rose above 1 500. The def (By Jan)...	Member Of PLO Faction Killed In Israeli Military Action Sunday 04-Jan-2009: Now here's something of no major surprise coming from the "moderate" (By Lone Wolf)...
Total Hypocrisy From Iran; Calling Upon 'International Community' To Arrest Israeli Leaders As 'War Criminals' Monday 29-Dec-2008: Now this is quite hypocritical of Iranian leaders such as (By Lone Wolf)...	Israeli Communist Party Goes To Support Hamas, PLO Factions In Gaza Monday 29-Dec-2008: In quite a typical fashion of Israel's own Fifth Column being led by members of the (By Lone Wolf)...