Ex Prez PW Botha Intro for me to top notch Tv Journalist: Cliff Saunders
When I chatted to PW Botha the other day, he told me that I must speak directly to Cliff Saunders, who did those two interviews with him.
So today I phoned Cliff and we had a lovely discussion - and what a mind-boggling one too!!
For those who don"t know, Cliff Saunders is a household name in S.Africa. He was an award-winning journalist. He even did documentaries in Rhodesia during the war there.
PW Botha told me that I must speak to Cliff because he is a brave man who is not afraid to speak his mind.
Cliff and I had a fantastic chat. He told me his current way of venting and saying his say, is to write letters to newspapers (all of whom know him!), even if they hate him. He said, so far, over 300 of his letters have been published.
There is one juicy thing which Cliff did tell me which I really must pass on to people. He told me that he knows for a fact that the head of our TV News is constantly on the phone, daily, to Government and clearing with them which stories can and can"t be run.
It shouldn"t be news to any of us, that the Govt is secretly influencing our media - or CENSORING it - even if it is "unofficial" or "by word of mouth".
I will be chatting with Cliff again, and I have proposed some ideas to him - but more on that later.
Cliff has an idea which I think could turn the media in this country on its head. The company he is in business with has the ability to broadcast on Tv - across this country.
Cliff said to me that he is looking for local or foreign investors, who will put up about R6 million (US$1 million), to start a White Tv Channel.
Now he points to the success of "Ethnic Tv" in the USA where you have Black Radio and Black Tv Channels, and he says, "Why can"t we have a White Tv Channel" in S.Africa?
Being an award-winning Tv Documentary producer, Cliff wants to produce REAL NEWS documentaries and wants to air them to a mass audience in this country. Of course, as he says, Black people will also listen in, and that"s not a problem. But the target market, and the purpose of the Tv station will be to broadcast to whites.
He suggested starting off by broadcasting say 3 hours a night!
I think this is fantastic.
Cliff also told me that when he launched the PW Botha Interview, that he invited all the Mass Media to be there because it was the first time in over a decade that PW Botha had spoken publicly. PW gave a speech, and he was going to field questions from journalists. Cliff said that nobody pitched up because the current Govt railroaded the whole thing. He told me the SABC was going to air the documentary, and was about to sign the contract when an order came from somewhere on high, to cancel it. Hence, no TV Station in S.Africa would run the documentary.
I told Cliff that in the USA the "Alternative Media" was already well-entrenched and was taking on the established mass media and that I believed that here in S.Africa we could do the same.
I said that in my view people want real news, and the truth, and people are tired of Politically Correct nonsense. People inside and outside the country wanted the real news.
Another juicy story that Cliff told me... was that the Belgians are actually thinking about bringing some kind of enquiry with the threat of some kind of sanctions against the S.African Govt over the issue of the Farm murders!
But the real bee which Cliff has in his bonnet is the White Tv Channel. So if anyone out there is interested, or knows a foreign or local investor who might be interested in meeting with Cliff and seeing their business plans, etc, then drop me a line. I will actually be going to their studios to take a look in the near future.
By the way, Cliff"s business partners have ORIGINAL INTERVIEWS WITH IAN SMITH... which have not seen the light of day in DECADES!!! This is history... of the highest order, which needs to be preserved and disseminated.
I would love MODERN BLACK ZIMBABWEANS to see such things and to compare what Ian Smith said then, with what Zimbabwe is like today.
In my view, we must just carry on with our struggle for FREE SPEECH - real FREE SPEECH - which we have a right to. I think our Govt will of course try in every way they can to railroad these projects - but I think it is an awesome idea to pursue.
Some years ago, Jani Allan and I discussed (before she was fired from Cape Talk for the shows we did), the idea of the two of us doing a nationwide radio show together. I still think ideas like these can *FLY* BIG TIME... and one would find MANY BLACKS ALSO LISTENING IN... make no mistake! But the Govt has an obsession with shutting us whites up.
You see, our Govt"s whole Political stance is based on a twisted and exaggerated pack of lies, and if people are allowed to THINK FREELY and SPEAK FREELY then this whole edifice is going to come crumbling down around them. Our Govt"s own RACISM and TOTALITARIANISM will be exposed. I can"t see them allowing it.
But... this must not deter us. We must just push on, and deal with their tricks as best we can.
Let me tell you all something:
We have many very talented White people, take for example, my good friend and mentor, Dr Chris Jordaan. These are people with real skills and talent and with decades of sound experience behind them. But these people are not able to reach their full potential because they are strangled through a lack of MONEY. All we have to do is to soldier on, and if one day, small groups of us start making money, and generating BUSINESS and CASH... then our thing is really going to take off. We can even have an influence which stretches far beyond the borders of this country. But we need to get going, and we need to help those who are the most talented, to get going, and to pave the way forward. Of course, we will be faced with DIRTY TRICKS. Make no mistake. But we have a job to do. We must start playing our role in this country, whether this Govt likes us or not. What this Govt fears the most about us... are our minds... because when we say what we think... the Govt"s house of cards starts trembling and shaking. Free Speech is one thing, which they will *HATE* to see us get. But Free Speech, is the one right we must fight for tooth and nail with everything we have because it is a univeral right, and more importantly, Free Speech could save our lives and give us a real future.
Jan Lamprecht
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So today I phoned Cliff and we had a lovely discussion - and what a mind-boggling one too!!
For those who don"t know, Cliff Saunders is a household name in S.Africa. He was an award-winning journalist. He even did documentaries in Rhodesia during the war there.
PW Botha told me that I must speak to Cliff because he is a brave man who is not afraid to speak his mind.
Cliff and I had a fantastic chat. He told me his current way of venting and saying his say, is to write letters to newspapers (all of whom know him!), even if they hate him. He said, so far, over 300 of his letters have been published.
There is one juicy thing which Cliff did tell me which I really must pass on to people. He told me that he knows for a fact that the head of our TV News is constantly on the phone, daily, to Government and clearing with them which stories can and can"t be run.
It shouldn"t be news to any of us, that the Govt is secretly influencing our media - or CENSORING it - even if it is "unofficial" or "by word of mouth".
I will be chatting with Cliff again, and I have proposed some ideas to him - but more on that later.
Cliff has an idea which I think could turn the media in this country on its head. The company he is in business with has the ability to broadcast on Tv - across this country.
Cliff said to me that he is looking for local or foreign investors, who will put up about R6 million (US$1 million), to start a White Tv Channel.
Now he points to the success of "Ethnic Tv" in the USA where you have Black Radio and Black Tv Channels, and he says, "Why can"t we have a White Tv Channel" in S.Africa?
Being an award-winning Tv Documentary producer, Cliff wants to produce REAL NEWS documentaries and wants to air them to a mass audience in this country. Of course, as he says, Black people will also listen in, and that"s not a problem. But the target market, and the purpose of the Tv station will be to broadcast to whites.
He suggested starting off by broadcasting say 3 hours a night!
I think this is fantastic.
Cliff also told me that when he launched the PW Botha Interview, that he invited all the Mass Media to be there because it was the first time in over a decade that PW Botha had spoken publicly. PW gave a speech, and he was going to field questions from journalists. Cliff said that nobody pitched up because the current Govt railroaded the whole thing. He told me the SABC was going to air the documentary, and was about to sign the contract when an order came from somewhere on high, to cancel it. Hence, no TV Station in S.Africa would run the documentary.
I told Cliff that in the USA the "Alternative Media" was already well-entrenched and was taking on the established mass media and that I believed that here in S.Africa we could do the same.
I said that in my view people want real news, and the truth, and people are tired of Politically Correct nonsense. People inside and outside the country wanted the real news.
Another juicy story that Cliff told me... was that the Belgians are actually thinking about bringing some kind of enquiry with the threat of some kind of sanctions against the S.African Govt over the issue of the Farm murders!
But the real bee which Cliff has in his bonnet is the White Tv Channel. So if anyone out there is interested, or knows a foreign or local investor who might be interested in meeting with Cliff and seeing their business plans, etc, then drop me a line. I will actually be going to their studios to take a look in the near future.
By the way, Cliff"s business partners have ORIGINAL INTERVIEWS WITH IAN SMITH... which have not seen the light of day in DECADES!!! This is history... of the highest order, which needs to be preserved and disseminated.
I would love MODERN BLACK ZIMBABWEANS to see such things and to compare what Ian Smith said then, with what Zimbabwe is like today.
In my view, we must just carry on with our struggle for FREE SPEECH - real FREE SPEECH - which we have a right to. I think our Govt will of course try in every way they can to railroad these projects - but I think it is an awesome idea to pursue.
Some years ago, Jani Allan and I discussed (before she was fired from Cape Talk for the shows we did), the idea of the two of us doing a nationwide radio show together. I still think ideas like these can *FLY* BIG TIME... and one would find MANY BLACKS ALSO LISTENING IN... make no mistake! But the Govt has an obsession with shutting us whites up.
You see, our Govt"s whole Political stance is based on a twisted and exaggerated pack of lies, and if people are allowed to THINK FREELY and SPEAK FREELY then this whole edifice is going to come crumbling down around them. Our Govt"s own RACISM and TOTALITARIANISM will be exposed. I can"t see them allowing it.
But... this must not deter us. We must just push on, and deal with their tricks as best we can.
Let me tell you all something:
We have many very talented White people, take for example, my good friend and mentor, Dr Chris Jordaan. These are people with real skills and talent and with decades of sound experience behind them. But these people are not able to reach their full potential because they are strangled through a lack of MONEY. All we have to do is to soldier on, and if one day, small groups of us start making money, and generating BUSINESS and CASH... then our thing is really going to take off. We can even have an influence which stretches far beyond the borders of this country. But we need to get going, and we need to help those who are the most talented, to get going, and to pave the way forward. Of course, we will be faced with DIRTY TRICKS. Make no mistake. But we have a job to do. We must start playing our role in this country, whether this Govt likes us or not. What this Govt fears the most about us... are our minds... because when we say what we think... the Govt"s house of cards starts trembling and shaking. Free Speech is one thing, which they will *HATE* to see us get. But Free Speech, is the one right we must fight for tooth and nail with everything we have because it is a univeral right, and more importantly, Free Speech could save our lives and give us a real future.
Jan Lamprecht
Original Investigative Journalism from the
Columnist Guild News Bureau
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