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Arthur Kemp is a writer and political figure born in Southern Rhodesia, who currently works for the British National Party.
Biography
Arthur Kemp was born in 1962 in the British colony of Southern Rhodesia, spending his formative early political years in South Africa.
He has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, International Politics and Public Administration.
He was conscripted into the South African Police from 1985 to 1988 as part of his national service obligation in South Africa, serving as a constable and a sergeant in the uniform branch stationed in Johannesburg.
After completing his national service, Kemp worked for The Citizen (South Africa) newspaper in Johannesburg and later as a journalist for the South African Conservative Party.
Kemp was expelled from that party in 1992 for coming to the conclusion that apartheid was impracticable, indefensible and morally unjustifiable.
Kemp has also worked as an international risk consultant; as a retail market analyst for a blue chip company in the UK; and as a public relations consultant.
Having moved to the UK in 1996, Kemp is manager of Excalibur, the British National Party (BNP)'s merchandising arm and is in charge of maintaining the BNP website.
Books
As of August 2009, Kemp has written seven books, most of which are self published as Ostara. They are, in order of publication:
1. Victory or Violence - The Story of the AWB of South Africa (first published 1990, Forma Publishers, Pretoria. Second edition Ostara Publications, 2009). This book deals with the history, ideology and activities of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (English: Afrikaner Resistance Movement).
2. March of the Titans: A History of the White Race (first published 2000 by Ostara Publications, Second edition 2001, third edition 2004, fourth edition 2006, fifth edition 2008). This book is a racial history of the European people of the world.
3. Jihad: Islam's 1,300 Year War Against Western Civilisation (first published 2008 by Ostara Publications). This book is a historical overview of the development of Islam and its invasions of the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe.
4. The Immigration Invasion: How Third World Immigration is Destroying the First World and What Must be Done to Stop It (first published 2008, Ostara Publications). This books deals with the extent and effect of Third World immigration into Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
5. The Lie of Apartheid and other true stories from Southern Africa (first published January 2009 by Ostara Publications). This book is a series of essays dealing with the apartheid, Zimbabwe, Ghandi and the author’s experiences in South Africa during the ending of apartheid.
6. Headline, The Best of BNP News Volume I, July-December 2008 (first published 2009 Ostara Publications). This is a collection of stories which appeared on the BNP’s website from July to December 2008.
7. Headline, The Best of BNP News Volume II, January-June 2009 (first published 2009 Ostara Publications). This is a collection of stories which appeared on the BNP’s website from January to July 2009.
In addition, Kemp has co-authored a 22 page booklet with Nick Griffin, the leader of the BNP, entitled Folk and Nation, Underpinning the Ethnostate (first published 2008 by the BNP, 22 pages).
Chris Hani Trial
In 1993 Kemp was briefly arrested and then released without charge in connection with the assassination of Chris Hani, the leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC).
Kemp was subpoenaed to appear as a witness after one of the main suspects, Clive Derby-Lewis, gave the police Kemp's name as the person who had drawn up a list of names which was found in the apartment of the shooter, Janusz Walus.
According to the South African Police, Kemp was arrested along with four other people had “on the basis of information provided by Mr Clive Derby-Lewis.”
At the trial, Kemp denied producing a "hitlist."
The actual key witnesses in the Hani trial were Margarita Harmse, an Afrikaner woman who witnessed the actual shooting, and Michael Buchanan, who also witnessed the shooting and identified the shooter, Janus Walusz at an identification parade.
Other key witnesses included: Conservative Party member Lionel du Randt (who supplied the firearm used in the assassination and who testified in court that he had supplied it wrapped in clothing) ; Conservative Party member Faan Venter who testified that he had carried the firearm to Clive Derby-Lewis (who then handed it to Walusz) ; and Conservative Party member Keith Darroll, who testified that he had acquired and made the silencer which was attached to the murder weapon.
Furthermore, the crucial evidence in the Hani case was supplied by Walusz and Clive Derby-Lewis themselves, who fully confessed their actions to the police when they were first arrested under the Internal Security Act. Kemp and the others were only arrested after Derby-Lewis gave their names to the police.
Gaye Derby-Lewis testified at a later Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing that she had “compiled the list.”
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing into the assassination of Chris Hani heard that the original trial court had heard “ that Mr Kemp was not regarded as a co-conspirator”
There were 34 witnesses for the state, listed in the order in which they appeared: M. J. Harmse; M. S. Buchanan; K. Olivier; Q. P. du Toit; W. J. Wheeler; I. J. Halkerd; C. A. Grimbeeck; M. C. van Zyl; J. Slingerland; R. Manser; N. Keyter; C. C. A. van Heerden; E. E. Durant; E. B. Campion; M. M. Ras; L. W. Visser; A. Beetge; R. Micklethwaite; C. M. van der Schyff; M. Sebeko; S. Venter; T. Coetzee; A. B. Kemp; K. H. Darroll; C. J. Weitz; J. L. Allen; P. J. Klepp; M. Paulson; A. W. Christie; E. M. Holmes; J. D. Quinton; E. Motswaan; M. W. G. Visser; and G. Smith.
According to the Independent newspaper Kemp was a “key state witness” in the murder trial of Walus and Derby-Lewis. The Independant stated the following:
- Arthur Kemp, told the court that over lunch at the Derby-Lewises on 12 April, two days after the assassination of the South African Communist Party leader, Mrs Derby-Lewis had admitted to her involvement.
Criticism
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Kemp is a white supremacist who has been active in providing some manner of support to the National Alliance in the United States, and asserts he left South Africa because he was seen to have betrayed those convicted in the murder trial of Walus and Derby-Lewis, by giving testimony against the Derby-Lewises.
Kemp dismissed these allegations as "total rubbish" on his personal website, saying they didn't even get his year of birth correct.
Bibliography
- Arthur Kemp (2006), March of the Titans: a history of the White Race
- Arthur Kemp (2009), Victory Or Violence - The Story of the Awb of South Africa
- Arthur Kemp (2009), The Lie of Apartheid and Other True Stories from Southern Africa
External links
Notes and References
- Goodreads, [http://nitro5.goodreads.com/author/show/251670.Arthur_Kemp Author Profile]
- [[Conspiracies and the Chris Hani Assassination ]], http://www.arthurkemp.com/?p=130 ESSAY EIGHT from The Lie of Apartheid and other True Stories from Southern Africa]
- TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION, AMNESTY HEARING, 1 December 1997, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Amnesty Hearing, 1 December 2007
- [[Conspiracies and the Chris Hani Assassination ]], http://www.arthurkemp.com/?p=130 ESSAY EIGHT from The Lie of Apartheid and other True Stories from Southern Africa]
- Goodreads, [http://nitro5.goodreads.com/author/show/251670.Arthur_Kemp Author Profile]
- The Guardian, BNP's attempt to gain first European seat aided by man linked to ANC leader's killer
- The Guardian, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/08/bnp-nick-griffin-arthur-kemp BNP's attempt to gain first European seat aided by man linked to ANC leader's killer]
- "Excalibur, Dispatch Move to Bigger Premises under New Management"
- Goodreads, Books by Arthur Kemp
- The Independent, 22 April 1993, Suspects held in Hani inquiry: Police confirm plot after five more arrests
- The Independent, 22 April 1993, Suspects held in Hani inquiry: Police confirm plot after five more arrests
- The Independent, 22 April 1993, Suspects held in Hani inquiry: Police confirm plot after five more arrests
- News24.com, 9 May 2009, SA right-winger linked to UK BNP
- The Guardian, 31 March 2007, Witnesses identify 'Hani killer'
- , 10 April 2008, The assassination of Chris Hani
- , 10 April 2008, The assassination of Chris Hani
- , 10 April 2008, The assassination of Chris Hani
- , 17 August 1997, The assassination of Chris Hani
- The Independent, 22 April 1993, Suspects held in Hani inquiry: Police confirm plot after five more arrests
- TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION, AMNESTY HEARING, 1 December 1997, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Amnesty Hearing, 1 December 2007
- TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION, AMNESTY HEARING, 1 December 1997, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Amnesty Hearing, 1 December 2007
- Chris HANI assassination Records 1993-1998, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Evidence on behalf of the state
- The Independent, 7 October 1993, Net widens
- Heidi Beirich (Winter 2007). "Dangerous Liaison:South African Shores Up Neo-Nazi Group". Intelligence Report.
- arthurkemp.com
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