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Musician and actor Steve Hofmeyr said he was sick and tired of government "spoon feeding" its people rubbish. "They say crime is down but it has been shown that it is becoming more violent and that crime in this country is five times higher than anywhere else in the world.
"Government should stop wasting taxpayers' money on name changes and start spending the money on making our streets safe, protecting our children, ensuring the elderly are safe and making sure that workers can go to work and return to their families in one piece and not in coffins," he said.
To celebrate the Silver Surfers amongst us - and more specifically, the over-60s -- Canon will be giving away another EOS 400D bundle -- read the May issue of Charged Southern Africa for more information... but in the meantime, use your imaginations and do your own "Silver Surfer" shots.
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African Hoopoe: Harbinger of Friends
There is a most ridiculous looking little fellow, who looks like as if he is wearing a Native American headdress on his head. This is the ngomfi, the African hoopoe, the bird that our people believe is a symbol of a loyal friend or a good visitor. It is said that if you hear this bird sounding off in the bush, saying, “hoop-hoop, hoophoop, hoop-hoop,” it means that you’re going to have an important visitor who will bring much prosperity to the family. This bird’s wing and tail feathers are black and white; night and day, darkness and light, pleasure and pain. So, if you see this bird, it is believed that you will have a visitor or a friend coming to you, who will stand by you, by night and by day, through suffering and through joy. The bird’s general colour is like the colour of beer, corn beer, which is why this bird is associated with celebration, and with drinking and eating.