Steve Hofmeyr # Part 2- Pissing into wind@ Grahamstown

Steve Hofmeyr on why he won't refer to Grahamstown as Makhanda

LOCAL / 5 OCTOBER 2018, 09:23AM / IOL ENTERTAINMENT

Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr. File picture: Etienne Creux/Indepedent Media

Controversial Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr took to Twitter to weigh in on the renaming of Grahamstown.

The Eastern Cape town of Grahamstown was officially been renamed to Makhanda on Tuesday, and while Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa said the process of renaming the Eastern Cape town  "followed the letter of the law", Hofmeyer disapproves, and claims that small settlements with "potential"  "cannot be renamed after every goatherder who took a p*ss under an Acacia tree".

Steve Hofmeyr?@steve_hofmeyr

If it's all the same to you, Grahamstown will remain Grahamstown to me.

2:06 PM - Oct 3, 2018

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Steve Hofmeyr?@steve_hofmeyr

I call most towns by their old names for the simple reason that small settlements with the potential to become Western towns cannot be named after every goatherder who pissed under an Acacia tree.

7:25 PM - Oct 3, 2018

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While some agreed with Hofmeyr, others felt he had the wrong outlook. One user wrote: "Looking at the demographics of this country and population growth, the Afrikaner population is heading towards a negligible minority anyway. The goat herder may be p*ssing against an acacia, but u may be pissing against the wind..."

AC@adriaan222Replying to @steve_hofmeyr

Looking at the demographics of this country and population growth, the Afrikaner population is heading towards a negligible minority anyway. The goat herder may be pissing against an acacia, but u may be pissing against the wind...

7:35 PM - Oct 3, 2018

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Africa's idea of democracy is certainly not capitalist.  
One race grows more than any economy could sustain- and then give them control in the name of democracy.....The ratio of kids born in Africa without parentage is much higher than anywhere in the world, while the population is also growing much faster. 

Many countries have stabilised population growth and the orphan rate is at an all-time low. This is a major step in solving crime, poverty and inequality creating a world that will not overconsume the natural resources of future generations and other life here on Earth.
If an economy grows by 1% each year, and the population grows by 2% there is little hope for the future. Other countries will have to absorb the overpopulation of economies that can't support themselves or/and these countries will become a hotbed of poverty, inequality, crime and terrorism.