09/06/2026
I love this picture ! 🤩
Photo credits go to our beef manageress Mariska Engelbrecht
- thank you Mariska “there is always beauty for those who look for it, even if some days we have to look a bit harder”
To our team, Mariska brings a positive energy, a keen interest in photography and an eye for capturing the beauty that surrounds her everyday, even when the beasts are misbehaving!
Pictured here is a in full flight
“ The secretary bird is endemic to Africa (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a powerful raptor that perfectly balances elegant beauty with fierce predatory prowess. Its primary symbolism centers around protection, authority, divine majesty, and the triumph of good over evil.
Core Symbolic Meanings:
Protection & Guardianship: Famous for its ability to hunt venomous snakes by stomping them to death, the bird is revered as a guardian that shields against venom, deception, and hidden threats.
Authority & Grace: With its striking, model-like eyelashes and upright, stately posture, it symbolizes dignity, high intellect (often associated with its crest resembling a 19th-century quill pen), and leadership.
Balance of Opposites: It represents grace in motion and brutal strength in combat, embodying the harmony between the heavens and the earth.
Cultural Significance:
South Africa: It takes center stage on the South African National Coat of Arms, where it is depicted with outstretched wings, symbolizing the ascension of our nation, swiftness in flight, and the protection of its people. “
