When you shoot a zebra in the black stripe, the white dies too; shoot it in the white and the black dies too.
More South African Proverbs:
A fool is a wise man's ladder.South African
The quail waits for the stick; the idle loiterer about a place waits for a kick from an old boot.
South African
No stake ever grew old with the bark on.
South African
Almost is not eaten.
South African
When the elephant is slain all the tribes gather together to eat of it.
South African
Behold the iguana puffing itself out to make itself a man!
South African