28 August 2007: Seizing the bull by the ...

The mayor of a South African town is proposing that the municipality changes its name, because he gets embarrassed about the existing one.

The area is known as "eThekwini" which, according to local belief, means a bull's testicle, allegedly referring to the shape of the costal area's bay.

Red-faced at explaining the name to visitors, a the mayor is now pushing for the area's name to be changed to the Zulu word for 'Watch Out'.