So there is a mermaid terrorising people out in the rural area around Ladysmith while in Vryheid the traffic department impounded the refuse truck resulting in uncollected rubbish bags polluting the town.
While we would battle to top that, Dundee, Glencoe and surrounds have never been shy to ‘pull actions’ when it comes to Ripley’s Believe it Or Not-type stories.
Remember the singer who came back from the dead to entertain fans in Nquthu and then was promptly arrested for his trouble? Well, he blamed everything on a Tokolosh.
Then we have the giant snake that routinely comes over the mountain to bring destructive storms on Glencoe.
Then there was the two-headed snake that is believed to behind so many accidents on the Dundee/Glencoe road not to mention the ghostly Red Coat soldier who often wanders around the Steenkoolspruit near Dundee Secondary.
Then there are the mythical stories that do the rounds from near the Kremlin (Municipal headquarters): like the one that people are simply appointed to jobs because of political connections without any qualifications – the ruling party feels sorry for people whose family they have taken out and then others get jobs in a kind of appeasement exercise. Must be a myth.
Then the one that the Municipal Manager sort of secretly signed a contract that was then nullified until the real Council appointed him properly. Must be a myth.
And the one that one Councillor was suspended, unsuspended and re-suspended so many times by his own party that it became unclear if he should have been seated in the public gallery or around the Oval Table? Must be a myth.
Or that some people owe thousands in stolen electricity yet are never charges because again of political connections? Must be a myth
And the one that Karelandman Street will be finished when South Africa next host the World Cup Football Show and that by then the traffic lights will also be working? Must be a myth.
Or the one that Youth Days, Women’s Days, Dog Days et al are held to pass on lucrative T shirt, catering tenders to mates and/or politically connected individuals who may or may not live in the municipal area or that letterheads with quotes for work done are manipulated to favour the latter individuals? Must be a myth.
Or the one that people do actually care for the environment and all that litter we see lying around – especially on the railway line near Ann Street – is the work of a Tokolosh? Now that is a myth…