The day the snake got angry and brought us dust

So there is a snake terrorising us and bringing us vicious weather.

The snake was even seen hovering in the sky the other day above King Edward Street and the photo (manipulated or not) became an instant Facebook hit.
The people are not happy with the snake. It brings terrible weather, destruction and swallows up our much-needed rain.
So much so, that people have begun asking if rain is a myth. “This is the driest I have seen it – ever,” says farmer, Marthinus.
“My dad used to say that 1927 was the driest ever. Maybe it is drier now.” Foy Vermaak, a long-time resident, says his area is the driest it has been since the late 1940’s.

Perhaps Dundee and Glencoe will become mere oasis in the new dust bowl that is fast creeping in.
This is not a myth.

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 refuse truck only does the rounds after hours as they are so busy during the day – and not because they want to clock up overtime. Must be a myth. And the one that one Councillor was suspended, un-suspended 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 charged again because of political connections? Must be a myth.
And the one that the roads will be fixed when South Africa next hosts 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-shirts, 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…