It is tough being a cow and a driver in Endumeni…

It must be tough being a cow. If you are not dying at the side of the road because of a lack of grass and water, you are standing very uncomfortably in the back of a small bakkie on a Friday afternoon, tied up and waiting for your bloody slaughter on the weekend.
Cows are also blamed for accidents. A motorist bumps into a cow, and guess what?
It is the animal’s fault – not the owner who let his livestock wander across the road, or the guy who stole the fence put up to keep the farmer’s animals off the road.
No, the poor cow gets the blame.
Or how about on Tandy Street where every day (twice on weekends) a herd of cows can be seen being driven over Victoria Street, towards the golf club where free grazing (what is left of it) can be had behind the tennis club.
Imagine during this day and age – you get something for free, even it is grass.
And then people complain about the all the pooh left on the road and on the pavement. Again, it’s the cows’ fault. Not the owner who thought nothing of his fellow residents or the fact that there is an inherent danger when 27 cows stroll across Victoria and Tandy Streets at 4.15pm on a weekday.
And then there are horses. Everyone says this place is like a cowboy town minus John Wayne. Well, it is true.
The other morning two horses (riderless and saddleless) were seen calmly munching the bushes that grow on the island on McKenzie Street in the vicinity of the police barracks.
And yes, we do have quite a few John Waynes – some in uniform and some not. Pick your choice.
Talking about McKenzie Street, who on earth is in charge of traffic control there? The road, between Gladstone and Willson Streets, was only dug up a month or so ago and now, the same sections have been ‘unearthed’.
Has the municipality found the Kruger Millions?
Or is it Owen secretly ferreting away his fortune?
Whoever it is better take off the traffic lanes near Hopewell Furniture.
If you are not careful you can easily end up facing traffic and face an uncomfortable reversing procedure back towards the four-stop while being berated by a taxi driver whose music system volume button does not have a soft option.
No wonder Max and his friends chose to have their advanced driving course in the adjacent Madressa hall on Saturday. These guys knew exactly what to expect from Dundee road markings!