Blind goat with $100 attached to its neck causes chaos

There have been a number of theories concerning the dry season in Bulawayo, from goblins to witchcraft but the latest theory that tops the charts has to be about the goat wandering around with eyes gouged out and a $100 note around its neck. Pumula North residents were recently sent scurrying like headless chickens at the terrifying sight of a goat that is suspected to have been used for sinister rituals. The goat with gouged out eyes had a beaded necklace around its neck with a hundred dollar note attached to the neck.

This reporter went out to streets of Pumula and interviewed residents who now live in fear of the strange goat that moves around without eyes and a "temptation" around its neck.

"This is abomination, no wonder the rains are not falling, the gods are angry, imagine if someone was to take the money and I'm sure someone would be tempted to do so eventually. This is plain witchcraft. The elders should take up arms and do something about such witchcraft acts or we will forever be without rain," said gogo MaSithole, a sangoma from the township.

MaSithole further alluded that the goat was not the only atrocity they have witnessed in the township. She said they have seen worse things before.

"Someone left two live sheep with their bodies underground leaving the heads uncovered and there are a lot of chickens in the bush, most of them with beads tied to them," said one of the residents identified as Sindisiwe Ngwenya.

The traditional healers around the suburb of Pumula North said they were awaiting for the councillor's permission so that they could embark on a quest to cleanse the bush and destroy all the things they suspect to be hindering the rains.

"As traditional representatives, we can see that all is not well and if the situation continues this way, then people will die of hunger. There are a lot of false prophets in the bush, why don't they build churches rather than discharging their cursed items in the bush," said khulu Sibanda, one of the healers who believed that its high time residents and traditional healers take action.

The healers said they would approach the councillor and map the way forward because despite the fact that "these things" were affecting the rains, their children's lives were in danger because they might try to snatch the $100 note or some hungry residents could catch the cursed chicken for relish.

"Given the opportunity, we will leave no stone unturned and as traditional representatives we have tasked ourselves to deal with such issues and we will hunt down this cursed goat and destroy every evil we are going to find in our township," said gogo MaSithole.