It lies quietly in wait for its prey, possessing the patience of a puff adder, the sinister calm of a crocodile and the have-I-got-a-surprise-for-you innocence of a hippo. Stealthy, uncompromising, unforgiving: there are many ways to describe this beast that traps the unsuspecting.
It’s become almost as commonplace as a rat or a pigeon and its spawned many a meme and a joke because if there’s one thing South Africans know how to do it’s to make light of a problem.
