Three women, Nomusa Sibiya, Nkele Mabena and Zamacele Mvuyana, went to the mountain in Snake Park near Dobsonville, Soweto, to pray in February.
Nomusa said: 'As we approached the river, we saw a boy swimming.
'But as we got closer the boy changed into an old man with a scary face and eyes like lightning.'
The women claim that greeted them and introduced himself as the River King, with a message from the ancestors.
'He was wearing blue trousers, a blue T-shirt and a black shirt. He had a blue cap in one hand. He said it was lucky that we had come to the river because he wanted us to warn people to respect the river and to stop dirtying it because the ancestors could no longer drink the dirty water.
'He told us he would kill those who refused to listen to him and would make the sun fall from the sky.'
'He said the ancestors were not happy because people vomited in the river and some slaughtered chickens and goats and left them there.'
She said the man thanked them for listening and sank into the water.
- Dailysun
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