Eastern Cape cows often make a nuisance of themselves on busy roads.
But these cattle are scaring people by stealing their clothes!
And traditional healers are warning that people must pay attention.
The cattle are apparently delivering a message from the ancestors and are showing that the ancestors are angry with the families from whom they steal.
In Kenton-on-Sea near Port Alfred, a cow ran away with clothes she had pulled off a washline on Friday.
And in Powerlines, a squatter camp in Motherwell, a raging bull robbed people of their clothes too.
Clothes were hanging from the bull's horns.
The angry beast charged at people who tried to go near him to get the clothes back.
Zamile Silumko (76) of Kenton-on-Sea said: "These cattle destroy our clothes. They break our gates and run straight for the washing lines.
"Then they run away with clothes on their horns. If you chase them, they get angry and go for you.
"Cattle often eat clothes during droughts in rural areas, but coming to your house and running away with clothes is new to me.
"They don't grab just one garment - they take two or three!"
A 65-year-old man, who didn't want to be named, said: "That bull chose the dress from others on the line.
"He usually grazes around here, but today he was violent, as if someone had irritated him.
"We will meet as a family and decide on the way forward."
Gogo Philasande Yoko, chairwoman of the Traditional Healers Organisation in Nelson Mandela Bay, said: "Whoever the dress belongs to, she owes the ancestors a lot.
"That was no joke. That bull was the ancestor's messenger. The owner of that dress must obey the message.
"The ancestors want her to honour a promise that she has made.
"Or maybe she started traditional ceremonies to honour the ancestors and then didn't complete them.
"Ancestors show their anger in different ways."
- Dailysun
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