President Cyril Ramaphosa might have closed beaches, rivers and dams but he didn’t mention anything about sinkholes.
Then again who would have thought that a sinkhole could be turned into a natural “pool”.
Well, a Fourways resident has converted the massive sinkhole outside his house into a “splash pool” to highlight the decaying water system and infrastructure in Gauteng.
Paul Tilly took to Facebook to post an image of a guy who is referred to a the ‘Sinkhole Teacher’, chilling in a the sinkhole pool with a large blow up pink flamingo and a bucket of HTH on the side.
The post captioned, “A South African has made light of current lockdown restrictions where beaches, rivers and dams are prohibited, and a failure in local infrastructure where a sinkhole has appeared in a popular middle class suburb of Johannesburg. With a tub of chlorine to the ready, he’s made his own South African riviera!”
The post has since gone viral and has now been dubbed the Fourway Beach.
A rather unorthodox way to spend you summer vacation!
It was further reported that the Fourways ‘Sinkhole Teacher’ pledged to take a photo by a different water burst each day'.
Brent Lindeque, Good Things Guy, took to Twitter with another video of the ’Sinkhole Teacher’ snorkelling in a different water filled sinkhole.
My “sinkhole" teacher… South Africans always find the funniest side of really serious situations. 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/3r8lVcajuX
— Brent Lindeque (@BrentLindeque) November 4, 2020
Along with the video he tweeted “My ’sinkhole’ teacher… South Africans always find the funniest side of really serious situations.”