A KwaZulu-Natal snake handler is hissing mad after not being paid for removing snakes and reptiles in and around President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead
Jaco Dercksen has accused First Lady Tobeka Madiba Zuma’s foundation of ignoring his pleas for payment after he and other snake catchers were called to find and remove snakes from the property.
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He says letters of demand are being ignored, and has had no success in contacting the president’s office directly.
Dercksen has been handling snakes for almost 20 years.
But when he got a call to monitor snake activity at the home of the president, he was hesitant.
“I tried to get myself out of it because you’re working for the state president. (If) something goes wrong, a snake might bite one of his family (and) you’re going to be in big trouble,” said Dercksen.
