Fudu primary and secondary schools in Nkayi, Matabeleland
North Province, have been closed for
three weeks after teachers fled in
terror when female teachers woke up
wearing their male counterparts’ trousers.
Goblins are said to be behind the bizarre incident which
has disrupted public examinations at the institutions.
As if that was not enough, one of the male teachers claimed that whenever he was at the school grounds he
would fall into a trance and see the shoes of a teacher who they suspected to
have been killed by another teacher at the school.
He said since the last week of September they had faced a
hellish time at the hands of the alleged spirit of the late teacher.
Now word doing the rounds is that the spirit of the late is hovering at the school
and tormenting teachers.
“ There are two teachers who fought for the position of deputy head and
subsequently one died mysteriously and we firmly believe that her spirit is the
one that is hovering at the school and disrupting lessons,” he said.
Speaking on condition of anonymity a female teacher confirmed that she and her female counterparts woke up wearing trousers.
“I have not seen anything like that! It’s strange. Just
imagine about six of us strangely woke
up wearing trousers of our male
colleagues,” said the female
teacher.
As a result teachers fled the school and pupils at both
schools have been left stranded.
A teacher said pupils who were sitting for examinations
were affected.
“This thing has left pupils who are sitting for final
public O-level examinations greatly
affected because they have to walk
more than 18 kilometres to Mpumelelo
High School where it has been arranged they sit for their examinations.
“This has put the pupils’ preparations for end of year examinations into disarray as it has
disturbed their preparations and it’s
not known whether they will write
examinations or not,” said the teacher.
Parents have been left worried and with the aid of the local leadership have
sought the services of a witch-hunters.
A villager from Ward 22, Robert Moyo, said each community
member contributed $5 to pay the witch-hunters.
“The pupils who have been disturbed are from Ward 22 and
Ward 23 and those wards have more than
200 homesteads respectively. We divided ourselves into two groups.
“Some slept at the
primary school while some slept at the secondary school.
“We were asked to
sing for the whole night and at around
3am they (witch-hunters) conducted cleansing
but they failed to get rid of the beings
which they claimed are goblins,” he said.
Village head Victor Mloyi said witch-hunters had failed to
exorcise the school of the goblins.
“They have tried to root out the beings for a week but
they have failed. We are worried. After
paying they tell us they cannot root it out.
“Now we are want to engage Chief Sikhobokhobo to plan the
way forward,” said Mloyi.
Provincial education director Matabeleland North
province Jabulani Mpofu confirmed
the incident: “I can confirm that Fudu Primary School and Fudu Secondary have been affected by beings
suspected to be goblins. The local
leadership has engaged witch-hunters to exorcise the schools.”
He could not be drawn to explain how they would help pupils
sitting for end of year examinations. B Metro
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