Masvingo Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector
Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the death to The Mirror. Bingwa is being buried
today at Lawn Cemetery.
Pastor Brighton Chirindo found him hanging around 11 am.
Bingwa had earlier that day told his daughter Princess (23), who works at OK
Supermarket, that he was stressed.
Princess phoned him around 11 am. He did not pick up. She
called the pastor Chirindo to check in on him. He, however, found him hanging
and reported the matter to Rujeko Police.
Sources close to the matter told The Mirror that Bingwa
allegedly abused US$7 570 paid by parents for 115 pupils who went on a scout
program in Mutare.
He allegedly left a suicide note saying that he committed
suicide because he could not bear to be confronted by the children’s parents
after abusing funds.
Bingwa also said that he had betrayed the trust of fellow
teachers and his employer, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.
“Ndakatadza kurarama noutsvene. Ndakafarisa ndakashandisa
mari dze scout camp zvisirizvo saka ndatya kuzosangana nevabereki nevana vavo.
Ndasiya paper bag rine ma scout badges 115 ne scout stamp pamwe chete ne list
yema teacher vakaenda kwa Mutare … I have betrayed the Ministry and the scout
organisation and at large, especially the leaders who had faith in me, yet I
failed them… (I failed to live righteously. I abused scout camp funds. I am
afraid to meet parents and their children who paid for the program. I have left
a paper bag with 115 scout badges, a scout stamp and a list of teachers I was
with during the Mutare trip…) reads part of the alleged suicide note. Masvingo Mirror
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