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| Mr Gabaza |
A sex tape showing Nisbert Zaba Makhuyana, the Samhutsa
Primary School headmaster under Chipinge District being intimate with a learner
at the school has gone viral on different social media platforms.
Acting Manicaland Provincial Education Director, Mr Richard
Gabaza confirmed that his office is seized with the matter.
“Investigations are underway though stalled by the
unavailability of Makhuyana at the moment,” said Mr Gabaza.
Probed further on Makhuyana’s whereabouts, Mr Gabaza said
he (Makhuyana) is currently participating in the ZIMSEC examinations marking
programme.
“He is on holiday as schools are closed, and we heard that
he is currently engaged by ZIMSEC for examinations marking,” he said.
Even though the source of the leaked clip is yet unknown,
The Weekender understands that the video wet into the public domain last week
leading to Makhuyana’s arrest.
However, the Chipinge Magistrates’ Court is understood to
have declined prosecuting the matter after the learner, who is now believed to
be above 18 years, produced an affidavit, claiming that she was not raped, but
was actually in love with the headmaster.
In the one-minute, three seconds video clip, Makhuyana is
seen enjoying quality time in bed with the teenager.
Word doing the rounds in the area is that the headmaster
was in a love affair with the mother of the learner before dating the teenage
daughter.
However, a fact sheet compiled by the Parliament of
Zimbabwe’s research department a few years back says teachers happen to be
among the main perpetrators of child abuse.
It states that some teachers rape their learners, while
others abuse minors through writing love letters, fondling, kissing or hugging,
attempted rape and showing them pornographic material.
Sexual violence, which disturbs the development of children
and can lead to lifelong consequences, is most prevalent in females than males
putting them at high risk of HIV and unwanted pregnancies.
