Chivi school closed over "mubobobo" teacher

Zim Now Writer

A school in the Chivi District of Masvingo Province, Shindi Secondary School, has closed after allegations that pupils are collapsing at school and after that they see a teacher (named) having magical sex (mubobobo) with them.

The school which is in Ward 26 closed on June 13, 2023, after an outcry from parents over the satanic allegations.

Sources said on average, about 20 pupils, mainly girls collapsed every day.

The school is expected to reopen after the accused teacher leaves the School.

Chivi District Schools Inspector, Isaac Gwamuri, confirmed the closure but could not comment further.

“The school is closed after parents complained about suspected satanic activities. But I cannot comment right away because I am in Chinhoyi,’’ said Gwamuri.

Shindi Deputy Head, Tavonga Chakawa referred all questions to the DSI.

Chief Shindi reportedly wrote to the DSI on June 13, accusing the teacher of belonging to a satanic cult and causing problems in the school.

This is not the first time that a teacher had caused problems with mubobobo at a school. At a certain school in Buhera, a teacher had to be removed after allegedly terrorising female teachers both married and unmarried.

Sources said the teacher uses mubobobo on girls both at school and at home. At school, pupils allegedly shouted out the teacher’s name after collapsing, according to Chief Shindi’s letter.

Some parents said their children would see the teacher coming into their bedrooms at night and having sex with them.

“Girls scream at night and they say they are being called out by the teacher. Ndakatora mwana wangu adonha achitaura chirungu achiti Maugara anomuita mubobobo paanenge adonha,’’ reads part of the chief’s letter.

Sources said pupils started collapsing last year; they gasped in classrooms calling out the teacher’s name.

Several gild child activists who spoke to Zim Now said that there is need for proper investigations as the matter of contactless sexual abuse through paranormal means is not something that is easy to prove or disprove.

Some also pointed out that cases of mass hysteria have been reported in Zimbabwean schools before and this could be a similar case in which the teacher is a victim rather than a pervert with paranormal sexual powers.

Wikipedia says: “In sociology and psychology, mass hysteria is a phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population and society as a result of rumors and fear. In medicine, the term is used to describe the spontaneous manifestation—or production of chemicals in the body—of the same or similar hysterical physical symptoms by more than one person. A common type of mass hysteria occurs when a group of people believes that they have a similar disease or ailment. Sometimes referred to as mass sociogenic illness or epidemic hysteria"

Cases of mass hysteria in school children and adult populations have been recorded in this century in countries like Tanzania, the US, Nepal, Columbia, Portugal, Malaysia, Pakistan and Mexico.