Baboon sex terror teachers stay away

TEACHERS who fled Siyangaya Primary School in Tsholotsho claiming they were sexually abused by a mysterious baboon will only return to the school after the situation has normalised, Matabeleland North provincial education director Boithatelo Mnguni has said.

Ten female teachers abandoned their pupils on July 11 claiming a mysterious baboon was sexually abusing them during the night.

Female teachers would wake up without their underwear or with signs that they had sex overnight.

"We received a report that some teachers fled the school because of sexual abuse by a mysterious baboon. They narrated their ordeal to the district education officer and it's unfortunate that we can't force them to go back to the school," said Mnguni.

"The teachers will only go back to the school when the environment is conducive for them to teach the children. It's the responsibility of the community to come up with a strategy to get rid of the mysterious creature."

Mnguni added that teachers were hired to teach pupils, not to be abused by mysterious creatures.

"It's unfair to force teachers to stay at the school when they're experiencing such problems. Whether it's mysterious or not, we want the teachers to work in a peaceful environment, with nothing threatening their lives.

"Parents are concerned that their children aren't learning at the moment. I'm certain that they'll find a way to solve this problem."