NASDAC exposes source of Magwegwe Secondary School tribalism saga

The National Association of School Development and Committees (NASDAC) has exposed the source of the tribalism saga which rocked the Magwegwe Secondary School after claims that the school head William Ncube was denying students to sing or speak Shona.

NASDAC deputy president Max Mkandla said there has been some investigations at the school done by his association to find out what really transpired.

"We apologise on behalf of [parents, government and ministry of Education following the issue  in which a school head was implicated in a tribal storm. We have investigated as a mother body of the School Development Associations registered with the ministry of Labour on behalf of the parents. As VP i visited the school on a fact finding mission as to what transpired. Findings showed that the receptionist in the name of Mhango fabricated the story implicating the head that he is preaching tribalism to pupils not to speak Shona. This did not happen. The head is innocent," Mkandla said.

"The head is a Nguni he is not even a Nebele. He is bvery aware that in the country we have 16 languages belonging to 16 tribes.,  where Shona and Ndebele are collective languages which are also examinable at schols. There is no way he would have promoted tribalism. We interviewed  SDC chair a Khumalo who denied the story. We also interviewed pupils who laughed off the story."

Mkandla said they were told that the story was as a result of politics at the school which was aimed at fixing the head. Mkandla said people must desist from the acts of tarnishing each other's images.