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MARRIED TEACHERS ACCUSED OF THREESOMES WITH PUPILS

24/03/2019 08:31:00 BY WELCOME DLAMINI

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MBABANE - The number of teachers accused of having sexual relationships with pupils continues to grow.

Two teachers from Mnjoli High School have been accused of having threesome sexual relationships with pupils from the school.
A threesome, according to www.cosmopolitan.com refers to group sex between three people of any combination of sex or gender.

Mnjoli High School is situated in the rural outskirts of the Manzini Region, near Mliba.
The teachers are a married couple, and it has been alleged that the wife Futhi,* solicited the female pupils to have sexual relations with her husband Fana*. The matter has been subject of investigation by the Ministry of Education and Training, however, the teachers are still at the school.

It was alleged that both teachers started working at the school in 2016, and that was when their relationship started. They got married in 2017. The pupils who were allegedly sexually abused by the suspected teachers are aged between 17 and 22 years, and so far, three have come forward to make the startling allegations.

approached learners

In a minute addressed to the Schools Manager, Macanjana Motsa, dated March 2019, the Director of Educational Guidance Testing and Psychological Services (EGTPS) in the ministry, Lindiwe Dlamini, alleged that a teacher and his wife approached learners to be in sexual threesome relationships. Dlamini said the matter was reported to Motsa’s office, however, the teachers were still at the school.
She said the survivors were disappointed on the outcome of the matter.

“Furthermore, this is a criminal offence. It is worrying to see the perpetrator walking scot free after sexually abusing learners that are under his care and protection,” Dlamini said.
She further asked that the case be dealt with accordingly. According to a source close to the matter, the revelations of the relationships between the teachers and the pupils were made last year, just as a new Head teacher, Lindiwe Nkambule, came to the school.

It was alleged that after a few days, Nkambule was told about the relationships, after another teacher had a spat with her husband at the teachers’ quarters after the husband found her in a compromising position with another male teacher on April 16, 2018.
The teacher has since been transferred to another school. According to our impeccable sources and documents the Times SUNDAY has seen, a pupil approached Nkambule on May 8, 2018, and made a startling revelation.
The pupil alleged that Futhi had approached her and invited her to have a threesome sexual encounter with her (Futhi) and her husband, which she refused.
Nkambule is said to have instituted investigations before writing a report to the ministry.

The report written by Nkambule showed that the former teacher of the school alleged that Futhi and Fana had also approached her to have a threesome relationship with them, which she refused. She further alleged that her husband had been alerted of her affair by the couple, after she refused to be part of their orgy.
After the drama, it is alleged that some pupils came forward and claimed that they had sexual relations with the couple.

Through a written statement, one of the pupils, whose name will not be revealed because she is a survivor of abuse, alleged that Futhi invited her to her house, and asked that she go and wash dishes for her. She alleged that while at the house, Fana approached her and tried to kiss her.

The pupil alleged that when she refused, Futhi came to the house and asked her why she refused to be kissed.
“Walelani kutsi babe akucabuze? (Why did you refuse to be kissed by my husband?)” Futhi is alleged to have asked.
The pupil managed to escape and return to class.

The pupil further said while they were having study sessions, one evening, the male teacher (Fana) called her into the staffroom.
“He asked me to kiss him and he told me that he loved me,” the pupil alleged.

She further alleged that she refused and asked Fana what he wanted from her as he had a wife. The pupil alleged that Fana told her that he wanted to make her his second wife, but she should not let anyone else know.
Another pupil alleged that Fana proposed love to her in early 2017, and promised that he would be her provider. She said after her parents told her that they could not pay her Form II fees, she thought the relationship with the teacher would be worthwhile.

Fana paid for school fees

The pupil alleged that Fana paid for her school fees although the money was not enough for the whole year.

“One night, he called me and said I should fetch some things he had bought for me. I told her I was afraid to walk to school at night, and he said he would fetch me with his car,” she alleged.
She further alleged that Fana told her that she should tell her parents that she was going to attend a funeral at a nearby homestead.
She said when she got to the house, Fana told her to go to the bedroom where he had kept the gifts which included body lotion, pads and a roll-on. The pupil alleged that Fana tried to have sexual intercourse with her, but she refused.
“He then held me down and forced himself on me,” the pupil alleged.

She further alleged that the sexual relationships lasted for a while, until she decided that getting things in exchange for sex was not worth it.
The pupil, in her confession, said after their relationship, Fana married Futhi. She alleged that she was told by other pupils that Futhi was asking if Fana had used condoms with her, as she was on anti-retroviral therapy (ART).
“That hurt me, as I never took any ARVs. I confronted her and she said she knew I was on ART,” she said.

The pupil said after a few weeks, she also heard that Futhi had asked another pupil, Cindy* to be in a relationship with her husband.
She alleged that she started noticing that Cindy was spending a lot of time at the teachers’ house, and she would be there even during Futhi’s absence.
During another interview, according to the report written by the head teacher, Cindy said the teachers were assisting her as she was needy.
Cindy allegedly said the teachers helped her with her studies, and they would sit together on the bed until 9pm, then she would go home.

Our impeccable sources revealed that another pupil who was said to have been involved in the matter had since left the school. The source said the pupil was in Form III, and she did not return to the school, even after teachers had tried to convince her to stay.
The source said the school allowed all those who failed Form III to repeat the grade, and re-write their external examinations.

A member of the school committee, who preferred to remain anonymous for fear of being victimised, said she was also aware of the matter, and that officials from the Ministry of Education and Training had been at the school to enquire about the matter.
She said when one of the pupils, *Cindy was called and asked about her relationship with the teachers; she became defensive and refused to cooperate. The member said she was present during the meeting. She said the ministry’s officials told the pupil to return with her parents to continue with the interview.

Cindy was pregnant

Reliable sources alleged that Cindy was pregnant at the time, although she had not started to show, but, she vehemently denied that the teacher was responsible for the pregnancy. The source alleged that the investigators were now waiting for the pupil to give birth, so that paternity of the child could be determined.

The school committee member said another pupil was interviewed, and asked that she be left with the ministry’s officials and one member of the committee.
“That was when the girl made a confession about her relationship,” the member said.

She refused to divulge what the pupil said during the confession, as she said that would compromise their trust.
A former prefect of the school also submitted a written statement to the head teacher during the investigations. He said he could not say for sure that that Cindy and Fana were in a relationship, but there was an incident which made him think that their relationship was not a normal teacher-pupil relationship.

The former prefect alleged that while they were having extra classes one afternoon, Fana came and called Cindy. He alleged that the two went to the staff- room, and when they got there, lights were switched off.
The head teacher confirmed that she was aware of the said allegations. She disclosed that she reported the matter to the Ministry of Education. She said she wrote a report on May 20, 2018 and she knew that some investigations were carried out, but she was not aware what was happening now.

She said when she arrived at the school, she found one pupil guarding the teachers’ house, and she referred to her rules, and stopped all pupils from going to teachers’ quarters.
She said she had further stopped evening classes at the school.

When reached for comment on the allegations, Futhi said she had been advised not to discuss the matter as the school administration was dealing with it.
Futhi was asked if she knew any of the allegations levelled against herself and her husband, and if she had been approached by the Ministry of Education and Training. “As I have said, there is nothing I can say about the matter, as the administration is dealing with it,” she said.