MASTER 900 FOUND IN SCHOOL WATER TANK

NHLANGANO - Teachers of Mpatheni High School were shocked when a plastic believed to be containing Master 900 was found inside the school's water tank.

Mpatheni High is under Hlatikhulu in the Shiselweni Region. Gathered information was that the plastic was discovered by a teacher who had gone to wash his hands. The teacher is said to have noticed that the water was muddy. With the intention of filling the tank with clean water, he went to check how much water was in the tank.

Sources said the teacher opened the tank top which was when he discovered the plastic. It is said that the water was taken out of the tank and the teacher took the plastic to the staff room. "There was a transparent plastic inside the black one and they all had small wholes likely opened with a needle or a tip of a fork," narrated the source.

It is worth noting that the school is about five years old. During its construction, there were disputes over the land allocated for the school. During construction, it was said that some of the structures would be vandalised, thus delaying the progress of the construction. The construction was completed after police intervention.

It is not known who might have put the plastic inside the tank. The school's Head teacher Bibi Manyatsi said the teachers, especially from the Agriculture department, confirmed that it was the Master 900. As a result, Manyatsi said she called the Regional Education Officer Siboniso Gumbi.

The head teacher highlighted that there were 120 pupils from her school who accessed the water as well 180 others from the primary school who would go to high school to fetch water from the tank. She explained that the suspected poisoned water was harvested from the rains and they used them the most compared to the one installed by Micro projects. She stated that REO Gumbi advised her to ask for police intervention, which she did.

"We decided to dispose off the water from all the tanks and pump fresh water though we do not know how we will ensure they are not poisoned on a daily basis," she said. Manyatsi further said that they werr adviced to only use the harvested water for cleaning and pump water for drinking.

When reached for a comment Shiselweni REO Gumbi confirmed that the incident was reported. He said they reported the matter to their superiors and were hoping that health checkups would  be done to the pupils to ensure there was no poison in their body. Gumbi said they were going to get a direvtive on what happened next on Monday and would advice the head teacher accordingly.

Deputy Chief Police Information and Communications Officer Assistant Superintendent Nosipho Mnguni confirmed the incident to have been attended by the police. She said police were doing investigations and took the exhibits for further investigations.

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