A Satanism scare has erupted in the Roman catholic run Marist brother Secondary School following the expulsion of alleged self-confessed "Satanist" pupils who habe since implicated some school officials as being part of the cult.
The school located in Dete, Matabeleland North, expelled two pupils in fear that they will initiate other pupils into their cult. However, officials said the pupils were not expelled, but were withdrawn by their parents.
It is reported that the pupils confessed that they had chosen a king and queen at their school and also named their leader. The matter reportedly came to light after there was pandemonium at the school as pupils fought over the king and queen positions and school authorities conducted their investigations after there was an increase in the number of pupils who mysteriously fainted during lessons and with some hallucinating.
Matabeleland North Provincial Education Director, Boitatelo Mnguni confirmed the Satanism scare at the school, but denied allegations that the two pupils were expelled.
"From what I know the pupils were not expelled, but since this is a sensitive issue, their parents opted to transfer them to other schools saying there were bad spirits at the school," said the education director.
A reliable source from the village maintained that two pupils were indeed expelled.
"We understand that two pupils who confessed that they were Satanists were expelled. The matron and hostel master realised that the pupils were speaking in a weird language which was only understood by a few pupils and after conducting investigations, they discovered that there was a Satanism cult at the school and the language which was being spoken was called Lwanga. After interrogating some pupils, they discovered that Lwanga was the leader of the cult and the pupils opened up on the matter," said the source.
The school authorities reportedly held a prayer session, but the two pupils allegedly never repented resulting in their expulsion as the Catholic-run school officials feared that the students would initiate other pupils into Satanism.
"After the incident, the pupils were given stern warnings and were banned from saying the Lwanga name and it was said that anyone heard talking about lwanga would be expelled as well," added the source.
Hwange district Education officer, Lovemore Ncube said they were worried about the penetration of Satanism in schools.
Efforts to get a comment from the school were fruitless.
The school located in Dete, Matabeleland North, expelled two pupils in fear that they will initiate other pupils into their cult. However, officials said the pupils were not expelled, but were withdrawn by their parents.
It is reported that the pupils confessed that they had chosen a king and queen at their school and also named their leader. The matter reportedly came to light after there was pandemonium at the school as pupils fought over the king and queen positions and school authorities conducted their investigations after there was an increase in the number of pupils who mysteriously fainted during lessons and with some hallucinating.
Matabeleland North Provincial Education Director, Boitatelo Mnguni confirmed the Satanism scare at the school, but denied allegations that the two pupils were expelled.
"From what I know the pupils were not expelled, but since this is a sensitive issue, their parents opted to transfer them to other schools saying there were bad spirits at the school," said the education director.
A reliable source from the village maintained that two pupils were indeed expelled.
"We understand that two pupils who confessed that they were Satanists were expelled. The matron and hostel master realised that the pupils were speaking in a weird language which was only understood by a few pupils and after conducting investigations, they discovered that there was a Satanism cult at the school and the language which was being spoken was called Lwanga. After interrogating some pupils, they discovered that Lwanga was the leader of the cult and the pupils opened up on the matter," said the source.
The school authorities reportedly held a prayer session, but the two pupils allegedly never repented resulting in their expulsion as the Catholic-run school officials feared that the students would initiate other pupils into Satanism.
"After the incident, the pupils were given stern warnings and were banned from saying the Lwanga name and it was said that anyone heard talking about lwanga would be expelled as well," added the source.
Hwange district Education officer, Lovemore Ncube said they were worried about the penetration of Satanism in schools.
Efforts to get a comment from the school were fruitless.
