Learning at Nyele Primary School in Plumtree was suspended on Wednesday afternoon after five learners from different classes started to behave strangely.
One parent whose name cannot be published to protect the minor told CITE that she received a call yesterday from the school alerting her about the condition of her child who is in Grade 6. She said:
The school called me as my child was also affected. They said one learner on Tuesday was complaining about seeing some creature that was beating her, the creature was only visible to her.
So today (Wednesday) she was again complaining about the same thing, unfortunately, today other children were also affected.
My child was also part of those affected and the school called me, when I got to school, my child was not able to speak, and her body was just cold and stiff. Her jaws had also locked.
We tried by all means we could to assist her until she recovered from that situation.
When I asked her what happened she said it started when they were writing their monthly test, she suddenly felt dizzy, stood up and went behind the classroom, and sat down.
She was then blinded by some light and went into a trance.
The child reportedly fell into a trance for the second time after she was taken home.
Both the Matabeleland South Provincial Education Director (PED) Beatrice Manjere and Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education spokesperson Taungana Ndoro said they were yet to receive the report.