Vimbayi Mahachi
A violent storm has blown off roofs of a classroom block at Majiji in Bubi District Matabeleland North.
Majiji High School located about 120km Northwest of Bulawayo off Victoria Falls Road was left with less classrooms for the learners.
A heavy downpour accompanied by strong winds blew off the corrugated zinc roofing last Monday in the process ruining furniture, text books and other classroom implements rendering the classroom block unusable. The destroyed material is worth over USD$1000.
The Walls of the classroom block also gave in to the winds leaving visible cracks.
Two form four classes were left with no classrooms to learn from.
Reliable sources told Zim GBC News that affected learners were fitted in other classrooms overcrowding other students.
Majiji High School was built in 1983. Currently it has an enrollment of 520 learners and also runs a low cost boarding school of 70 learners.
Matabeleland North Provincial Education Director Mr. Jabulani Mpofu could not be reached for comment before this publication as his cellphone was not reachable for comment.
Speaking to this Zim GBC News reporter Siphiwe Ndlovu a resident who lives in Majiji said she was just glad that no learners were injured by the flying roof sheets as they managed to escape before the worst happened.
Dumezweni Moyo a parent who has a child learning at the school bemoaned the damage caused by the storm as a set back.
“Isikolo lesi silamaklasi amalutshwana besekudilika amanye. Kambe ngumnyama ongakanani lo?,” he said.
Meanwhile, in November 2022 Mbembeswana 1 Primary School which is also in the same cluster, Nkosikazi Central cluster in Bubi was also hit by a storm.
The storm destroyed two classroom blocks textbooks and exercise books, desks and chairs in the school’s library.
With the rain season still upon the country, the worst may be expected as incessant rains continue to pound Bubi District.