{"id":4906,"date":"2024-10-07T12:14:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4906"},"modified":"2024-10-07T12:14:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:14:19","slug":"controversy-surrounds-reinstatement-of-kumalo-primary-school-headmistress-amidst-corruption-and-assault-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4906","title":{"rendered":"Controversy Surrounds Reinstatement of Kumalo Primary School Headmistress Amidst Corruption and Assault Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Chantelle Bongubukhosi Ncube<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stella Mhlanga, the headmistress of Kumalo Primary School in Bulawayo, has been reinstated despite facing allegations of corruption and assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her reinstatement on September 4, 2024, has raised concerns about the transparency of the disciplinary process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mhlanga was initially suspended from August 14, 2024, to November 4, 2024, pending a disciplinary hearing. However, the hearing was abruptly cancelled after Lameck Mudyiwa, chairperson of the disciplinary committee, was instructed by senior ministry officials to abandon the hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edison Manzongo, a parent and member of the School Development Committee (SDC), expressed frustration over the stalled hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We feel someone in high offices is protecting the headmistress while shortchanging children and parents who are hard done by Mhlanga&#8217;s military leadership style,&#8221; Manzongo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allegations Against Mhlanga:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abuse of Parents: Mhlanga is accused of publicly berating parents, including Sethule Ncube, who complained about the cost of a school trip.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assault of Teachers: An elderly teacher claimed to have been assaulted by Mhlanga three years ago, with no disciplinary action taken.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corruption and Mismanagement of School Funds: Mhlanga allegedly failed to account for a US$1,000 donation from UNICEF and mishandled a USD$5 feeding levy collected from each student.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary and Secondary Education Minister Torerayi Moyo stated that Mhlanga is not exonerated, despite her reinstatement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;What you are referring to are individual disciplinary issues. We do not discuss contractual matters with the media,&#8221; Moyo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The controversy surrounding Mhlanga&#8217;s reinstatement has sparked concerns about the protection of students and teachers, as well as the transparency of the disciplinary process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chantelle Bongubukhosi Ncube Stella Mhlanga, the headmistress of Kumalo Primary School in Bulawayo, has been reinstated despite facing allegations of corruption and assault. Her reinstatement on September 4, 2024, has&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4908,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906\/revisions\/4908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}