Judith Mpho Moalasi Death – A grade 10 and 11 teacher of Tsoseletso Secondary School in the Free State province died on Sunday, where her boyfriend deliberately drove over her several times and left her on the scene.
The teacher, Judith Mpho Moalasi, was 41 years-old when she met her gruesome death. The Free State Department of Education says it has already commenced with counseling for teachers, learners, and staff at Moalasi’s school.
A Free State teacher was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend, and an education activist strongly condemned the incident. Free State teacher allegedly murdered According to a statement by Hendrick Makaneta, the incident happened on Youth Day.
The teacher’s boyfriend allegedly murdered her and, after that, drove over her corpse a few times. Makaneta was encouraged by the arrest and said the authorities should leave no stone unturned to ensure justice was received.
“The loss of life, particularly that of a teacher, is very distressing as it robs the country’s learners of quality time for learning and teaching. Some of the learners may not be able to recover from the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder caused by the untimely death of their teacher,” he said.
He pleaded that the prosecution ask the court for a lengthy sentence to send a message to would-be perpetrators of the consequences of killing a teacher.
Educational Activist speaks to Briefly News Makaneta spoke to Briefly News and said this was not the first such incident.
“This is not the first case, there are many others. Teachers face many challenges, such as ill-discipline among learners. In extreme cases, teachers even face death from unruly learners. The government is not doing enough. Most of the time government provides psycho-social support, but the problem persists,” he said.
South Africans saddened Netizens talking about the incident on @ZANewsFlash’s tweet were emotionally moved by the horrific death.
IAmACitizenOfRSA said: “To be honest, as men, we have to do better. To our lawmakers in parliament, please do your best with policing laws.”
Leroy said: “That’s really sad and terrible. Why would anyone do that?”
Thabo Thiba Thabang said: “Killing people has become such an easy thing to do in this country.”