It was just before major exams were to be written by the students in that school. There had been similar incidents in other schools in the district before, where students, conveniently just before major exams, had spotted dithokolosi or other evil creatures, leading to mass hysteria and disruption of normal school life.
Last week, a number of teenagers were apprehended in some caves in Maun. It had been reported that the caves had been used as a mortuary in the past and that the teens had gathered there to worship Satan. Luckily, after talking to the teens, local police officers were cool-headed enough to release the children the same day. Residents of the area have reported they have seen the teens drinking alcohol and having sex. Teens drinking alcohol and having sex? No way! I wouldn’t be surprised if there was some dagga in the area as well. The teens had told the police they were there to worship. Well, people worship in very different ways. It is alleged one of the teens told the Maun Customary Court she had been there to worship a beast with ‘a head like a buffalo and an elephant’. Could you kindly make up your mind girl? The last time I saw them, buffaloes and elephants had heads that were remarkably different.
