Baboons terrorise Mmadinare school

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

MMADINARE: Makome Hill Junior Secondary School head teacher, Thulaganyo Mbulawa says the school is fearful of baboons that have been on the rampage since 2012.

Mbulawa told Mmegi that baboons residing on a hill behind the school are causing damage at the school garden as well as posing a threat to human lives.

He said the baboons had left students’ garden projects too damaged to be presented for examination marking.

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