By Tinoonga Mawera, Bikita | A daring wife of a local teacher here was caught selling mbanje to school pupils in a desperate move to beat the crunch living conditions in the country.
Elizabeth Takavingofa wife of a teacher at Boora Primary School , appeared before magistrate Caroline Tafira facing charges of selling the dangerous drug to school pupils. Takavingofa sold mbanje to pupils from Masekayi High School near the primary school -realising astronomical profits in the process.
The high school head reportedly noticed sinister behaviour among the pupils and discovered they were under the influence of the drug .
When the matter was reported to the police one student was found with a twist of dagga and he was interrogated by the cops and revealed that he bought the drug from a woman at Boora Primary School.
The police searched Takavingofa ‘s house and discovered 400 grammes of dagga .After further investigations ,it was discovered pupils from neighbouring schools would sneak to her house on numerous occasions to buy dagga . Takavingofa was slapped with an eight month jail sentence.
Takavingofa ‘s neighbours at the school said she started selling the drug claiming she was doing so to make up for the government ‘s procrastination in paying civil servants’ bonuses .
Thousands of people have been forced to engage in illicit activities in a desperate bid to combat poverty .
The local community also expressed disappointment at Takavingofa’s manoeuvres adding such behaviour was anti-social.
In Zimbabwe civil servants have been virtually reduced to beggars. With reports the government intends to further slash salaries -their plight could be worsened.