Zimbabwe: Violent Teacher Found Guilty

18 October 2021

TALENT Chingwaru, the Mathematics teacher who was last week filmed assaulting a Lower Six student at a school in Harare, was yesterday convicted on his own plea of guilt and immediately appealed for a lighter sentence from the court, saying he was emotionally stressed when he committed the offence.

Chingwaru (39), a teacher at Harare Einstein Tuition Centre told magistrate Mrs Judith Taruvinga that he was struggling with a toothache, which caused him emotional stress.

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