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He said the situation was so chaotic parents had been called to fetch their children.
“After some time the situation calmed and prayers took place and learners were later released to go home and asked to come back on Wednesday.”
This would allow the parents and local religious leaders to plan a way forward.
He said parents and pasters would continue to pray and do “cleansing” rituals in classrooms and corridors.
While it remains unclear what caused the unusual behaviour of the pupils, similar incidents have been known to happen at other schools over the years. In February last year pupils at Mountview Secondary School in KwaZulu Natal also began falling down, rolling on the floor and praying loudly, forcing a brief closure of the school. At the time it was attributed to a form of mass hysteria.