A South African man has been charged with murder after his brother was hacked to death in front of his pupils near the northern town of Polokwane.
Guilford Shapo, a teacher at Masehlong Primary School, was attacked while invigilating an exam on Tuesday, South Africa’s public broadcaster reported.
His younger brother Happy Shapo has been charged with the crime, police spokesperson Ronel Otto told the BBC.
Mr Shapo was not asked to plead and the case was postponed until next week.
“We were alerted by the pupils as they screamed and ran out of the mobile classroom,” South Africa’s Star newspaper quoted Noko Moabelo, the headmistress of the school in Ga-Mmasehlong village in Limpopo province, as saying.
“Mr Shapo was the only male teacher at the school. As women, none of us could take the risk of approaching the suspect,” she said.
Neighbours alerted by the screams rushed to the school to stop the machete attack, the paper reported.
Guilford Shapo died later in hospital from his wounds.
Lt-Col Otto said Happy Shapo’s bail application would be heard on Monday 21 November.
South Africa’s murder rate is at its lowest level since the end of apartheid in 1994, but it remains among the highest in the world with more than 40 killings a day.
Honda
November 19, 2011 at 6:43 am
Barbarians!
ghetto president
November 19, 2011 at 6:43 am
Useless blood thristy savages! If they’re not after the so called makwerekweres ( blackafrican foreigners in SA) they’re after their own blood brothers. Stupid Idiots!!!
Miss G
November 19, 2011 at 7:38 am
N pipo say ” i wanna live in south africa” bullshit! That plc z sodom n gomorah of th 21st century wit gays n lesbians crawling o ova each other, pipo being raped n killed rite in public! Sick motherfz! Zambia 4 lyf!
sex lover
November 19, 2011 at 8:21 am
I think da teacher was f**ng his brothers wife,how on earth can a man kill his own blood brother with a machete like that? Mmmm there’s more 2 this….
BA ZEDI
November 19, 2011 at 8:21 am
The minute I saw the headline I knew this happened in South Africa!! Only in SA
Islander
November 19, 2011 at 8:35 am
“Killing our own brothers”…the sprit of lucky Dube will always be troubled by such atrocious behaviour.You heaped the blame on the colonisers but your behaviour speaks volumes.
12 green
November 19, 2011 at 9:18 am
so typical of SA,y m i nt surprisd.
looneykatai
November 19, 2011 at 9:23 am
Extremely bsd.
Wanu Ngwee
November 19, 2011 at 10:35 am
So horrific, I heard about it on radio and was quite shocked, apparently the relationship between the two brothers has’nt been good in recent times…
Mambo
November 19, 2011 at 12:03 pm
The ##@$$ are so much in love with knives..they even use knives to cut nails!!
ubuloshi
November 19, 2011 at 5:37 pm
Polokwane swag!
INDUNA
November 19, 2011 at 6:06 pm
south african have no respect for human life.their history have contributed
Framuka
November 19, 2011 at 7:01 pm
South Africa is Columbia of Africa. Killings in broad daylight are so common. The entire country needs total deliverance in Jesus’s name.
Sam Chungu
November 19, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Shame on the women teachers for not trying to help – it does not take brute force to stop a man like that but rather courage and intelligence and the element of surprise. Women need to start behaving as equals and stop behaving as victims and morons.
Uko
November 19, 2011 at 8:31 pm
May our ancestral spirits who reign high forgive and bless SA.
SpellChecker
November 19, 2011 at 11:22 pm
idiots indeed
Snipper
November 20, 2011 at 12:21 am
The name of the machete wielding vampire is Happy! I hope he doesnt claim that the devil tempted him to do that.
Iris Kaingu
November 20, 2011 at 5:12 am
I mss kissing Dora Silly Her(am both pipo)
Messenger
November 20, 2011 at 11:20 am
Satan on duty,once again.
Ken
November 21, 2011 at 8:34 pm
This is caused by paster Emakandall bred for life
Mo taim
November 21, 2011 at 8:40 pm
Unbelievable