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The Free State Department of Basic Education is in mourning after a teacher fainted and died in a classroom.
Mahlonyana Francina Mkhwanazi, 57, died Wednesday at Mphatlalatsane Primary School in QwaQwa, Thabo Mofutsanyane district, the department said.
He was teaching a class when he suddenly fainted and died on the spot, department spokesman Howard Ndaba said, adding that students and teachers had sought help after Mkhwanazi collapsed.
He added that they had been offered moral and psychological support after the incident.
In a statement, the department said, “Her remarkable performance was evident in the good performance of students on the annual National Assessment. She was also a lead teacher and interim director of the department.”
Mkhwanazi entered the teaching profession in 1987 and had been an excellent math and science teacher, the department said.
Details of the funeral service were not yet available, Ndaba said.
