The Department of Basic Education in the Free State is in mourning after a teacher fainted and died in a classroom.
Mahlonyana Francina Mkhwanazi, 57, died on Wednesday at Mphatlalatsane Primary School in QwaQwa, Thabo Mofutsanyane District, the department said. She was teaching a class when she suddenly fainted and died on the spot, department spokesperson Howard Ndaba said, adding pupils and teachers had sought help after Mkhwanazi collapsed. In a statement the department said:"Her remarkable performance was evident in the learners' good performance in the annual national Assessment. She was also a senior teacher and acting head of the department.
Mkhwanazi joined the teaching profession in 1987 and had been a sterling mathematics and science teacher, the department said.