Truck drivers are being asked to pay for the women's services in 20-litre lots of diesel
Zimbabwe prostitutes are demanding diesel in return for their favours, mostly from South African long-haul drivers. A report carried in The Manica Post, a government-controlled newspaper in Mutare in eastern Zimbabwe, says that truck drivers en route from Beit Bridge to Harare are being asked to pay for the women's services in 20-litre lots of diesel. The new fuel entrepreneurs then make twice what they would normally earn by selling on the fuel to locals. Zimbabweans have been starved of regular fuel supplies since March. The Manica Post said the flourishing trade was taking place in Mvuma, about 200km south-west of Harare. Mvuma police inspector Costa Taduwa was quoted as confirming that the side of the main road had become an informal service station, with fuel deals between the women and drivers taking place in "broad daylight". "We are making frequent raids but it continues and the ladies are taking advantage of the situation," he said. |