EDITOR - If the promiscuity of some Zimbabwean women in Pretoria and Johannesburg night clubs is a macrocosm of what the Zimbabwean 'ladies' are up to in SA, then were in big trouble.In Diplomat in the heart of Johannesburg, women cajole and flirt with male revellers. One told me that she had no other means of survival after her job searching was unsuccessful. When I asked if it would be better for her to go back home she protested that she would rather die in South Africa trying to make ends meet than die together with her two children at the hands of baba Chatunga referring to President Robert Mugabe.
In Capital Inn, a pub in Pretoria, business swings in favour of the young Zimbabwean beauties as their middle-aged counterparts battle it out for the favour of the men.
A woman called Gladys, who plies her trade here, lured seven clients in a space of three hours. She said that she was comfortable in South Africa where she makes more money than she culd ever hope to earn in Zimbabwe.
On a good day I earn one thousand rand, she said from her fancy Alfa-Romeo still bearing an L tag on the rear screen.
Quizzed as to whether she was scared of the AIDS pandemic, Gladys stressed that she
made sure her clients wore protection. MOSES PANDAZI, by e-mail
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