Informal surveys carried out by The Zimbabwean show that most of them are young girls who have recently “graduated” from street life. The young sex workers are using the area as a stepping stone to integrate back into society.
Straight from the streets, they use the river as a love nest to gather enough money to find accommodation in low-income areas such as Epworth.
Chido Mhunga (not her real name), 15, who was born in Harare’s streets, hopes that Mukuvisi will provide her with the transition to a life that she has always dreamt of.
“I have been here for only two weeks and it seems things are moving in the right direction for me. I was born to a blind and homeless mother and have spent most of my life on the streets of Harare depending on begging and bin scavenging”.
“Imagine, I have already managed to raise enough money to start living in a single room with my mother and younger sister,” she said.
“I don’t have to be begging on the streets all the time again. I got the idea from a friend who came here (Mukuvisi) two months ago and whose life has clearly changed. My plan is not to work permanently sex worker; I want to obtain a passport and become a cross-border trader,” she said, adding that she will find some way to obtain a birth certificate.
She narrated how she always wished for a roof over her head and how badly she cherishes formal education.
“I know it’s very difficult for me to ever be enrolled in a formal school but these are some of the things I have wished for in my life. Now, I am happy that at least I have a shelter that I always wished for and, hopefully, I will continue to have clients so that l will be able to look after my mother and little sister,” she added.
Another girl, who only identified herself as Jessie and refused to give her age, although she appeared to be in her mid-teens, bragged that, despite charging her clients modest amounts of money for sexual favours, she was making enough to get by.
“Why would you want to know where I stay? All you have to know is that I moved off the streets in January,” she said defiantly.
Unlike Chido, she is not looking beyond sex work, instead planning to graduate to the Avenues area in central Harare where she said ladies of the night were making a fortune by engaging rich clients.
“On average I take home $30 per day and intend to concentrate on buying clothes and cosmetics so that I can compete with those ladies in the avenues,” she said.
Edinah Masiyiwa, the Director of Women’s Action Group, has said older men who take girls from Mukuvisi should be prosecuted because they are taking advantage of the social and economic background of these women and girls.
“These girls are in a very difficult situation and whoever is engaging them for sexual services is committing a crime and should be prosecuted,” she said. “They are taking advantage of their desperate situation, caused by tough economic circumstances, which tend to affect women more than men.”
However, prosecuting the offenders might be difficult as the girls do not cooperate with the police, who hardly patrol the area.
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If u arrest their clients, then how will these young-stars live. Mrs Masiyiwa, don’t be quick to pass a comment before you even visit the girls and the place in question. From someone at your position l would expect a more productive response in these girls favour. My suggestion is, why not take these girls and teach them some trades such as sawing knitting and cleaning etc while giving them allowances for attending as it is evident that some of them are willing by all means to leave this type of life. Stand up for them and help those without identification record get them instead of your empty bickering of arresting sex starved men. Besides how will you arrest them with the police which hardly even tour the place. Another solution wld be to provide and support all women and not the hypocricy that is polluting the world of women’s wrights. Which women’s writes, all or just the finacialy and educated women. Mai Masiyiwa ndipindurei. It seems that women such as Chido Mhunga’s mum are not benefitting form these writes and women’s organisations. Do you even consider them in your meetings. When you have your awareness acompains do you go out to collect, or even invite them to hear about their writes (benefits) as women. First answer me and provide solutions to my concerns then arrest these men coz to these girls, these men (perverts) are a blessing to them and a means of survival just as you and your husband’s (if you have one) jobs are important to you. As you said, these girls burden is not wholly their fault but their backgrounds, but l don’t blame their backgrounds but l blame us the community for saying Alleluia Alleluia but failing to do God’s word of loving our neighbours as love our selves. You can afford to buy a phone for just $100 and you are busy saying arrest their customers with out showing these girls love. She was fascinated about living under a roof for the first time in her life and you want to take this away from her, you don’t even know her. Go out there buy her lunch hear story, find a way to help her, notify her customers that their help is no longer required then star arresting ‘vaya vanenharo’. I myself am a big fan of gender studies but my observations from people like you Mrs Masiyiwa and other women’s organisations make me wanna cry and tempts me to preach the Jewish way of handling women due to your hypocrisy, pride and disproportioanate distribution of writes amoung you women. Yes l say disproportional because a woman who does not know of her writes cant enjoy their benefits and the majority of women in this country just know the term ‘Women’s writes’ but nothing more. Make it a requiredment that every boy and girl know about these write by making it a compulsory topic at school. Invite and help the blind out of the streets and educate their children. Those who are already disadvantaged at the Mukuvisi prostitutes must also be taught and helped as they are not out their by choice.
If u arrest their clients, then how will these young-stars live. Mrs Masiyiwa, don’t be quick to pass a comment before you even visit the girls and the place in question. From someone at your position l would expect a more productive response in these girls favour. My suggestion is, why not take these girls and teach them some trades such as sawing knitting and cleaning etc while giving them allowances for attending as it is evident that some of them are willing by all means to leave this type of life. Stand up for them and help those without identification record get them instead of your empty bickering of arresting sex starved men. Besides how will you arrest them with the police which hardly even tour the place. Another solution wld be to provide and support all women and not the hypocricy that is polluting the world of women’s wrights. Which women’s writes, all or just the finacialy and educated women. Mai Masiyiwa ndipindurei. It seems that women such as Chido Mhunga’s mum are not benefitting form these writes and women’s organisations. Do you even consider them in your meetings. When you have your awareness acompains do you go out to collect, or even invite them to hear about their writes (benefits) as women. First answer me and provide solutions to my concerns then arrest these men coz to these girls, these men (perverts) are a blessing to them and a means of survival just as you and your husband’s (if you have one) jobs are important to you. As you said, these girls burden is not wholly their fault but their backgrounds, but l don’t blame their backgrounds but l blame us the community for saying Alleluia Alleluia but failing to do God’s word of loving our neighbours as love our selves. You can afford to buy a phone for just $100 and you are busy saying arrest their customers with out showing these girls love. She was fascinated about living under a roof for the first time in her life and you want to take this away from her, you don’t even know her. Go out there buy her lunch hear story, find a way to help her, notify her customers that their help is no longer required then star arresting ‘vaya vanenharo’. I myself am a big fan of gender studies but my observations from people like you Mrs Masiyiwa and other women’s organisations make me wanna cry and tempts me to preach the Jewish way of handling women due to your hypocrisy, pride and disproportioanate distribution of writes amoung you women. Yes l say disproportional because a woman who does not know of her writes cant enjoy their benefits and the majority of women in this country just know the term ‘Women’s writes’ but nothing more. Make it a requiredment that every boy and girl know about these write by making it a compulsory topic at school. Invite and help the blind out of the streets and educate their children. Those who are already disadvantaged at the Mukuvisi prostitutes must also be taught and helped as they are not out their by choice.
If u arrest their clients, then how will these young-stars live. Mrs Masiyiwa, don’t be quick to pass a comment before you even visit the girls and the place in question. From someone at your position l would expect a more productive response in these girls favour. My suggestion is, why not take these girls and teach them some trades such as sawing knitting and cleaning etc while giving them allowances for attending as it is evident that some of them are willing by all means to leave this type of life. Stand up for them and help those without identification record get them instead of your empty bickering of arresting sex starved men. Besides how will you arrest them with the police which hardly even tour the place. Another solution wld be to provide and support all women and not the hypocricy that is polluting the world of women’s wrights. Which women’s writes, all or just the finacialy and educated women. Mai Masiyiwa ndipindurei. It seems that women such as Chido Mhunga’s mum are not benefitting form these writes and women’s organisations. Do you even consider them in your meetings. When you have your awareness acompains do you go out to collect, or even invite them to hear about their writes (benefits) as women. First answer me and provide solutions to my concerns then arrest these men coz to these girls, these men (perverts) are a blessing to them and a means of survival just as you and your husband’s (if you have one) jobs are important to you. As you said, these girls burden is not wholly their fault but their backgrounds, but l don’t blame their backgrounds but l blame us the community for saying Alleluia Alleluia but failing to do God’s word of loving our neighbours as love our selves. You can afford to buy a phone for just $100 and you are busy saying arrest their customers with out showing these girls love. She was fascinated about living under a roof for the first time in her life and you want to take this away from her, you don’t even know her. Go out there buy her lunch hear story, find a way to help her, notify her customers that their help is no longer required then star arresting ‘vaya vanenharo’. I myself am a big fan of gender studies but my observations from people like you Mrs Masiyiwa and other women’s organisations make me wanna cry and tempts me to preach the Jewish way of handling women due to your hypocrisy, pride and disproportioanate distribution of writes amoung you women. Yes l say disproportional because a woman who does not know of her writes cant enjoy their benefits and the majority of women in this country just know the term ‘Women’s writes’ but nothing more. Make it a requiredment that every boy and girl know about these write by making it a compulsory topic at school. Invite and help the blind out of the streets and educate their children. Those who are already disadvantaged at the Mukuvisi prostitutes must also be taught and helped as they are not out their by choice.
If u arrest their clients, then how will these young-stars live. Mrs Masiyiwa, don’t be quick to pass a comment before you even visit the girls and the place in question. From someone at your position l would expect a more productive response in these girls favour. My suggestion is, why not take these girls and teach them some trades such as sawing knitting and cleaning etc while giving them allowances for attending as it is evident that some of them are willing by all means to leave this type of life. Stand up for them and help those without identification record get them instead of your empty bickering of arresting sex starved men. Besides how will you arrest them with the police which hardly even tour the place. Another solution wld be to provide and support all women and not the hypocricy that is polluting the world of women’s wrights. Which women’s writes, all or just the finacialy and educated women. Mai Masiyiwa ndipindurei. It seems that women such as Chido Mhunga’s mum are not benefitting form these writes and women’s organisations. Do you even consider them in your meetings. When you have your awareness acompains do you go out to collect, or even invite them to hear about their writes (benefits) as women. First answer me and provide solutions to my concerns then arrest these men coz to these girls, these men (perverts) are a blessing to them and a means of survival just as you and your husband’s (if you have one) jobs are important to you. As you said, these girls burden is not wholly their fault but their backgrounds, but l don’t blame their backgrounds but l blame us the community for saying Alleluia Alleluia but failing to do God’s word of loving our neighbours as love our selves. You can afford to buy a phone for just $100 and you are busy saying arrest their customers with out showing these girls love. She was fascinated about living under a roof for the first time in her life and you want to take this away from her, you don’t even know her. Go out there buy her lunch hear story, find a way to help her, notify her customers that their help is no longer required then star arresting ‘vaya vanenharo’. I myself am a big fan of gender studies but my observations from people like you Mrs Masiyiwa and other women’s organisations make me wanna cry and tempts me to preach the Jewish way of handling women due to your hypocrisy, pride and disproportioanate distribution of writes amoung you women. Yes l say disproportional because a woman who does not know of her writes cant enjoy their benefits and the majority of women in this country just know the term ‘Women’s writes’ but nothing more. Make it a requiredment that every boy and girl know about these write by making it a compulsory topic at school. Invite and help the blind out of the streets and educate their children. Those who are already disadvantaged at the Mukuvisi prostitutes must also be taught and helped as they are not out their by choice.
If u arrest their clients, then how will these young-stars live. Mrs Masiyiwa, don’t be quick to pass a comment before you even visit the girls and the place in question. From someone at your position l would expect a more productive response in these girls favour. My suggestion is, why not take these girls and teach them some trades such as sawing knitting and cleaning etc while giving them allowances for attending as it is evident that some of them are willing by all means to leave this type of life. Stand up for them and help those without identification record get them instead of your empty bickering of arresting sex starved men. Besides how will you arrest them with the police which hardly even tour the place. Another solution wld be to provide and support all women and not the hypocricy that is polluting the world of women’s wrights. Which women’s writes, all or just the finacialy and educated women. Mai Masiyiwa ndipindurei. It seems that women such as Chido Mhunga’s mum are not benefitting form these writes and women’s organisations. Do you even consider them in your meetings. When you have your awareness acompains do you go out to collect, or even invite them to hear about their writes (benefits) as women. First answer me and provide solutions to my concerns then arrest these men coz to these girls, these men (perverts) are a blessing to them and a means of survival just as you and your husband’s (if you have one) jobs are important to you. As you said, these girls burden is not wholly their fault but their backgrounds, but l don’t blame their backgrounds but l blame us the community for saying Alleluia Alleluia but failing to do God’s word of loving our neighbours as love our selves. You can afford to buy a phone for just $100 and you are busy saying arrest their customers with out showing these girls love. She was fascinated about living under a roof for the first time in her life and you want to take this away from her, you don’t even know her. Go out there buy her lunch hear story, find a way to help her, notify her customers that their help is no longer required then star arresting ‘vaya vanenharo’. I myself am a big fan of gender studies but my observations from people like you Mrs Masiyiwa and other women’s organisations make me wanna cry and tempts me to preach the Jewish way of handling women due to your hypocrisy, pride and disproportioanate distribution of writes amoung you women. Yes l say disproportional because a woman who does not know of her writes cant enjoy their benefits and the majority of women in this country just know the term ‘Women’s writes’ but nothing more. Make it a requiredment that every boy and girl know about these write by making it a compulsory topic at school. Invite and help the blind out of the streets and educate their children. Those who are already disadvantaged at the Mukuvisi prostitutes must also be taught and helped as they are not out their by choice.
If u arrest their clients, then how will these young-stars live. Mrs Masiyiwa, don’t be quick to pass a comment before you even visit the girls and the place in question. From someone at your position l would expect a more productive response in these girls favour. My suggestion is, why not take these girls and teach them some trades such as sawing knitting and cleaning etc while giving them allowances for attending as it is evident that some of them are willing by all means to leave this type of life. Stand up for them and help those without identification record get them instead of your empty bickering of arresting sex starved men. Besides how will you arrest them with the police which hardly even tour the place. Another solution wld be to provide and support all women and not the hypocricy that is polluting the world of women’s wrights. Which women’s writes, all or just the finacialy and educated women. Mai Masiyiwa ndipindurei. It seems that women such as Chido Mhunga’s mum are not benefitting form these writes and women’s organisations. Do you even consider them in your meetings. When you have your awareness acompains do you go out to collect, or even invite them to hear about their writes (benefits) as women. First answer me and provide solutions to my concerns then arrest these men coz to these girls, these men (perverts) are a blessing to them and a means of survival just as you and your husband’s (if you have one) jobs are important to you. As you said, these girls burden is not wholly their fault but their backgrounds, but l don’t blame their backgrounds but l blame us the community for saying Alleluia Alleluia but failing to do God’s word of loving our neighbours as love our selves. You can afford to buy a phone for just $100 and you are busy saying arrest their customers with out showing these girls love. She was fascinated about living under a roof for the first time in her life and you want to take this away from her, you don’t even know her. Go out there buy her lunch hear story, find a way to help her, notify her customers that their help is no longer required then star arresting ‘vaya vanenharo’. I myself am a big fan of gender studies but my observations from people like you Mrs Masiyiwa and other women’s organisations make me wanna cry and tempts me to preach the Jewish way of handling women due to your hypocrisy, pride and disproportioanate distribution of writes amoung you women. Yes l say disproportional because a woman who does not know of her writes cant enjoy their benefits and the majority of women in this country just know the term ‘Women’s writes’ but nothing more. Make it a requiredment that every boy and girl know about these write by making it a compulsory topic at school. Invite and help the blind out of the streets and educate their children. Those who are already disadvantaged at the Mukuvisi prostitutes must also be taught and helped as they are not out their by choice.
If u arrest their clients, then how will these young-stars live. Mrs Masiyiwa, don’t be quick to pass a comment before you even visit the girls and the place in question. From someone at your position l would expect a more productive response in these girls favour. My suggestion is, why not take these girls and teach them some trades such as sawing knitting and cleaning etc while giving them allowances for attending as it is evident that some of them are willing by all means to leave this type of life. Stand up for them and help those without identification record get them instead of your empty bickering of arresting sex starved men. Besides how will you arrest them with the police which hardly even tour the place. Another solution wld be to provide and support all women and not the hypocricy that is polluting the world of women’s wrights. Which women’s writes, all or just the finacialy and educated women. Mai Masiyiwa ndipindurei. It seems that women such as Chido Mhunga’s mum are not benefitting form these writes and women’s organisations. Do you even consider them in your meetings. When you have your awareness acompains do you go out to collect, or even invite them to hear about their writes (benefits) as women. First answer me and provide solutions to my concerns then arrest these men coz to these girls, these men (perverts) are a blessing to them and a means of survival just as you and your husband’s (if you have one) jobs are important to you. As you said, these girls burden is not wholly their fault but their backgrounds, but l don’t blame their backgrounds but l blame us the community for saying Alleluia Alleluia but failing to do God’s word of loving our neighbours as love our selves. You can afford to buy a phone for just $100 and you are busy saying arrest their customers with out showing these girls love. She was fascinated about living under a roof for the first time in her life and you want to take this away from her, you don’t even know her. Go out there buy her lunch hear story, find a way to help her, notify her customers that their help is no longer required then star arresting ‘vaya vanenharo’. I myself am a big fan of gender studies but my observations from people like you Mrs Masiyiwa and other women’s organisations make me wanna cry and tempts me to preach the Jewish way of handling women due to your hypocrisy, pride and disproportioanate distribution of writes amoung you women. Yes l say disproportional because a woman who does not know of her writes cant enjoy their benefits and the majority of women in this country just know the term ‘Women’s writes’ but nothing more. Make it a requiredment that every boy and girl know about these write by making it a compulsory topic at school. Invite and help the blind out of the streets and educate their children. Those who are already disadvantaged at the Mukuvisi prostitutes must also be taught and helped as they are not out their by choice.
If u arrest their clients, then how will these young-stars live. Mrs Masiyiwa, don’t be quick to pass a comment before you even visit the girls and the place in question. From someone at your position l would expect a more productive response in these girls favour. My suggestion is, why not take these girls and teach them some trades such as sawing knitting and cleaning etc while giving them allowances for attending as it is evident that some of them are willing by all means to leave this type of life. Stand up for them and help those without identification record get them instead of your empty bickering of arresting sex starved men. Besides how will you arrest them with the police which hardly even tour the place. Another solution wld be to provide and support all women and not the hypocricy that is polluting the world of women’s wrights. Which women’s writes, all or just the finacialy and educated women. Mai Masiyiwa ndipindurei. It seems that women such as Chido Mhunga’s mum are not benefitting form these writes and women’s organisations. Do you even consider them in your meetings. When you have your awareness acompains do you go out to collect, or even invite them to hear about their writes (benefits) as women. First answer me and provide solutions to my concerns then arrest these men coz to these girls, these men (perverts) are a blessing to them and a means of survival just as you and your husband’s (if you have one) jobs are important to you. As you said, these girls burden is not wholly their fault but their backgrounds, but l don’t blame their backgrounds but l blame us the community for saying Alleluia Alleluia but failing to do God’s word of loving our neighbours as love our selves. You can afford to buy a phone for just $100 and you are busy saying arrest their customers with out showing these girls love. She was fascinated about living under a roof for the first time in her life and you want to take this away from her, you don’t even know her. Go out there buy her lunch hear story, find a way to help her, notify her customers that their help is no longer required then star arresting ‘vaya vanenharo’. I myself am a big fan of gender studies but my observations from people like you Mrs Masiyiwa and other women’s organisations make me wanna cry and tempts me to preach the Jewish way of handling women due to your hypocrisy, pride and disproportioanate distribution of writes amoung you women. Yes l say disproportional because a woman who does not know of her writes cant enjoy their benefits and the majority of women in this country just know the term ‘Women’s writes’ but nothing more. Make it a requiredment that every boy and girl know about these write by making it a compulsory topic at school. Invite and help the blind out of the streets and educate their children. Those who are already disadvantaged at the Mukuvisi prostitutes must also be taught and helped as they are not out their by choice.
If u arrest their clients, then how will these young-stars live. Mrs Masiyiwa, don’t be quick to pass a comment before you even visit the girls and the place in question. From someone at your position l would expect a more productive response in these girls favour. My suggestion is, why not take these girls and teach them some trades such as sawing knitting and cleaning etc while giving them allowances for attending as it is evident that some of them are willing by all means to leave this type of life. Stand up for them and help those without identification record get them instead of your empty bickering of arresting sex starved men. Besides how will you arrest them with the police which hardly even tour the place. Another solution wld be to provide and support all women and not the hypocricy that is polluting the world of women’s wrights. Which women’s writes, all or just the finacialy and educated women. Mai Masiyiwa ndipindurei. It seems that women such as Chido Mhunga’s mum are not benefitting form these writes and women’s organisations. Do you even consider them in your meetings. When you have your awareness acompains do you go out to collect, or even invite them to hear about their writes (benefits) as women. First answer me and provide solutions to my concerns then arrest these men coz to these girls, these men (perverts) are a blessing to them and a means of survival just as you and your husband’s (if you have one) jobs are important to you. As you said, these girls burden is not wholly their fault but their backgrounds, but l don’t blame their backgrounds but l blame us the community for saying Alleluia Alleluia but failing to do God’s word of loving our neighbours as love our selves. You can afford to buy a phone for just $100 and you are busy saying arrest their customers with out showing these girls love. She was fascinated about living under a roof for the first time in her life and you want to take this away from her, you don’t even know her. Go out there buy her lunch hear story, find a way to help her, notify her customers that their help is no longer required then star arresting ‘vaya vanenharo’. I myself am a big fan of gender studies but my observations from people like you Mrs Masiyiwa and other women’s organisations make me wanna cry and tempts me to preach the Jewish way of handling women due to your hypocrisy, pride and disproportioanate distribution of writes amoung you women. Yes l say disproportional because a woman who does not know of her writes cant enjoy their benefits and the majority of women in this country just know the term ‘Women’s writes’ but nothing more. Make it a requiredment that every boy and girl know about these write by making it a compulsory topic at school. Invite and help the blind out of the streets and educate their children. Those who are already disadvantaged at the Mukuvisi prostitutes must also be taught and helped as they are not out their by choice.
If u arrest their clients, then how will these young-stars live. Mrs Masiyiwa, don’t be quick to pass a comment before you even visit the girls and the place in question. From someone at your position l would expect a more productive response in these girls favour. My suggestion is, why not take these girls and teach them some trades such as sawing knitting and cleaning etc while giving them allowances for attending as it is evident that some of them are willing by all means to leave this type of life. Stand up for them and help those without identification record get them instead of your empty bickering of arresting sex starved men. Besides how will you arrest them with the police which hardly even tour the place. Another solution wld be to provide and support all women and not the hypocricy that is polluting the world of women’s wrights. Which women’s writes, all or just the finacialy and educated women. Mai Masiyiwa ndipindurei. It seems that women such as Chido Mhunga’s mum are not benefitting form these writes and women’s organisations. Do you even consider them in your meetings. When you have your awareness acompains do you go out to collect, or even invite them to hear about their writes (benefits) as women. First answer me and provide solutions to my concerns then arrest these men coz to these girls, these men (perverts) are a blessing to them and a means of survival just as you and your husband’s (if you have one) jobs are important to you. As you said, these girls burden is not wholly their fault but their backgrounds, but l don’t blame their backgrounds but l blame us the community for saying Alleluia Alleluia but failing to do God’s word of loving our neighbours as love our selves. You can afford to buy a phone for just $100 and you are busy saying arrest their customers with out showing these girls love. She was fascinated about living under a roof for the first time in her life and you want to take this away from her, you don’t even know her. Go out there buy her lunch hear story, find a way to help her, notify her customers that their help is no longer required then star arresting ‘vaya vanenharo’. I myself am a big fan of gender studies but my observations from people like you Mrs Masiyiwa and other women’s organisations make me wanna cry and tempts me to preach the Jewish way of handling women due to your hypocrisy, pride and disproportioanate distribution of writes amoung you women. Yes l say disproportional because a woman who does not know of her writes cant enjoy their benefits and the majority of women in this country just know the term ‘Women’s writes’ but nothing more. Make it a requiredment that every boy and girl know about these write by making it a compulsory topic at school. Invite and help the blind out of the streets and educate their children. Those who are already disadvantaged at the Mukuvisi prostitutes must also be taught and helped as they are not out their by choice.