Sex workers sjambokked by police
Two sex workers stated that this
had not been the first time that they were mistreated in a violent manner by
policemen
January 15, 2015
According
to a sex worker operating on Prince Alfred and Burger Streets last Monday, four
of them were sjambokked, fined and detained by policemen.
Two sex
workers that did not wished to be named stated that this had not been the first
time that they were mistreated in a violent manner by policemen. One of the two
workers mentioned that they had to resort to prostitution to earn some form of
income to support their families, because of the lack of employment in the
city.
Police
spokesperson Captain Zenzele Ndlovu confirmed that the police have a duty to
the state to reduce and eradicate criminal activities in the city and
prostitution is certainly a contributing factor to the increase of criminal
activity in the downtown area of Pietermaritzburg.
