ARRIVING during the day time, Kazungula feels peaceful, calm, tranquil and untroubled. However, as night falls, the town which shares boundaries with Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia turns into a hive of sex work. The primary target for the business is the high number of truck drivers who spend nights at the border town. Kazungula Taxi Association Chairperson, Fred Malikana, says the prevalence of sex workers escalated after the completion of the Kazungula Bridge in May 2021. “The situation of sex work is something else, my brother, and this continues to escalate, but it became worse after the completion of the Kazungula Bridge. It is not only ladies from Botswana who come, but we also have some from Zimbabwe, and also…
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