Can the media stop prostitution?
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness-Leviticus 19:29
I don’t think it is news to any Zimbabwean that the crisis that has engulfed our nation has seen a rise in prostitution. Yet the media seems to think it should be news. Time and time again, the pages of the few remaining papers will have some account of these women who feel they have no choice but to sell their bodies. We are told how they are afraid of AIDS, but fear the imminent death from hunger even more. Then, of course, the papers find something else to fill their pages with.
Yes, I am coming down on our media! It is deplorable, this morbid fascination with a social evil and the victims of it that makes little effort to illicit at least our sympathy let alone motivate us to want to do something about it. Interviews with a couple of prostitutes, a generous supply of directions for those who don’t know where they can procure the services of these women and how much it will cost and a statement from a pastor nobody has ever heard of only leaves me wondering what the aim in printing such a story was. Read more
O, The Herald
O, The Herald
How you afflict me like a boil
Making my head ache like a drunkard’s on a cold morn
Your words leap and sting, killing all sense of hope
You’re a package of poison, dripping with people’s blood
A gong of propaganda like a male prostitute
Prowling in the night in hunt for a quick squeeze
O, how you crack hearts apart
Wearily, you speak with a single voice
As if you are a one-lipped monster
O, The Herald
How many more tears will you see
Till your ink runs dry?
On The Zimbo Jam- Blame it On Us - By The ZimSwag BoyzIt's great that ZimSwag have apologised for the chaos at the stadium on Saturday. However, being an entertainment site, we were thinking that it would have been so much better if they were to release a musical version of that apology. We reckon it would sound very much like Akon's hit song Blame it On Me and would go something like this...
- Akon Show Organisers Issue ApologyZimSwag, the organisers of the Akon-Sean Paul Zimbabwe concert, have issued an apology for the chaos that reigned on the evening of the show and spoilt the experience for many who attended the event. "... we admit that there were a number of blunders on our side," says their statement in part.
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- Blame it On Us - By The ZimSwag Boyz