Sex for food in Zimbabwe

The situation in Zimbabwe is truly sad. The people there are suffering due to the economic mismanagement of President Robert Mugabe.

It has been speculated that inflation now stands at a whopping 15,000 percent. That means everything - from salaries to goods - come in millions!

The Times of London says people in Zimbabwe are trying to survive with less than 1 British Pound per week (that’s RM7 per week).

The daily also mentioned in its report dated July 1 on how teachers were being forced to turn into prostitution to buy food.

Here is an excerpt:

"Instead of standing in front of her class in Kwekwe teaching history and geography, Sithole takes the bus 146 miles north to Harare. There, she sits at the bar in clubs such as Chez Ntemba, Chez Mambo and the Stars Studio at Rainbow Towers hotel, waiting for a proposition.

At 32, Sithole is pretty and refined, though there is a far-away sadness in her eyes and clients complain that there is not enough of her bottom ("What do you expect on one meal a day?" she asks).

On a pulsating Friday night at the Stars Studio, there is no shortage of takers..."

Read more of the report here.