Sex work dwindles in Mutare

Prostitutes who had camped in Mutare after the dollariastion of the Zimbabwean economy in 2009 have now moved across the border to Mozambique as sex work opportunities have melted and dwindles due to Zimbabwe's economic meltdown.

According to online reports, sex workers, most from Mozambique, had settled in Mutare since 2009, attracted by US dollar which replaced the worthless local currency as well as a business boom inspired by the Marange diamond bonanza.

But the diamonds are gone, ditto the marginal economic revival under the coalition government.

The sex workers said business was better in Chimoio and Manica than in Mutare.

They said night life in Mutare is now dead. There is no money. Most people are not working so there is no business.