WE ARE BEING BULLIED INTO SEX WORK

MATSAPHA - Some women working in Matsapha and surrounding areas, have alleged that they are being forced into  sex work.

Matsapha is the hub of activity in Eswatini, where most textile firms and industries are geographically located. With the demand of cheaper and affordable accommodation, some people have invested in property business to meet that demand; however, some women have alleged that it was no longer safe for them to rent the so called cheaper accommodation in some locations around Matsapa. Eswatini News spoke to some textile workers, who  preferred to remain anonymous. They disclosed that they were no longer staying in Matsapha after they were allegedly threatened with assault by a group of women.

Threatened

“I was on my way back from work one evening when I was approached by a group of women who told me to join them when they go out at night for sex work. I told them that I was not interested but one of them threatened to deal with me because I thought I was better than them. I immediately looked for alternative accommodation at Ngwane Park just to escape from them as I realised that they meant what they said,” narrated one of the textile workers.

Meanwhile, another textile worker revealed that many girls and women had been involuntarily forced to join the group of sex workers in Matsapha.
“Many of my colleagues are already sex workers as they have been bullied by these women into joining them. If they refused to join them, some of them had their houses mysteriously broken into,” she further alleged. Another sex worker, who agreed to speak to Eswatini News on condition of anonymity, said that it was true that some of them were bullied into joining the team of sex workers.

“I was new in Matsapha and fresh from school when I arrived to seek employment at one of the  textile companies. Immediately when I found a job, I was approached by a group of women who issued a lot of threats in the event I refused to join them after hours. Today  I am a sex worker by night and a textile worker by day,” revealed the woman. It has been reliably gathered that some alleged sex workers are already advertising their services in other locations in Matsapha. Eswatini News happened to come across some papers with contacts and the list of service which, however, cannot be repeated, along the streets of Matsapha.

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