Poverty-stricken minors solicit for paid sex

THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Danai Hove (not her real name) approaches a Mercedes parked before a line of bottle stores at Zengeza 2 shops in Chitungwiza.

The minor swiftly goes to the driver’s side and engages in a conversation, advertising her “wares”.

Before the driver can respond, several other skimpily dressed teenage girls with heavy make-up circle the car like vultures, trying to outdo each other in flaunting their “assets” like merchandise at a market stall.

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