I mean, who would guess that the plight of retrenched miners in Mufulira would bring fortune to commercial sex workers from other towns. Of course, the quest by call girls to exploit the lust of some men at a fee wherever they see an opportunity has never been in doubt.
This is why their industry is revered to be the oldest profession. Even at a funeral they can find an opportunity to make someone happy by selling sex. It must be nice: one moment, you are mourning, the next moment, you are having a roll in the hay with a prostitute. But I find it astonishing to hear that the sex workers have taken Mufulira by storm. It is not as if they want to find a solution to the plight of retrenched miners.
The ex-miners have since been paid their retrenchment packages β K18, each and Christmas bonus. Indeed, prostitutes in the town must be feeling lucky to be part of the windfall, although it is almost like leading the retrenched miners into temptation. Interestingly, some miners have received the ladies with both hands β if not with all their hearts β and the district commissioner is concerned about the development in the town.
What is even more worrying is that the sex workers from other towns who have invaded Mufulira have resorted to beating up their rivals, whom they found conducting similar business locally. Just like the DC, I feel this is perhaps the most difficult challenge the miners are facing. Sex challenge for the miners is a different ball game.
Not only does the sex challenge from the marauding prostitutes seem wasteful to the retrenched miners, it also poses a threat to their marriages. I am not entirely sure why some of the retrenched miners have fallen prey to the prostitutes.
