SowetanLIVE writes that three words sum up the murky world of prostitution in Emalahleni (Witbank), namely brazen, bold and booming. And it seems Mpumalanga police are unable to tame the growing trade.
Police officers have set their sights on dealing with prostitution in the Witbank area, alleging that it has created a web of other serious crimes. They've conducted raids and want to bring down the men and women who own houses from which brothels operate. According to police, murder, car theft, kidnapping, drug possession, mob justice, looting, arson and even child abandonment cases have been linked to the scores of brothels that operate in several suburbs in the city. TimesLIVE and MultimediaLIVE spent time in Emalahleni speaking to police, taxi drivers, victims and the women at the centre of the storm, all in an attempt to understand the dynamics of a situation playing out a 90-minute drive east of Johannesburg. What they found was murder, hijacking, car theft, Illegal immigrants, human trafficking and kidnapping
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Naledi Shange at SowetanLIVE
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