Sex Workers are People – Interview 2 by Rasta

Q: How does it feel like to live, I mean charging men for Pleasure?

A: Nothing bothers me, as i don’t steal from no one. Even i don’t put up a board like a tuck-shop. So who ever comes here is with a purpose.

Q: Do you charge cash or credit or are some boyfriends?

A: Listen there is nothing for mahala when you just look Baba. And i am not a cash loan. If you don’t have cash, step out. And I don’t want to waste time with boyfriends. I’ve been playing that game and it’s enough. Now it’s strictly business. I have had enough of being lied about being lived. Love and no love will hurt me no more

Q: Do you consider yourself a Prostitute

A: You know what, I don’t care what people call me, but they don’t support me. I am paying my rent and everything.

Q: Actually what perpetuated you to do what you do?

A: Seems i don’t understand you. You ask if I have boyfriends, and I tell you that I don’t use boyfriends. I have been hurt many time by this you call boyfriends. I am tired of being controlled, even my mother don’t control me.

Q: What about to find a real job, have you tried in the mines, farms or the Spar.

A: You know what, , now days it’s not easy to work in the mines. I am not educated. Some times its boring to wake up early to go to a job, sometimes there is no job and to work n the farm is the last thing I can do. I mean look at me, at least at Spar Supermarket it is better, you get to see new faces and it’s a nice place.

Q: Do you ever do a test for HIV and Aids?

A: Yes and i was negative. You think that i sleep with men without a condom. No ways Baba. You know even thought i booze you can’t just rob me easily.

And sometime you must try it instead of looking at our lives from far. I even go cheap since we are neighbours. Do you ever hear me ask too many questions about your shit? That’s enough now.

Sex Workers are People - Interview 1 by Rasta

Q: How come you became the person you are today? After all you where just "good girls"

A: I think you heard about the rumors that i have no parents , my grandmother was the one who took care of me. I even don't know my mother and father. So nothing was easy for me.

Q: How I don't understand

A: Even in my day of school no seems to care whether i or or not and my grandmother was too old to persuade me to school. And suddenly my uncle comes to live with us but that did not help as we're both depending on her pension.

Q. What make you to decide to live alone?

A: I was tired of begging and suffering peacefully. After all that guys put me through. I had a boy friend who i love dearly, but he dump me like a hot potato. That's what caused me to stay a lone in my shack but this is my uncle's yard after my grand mother passed away so i don't stress about paying rent.

Q: Are you in business, if i may ask. Do you sell yourself?

A: How, is it obvious? What are you guys seeing and saying about me, you called slut, whore, prostitute. Ja i am in business and that is nobody's business and I don't call no one. They come here by themselves. And if they ask for it , they have to pay for it .I am not here to play.

Q: Tell me do you encourage them to use condoms, or do you use it?

A: What's that bullshit. I am not a nurse ne, And i don't care whether you use it or not . Its up to you. But you will pay extra cash for penetrating me with out a condom.

Q: Have you done HIV and Aids test , lately or long ago?

A: That has nothing to do with me, I don't have time for that shit. For I don't to live my life in stress.

Q: Don't you scared of being infected or infecting others as you said some use it and other's don't'

A: You know what , wena, I don't give a damn what will happen to me or to them. I said i did not call no one , you see i don't even have a cell phone.I just don't like it. And I don't want. And whether they infect me, or already did, its not for me to find out.Everyone do favour for themselves by checking for them. And please no more questions as i am getting irritated. Please you free to leave, you are wasting my time. If you want to prove why don't you have a piece of experience and talk about what you did.