According to The New Zimbabwean News, a woman in her 30 years
years long career as a Prostitute, claimed to have served more than
4,000 men. During her legendary career, the 55-year-old Prostitute who
goes by the name Sylvia Kandeya with the alias SK, who has decided to go
on retirement, used to sleep with more than 7 men per day but now
things have changed as she is retiring; and it’s now one or two men per
month. She said that’s just like a rough estimate as she can’t simply
remember all the men she has slept. She said they should be more than
figure
SK who is considered the godmother of all sex workers in and around
the Madondo shopping centre of the MT Darwin Township has a register of
all sex workers in the area and they all pay homage to her before plying
their trade there.
She has now managed to buy a stand in Mt Darwin Township, built a house and also sent her children to school.
The popular Prostitute told the New Zimbabwe news in an interview
that she has sub-divided her house into several rooms where she now
allows other Prostitutes stay and pay her rentals. Sometimes when
business is low, she gives them time to make money and pay later.
She however boasted that with the coming of young and
energetic sex workers, she is not in competition with them because what
she does is assist them whenever it’s necessary and she has opened a
register to know which sex worker is at Madondo shopping centre in case
something happens to them.
She wasn’t also shy to reveal that she is HIV positive, but was quick to
clarify that her retirement is not because she is infected, but age.
Read her interview with New Zimbabwe news below..
SYLVIA KANDEYA (SK) claims to have bedded more than 4000 men during
her 30-year sex work life and she has now decided to retire.
Newzimbabwe.com (NZ) travelled to Mount Darwin to talk to Sylvia about
her enterprising career.
NZ: Word has it that you are the godmother of all sex workers in and
around Madondo shopping centre and sex workers bow before you; how far
true is that?
SK: All sex workers that come and trade here in Mt Darwin and
especially here at Madondo Shopping centre pass through me and my
register has more than 20 of them.
NZ: But how did you end up being so popular?
SK: The only work that I have done in my life is to sell sex services
for close to three decades; I am 55 years now and I don’t remember the
exact number of men that I have offered services but kana kuma 4 000
vanosvika (the number may be as high as 4000).
NZ: On average, how many men per day or a week did you sleep with?
SK: (laughs) I used to sleep with more than 7 men per day but now
things have changed; I going into retirement, it’s now one or two men
per month.
NZ: Did they pay you well?
SK: Oh yes! Very well, I remember years back when men used to have
lots of money to spare before mari ye Zimbabwe yadyiwa nemujuru (before
the record breaking inflation).
NZ: And where did all that money go?
SK: I managed to buy a stand here in Mt Darwin Township, built a house and I also sent my children to school.
NZ: You said you have more than 20 sex workers under you; do they pay to be registered or…?
SK: No no no, they don’t pay me anything, but kana zviri ku fire (if business is good) they usual pay a token of appreciation.
Remember, I have sub-divided my house into several rooms where they
stay and pay me rentals, that’s the arrangement. Sometimes when business
is low, I give them time to make money and pay later.
NZ: With the coming of young and energetic sex workers, are you able to compete with them?
SK: I don’t compete with them; I assist them whenever its necessary
and I have opened a register to know which sex worker is at Madondo
shopping centre in case something happens to them.
NZ: How active are you now in your work these days?
SK: With age, I now have very few clients that I serve personally and two permanent one who come for the ‘good service’.
NZ: With the current economic challenges facing the country, is sex work still paying well?
SK: All is not well, sex workers here are even paid $1 for a quickie
and $5 for the rest of the night, but long ago they used to charge
between $10 and $20 a night.
NZ: This may be very sensitive it’s up to you to answer it or not,
word around says you are ‘retiring’ for health reasons, how far true is
that?
SK: Gone are the days when people would be ashamed to come out in
open; it’s not a secret, yes I am HIV positive but that’s not the reason
for retirement, it has to do with age.
NZ: When did you discover that you were HIV positive?
SK: I got tested in 2005, that’s when I discovered that I am HIV
positive and since then I have been living positively and now l also
educate the young sex workers the use of condoms.
NZ: Thank you very much for your time; we wish you a restful retirement.
SK: Thank you very much and travel well
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