Vuzu parties invade Harare

Zim Now Writer

A famous Bulawayo frenzy of wild sex parties, commonly known as “vuzu” parties, has now entered Harare’s Hatfield suburb, it has been learnt.

Vuzu parties are indoor gatherings, which were especially common in Bulawayo and mostly held by teenagers where they engage in beer and drug binges as well as unprotected sex.

The revelation was made by a Hatfield resident, Tapiwa Chandavengerwa, a recovered addict who is working with some organisations in the reduction of drug and substance abuse.

Chandavengerwa said there is a house in Hatfield which hosts these vuzu parties where these teenagers notify each other via WhatsApp and phone calls about the illicit event.

“In Hatfield, there is this house that people know about where young kids are hosting vuzu parties. What happens is when parents leave, these kids phone one another, pool their funds to buy drugs. At that house, they have sex orgies, threesomes among other sexual activities. For them, it is fun but they ignore the fact of exposing themselves to HIV, and then the harmful effects of drugs,” he said.

He also said hardcore drugs such as crack cocaine and crystal meth are now being made in Zimbabwe, something which the government, through law enforcement agencies such as the Zimbabwe Republic Police, can stop.

“As a former user, I know the government has the power to stop drug use and supply. It has the power. My concern is why it is easy for people to sell drugs. Back then, drugs would come into the country but nowadays, there are backyard labs where these drugs are made. The people who make these drugs are known,” he said.

He implored policy makers and government to enforce tougher laws which make it difficult for these drug peddlers and manufacturers to sell or make them.

“We have the drugs/narcortics squad, the homicide, they know these people. Why is it these people are arrested only to be released within a short space of time?

“We want stringent laws and punishments where anyone with the intention to cook these drugs is made afraid before making them. Gender-based violence offenders have a lengthy stay in prison, as well as robbers but those who sell drugs do not. Why is it so?

"These laws should strike into these people who sell or cook drugs the fear of God before selling drugs,” Chandavengerwa said.

A police detective speaking during belated commemorations of World Mental Health Day and World Day of Rememberance for Road Traffic Victims last year said vuzu parties should be outlawed as they promote indecent behaviours among teens.

“Young people have been organising Vuzu and sex parties where they use drugs such as marijuana, which will be in the form of cakes and sweets, crystal meth (mutoriro) among others,” she was quoted as saying.

In November last year, police arrested 39 students from various schools in Bulawayo after raiding a Vuzu party in Khumalo suburb.

Again, in October 2021, 16 people were arrested in Kuwadzana, Harare on public nuisance charges after they held a sex party.

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