Raunchy dancer Beverly arrested

Raunchy dancer Beverly ‘Bev’ Sibanda has been arrested by police in Harare. 

“I walked into the police station today at 10am after I was called by the police. I do not know the crime I have committed but I am convinced that it has something to do with my dances during the Harare International Carnival,” she told a local paper.

But during the recent Harare International Carnival there were a lot of semi-naked dancers from other countries sparking an outcry that the authorities were being hypocritical in their treatment of local dancers.

It’s not the first time Beverly has been arrested.

In September 2012 Beverly and her fierce rival Zoey Norleen Sifelani were arrested following complaints about their explicit dance routines.

The arrests had come a few days after Police Chief Superintendent Oliver Mandipaka issued a warning that the dancers risked being arrested for public indecency.

“Dancing is not bad if they dance with their clothes on but when they remove their clothes and become semi naked in full view of the public, then it becomes an offence.

“That is not acceptable and if they continue doing that they will be arrested and be charged with public indecency. Besides, that is against our moral values as a nation,” Mandipaka said at the time.