Police to descend on vuzu party organisers
Police in Bulawayo have warned that they will descend heavily on organisers of vuzu parties and those who sell drugs to the teenagers as schools close today for the end of the second term.
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Police in Bulawayo have warned that they will descend heavily on organisers of vuzu parties and those who sell drugs to the teenagers as schools close today for the end of the second term.
Recent revelations about what goes on in vuzu parties at a forum that was organised by the Junior Chamber International (JCI), Bulawayo Progressive Residents’ Association (BPRA) and the Better Men Foundation are quite disturbing.
It’s been a long time coming for Bulawayo’s biggest arts dance group Khaya Arts as they are set to have their inaugural annual festival from 2 to 4 August.
By Bruce Ndlovu
VUZU parties were born in a kombi. Like a child with many fathers, no one is sure about when exactly they were born. Those who attended those first parties, however, are clear about where Vuzu parties, a social phenomenon that has turned Bulawayo upside down, were conceived.
Recent events in Bulawayo, where more than 130 adolescents were arrested by the police and arraigned before the courts on charges bordering on disorderly conduct and criminal nuisance have prompted me to write this instalment.
Three of the more than 100 youths who were arrested on Saturday for criminal nuisance have each been sentenced to three months in prison.
Police have arrested 131 rowdy youths in Bulawayo in an operation that saw law enforcement agents also confiscating alcohol and sex enhancing pills from teenagers headed to Vuzu parties where they engage in risky unprotected group sex.
As the festive season mood moves a gear up, Bulawayo teenagers have turned to wild orgies called “Vuzu parties.”
Vuzu parties where school going children as young as 12 years indulge in risky sexual behaviour are still hindering progress towards the fight against sexually transmitted infections (STI) including HIV in Bulawayo.