Law silent on prostitution - Skelemani

FRANCISTOWN: Minister of Justice, Defence and Security and Francistown East Member of Parliament (MP) Phandu Skelemani says the law is silent on prostitution so police cannot arrest anyone involved in the oldest profession.

Skelemani was responding to some of the concerns raised at a poorly-attended Kgotla meeting he addressed in Itekeng ward on Sunday morning.

The minister, who is a lawyer and state counsel, explained that the issue of commercial sex practised allegedly by Zimbabwean prostitutes in Area W had been raised in every consultative meeting he had addressed before.

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