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Prosecutors said Thursday that DNA evidence cleared the women, who will now face prostitution charges.

The women, aged in their 20s, and a male companion were arrested in November on charges of “aggravated indecent assault” amid allegations they lured men into a car and forced them to have sex at gunpoint, knifepoint or using drugged drinks to collect semen for tribal rituals.

Police said 31 condoms containing semen were found in the car.

In a case that has fascinated the nation, the women denied the allegations, saying they had sex for money and didn’t throw out the condoms. Prostitution is rife in Zimbabwe after years of economic meltdown and soaring unemployment.

Sophie, 26, and Netsai Nhokwara, 24, who are sisters, and Rosemary Chakwizira, 28, had faced lengthy prison sentences on the charges of aggravated sexual assault, equivalent to the penalty for rape committed by men.

Soliciting and prostitution charges carry a small fine.

According to court papers, 17 men stepped forward with claims they were victims of women said to be in a syndicate preying on men flagging down cars or minibuses for lifts along the nation’s highways since 2010. One said he was sprayed with, and forced to drink, a pungent liquid.

Local media reports have suggested some men alleging they were abducted and sexually assaulted used it as an excuse for spending nights away from home with prostitutes.

The arrests of the three women in the provincial city of Gweru after their car was involved in an accident fuelled intense rumours that a syndicate was collecting semen for rituals. There is a local belief that the semen is more powerful if obtained through sexual coercion, and that it is not so potent if gathered voluntarily.

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May 4, 2012

Papage

What is going on, is it hunger or what?
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May 4, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

Let them come to Mzansi, they will find a lot of willing participants........ they would not even have to use brutal force
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May 4, 2012

ntebo

but for a man's p@nis to get up,does that mean he was int he mood?
just asking
and I don't blame those women banna ba skars, most of them are more women than we(gays)
nxa
stop eating chicken man
SIES
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May 4, 2012

MORNACHIESS

Police said 31 condoms containing semen were found in the car.
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Was not enough to put them in jail ?
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May 4, 2012

MORNACHIESS

@Ntebo,
Are u a ga.y ?
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May 4, 2012

ntebo

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@Ntebo,
Are u a ga.y
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No I 'm a woman, I'm talking about "Gays" because of them Men are scares, one of the reasons the world is going to an end,, those poor women were horny,and there was no one to help them, because men prefer Men (not all of them) but yep
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May 4, 2012

sabza007

Lol...I just have to laugh at the 17 ''virgin'' men.
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May 4, 2012

MORNACHIESS

@Ntebo,
Ok i understand ......mara bona musunu wa khuru ya mmabona those people ,phela ba
dira gore re be scares wa tseba ............so are u married ?
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May 4, 2012

TKay

and what is this ritual for...
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May 4, 2012

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sabza007
Lol...I just have to laugh at the 17 ''virgin'' men.
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But if my memory serves me well ,u are part of that group mos ...
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