ALL they want is to put food on the table for their families.
But the magoshas are tired of being tricked by their clients.
Some of their clients run away after tlof tlof without paying, while others threaten to beat them when they demand their money.
“We don’t know if this unemployment mess is affecting our clients as well. But why come to us if you don’t have money?” said one of the magoshas.
Now some of the magoshas from Plastic View in Mamelodi, Tshwane, want to quit but can’t, because they have to feed their families.
The magoshas who operate in a shack at the squatter camp, told Daily Sun challenges brought them to this kind of work.
A 38-year-old woman told the People’s Paper that hardship and losing a job at a tavern left her with no choice but to join sex work to make a living.
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She said she became a magosha in January.
“This is not better. If we had jobs we would not do this work.
“I work one shift and it’s not enough. But we have to make way for our sisters to make a living as well,” she said.
The woman said some clients understand that they were doing this kind of work to take care of their families, but others regarded them as rubbish.
“This job is hard and it takes away our dignity as people don’t accept and respect us.
“Some clients are happy after being serviced and pay without a problem. But others flee with our cash. We are abused as sex workers, especially by men who are our clients,” she said.
