AmaVuso or Mavuso is a term coined and used by people in kasies around Pretoria.
The act is a fast-growing trend. AmaVuso or Mavuso is Zulu, which means to wake one up.
Palesa Mhlabane is regarded by locals as the queen of the streets. She is a resident of Sgandaf, formerly known as Winterveldt and explained to Record what the term means.
“AmaVuso is a way some women would get compensated without having to actually bother her ‘partner’ by asking him for money”.
The compensation happens after a man and woman had agreed to engage in a sexual act for either money or other favors. They normally meet either online or during a jol at a tavern.
“On most occasions AmaVuso involves money and not just small change, unless you get a stingy ‘partner’ who really does not care about your value,” Mhlabane said.
She said that women were using men to get feed their addictions or opulent lifestyles.
“Men have also taken money from their ‘partners’ after sexual encounters, especially those who regard themselves as Ben-tens,” she said.
Lehlogonolo Rahlaga, a student at UP, said she had a male friend who was engaging in such sexual transactional activities.
“My friend would sleep with older women, some who are his lecturers, for money. He denies this being a form of prostitution. He said they were pampering him and had compensated him for a ‘great night.’”
Rahlaga said she did not find what her friend was doing as immoral.
She further explained and said: “AmaVuso would be a name given to the black community but my white friends have had friends with benefits. Those were two similar things, just different names and the other gets glorified while the former doesn’t, which is unfair to me.”
Gogo Annah Molobye of extension 3, Soshanguve, is a devoted Christian and said: “This is not really a new trend. People have been engaging in this sort of activities for decades if not centuries. It is just that it did not have a name.
“Though I as a Christian do not condone nor condemn the act, but I do think people should find better ways of making money. Is it not some form of prostitution?” asked a concerned gogo Annah.
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