Targeted investigation reports 2023 Phokeng, North West: Understanding transactional sex in communities near mines
Compiled by monitors and facilitators from the Community Monitoring School in North West: Kgang Moloko, Tebogo Dikale, Lehlohonolo Lesomo, Selapeng Mokgatle
extract: “Phokeng village is situated in the Rustenburg town which has an abundance of platinum, chrome and other minerals. The village is a mining host area with a high number of mine workers and other industrial workers as tenants. There are no mining operations in the community but neighboring villages host operations of Implats, Rbplats, Glencore, Murray and Roberts and many more. The village has a high number of women that are unemployed or are in low paying jobs. These females depend on their male working partners financially. In mining communities we see a number of women and young girls choosing working males, especially mine workers for financial gain in the relationship. Such relationship are referred to as transactional sexual relationship. We find that most women do not refer to their relationship as transactional as they say it is a man’s duty to take care of a women.
In Phokeng we find transactional sexual relationships among women who are coming from Phokeng, women who are jobseekers coming from other areas, women who came with their working partners and school going girls. In many cases the male with financial power is the dominant person in the
relationship. …”
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