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Mzuzu gang attack ‘indecently dressed’ women

By Susan Chakwiya, Nyasa Times

January 18, 2012   ·   118 Comments

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Business was temporarily suspended this morning in the northern City of Mzuzu with shops closed as irate vendors  went berserk undressing women whom they felt was indecently dressing.

The development come barely a day after vendors in Lilongwe stripped naked women who put on tight trousers, miniskirts and leggings.

Just like in Lilongwe the Mzuzu vendors were targeting women who wore leggings, miniskirts and body-revealing trousers.

The incident started  around 9 o’clock in the morning after Mzuzu vendors learnt through newspapers stories that vendors in Lilongwe were yesterday undressing women.

At Katoto filling station one woman who wanted to board a Minibus to Luwinga was undressed by vendors in broad day right.

Another woman met her fate near St John of God before as she was entering the city centre.

One Indian national was undressed in the heart of city centre near Mzuzu Shopping centre and was rescued by police.

The vendor had taken control of the city as they were checking each and every minibus which was passing through the road to the bus depots looking for a woman or girl wearing a trouser or min skirt.

However, the situation returned to normalcy in the afternoon after the police patrolled the city.

Mzuzu police spokesperson Edward Longwe said no arrest has so far been made like in Lilongwe where police arrested about 16 vendors in connection to the incidents.

Meanwhile women activists in the country are planning to hold protests this Friday in Blantyre against the action by the vendors.

Executive Director of Women and Law in Southern Africa, Seode White say the activities during the event will include prayers and speeches.

It is also reported that some women are planning to parade naked in the streets.

Condemning the brutal act, main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokeswoman Nancy Tembo said the act was violence against women and should not be condemned in a democratic Malawi where there is freedom of dressing.

“Police women wear trousers, mechanic women wear trousers, why do we have to live in fear.” Tembo said.

UDF Presidential aspirant Atupele Muluzi said there was no justification to “this dsgusting act, women of whatever age are all our mothers and need to be respected.”

Tags: freedom of dressing, Mzuzu

118 Responses to “Mzuzu gang attack ‘indecently dressed’ women”

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   half cast yao/tumbuka Says:

   February 9th, 2012 at 6:58 pm

   
   

   inu stupid galz osamavala motiiyesa muzitonesa ma panti anuwo ife ndiye akaleke kuvulani muzivala mwa ulemu Like 0 Reply

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   Ash Says:

   January 24th, 2012 at 12:18 pm

   
   

   I am sorry Willard, but what you said is one of the most idiotic staements. It is a fact of life that every creature puts on some effort in attracting the opposite sex and humans have progressed beyond the rawness of open displays and giving off scent! A short skirt, a little revealation is all part of that. There is a fundamental difference between a woman in short skirt standing on a street corner eyeing up motorists for business and a girl in a short skirt going about life. Aids is borne out of ignorance, carelessness and promiscuity not a emancipation failure of men such as you,that a woman can revel in her sexuality and dress sexily without necessarily begging for it! Like 1 Reply

3. 116

   Wishes makala Says:

   January 23rd, 2012 at 2:24 pm

   
   

   am sorry women Like 1 Reply

4. 115

   willard mubvumbi Says:

   January 22nd, 2012 at 2:32 pm

   
   

   Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see. Indecently dressed women and girls are prostitutes. If you want to wear mini skirts do it in you houses and homes. Real women dont parade their bodies in public, only whores do period! Poorly-rated. Like 1 Reply

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   akuchimuna Says:

   January 22nd, 2012 at 7:00 am

   
   

   It,s not good to undress womenin town.I feel sorry for coz what i do to these women is to fuck n leave them never to return. Like 1 Reply

6. 113

   bandamovet Says:

   January 20th, 2012 at 9:52 pm

   
   

   but thats not freedom or peace of a human bee. Like 0 Reply

7. 112

   Manning Syfort Says:

   January 20th, 2012 at 1:39 am

   
   

   No dindadinda.ndiye mukuti mabatchalafe Titani. Tipukusa bwanji?koma vendor Wawonjeza Like 2 Reply

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   willard mubvumbi Says:

   January 19th, 2012 at 10:57 pm

   
   

   Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see. women and girls who wear tight trousers and see thruz are harlots and need some prayers. Here in Zimbabwe its now too much maybe its becoz women out numbers men and they do it to attract the attention of men since they can not propose love to men. This is the reason why AIDS never stop. Poorly-rated. Like 1 Reply

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