18/05/2016. Oupa Mthombeni, chairperson of concern Tshwane Liquor Traders association speaks to tarven manager, Teressa Maponya to put an end to Mavuso stockvels. Picture: Thobile Mathonsi 18/05/2016. Oupa Mthombeni, chairperson of concern Tshwane Liquor Traders association speaks to tarven manager, Teressa Maponya to put an end to Mavuso stockvels. Picture: Thobile Mathonsi
Pretoria - Moments after having sexual intercourse with the woman he had picked from a Mavuso sex stokvel, she began to foam at the mouth.
Before long, she was dead in his room in Soshanguve, Tshwane, leaving the 29-year-old man wondering how his moment of pleasure had gone so horribly wrong.
The man, who asked to remain anonymous, said he was a regular at Mavuso stokvels, held in taverns across the area’s townships. So popular is the phenomenon that Hammanskraal has a reputation of being the Mavuso capital of Tshwane.
The man, who lives in a backyard room on his mother’s property, said he had left home to go to Mavuso in Mabopane at about 10pm on Tuesday. The stokvel carried on until the early hours of Wednesday morning, during which time he had spotted a woman who tickled his fancy.
He negotiated a fee with her and took her home.
“The feeling was mutual and she agreed to accept R300 in the morning in accordance with the stokvel rules. I bought her alcohol and we drank together before deciding it was time for sex.
“Everything was good after sex, but soon after falling asleep the woman woke me up and said she had a headache.
“I gave her painkillers. We then rested for a while. She started complaining that she was not well. Foam was coming out of her mouth. She choked and then died instantly, just like that.”
He then phoned his mother, who contacted the police. The SAPS took the body away.
The man was taken to Soshanguve police station.
“I was still in shock, so my mother spoke to the police. No case was opened,” he said.
The man said he cursed the day he got involved in Mavuso and said he would never take part in the stokvel again.
“I can't believe there was a corpse in my bed, more so of a person whose name I didn’t know.”
The deceased's family were tracked down through her cellphone, and later on Wednesday called to identify the body, which had been taken in for a post-mortem. The two families agreed to help each other with her burial.
It also emerged it was not the first time misfortune struck him after a night of sexual pleasures.
He previously took a woman home from Mavuso and failed to pay her the money that had agreed on. She ran away with all his left shoes as punishment.
“Fate is teaching me a valuable lesson here. I urge everyone to stay away from Mavuso,” he added.
President Jacob Zuma condemned the prevalence of the sex stokvels and said women and girls needed to be protected from them.
“We cannot and should not subject our children to this abuse and danger,” Zuma said to cheers from the crowds during Youth Day celebrations in Soweto.
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How Mavuso works
Mavuso is township slang for money given to a woman after she has spent the night with a man.
At the stokvels, each member pays an amount for the week.
Subsequent negotiations take place between the member and a woman of his choice. They then
agree on a fee for spending the night together.
They party and may attend social functions together as a couple before retreating to a sex nest.
Mavuso is held alongside another sex gathering, known as no-panties.
During the stokvel, a man and a woman, either known to each other or complete strangers, engage in a sexual intercourse under the pretence of a “speed date”.