Harare’s avenues area has been flooded with a dodgy penis erection concoction which vendors are making brisk business from selling the medicine to motorists intending to hire the services of sex workers.
Avenues area is notorious for harbouring sex workers who solicit for sex from males passing by.
The vendors said they were getting most of their sales from ‘big’ people who drive top of range vehicles in town who hire services from sex workers.
The concoctions which vendors call ‘coffee’ are found in small sachets and cost   $2.50 each.
They also said the ‘coffee’ which is taken with soft drinks or beer instantly triggers erection which could last for more than 30 minutes.
ZimEye.com caught up with some female vendors trading the ‘coffee’ at Fife Avenue, and Montague shopping centres who said they were making big business.
“I sell not more than 15 packets of the product every day and most of my clients are those big bosses who drive top of range vehicles .Some of them even call me when they want to product, “said a middle aged woman who operates from Five Avenue shopping centre.
“I get most of my sales in the evening along the avenues from high profile business people who will be hunting for sex here. They can even offer double of the amount we charge because they will not be having time to wait for change”, another lady operating along Fife Avenue and Third Street near the former Bira bar garden now ZimCafe said.
A local Medical practitioner Ruzvidzo Pawarara said there are health dangers associated with taking any medication from unauthorized sources.
“What makes these medicines dangerous is that we do not know whether they are genuine or not. Their origins are not even known let alone their expiring dates. We have a number of cases where people  have developed other complications after taking these concoctions  and we urge people to visit their doctors if they have any problem including erection as in this case we  are talking about than buying concoctions from vendors”, he advised.
The Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association said people should desist from buying concoctions from street vendors as this may damage their health.
“Yes there are tried and tested medicines which we have been traditionally using to boast sexual reproductive organs but people should not buy them from the streets. Medicines should only be obtained from medically approved dealers and not from the pavements,”Prince Mutandi Sibanda, ZINATHA secretary for education and culture told ZimEye.com .
Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa could not be reached for comment yesterday.