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Ethel Ncube, B-Metro Reporter
IT wasn’t just tractors and tech at this year’s Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) — some visitors left with a little more fire in their pants than expected!
At Tshangani’s shop, a booth manned by Malawian herbal company Me and Them, business was booming with parents from all walks of life queueing up for traditional sex-enhancing herbs known as tshuni.
From “Bazooka” for the bedroom-dead dads to the infamous “Dad Must Cry” that promises fireworks in the sheets, these cheekily named potions flew off the shelves.
‘‘Dad Must Cry’’ works just like the name says,” revealed Mirrielle Nkata, the bold and bubbly Managing Director of Me and Them.
She said the demand was massive from both locals and foreign visitors who couldn’t get enough of their intimacy-boosting blends.
And that’s not all.
“We also have a herb that turns mothers into virgins — yes, just like that. They apply it secretly, and it lasts for seven days before everything returns to normal,” she said.
The aim?
“To keep families together,” said Nkata.
“Fathers are cheating because they’ve lost interest at home. We’re helping bring the spark back.”
For the men, Bazooka promises to “wake up even a father long considered down and out” — a bold claim that had many chuckling, and others pulling out their wallets.
But as the herbal hype grows, health professionals are sounding the alarm, warning women not to apply traditional concoctions to their genitals, linking such practices to increased risk of cervical cancer.
Despite the warnings, the sex potion craze shows no sign of slowing down.
From stalls to bedrooms, “Me and Them” is putting the “trade” in Trade Fair — one herb at a time!
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