/ 10 August 1999

PLANNED ‘PROSTITUTE HUNT’ FLOPS

‘A planned ‘hunt’ for prostitutes on a South African game ranch flopped this weekend when thousands of bikers failed to turn up for the event. Organisers had planned the hunt to entertain over 5000 bikers expected at a rally on a farm in the Northern Province on Saturday. Bikers had been expected to jump at the chance of chasing scantily-clad prostitutes through the veld and ‘shooting’ them with paint balls. Caterers hoping to make a fortune at the event have threatened to take legal action to recover their losses. Residents of the nearby conservative town of Ellisras were outraged by the well-publicised event, with church leaders saying it was “disgusting and shameful.”