@Joe Joseph, I agree with you about casinos - they are simply exploitation of the desperate. Family values includes being against casinos. If the women were trafficked into SA they would have been told they could do decent jobs here and then had their passports confiscated when they got here and been told they had to pay back their airfares when they are probably penniless. I am not saying they are victims of trafficking, but the possibility should be investigated. Strip clubs are dehumanizing and degrading, whether the spectators are men or women. Family values matter, because they are the foundations of all decent societies.

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@Linda Yates, I doubt he was being sexist by calling them girls. FYI any place of work, be it a hair salon, spa etc where there are people providing a service, that does not pay salaries requires “rent” from the person generating an income within the said business space. The bottom line is that these women are generating an income in a job that they chose, some of whom support entire families back home with the money they make. How can this be exploitation of women when they have chosen this line of work? Ladies nights have men stripping, I have never heard of men complaining about being exploited, even when they are treated as an object by the female spectators. They are one and the same and therefore you should get off your moral high horse. As for the breakdown in family values, if your families values are against people going to strip clubs or ladies nights, then lets hope your children and husband are well trained enough to not venture into these types of establishments. Rather focus you efforts on things like Casino's. They are always build right next to suburbs of desperate people and are a far greater threat to the breakdown of families and their core values. I've never heard of someone losing their house because of going to get a lap dance, and if you have, please let me know who the stripper is so I can go for a lap dance. She sounds amazing.

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@Linda Yates, I doubt he was being sexist by calling them girls. FYI any place of work, be it a hair salon, spa etc where there are people providing a service, that does not pay salaries requires “rent” from the person generating an income within the said business space. The bottom line is that these women are generating an income in a job that they chose, some of whom support entire families back home with the money they make. How can this be exploitation of women when they have chosen this line of work? Ladies nights have men stripping, I have never heard of men complaining about being exploited, even when they are treated as an object by the female spectators. They are one and the same and therefore you should get off your moral high horse.

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Why does Shane Harrison call them "girls" when they are grown women? Why does he hire women from Eastern Europe? Why do they pay to "dance" at Mavericks? Who holds their documents and where do they stay? Are they free to leave? Why do strip clubs love to call themselves "gentlemen's clubs" when they are anything but? Why doesn't Shane Harrison go and earn a decent living doing something useful that does not involve the exploitation of women and the breakdown of family values?

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why do we need exotic dancers from overseas? our girls have perfectly lovely twinkles and bits. local is lekker!

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In his judgement the honourable Judge has indicated that currently Mavericks have several dancers illegally dancing. I would like to ask the honourable Judge how he comes to this conclusion bearing in mind that the only case involving alleged illegal employees against Mavericks was postponed till March and no judgement has therfore been handed down? Surely the honourable Judge is pre-empting the outcome or, if he is not, then he is surely mistaken and flawed in his logic?

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