Pictures of some of the semi naked students, most of them reportedly studying “O” Levels, have now gone viral on WhatsApp.
A nude party is a bash where the participants are required to be stark naked and is usually associated with high school students.
Police sources confirmed yesterday that the 28 were arrested and released into the custody of their parents and guardians.
Harare police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Simon Chazovachiyi said he was out of office and was not privy to details of the matter.
An official at Marlborough Police Station said that a young girl organised the party on Friday afternoon where a total of 18 boys and 10 girls attended.
“At the party the 28 students were drinking beer and they connived to remove their clothes. They were doing all sorts of things under the influence of alcohol,” said the source.
“However some alert neighbours reported the matter at Marlborough Police Station. Police were not notified of the party as required by the law. They were all arrested and charged with public indecency..”
Another source said: “The teenagers confessed to partying while in the nude and that it was not their first time to host such an event at that house. Everyone who attended was expected to be naked. There was every indication these children were engaging in s*xual intercourse.
A relative of one of the girls last night said the students were arrested for organising a party without notifying the police.
“None of the students was found with either alcohol or mbanje [marijuana] as reported, but we suspect that they may have been drugged because everyone there looked tipsy despite that they had not taken any alcohol. The major concern was that they were out of bounds on a school day,” the relative said.
“The place is usually rented out for pool parties by a man called Simba.”
Local councillor Charity Bango condemned the act, adding that she had always suspected such things could be happening.
“If it is true, it’s bad. I have heard some people discussing the existence of such parties and if you have details, assist us so that I look into it. That has to be thoroughly investigated if it’s happening,” she said.
Education minister Lazarus Dokora also refused to be drawn into discussing the issue on the basis that it was a weekend.
Westgate MP Jessie Majome said she did not like to comment on such matters as it was “belittling her”. She preferred political questions, she said.
The bizarre incident has been condemned by many who expressed concern over the moral decadence in the country.
Such kind of partying is gaining popularity in Harare where teenagers organise parties where they engage in all sorts of indecent acts.
Last year, two people died after drowning at a pool party in the capital which was attended by mainly teenagers and young adults.
They have been called all kinds of names from “wild” to “party animals” but one of the girls who was at the “n*de party” recently has opened up, saying they are just normal kids trying to have fun.
The girl who declined to be named for obvious reasons is turning 18 this year and is preparing for her Advanced Level examinations, said she had been invited to a friend’s birthday party when she and 27 others were nabbed by police in Westgate where it was alleged that they had stripped down to their panties.
But she said they were not completely n*de and it was just a pool party.
“This was my first time to attend a party at this particular house,” she said.
“The boys bought the alcohol and meat. Last year I attended about six parties but they were all at different houses though they were all in Westgate Area D.”
And what could make parents worried is the fact that the parties are being held every Friday.
“Normally on Fridays we finish school in the morning so we then go for the party during the day and go home at sunset,” she said.
“People will be drinking and smoking and of course some will be having s*x.”
She added: “Normally it’s strictly school kids but last year when the parties were held in Goonswagg in Westgate even older people would attend.”
She said she does not know the owners of the houses at which the parties were held as it was the boys who organise venues.
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