CGE questions progress in decriminalising sex work in South Africa
2022-11-23
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Experts have expressed doubt over whether the Bill to decriminalise sex work in South Africa will be tabled before parliament by the end of the year.
Acting Chairperson of the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), Nomasonto Mazibuko, said they support the process. “We are still doing a lot of the work to decriminalise sex work,”
However, CGE Commissioner Dibeela Mothup .....
Legal sex work in SA won’t create new problems, just help solve old ones
2022-10-29
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The South African Government has been looking at decriminalising sex work for over twenty years. It has always hesitated to act. Decriminalisation would give sex workers access to Labour Rights. The Government has fears that decriminalisation would lead to a spike in prostitution and the possibility of child prostitution.
These fears do not warrant inaction. Decriminalization is the only way .....
Plans are in motion to make sex work legal by 2024
2022-10-01
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Plans are being made, according to Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, deputy minister of social development, to decriminalize sex work by 2024.
Many sex workers in the Northern Cape claim that the prolonged criminalization of their profession puts lives in danger and violates their right to a living.
The continued conversations with sex workers, according to Zulu. On Wednesday in Kimberley, she .....
Sex work decriminalisation must be handled with care, says the ANC's Ramakgopa
2022-08-01
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The African National Congress (ANC) said on Friday the decriminalisation of sex work was too sensitive a societal subject to be implemented without due care.
The organisation resolved to implement the resolution at its 2017 national conference, citing a need to protect sex workers from abuse and stigma.
The debate over the decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa has been raging fo .....
Fear that South African Commission on Gender Equality is changing stance on decriminalization of sex
2022-07-23
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A number of activists are demanding answers from the commission on Gender Equality.
They said this was despite the commission’s adopted official standing position in support of the decriminalisation of sex work in 2013, including a statement it released in March reiterating its support for the decriminalisation of sex work.
Asijiki national co-ordinator Constance Mathe, said they .....
South Africa: Decriminalisation of sex work tops the agenda
2022-07-20
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Decriminalising sex work in South Africa, A five-minute news cast from eNCA about the decriminalising sex-work symposium held in Durban. .....
South Africa: Decriminalisation of sex work tops the agenda
2022-07-19
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There is hope that by 2024 sex work will be formalised following calls of decriminalisation of the sector at the Symposium.
The Symposium was held at the Olive Convention Centre id Durban. The theme was Sex Workers’ Rights are Human Rights
Civil organisations and the South African Government participated in the discussions. The main topic was the decriminalization of sex wor .....
Commission for Gender Equality welcomes decriminalisation of sex work talks
2022-03-14
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The Commission for Gender Equality has welcomed the ongoing talks on the possible decriminalisation of sex work in South Africa. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has been holding consultative meetings on the matter.
The Commission’s spokesperson Javu Baloyi says, “We are saying let’s decriminalise this thing so these people can operate freely in the .....
'Sex work is work': Women protest to decriminalise their trade in S.Africa
2021-05-29
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Sex workers, activists and allies march in protest through Johannesburg. They are asking the government, and the city of Johannesburg specifically, to decriminalise sex work. Because South Africa sees their profession as illegal, sex workers are often left without rights, leaving them vulnerable to crime and violence, and without medical and security services. .....
Protest after arrest of 57 sex workers
2020-12-11
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Cape Town - The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Task force (Sweat) has called on Police Minister Bheki Cele to intervene in the alleged abuse of power by police after 57 workers were arrested across the country in the past week.
According to Sweat, none of the sex workers was officially charged with anything related to sex work, however 28 migrant sex workers were charged under the Immigr .....