Western Cape MEC for Health Nomafrench Mbombo says criminalisation of sex work makes access to health services more difficult
Text and Photos by Ashraf Hendricks
14 September 2021
Decriminalisation of sex work will make women safer, says advocacy group
By Elsabé Brits
27 August 2021
Those who do not have identity documents cannot be registered on the government’s computer system
By Liezl Human
24 August 2021
Protesters also want safe spaces for women in the city
28 May 2021
“In our line of work business thrives during the night”
26 January 2021
They claim that a complaint lodged in August about sex worker Robyn Montsumi who died in police custody has gone unanswered
11 December 2020
“Unfortunately democracy is only for certain people – not for sex workers” says activist
By Liezl Human
28 October 2020
Accusations of police and criminal harassment, but police give a different story
5 October 2020
A life-sized portrait has been placed near the police station where a sex worker died in custody
24 September 2020
Constance Mathe explains why she believes her work should not be criminalised
28 July 2020
“Much as I am afraid of Covid-19 … I need the money”
2 April 2020
SWEAT and Sonke call for fast-tracking of law reform and decriminalisation of sex work
27 March 2020
101 female sex workers, some of them transwomen, died in the 2018/19 year. Half of them were murdered, says SWEAT report
6 March 2020
Working on an open plot, the women are often raped or robbed
18 November 2019
Unclear why authorities took long to respond
By Anton van Zyl and Bernard Chiguvare
15 November 2019
Trans women sex workers collective Sistaazhood launches photo book
12 August 2019