SWEAT wants government to make it easier for sex workers to access adequate healthcare free from stigma
News | 27 May 2022
SWEAT and Sisonke are running sensitisation training to stop violence from police officers
Feature | 25 February 2022
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
News | 14 September 2021
Decriminalisation of sex work will make women safer, says advocacy group
By Elsabé Brits
News | 27 August 2021
Those who do not have identity documents cannot be registered on the government’s computer system
By Liezl Human
Brief | 24 August 2021
Protesters also want safe spaces for women in the city
News | 28 May 2021
“In our line of work business thrives during the night”
News | 26 January 2021
They claim that a complaint lodged in August about sex worker Robyn Montsumi who died in police custody has gone unanswered
Brief | 11 December 2020
“Unfortunately democracy is only for certain people – not for sex workers” says activist
By Liezl Human
News | 28 October 2020
Accusations of police and criminal harassment, but police give a different story
News | 5 October 2020
A life-sized portrait has been placed near the police station where a sex worker died in custody
Brief | 24 September 2020
Constance Mathe explains why she believes her work should not be criminalised
Video | 28 July 2020
“Much as I am afraid of Covid-19 … I need the money”
News | 2 April 2020
SWEAT and Sonke call for fast-tracking of law reform and decriminalisation of sex work
Brief | 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
News | 6 March 2020
Working on an open plot, the women are often raped or robbed
News | 18 November 2019