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No sex workers will be prosecuted while court process plays out

NPA issues directive to prosecutors not to enroll new cases

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News | 5 September 2025

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Dozens of organisations join sex work decriminalisation court case

Cape High Court allows multiple groups to intervene in SWEAT’s challenge to laws criminalising consenting adult sex work

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Law | 2 September 2025

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Sex workers plea for arrest moratorium

A bill to decriminalise sex work was sent back to the justice department for redrafting about two years ago

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News | 29 July 2025

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Sex workers offer justice department help

Activists want the decriminalisation bill to be fast tracked

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Brief | 3 June 2025

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Court bid to decriminalise sex work

The laws “have not deterred … the selling or buying of sex … and are not rationally capable of doing so. They merely create greater stigma and vulnerability among sex workers and violate their rights.”

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Law | 10 October 2024

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Sex workers celebrate pride in Cape Town

The event aimed to counter discrimination and stigma

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Brief | 16 September 2024

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Sex workers picket at Parliament ahead of elections

#WhoSpeaksForUs? campaign launched

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Brief | 23 May 2024

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Elections 2024: What the major political parties say about sex work

We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi

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News | 8 April 2024

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Sex workers gather in Cape Town to push for decriminalisation

COSATU calls for sex workers to unionise

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News | 22 November 2023