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Just over a month ago the South African government announced that it was suspending its bid to push through a controversial bill to decriminalise prostitution. What does this development mean? And what next? Gateway News discussed these questions with Dr Marcel van der Watt, Director of the Research Institute at […]
Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development John Jeffery announced in Parliament this week that the department will not table the “Prostitution Bill” this session due to concerns about its constitutionality. “This means that we will not be able to, at this point, proceed with the bill in its current […]
The deadline for the first round of comment on the so-called Prostitution Bill expired yesterday with no indication from the government on its response to appeals from various organisations for extended public response time as the period allocated for submissions was mainly over the holidays when many people were tired […]
The Centre Against Sexual Exploitation South Africa (CASE SA) has called on the Minister of Justice to extend the period for public comment on a controversial bill which seeks to decriminalise the buying and selling of prostitution. In a letter to the minister, CASE SA asks for the public participation […]
By Lisa Correnti — Originally published in C-Fam (Center for Family and Human Rights) The United Nations has appointed as its top expert on health and human rights a former abortionist who advocates for teen prostitution. Last April, the author of Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure […]
Originally published in Daily Maverick Arguments in favour of the decriminalisation of ‘sex work’ is dubious. The focus should shift to reducing demand and addressing pimps, brothels and traffickers. For the past 17 years, I have had an insider’s perspective on the abuse, rape, torture and murder inflicted on persons […]
Writing on the eve of SA’s National Women’s Day, ACDP MP Cheryllyn Dudley explains why legalising prostitution offer no benefits to women — only more profits to organised crime. “I have listened carefully to the many arguments for decriminalisation and am acutely aware of the difficult and even desperate situations […]
ACDP MP Cheryllyn Dudley said on Thursday, December 21 2017 that “the ACDP is concerned but not surprised by the decision of the ANC Congress to fully decriminalise sex work in South Africa”. The announcement was made at a media briefing on the social transformation Commission resolutions on the last […]
The South African Law Reform Commission’s (SALRC) report recommending that adult prostitution remainS criminalised is great news but the battle to protect women from sexual exploitation now shifts to a different arena, said family policy activist Errol Naidoo He commended the SALRC for taking into account thousands of submissions in […]
By Doctors For Life South Africa successfully hosted the latest International AIDS Conference in Durban last week — this time, having a track record of rolling out the largest HIV treatment programme in the world. Indeed, we have come a long way from those disastrous days of Government AIDS denialism […]