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 […]
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Government ‘withdraws’ bill to decriminalise prostitution: ACDP welcomes move
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 […]
Prostitution Bill deadline passes but keep on speaking out, says Rosenthal
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 […]