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[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] The discourse on the decriminalisation of prostitution is one that I try to follow as far as […]
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] “You’ll be damned if you do, and you’ll be damned if you don’t…” These sentiments of Eleanor […]
What started out in August 2011 as a prayer ministry to the long list of prostitutes advertising in the local East London newspaper, has grown to something much bigger and now Alabaster Jars has a variety of functions to help women out of prostitution. The primary aim of the ministry […]
The “Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act” has not yet been implemented despite President Zuma signing the comprehensive legislation into law in December 2013. The illegal sex-industry in SA is largely overlooked by authorities because of a lack of proper regulation. However, sexual exploitation and abuse of women […]
As football stars are scoring goals in the World Cup, Brazilian prostitutes decided to join the football fever by organising an impromptu match to draw attention to sex workers’ rights. According to a story on RT.com, the prostitutes called themselves the Naked Football Club and teamed up with individuals from […]
Originally published in news24 The possible decriminalisation of prostitution will remain on the agenda of the newly appointed SA Law Reform Commission (SALRC), President Jacob Zuma said on Monday. The commission has been working on “Project 107”, which deals with sex work, for over a decade, he said in written reply to […]
Bryan Nix, the assistant director of the Beautiful Dream Society in Lesotho, and Palesa Mafisa, a third year law student at the University of the Free State (UFS) are both involved in curbing the modern slavery of human trafficking. While they are engaged in different facets of the struggle against […]
Barely a week goes by in SA without the media reporting another incident of police corruption. The latest story involves a Western Cape police captain who allegedly raped a prostitute in his private vehicle. Pro-prostitution groups usually use incidences of police criminality and corruption to lobby for decriminalised prostitution. However, […]
‘Watchmen on the Wall’ is back on TBN Africa tonight at 8pm (11 June) after a two week absence due to live event broadcasts. The program will feature the vision of Family Policy Institute. Following the Commission of Gender Equality’s (CGE) controversial support for decriminalised prostitution in SA, ‘Watchmen on […]
Government commission calls for repeal of laws against ‘sex work’ The question of whether or not to legalise prostitution is being debated in parliamentary committees following a recent formal call by the Gender Equality Commission (GEC) for the repeal of all laws against ‘sex work’. Legalisation of ‘sex work’ would […]
