Sex workers move online as SA goes into lockdown

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SWEAT and Sonke are calliing for fast-tracking of law reform and the decriminalisation of sex work.

“My clients are both men and women. They found having to wear gloves and masks fun and an interesting way to have sex,” says Joseph, who has been a sex worker in Cape Town for eight years.

“They told us no kissing. That we should use hand sanitisers and also find creative ways to have sex,” said Joseph. While workers from other sectors can apply for relief to the Unemployment and Insurance Fund for loss of income, sex work is not recognised legally by the state. According to a 2013 study done by SWEAT, there were 158,000 sex workers in the country at the time, most of whom were “female sex workers who support up to seven dependants with the income they make through sex work”.

 

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