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Deputy Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu says South Africans must identify themselves as sex workers in order to relate to their struggles.Image: Anthony Moleneux
POLICE

‘Police have made sex workers their ATMs,’ deputy minister says

Police are turning sex work into a money-making scheme and are arresting sex workers as a ploy to get bribes, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu says The country’s police are turning sex work into a money-making scheme and are deliberately…

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Eleven women suspected to be human trafficking victims were rescued in Rustenburg and Kuruman. Stock photo.Image: Artit Oubkaew/123RF
RUSTENBURG

Hawks rescue 11 women in raids on ‘brothels’ in two towns

The Hawks have rescued 11 suspected human trafficking victims lured into sex work with promises of employment. The women were found during raids on two suspected brothels in Rustenburg in North West and a house in Kuruman in the Northern…

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