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Unable to afford hotel or brothel rooms, Vosloorus sex workers operate from roofless abandoned buildings such as this one, where they are often targeted by thieves.Image: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp
BOKSBURG

‘There is nowhere to hide’: Sex workers battle to survive under lockdown

Sex workers who wait for clients along Boundary Road, between Vosloorus and Dawn Park, south of Boksburg, from morning until evening, and operate from dilapidated houses, accuse police of corruption and harassment. Most of the sex workers…

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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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