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Cape Argus reports that sex workers could soon go about their business without worrying about prosecution as the Cabinet has approved a bill seeking to decriminalise sex services.
Presidency Minister Mondli Gungubele announced the proposal to decriminalise sex work when he presented the outcome of last Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting on Thursday. The Cabinet approved the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill of 2022. The bill rescinds the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007 to decriminalise the sale and purchase of adult sexual services. Gungubele said: “The proposals of this bill respond to the list of interventions proposed in Pillar 3 (Protection, Safety and Justice) of the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, which enjoins the criminal justice system to provide protection, safety and justice for survivors of GBVF, and to effectively hold perpetrators accountable for their actions. Once passed into law, it would, among others, protect sex workers against abuse and exploitation. After approval by the Cabinet, bills go through public participation and the parliamentary processes.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Soyiso Maliti at Cape Argus
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