Kylie, the sex worker who recently lost her case in the Labour Court has decided to approach the Constitutional Court directly to obtain relief. While the Labour Court accepted her argument that she was an employee in terms of the Labour Relations Act, it found that because she is a sex worker, which is an illegal profession, it would not enforce her rights.

 

Selling Sex in Cape Town

 

 

 

"This two-year study by the Institute for Security Studies and the Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce is the first complete survey and analysis of the sex work industry in a South African city, Cape Town. It analyses numbers, earnings, working conditions and various aspects of exploitation of both street-based and brothel-based sex workers, and makes recommendations on how exploitation of sex workers can be prevented. As human trafficking into prostitution is of concern both in South Africa and worldwide, the book examines and reports on the extent to which trafficking is a feature of the sex work industry in Cape Town."