In 2016, acting in his capacity as Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa launched the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) ‘National Sex Work Sector Plan 2016-2019’ and presented the leader of the Sex Work Sector, Ms Kholi Buthelezi, with a sunflower as a symbol of his solidarity to decriminalise sex work. Since then, the Asijiki Coalition …
We as civic organisations here undersigned, condemn the hate speech and cyberbullying, in the form of doxing, by Councillor Nkululeko Mbundu, party representative for Action SA and MMC for Economic Development in the City of Johannesburg, directed at members of the South African Informal Traders Forum (SAITF) and staff of their legal representative, the Socio-Economic …
Statement in Support of SAITF and SERI SA against Hate Speech and Threats Read More »
On Friday, 8 July the Asijiki Coalition for the Decriminalisation of Sex Work wrote to the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) to voice its concern over the increasing influence of individuals within the CGE who are using their positions to impose their personal moral views on issues such as sex work, termination of pregnancy and …
ASIJIKI wants answers on CGE Section 6 Committee on the Decriminalisation of Sex Work Read More »
NOMSA MAZWAI RALLIES BEHIND THE DECRIMINALISATION OF SEX WORK! Sex workers have been fighting for the right to work freely in South Africa and feel safe while doing so. Nomsa Mazwai activist, academic and artist is the founder of an NPO called #FunkItImWalking, an organisation whose sole aim is to make the streets safer for …
On 16 February 2021 SWEAT received devastating news: Zizipho Songca, a 28-year-old single mother and Peer Educator at SWEAT, East London, had been rushed to hospital. We learnt that she has been brutally attacked inside her home and that she was fighting for her life. She fought very hard for two months, but on 21 …