The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill may not be constitutionally valid in its current form.
New laws aimed at decriminalising sex work in South Africa have run into a major legal hurdle.The sole aim of the Bill is to decriminalise the sale and purchase of sex work in South Africa, with a particular focus on limiting Gender-Based Violence and Femicide .
In addition, despite current legislation and municipal by-laws criminalising sex work, it has not stopped the selling or buying of sex services, according to the minister. In November, Lamola said that Bill would follow a “two-step approach”, where decriminalisation via legislation would proceed with regulation of the industry.
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