South Africa: Sex Workers Demand Representation On District Aids Council

Sex workers are asking for representation on the Northern Cape's John Taolo Gaetsewe District AIDS Council as sex work soars in local mining community.

Sizwe Mlambo,* 28, is originally from Kagiso outside of Johannesburg. She works as a commercial sex worker and as a peer health educator with sex worker organisations, the Sex Workers Education and Advocacy taskforce (SWEAT) and the Sisonke Sex Workers Movement.

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