SWEAT Rejects Mpshe Comments

Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Task Force (SWEAT) says the personal moral views of people such as prosecutions boss Mokotedi Mpshe should not play a role in deciding whether sex work is legalised.

SWEAT director, Eric Harper has described Mpshe’s view as short sighted, adding that he failed to take note of either the realities on the ground or the respect for human rights enshrined in the Constitution.

SWEAT’s advocacy programme coordinator, Vivienne Lalu, states that one would have expected Mpshe, who is acting head of the National Prosecuting Authority, to comment on the difficulties prosecutors have in enforcing existing laws on sex work and to make sound legal recommendations.

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