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KEY GROUP: Sexworkers are to play a part in countering new HIV infections. PHOTO: ALAN EASON

 How can you talk about outreach and an enabling environment without decriminalisation? 

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He said part of the plan was to prevent new infections and this meant helping "key populations" who represented most of the new infections.

"These [efforts] will have a more profound effect going forward in key populations."

Abdullah said the plan recognised sexworkers as a key population.

Department of health HIV-Aids prevention director Thato Chidarikire said about 19.8% of new HIV infections were from sexworkers.

Men, another key population, represented 9.2% of all new infections.

The plan came under criticism from the floor of the sexworkers symposium in Boksburg, Gauteng.

Sexworker activist Shane Tetzer criticised it for not proposing decriminalisation of sexwork.

"As a sexworker I don't find anything in this plan for decriminalisation," she said.

"How can you talk about outreach and an enabling environment without decriminalisation?"

Abdullah acknowledged decriminalisation was an important issue, but said it had to be pushed through the legislative process.

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Aug 23, 2012

KingMa

Please legallise prostitution
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Aug 23, 2012

Pontshopontsho

i see nothing wrong about prostitutes they work very hard for their money
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Aug 23, 2012

hunkymaitus

just leave those magosha alone,who can ever go phuck night tjovitjo blot? please man ur research is so biased.
I mean le mogwanthi wa mogwanthi wa mafello ke ena o safe go na le bo sweet cool individuals.
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Aug 23, 2012

sekhebereshe

i still think ordinary people like house wives etc are affected by HIV than prostitudes...
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Aug 23, 2012

Sifebe

Prostitution is better than Gay Marriage which legal in this country. So legalise it b4 u think of accommodating them in any of your programmes. 4now its like supporting ganja coz its ilegal.
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Aug 23, 2012

babyfats

Oh!!!!!!!
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Aug 23, 2012

candilious

Just legalize them jireeeeeeeeeeee
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Aug 23, 2012

RobinH

Candi: I agree. The industry is never going to go away as long as men create a market.
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Aug 23, 2012

Papage

All men must marry, have a wife, then there is no need for prostitutes to be roaming our streets, if we see them we must moer helle, they just disrupt homes, it is wrong to allow these things around.
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Aug 23, 2012

simon619

Lol I don’t see any problem with the magoshaz each an every woman is a prostituted believe it
Dis days if you don’t have money chances are les to have a gf or a wife. So 95percent of woman they want guys who are working so this is like magoshas but they are doing it in another way

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