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Thandiswa Mazwai returns to the stage for an intimate, soul-stirring performance at The Lyric Theatre. (Photo supplied)
AFROHOUSE

Diary: National Arts Festival, Thandiswa live at the Lyric, Sisonke Afrohouse

Festival returns with fresh fire and fearless talent For 11 days this winter, Makhanda becomes the beating heart of South African creativity and artistic innovation as the…

  • Kibo Ngowi
  • Busi Lethole
2 min read
Two-way street: Reality show This Body Works for Me follows the lives of seven South African sex workers. Photo: Supplied
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

A candid look at sex work

Thandeka, who has been working in the sector for 13 years, says a new reality TV series is edifying

  • Ipeleng Derby-Molefe
7 min read
Aside from the economic benefits, urgent decriminalisation is needed to ensure constitutional rights of the country’s estimated 153 000 sex workers. (John McCann/M&G)
CORONA LEAD

Police treat sex workers like they are ‘nothing’

Those on the street say that the usual abuse has intensified under the lockdown

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read