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South Africa 🇿🇦
Country District Guide
❌ Prostitution Illegal
South Africa totally prohibits all functions of the sex trade, anchored by the sweeping 1957 Sexual Offences Act which criminalizes selling, purchasing, brothel-keeping, and pimping. Despite constant structural debates post-Apartheid to decriminalize the sector and protect vulnerable labor pools, legislation remains fiercely punitive, ensuring one of the continent's largest and most visible sex industries operates completely devoid of legal protection.