Bar Owners Hope to Cash In With Strip Club During World Cup

This piece looks at business owners in Rustenberg who are hoping to cash in on visitors to the country for the World Cup by running a shuttle service between their bar and nearby "gentleman's club".

Lourens Opperman, 45, and Louis Coetzee, 40, own Castle Corner in Rustenburg in the North West Province where six matches will be played at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium and where the England squad will be based.

Opperman also runs a "gentlemen's club" a few kilometres out of the city where they plan to lay on a courtesy "bonk bus" to transport visitors.

"In town we have a pub and outside is the club," says Coetzee.

They will hire buses to run a shuttle service to the sprawling estate.

Laying on the ladies for the World Cup
Independent Online
March 5, 2010

Sex Work Legalization Still on Table for Many in SA

Decriminalizing or legalizing sex workers in South Africa is seen by many as a golden opportunity to cash in on the large amount of visitors expected during the World Cup. But the idea remains controversial.

Leading up to Fifa 2010 World Cup in South Africa, there is much debate on the topic of sex work and its decriminalisation.

At the 2006 German World Cup, an estimated 3 million fans bought sex with over 40 000 illegal sex workers who entered the European country in search of work. Make no doubt about it, with fans from every continent congregating in South Africa and the region for one month of non-stop football action, commercial sex work — whether legalised or not — will record increased business.

...South African lobby group, the Sex Worker Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat) wants the country’s government to decriminalise and regulate sex work ahead of the World Cup. As current laws stand, sex workers are unable to demand their labour rights, leaving them at the mercy of brothel owners or pimps who can exploit the women by withholding wages or medical assistance, or by forcing them to work long and unrealistic hours in order to maximise on profits.

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The Supply and Demand of sex Work
The Standard
April 11, 2009

Cape Town Seeks Land Use Regulations for Walls, Adult Businesses

Cape Town is considering changes to its zoning and land use laws that will prohibit adult businesses from locating in residential or business zones, and another change that seeks to standardize the walls many residents are putting up around their homes for security. Crime is a major concern for residents in Cape Town and throughout South Africa.

Capetonians will finally have their say in the City of Cape Town's much-debated Integrated Zoning Scheme, which proposes to bar all adult-related businesses from residential and business areas.

...Meanwhile, the city's boundary walls and fences project is also one step closer to becoming drafted as a bylaw, as it is expected to be handed over to the mayoral committee soon for a first draft to be drawn up.

The policy restricts city residents from erecting solid boundary walls higher than 1.8m, or 2.1m for palisade fencing. With fixtures, a wall can be as high as 2.4m, but consent has to be granted by the neighbours. A maximum height of 450mm of electric fencing is allowed, but razor or barbed wire and glass shards are not permitted in residential areas.

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People to have their say over adult business
Cape Argus
April 9, 2009