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There are more than 150 000 sex workers in South Africa;

Five percent are male and 4% transgender;

Female sex workers are 18 times more likely to be murdered than other women;

In Cape Town, 12% of street-based sex workers say they have been raped by a policeman; and

Gauteng has the most sex workers, followed by KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. Sources: 2014 studies by Sweat and Sonke Gender Justice