Nurse: ‘I had to supplement my income. That’s when I got into sex work.’

12 Dec 2018

Joan Collins* worked as an intensive care nurse in Cape Town. But that’s not the only way she made a living.

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Dylan Bush is the senior multimedia reporter for Bhekisisa, the Mail & Guardians health journalism centre. A campaigner for social justice, Bush believes the world is not for sale and is passionate about exposing human rights violations in Southern Africa.

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