Prostitution in Cape Town, South Africa, during the late Victorian era
Overview of the legality and practice of prostitution in Victorian South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the beginning of the late Victorian era in Cape Town, South Africa, prostitution was considered an offense but was rarely prosecuted.[1][2][3] The majority of prostitutes during this time were local women of color, though there was a small number of European women partaking in sex work as well.[3] As time progressed, regulations on prostitutes increased under the Contagious Diseases Acts,[2][4] and Cape Town saw a rise in both European prostitutes and prostitution itself as a result of the Mineral Revolution and the Second Boer War.[1][3][5][6]