Film and TV industry with urgent memorandum

HUNDREDS of South African film and television workers gathered outside the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in Pretoria on Thursday, staging a mass demonstration to demand urgent intervention in a sector they say is collapsing under the weight of a broken incentive system.

- AMAHLE LUKE and ANITA NKONKI

PROTESTERS call for action as the film incentive system faces collapse, threatening thousands of jobs. I Supplied

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At the centre of the protest was a memorandum of demands formally directed to Minister Parks Tau, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, calling for immediate stabilisation and structural reform of the Film and Television Production Incentive.

Organisers said the memorandum represents the core purpose of the demonstration, a direct appeal for urgent action to save an industry on the brink of collapse.

The protest formed part of the broader SAVE SA FILM JOBS campaign and was organised by the Independent Producers Organisation (IPO) alongside a national coalition of industry bodies, including Animation SA (ASA), the South African Guild of Actors (SAGA), the Writers’ Guild of South Africa (WGSA), the Personal Managers’ Association (PMA) and the South African Screen Federation (SASFED).