Summary: Performers Protection Amendment Bill 2016

Through various channels, SAGA has been lobbying government and the DTI to effect changes to the existing Performers Protection Act which dates back to 1967 and which fails to protect the rights of actors in today’s environment. On 5th July 2016, Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies published... more

So, what’s your real job?

When the long-running soap-opera ‘Generations’ went off air, the 16 actors at the centre of the storm filed papers with the CCMA, challenging their dismissal. The first question the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration had to answer is whether or not it has jurisdiction at all in... more
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Lesoko Seabe

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Lesoko Seabe

Lesoko V Seabe graduated from the University of Cape Town with a degree in Theatre and Performance in 2008. She later returned to the university to read for an MA in Performance. She now works in a variety of performance-related fields as a lecturer, acting coach, actor, voice artist and academic. Lesoko is based in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

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