The art and craft of acting at the highest level demands immense dedication and skill: SAGA recognises this, and has put in place a mechanism that allows our seasoned and professional actors to claim the endorsement they deserve. Those actors looking to take their careers to new heights can now apply for a ‘professional designation’, […]
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South African actors are coerced into contracts that strip us of fundamental constitutional rights, and it is time for our democratically elected legislators to sit up and take note.
Hollywood Strikes Highlight the Plight of South African Actors: A Call for Change Read More »
Following sustained representations from SAGA, our Legal Chair’s efforts have, at last, elicited a clear directive from SARS regarding the source-code to be reflected on actors’ IRP5 certificates. This effectively puts cash back into performers’ pockets each year! To understand the significance of this document, let’s return to first principles: As freelancers, actors are taxed
Who am I? 3601 or 3616: a SARS directive on the actor’s status Read More »
The South African Guild of Actors mourns the passing of one of our stalwart members, Jannes Eiselen, who left us on 23rd September just two days after his 36th birthday. A gifted actor and sought-after voice artist, Jannes had been wrestling with a brain tumour for several years. Whilst enduring surgeries and multiple treatments and therapies, Jannes continued to build a promising career, appearing on local and international screens while his voice commanded the local airwaves.
A Huge Talent Gone Too Soon: Jannes Eiselen Read More »
Freedom! Wouldn’t that be nice? In truth, many of us freelancers feel shackled by our financial obligations and our unpredictable flow of income. We live hand-to-mouth with the ever present feeling that we’re failing, we’re being exploited, that we should be earning more. How much more? Well … enough. And how much is that? How much is “enough”? That is a difficult question to answer, unless one embraces the full implications of the term “free agent”. Let’s face it; freedom is meaningless without agency, without the capacity for us, as individuals, to make choices.
How Much? Claim Agency through Financial Savvy Read More »
