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Exposing Human Rights Abuse in South African Film Industry

It was inevitable. The lack of regulation in the entertainment industry has yielded toxic fruit: once unethical and exploitative practices have descended into blatant criminality. Who could have predicted that Human Trafficking would be taking place in the local film and television industry and right under the noses of the various government agencies responsible for protecting the most vulnerable among us? While the term conjures up images of child soldiers and sex slaves, Human Trafficking also includes a range of labour abuses.

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Jack Devnarain Presentation on the Impact of A.I. on Performer Rights [VIDEO]

Technology has always evolved and actors have learned to adapt and upskill. However, generative AI is a different game player, as it can generate new, realistic content, for the first time. We are in a race against time to develop policy and regulatory frameworks that protect actors’ rights to their own image and likeness.

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Who am I? 3601 or 3616: a SARS directive on the actor’s status

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

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