{"id":48593,"date":"2026-01-28T14:04:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=48593"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:04:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:04:59","slug":"south-african-film-industry-takes-to-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/28\/south-african-film-industry-takes-to-the-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"South African film industry takes to the streets \u2013 Newsday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>South African actors protested outside parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday along with other members of the local film and television industry who say funding losses are threatening movie-making in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Holding placards and wearing shirts that say \u201cSave SA film &amp; TV\u201d and \u201cSave our industry\u201d, about 300-400 people attended the demonstration, with another one planned in Pretoria on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has one of Africa\u2019s most established film and television industries and has long attracted foreign productions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re here today because government has largely ignored the film and television sector,\u201d said Unathi Malunga, an entertainment lawyer and former CEO of the South African Screen Federation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat has led to a loss of jobs, that has led to business going to other countries, and we are losing out on work as South Africans,\u201d she told Reuters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the core of the complaints is a rebate system called the South African Film and Television Production Incentive, run by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, which aims to support the local film industry by helping to cover production expenditure for projects that meet certain criteria.<\/p>\n<p>A coalition of industry groups said in a memorandum delivered to parliament on Wednesday that meetings to approve projects for rebates had halted, bringing the industry to a standstill, and demanded they resume.<\/p>\n<p>They also demanded an investigation into allegations of \u201cmismanagement, maladministration, and governance failures\u201d within the incentive programme, which they did not elaborate on.<\/p>\n<p>A DTIC spokesperson declined to comment but said the department would respond directly to the coalition within their stated time frame of 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>Industry members held a protest about the same issue last year, but said their concerns were not addressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not getting funding,\u201d said Melanie Du Bois, who has acted in South African soap operas and in the popular Showmax drama series \u201cSpinners\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want the government to be aware and be held accountable, so that the film industry can once again grow to what it\u2019s been and what it should be.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reporting by Esa Alexander; Writing by Nellie Peyton.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"text-center border p-3 bg-light mt-4 rounded\">You have read 1 out of 5 free articles. Log in or register for unlimited access.<\/div>\n<p>                        <!-- Share Data Setup for JavaScript --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#South #African #film #industry #takes #streets #Newsday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African actors protested outside parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday along with other members of the local film and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48595,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48593\/revisions\/48595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}