THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
Question 417
Mr R A Lees (DA- KZN) to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry:
(1)Â In light of the report to the Select Committee on Trade and
International Relations on 13 October 2010 regarding the 55 productions
that were supported by the Film and Television Incentive Programme, (a)
what was the total value in rand of the (i) direct and (ii) indirect
incentives provided for each of these 55 productions and (b) for what
period were these incentives provided;
(2)Â (a) what was the total amount of the revenue generated by these
productions and (b) what total amount (i) remained and (ii) was returned to
South Africa;
(3)Â whether any permanent jobs were created in South Africa as a result of
these 55 productions; if not, why not; if so, what are the details of the
jobs created?CW551E
Response:
(1a) The dti only provides a direct incentive to Film producers. The total
incentive approved for the 55 South African and Co-productions was R217
million.
(1b) The incentive relates to approvals for South African and Co-
productions from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010. During the same period 10
Foreign Productions were approved for a total incentive of R52 million.
(2a) The Qualifying South African Expenditure (QSAPE) was R963 million for
South African and Co-productions and R335 million for Foreign productions.
(2b) Since the incentive is paid on qualifying South African expenditure
only, all of the revenue is generated within South Africa.
(3) As a result of the nature of the Film industry people are employed on a
temporary rather than permanent basis. The growth in the industry however
resulted in employees moving from one production to the next. The total
number of jobs created from over this period is 44 348. This includes
extras and is of a temporary nature. In order to provide more accurate
information on permanent jobs created, we are in the process of calculating
Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) in the future.