The Department has undertaken several initiatives including:-
Support Parliament as it finalises the Copyright Amendment and Performers Protection Amendment Bills. The enactment of these two amendment Bills which are currently with Parliament will lay a solid legislative foundation to protect creatives from any form of exploitation.
The Department of Labour have been engaged. See attached Government Notice No. R1591 dated 11 Dec 2019 for reference.
Further, the Department have ongoing consultations with SARS to ensure that creatives are registered on their systems to enable access to available benefits from Government which requires compliance with SARS’ prescripts.
The Ministerial Advisory Team has been established to work with the department and the creative sector to address challenges faced by artists with an objective of securing permanent solutions that are sustainable.