The Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill and the Copyright Amendment Bill present a revolution for SA actors who have, for years, petitioned government for meaningful economic transformation of the sector.
, which means organising through a union and negotiating through collective bargaining is an unattainable option.
Dispute resolution is a prohibitively complex and costly affair for freelancers, as they are unable to bring their grievances before the – a mechanism available to workers contracted as “employees”.
The president’s decision to refer the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Performers Protection Bill back to Parliament is a blow to local actors, who are among the vulnerable in the creative sector. Ramaphosa’s decision suggests that Parliament may not have considered the constitutionality of the bill correctly, or that MPs may have lapsed in their judgment and did not do so properly. The National Assembly’s responsibility will now be to review the constitutionality issues raised by the president and take the matter further. This means that all stakeholders will have to wait for some time before the CAB and PPAB are resolved, especially in the context of lockdown conditions.
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