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The president did highlight investment in digital infrastructure and data centres, gestures that could, in theory, benefit streaming, gaming and digital content production. (GCIS)
ARTS AND CULTURE

Sona 2026 leaves the creative sector behind

South Africa’s creative sector went into the State of the Nation address with a clear demand: recognition, reform and rescue. What it received was silence. Just days before…

  • Kibo Ngowi
4 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (GovernmentZA)
BAFANA ZEMBE

Artists call for urgent action at Sona 2026

Amid the crisis in South Africa’s creative sector, artists and film crews march to demand funding, spaces and government accountability before Sona 2026

  • Lesego Chepape
3 min read
Disillusioned: Although the industry previously mobilised in February 2025, the current wave of protests reflects a continued failure by the government to act decisively. Photo: Supplied
ARTS AND CULTURE POLICY

A sector in freefall

As productions stall and jobs disappear, film workers say a broken incentive scheme threatens the future of one of South Africa’s most visible industries

  • Kibo Ngowi
8 min read