CREATIVE SECTOR: MUSIC INDUSTRY POLICY, STRATEGY TO BE RELEASED SOON FOR COMMENT

CREATIVE SECTOR: MUSIC INDUSTRY POLICY, STRATEGY TO BE RELEASED SOON FOR COMMENT

• 18 October 2024
• Sport, Arts & Culture
• SA Legal Academy

Sport, Arts & Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has announced the imminent release of a draft policy and strategy for the local music industry. In a report on his own and Deputy Minister Peace Mabe’s achievements during their first 100 days in office, the Minister noted that, among other things, the proposed new policy seeks to:

• address the ‘imbalance’ between revenue generated by the creative work of local musicians (for mostly ‘big multinational companies’) and the royalty payments these artists receive
• facilitate ‘greater sectoral co-ordination … at all stages of the process, from recording and production through to distribution and live performances’
• introduce ‘new funding solutions for musicians’
• facilitate ‘the development of new musicians’, and
• incentivise ‘the promotion of South African genres and styles’.

On craft industry development, the Minister referred to:

• the preparation of a draft five-year strategy, which is approaching its final phase, and
• plans for establishing ‘a representative, non-government, all-craft genre, sector-wide, recognised, membership-based entity with a national footprint’.

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