Acting Up For Fair Pay Bears Fruit

The Competition Commission has granted a conditional exemption from some aspects of the Competition Act to allow actors and freelance workers in the film and television industry collective bargaining rights.

The commission has granted the conditional exemption for five years.

The South African Guild of Actors, Saga an organisation that represents professional actors, and the Personal Managers Association, which represents actors agents, filed the application in 2022 after recognising the unfair conditions that actors had to work under, especially concerning their rates and payment.

Saga, which supports actors and artists rights to fair pay, working conditions and benefits , has more than 500 members.

The decision was published in the Government Gazette in January.