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FADE TO BLACK: Who killed the SA film and television industry? Spoiler alert — the government.

2026-01-29 - 19:51

An industry that once employed almost 32,000 people and generated more than R7-billion per annum has been halted by inaction within the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition. Something has to be done, or South African filmmaking will be killed off – perhaps forever. Part one of, yes, a series.

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