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Performers Protection Amendment Bill

Jack Devnarain

Opinionistas

ANC arrest of much-needed legislative protection for performers erodes Parliament authority

By Jack Devnarain

Pam Saxby

Opinionistas

How provincial legislatures cut corners on important national bills

By Pam Saxby

Pam Saxby

Opinionistas

Poor communication undermines provincial hearings on Copyright and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills

By Pam Saxby

Pam Saxby

Opinionistas

The Copyright Amendment Bill process may have been scuppered by a procedural blunder in the provinces, but it limps on regardless

By Pam Saxby

Pam Saxby

Opinionistas

Time for provincial legislatures to wake up and ensure live-streaming of public hearings on controversial bills

By Pam Saxby

Letlhokwa George Mpedi

Opinionistas

It’s all very well for performing artists to leave a rich legacy — but legacies don’t pay the bills

By Letlhokwa George Mpedi

Nobesuthu Rayi

Opinionistas

Freedom belongs to those who create it

By Nobesuthu Rayi