By Johnathan Paoli
South Africa’s film and television industry will stage national marches in Cape Town and Pretoria in late January 2026, warning that the continued dysfunction of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s (DTIC) Film and TV Incentive has pushed the sector to the brink of collapse.
Under the banner “Save SA Film Jobs – Fix the DTIC Film Incentive”, industry bodies representing thousands of workers across the value chain will mobilise on 28 January in Cape Town and 29 January in Pretoria, demanding urgent reforms to restart approvals, restore investor confidence and halt what they say is a deepening economic and human crisis.
According to the Save SA Film Jobs coalition, the incentive scheme, a cornerstone of South Africa’s creative economy, has effectively stalled.
“Our decline is the direct result of a poorly implemented and red-tape-riddled rebate system whose approvals have stalled, and a department that refuses
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