South Africa's Constitutional Court has unanimously ruled that sections of the Copyright Act of 1978 are unconstitutional for limiting access to reading materials in accessible formats...
Chola Makgamathe is the chairperson of the Copyright Coalition of South Africa and the General Manager of Legal Services at South African rights society SAMRO. In...
Downtown Music Holdings has appointed Thando Makhunga to the position of Managing Director of Sheer Publishing Africa, effective immediately. Thando joins from commercial regional radio station...
The estate of the late Johnny Clegg has signed an agreement with Sheer Publishing, the largest independent music publisher in Africa, to administer the catalogue of...
Content Connect Africa (CCA), the Johannesburg-based independently-owned South African content aggregator and distributor, has sold a 45% stake in the company to Gallo Music Investments (GMI),...
By Emmanuel LegrandSouth Africa's Trade and Industry Committee at the National Assembly met on 12 May to discuss a new draft of the Copyright Amendment Bill...
By Emmanuel LegrandShort-form video platform TikTok has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with South Africa's performance rights society Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) and mechanical...
By Emmanuel Legrand South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has decided on June 16 to refer back to Parliament the controversial Copyright Amendment Bill and Performers' Protection...
By Emmanuel LegrandA few weeks after Warner Music Group announced a strategic investment in South-Africa-based Africori, another South African company attracted major investors: New York-based independent...
By Emmanuel Legrand The Pan African Licensing Hub, set up by several African collective management organisations to license their joint repertoire to digital platforms, has been...
