Hello, October! It’s a fresh new month and I am pleased to welcome you all to this last quarter of 2024. I hope you are each well and flourishing in your various freelance disciplines. To those who may not be well, we warmly wish you a speedy...
Recent news from Safrea
Unveiled: Safrea’s Advocacy Framework
Media Releases, New, News & Events
A drive to strengthen the Southern African freelance community Safrea's Advocacy Framework is a strategic blueprint aimed at enhancing the status of freelancers in the media and communication industry. “We invite our stakeholders to join us in...
Generative AI and its impact on editors
While generative AI is highly capable, it has limitations and may sometimes produce incorrect or nonsensical responses. Therefore, it is important to critically evaluate and verify the information provided by any AI system. This was a key point...
How to work smart, not hard
"It’s easy to be busy. Less so to be productive. The two are very different. Busy is doing stuff, while productive is doing the right stuff. As freelancers our goal is to create a successful business, not busyness. How do we go about working smart...
How to communicate professionally in the digital age
Be an adult if you want to communicate professionally. This was the message at the latest Coffee Club of Safrea’s Eastern Cape region. The small group tuned into a webinar on how to communicate professionally in the digital age. The presenter...
A Coffee Club with a difference
A Coffee Club with a difference - Safreans in the Eastern Cape region got together for their monthly Coffee Club, this time in the comfort of one of their homes. They watched and discussed a webinar recording on how to use one’s editorial voice and...
Freelance like a Boss
In a world where traditional career paths are becoming increasingly rigid and limiting, and in a country with a dramatically high unemployment rate, many South Africans are seeking alternatives that offer greater freedom, flexibility, and the...
Safrea Code of Conduct – 2023
Vision and mission Safrea's vision is to advance the interests of independent professionals in the media and communications industry. Its mission is to be the association of choice for independent media and communications professionals. Safrea’s...
How to build a simple WordPress website
Before building your website, it is important to determine what the purpose of the website is. Is it simply to be an online billboard and place for people to contact you or do you want to showcase your work visually? “If you just want to announce...
Are you on top of your finances?
The Eastern Cape region got together for their Coffee Club not only to meet Safrea’s new Treasurer, but also to tap her brain on financial tips for freelancers. Armed with a list of questions - from tax to practical tips and the rights of...
What are Safrea’s benefits to you?
Message from the Exco, News & Events
Do you need a refresher on Safrea’s benefits to you as a member? Let’s go back to the basics. The purpose of Safrea is to promote the interests of members who are freelance media and communications professionals in the written, visual, information...
Serving Safrea granted me the power of positive collaboration
Safrea calls on its members to self-nominate and nominate other members before 28 May at 12:00 to serve on its Exco and Regional Committees in the new term. Leonie Bolleurs, Chairperson of the Free State region, tells us what she gained from...
We call on YOU be part of the solution!
With our AGM coming up on 31 May, we are calling on you to step forward and self-nominate and/or nominate members to serve on our three levels of committees - Oversight Committee (OSC), Exco and Regional Committees. What are we nominating for? Have...
Why I serve Safrea
Safrea calls on its members to self-nominate and nominate other members before 28 May at 12:00 to serve on its Exco and Regional Committees in the new term. Hush Naidoo, current Vice-Chair shares what this privilege of serving on Safrea’s Exco...
The power of trust
The power of trust Safrea’s Free State region presented a brand-building workshop with a difference. It focused on the power of trust – enabling solopreneurs to work together as a team. Watch this 4-minute interview with the two presenters - Igno...