Recent news from Safrea
Safrea’s Free State Region hosted a workshop with social media specialist, Nadio von Maltitz. She shared useful tips with the group of freelancers, including photographers, videographers, copywriters, and graphic designers.
Safrea hosted a webinar with simplicity specialist Jonathan Stewart on discovering your individual productivity personality to experience success, happiness and satisfaction.
Safrea presented a workshop where freelancers in the growing gig economy could learn how to build the special kind of resilience needed for people working on their own. Alan Ahlfeldt (executive coach and psychologist) shared tips during this interactive workshop on how to build resilience, understand oneself, build competence, accept that life is tough – and breathe.
Safrea’s bold transition to new media pays off Amid Covid-19, South Africa’s freelance creatives used lockdown to pivot into ‘new media’ – surprisingly unfamiliar terrain for many seasoned creatives – and the work is now paying off. Johannesburg,...
One of the benefits of Covid-19 is that it transformed entrepreneurs into marketing experts, growing their businesses online. Bev Hancock, engagement specialist and coach, testified that her LinkedIn engagement was her business’ “Covid success...
Safrea’s Free State region hosted an event for freelancers, discovering the 50 Shades of Entrepreneurship with Werner Schmidt, start-up coach and brand discoverer. They did not only learn about the business side of freelancing (guided by the...
You’re only as good as your last gig so you’d better be business-like, Siyathetha founder Ed Richardson warned the growing body of Nelson Mandela Bay freelancers in his #SAFREA address at the Courtyard Hotel last night.
The South African Guild of Actors (SAGA) has been very active in debates around changes to the labour law. As we know, freelancers do not have the protection afforded to employees. In December, the Minister of Labour announced amendments to the legislation for the further protection of freelancers by the law. The details are still to be refined.
Sanef and Safrea call on law enforcement members (Saps, Metro Police and Army) to stop their hostility and harassment of journalists.
