The City of Cape Town has announced that the Film Cape Town website has been launched, a joint venture between itself and the Cape Town film and media industry. This is excellent news for the tourism industry in Cape Town and surrounds, to revitalize an industry which brought thousands of film industry tourists as well as millions of Rands to our city, but which declined due to the closure of the Cape Film Commission due to a cut in grants from the City of Cape Town and the Western Cape provincial government in 2016, the water crisis, local rising costs, as well as an industry which battled within itself and the City and province. Continue reading →
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Visa Regulations have affected Cape film and model agency business!
Cape Town has long been the focus of the international film industry, given its majestic beauty, its lower costs due to the weak Rand, being on the same time zone as Europe, and its excellent weather. The Visa Regulations launched last June have put a damper on the Continue reading →
Film industry reaches Immigration Regulation agreement with Department of Home Affairs!
The film industry has negotiated a special outcome with the Department of Home Affairs to ensure that its recent new Immigration Regulations do not affect the lucrative local film industry.
The agreement reached with the Department of Home Affairs by the Commercial Producers Association, the South African Association of Stills Producers, and the National Association of Model Agencies will make it easier for international film clients to bring business to our country.
Wesgro’s Head of Film Promotion Monika Rorvik commented that the agreement caters for two types of film travelers: ‘the Continue reading →
Immigration Regulations become political Tourism hot potato, could become a recession tipping point!
The DA-run Western Cape government appears to becoming embroiled in a political battle with the ANC government about the Immigration Regulations. Earlier this week the Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba demonstrated his arrogance when he was called to appear before a Western Cape Provincial Parliament’s Economic Opportunities, Tourism and Agriculture Standing Committee.
After having failed to appear before the Standing Committee in September, Minister Gigaba was sent a summons to appear earlier this week. The Minister dismissed the Standing Committee’s request to delay the implementation of the Immigration Regulations, particularly the requirement that tourists have to apply for the visa in person, saying that he had not been given any Continue reading →