Statements, events, resources, media and the legal record — every post since 2019 in one list, newest first.
“That American policy is very extreme”: how Washington leaned on South Africa over fair use
ReCreate welcomes Constitutional Court affirmation of core copyright reforms and calls for swift enactment of the CAB and PPAB
Constitutional Court upholds fair use — but sends the Bills back to Parliament
ReCreate’s Written Submissions to the Constitutional Court, May 2025
Copyright in whose interest? South African litigation raises the question
International copyright conference 2025
Copyright and the Public Interest: Africa and the Global South Conference 2025
ReCreate’s Table of Authorities
ReCreate Statement on the National Assembly’s Passing of the Copyright Amendment Bill & Performers Protection Amendment Bill
Constitutional Court Directives, February 2025
Constitutional Court Order Admitting ReCreate as Amicus Curiae
Constitutional Court Amended Notice of Set Down
Constitutional Court Directives, November 2024
ReCreate’s Amicus Application to the Constitutional Court, with Annexures
The Constitution of ReCreate Action
ReCreate Action’s amicus curiae application to the Constitutional Court
South Africa’s Post-Hearing Submission to the USTR on AGOA and Copyright
Letter to President Ramaphosa: Pass the Bills Into Law
WIPO: Report on the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, July 2024
WIPO: Information Session on Generative AI and Copyright (SCCR/45/5)
The case for fair royalties for performers and creatives in South Africa
Fair Use in South Africa
News round-up: the Bills pass Parliament (2024)
PDF of the Bill
Marah Louw on her life’s work and why the Copyright Amendment Bill is urgent
Copyright Amendment Bill in the press (2023)
Third Joint Academic Opinion on the Copyright Amendment Bill
Presentation to the Provincial Legislature Public Hearings, 2023
C3 African voices in copyright reform
C2 Health, culture and AI: access to knowledge
C1 After the fires: digitisation and preservation
P5 Blind SA litigation and lessons
Pretoria R2R
P6 The South African Copyright Amendment Bill
P4 Public resources, public knowledge
P3 African policy leadership
P2 Africa’s copyright laws
R2R
R2R biographies
Cape Town R2R
P1 Computational research: African examples
Provincial Call for Written Submissions on the Bills, 2023
Right to Research in Africa
First and Second Joint Academic Opinions on the Copyright Amendment Bill
Blind SA v Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition — Constitutional Court Judgment
Legal Opinion 4: On the New Proposed Amendments
BlindSA and SECTION27 Submission on the December 2021 Amendments
ReCreate Action: Comments on the Latest Proposed Changes
EIFL’s Submission to Parliament on the Copyright Amendment Bill
ReCreate Written Submission to Parliament, January 2022
CHELSA and LIASA Joint Submission on the Copyright Amendment Bill
AfLIA’s Letter to Parliament on the Copyright Amendment Bill
Submission on the Copyright Amendment Bill — Denise Nicholson
Professor Thomas Hoeren: Legal Opinion on the Copyright Amendment Bill
Artists unite for fair copyright, part 1
Video archive: marches, indabas and debates
Picket outside the US Embassy in Pretoria
ReCreate & BlindSA March on Union Buildings
10 Dec 2020: Creators and Communities March for Fair Copyright
MEMORANDUM ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY DECEMBER 10TH 2020
Klaaren: The Copyright Amendment Bill in 2020 — Diversions, Debates and the Cost of Delay
Legal Opinion 3: The Tagging of the Copyright Amendment Bill
The dtic’s Background Document on the Remitted Bills, August 2020
Procedural Reservations on the Bills — Presentation to Parliament
Legal Opinion 2: The President’s Referral of the Copyright Amendment Bill
Presentation of the Senior Counsel Opinion to Parliament, August 2020
June 16 2020: A Sad Day for South African Youth
Copyright Indaba, part 4
Copyright Indaba, part 3
Copyright Indaba, part 2
Copyright Indaba, part 1
Legal Opinion on the Bill
Breaking the Impasse: Copyright Indaba
Legal Opinion 1a: Summary of the Senior Counsel Opinion
Legal Opinion 1: The Copyright Amendment Bill and the Constitution
Mr President: sign the Copyright and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills
Resources and Information
South African Communist Party Augmented Central Committee statement
FAQ’s
Sean Flynn — Cape Town copyright presentation
The Department of Trade and Industry Statement
Infographics
Open letter to the President of South Africa
STATEMENT BY RECREATE SOUTH AFRICA ON THE PASSING OF THE COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT BILL
STATEMENT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN YOUTH COUNCIL ON THE COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT BILL
Press coverage archive: 2019–2020
Decolonising copyright: building our creative and information economy — full debate
Copyright Week 2019 Cape Town : Decolonising Copyright, Building our Creative & Information Economy
Copyright Week 2019 Johannesburg : Decolonising Copyright, Building our Creative & Information Economy
Indibano panel discussion on the Copyright and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills
Dear Mr President — Jack Devnarain
Dear Mr President — Candice Morgan
Timeline of the South African Copyright Amendment Bill (2010–2026)
Genesis Analytics: Assessment of the Regulatory Proposals on the IP Policy Framework