"Houses and cars have been repossessed, insurance cancelled, electricity and water cut off, people, were and still are, literally starving,”Sven Hansen, production manager/producer and owner and director of 4 plus 3 Productions PTY LTD says it has been a tough 19 months for the entertainments industry, and the future isn't looking too bright either. “When we heard about the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan in 2019, we [the industry] all prayed that it wouldn’t reach South African shores.
Hansen says the lockdown forced event companies and production houses to start thinking outside the box. He added that if the sector is not allowed to operate at scale within the next 2 – 3 months to people who have been fully vaccinated, or took a COVID test 24 hours before the event, more devastating closures like the TicketPro Dome will follow.
That's OK. Now's the time to bring in entertainment industry workers from Cuba, Congo and Croatia to compete with them. Add some from China too, because why not...