It is a good sign for our film industry, which seems to be struggling to grow. However, there will be a day in future when players in the industry will look back and say, we have done it.Even the South African entertainment industry faced the same struggle for decades under the apartheid regime. To date, players in the industry are still complaining that they have not achieved their goal.
However, our issue is not the struggle that the film companies are facing, but some unscrupulous characters who are taking advantage of talented but desperate young people out to get exposure.Most of these are unemployed youth fresh from high school, university or those who have been looking for jobs for years.Some of the companies make the aspiring actors pay for auditions whose results they never know. For instance, they are made to pay for auditions for music shows, or acting, and they come in huge numbers to try their luck. Along the way, these companies make huge sums of money from struggling young people most of whom cannot make ends meet.
