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In South Africa, SAMRO (Southern African Music Rights Organisation) has failed musicians for decades. It’s time to talk about cancelling SAMRO and replacing it with a government-run music rights agency. Here’s why 👇🏾
If we can reform SARS to collect billions in taxes, we can reform royalty collection to pay our artists fairly. The only thing missing is political will.
In South Africa, SAMRO (Southern African Music Rights Organisation) has failed musicians for decades. It’s time to talk about cancelling SAMRO and replacing it with a government-run music rights agency. Here’s why 👇🏾
It’s time to cancel SAMRO. Replace it with a transparent, accountable government agency for music rights—by musicians, for musicians, under the people’s law.
Music is culture. Culture is economy. And economy is survival. Artists cannot keep begging for scraps while their intellectual property generates billions.
Imagine a system where every time your song plays on radio, at a club, or streams online, you can track royalties in real time via a government platform. No excuses, no middlemen. Just accountability.
Of course, we can’t ignore corruption in SA. But unlike SAMRO, a state-run body would have:
Legal obligation for audits
Parliamentary oversight
Public access to distribution reports
Direct recourse mechanisms for artists
Countries like France (SACEM) and Canada (SOCAN) prove that state-backed or regulated collective management can be efficient, transparent, and aligned with artists’ interests. South African musicians deserve the same.
A government-run agency would change the game. Why?
Full transparency under public law
Accountability to Parliament & Auditor-General
Uniform collection + fair distribution across all platforms (radio, digital, live, streaming)
A central, standardised database for all SA music