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Navigating Creative Entrepreneurship & Freelancing During COVID-19 With Sazi Mbalekwa
Sazi Mbalekwa offers prospective freelancers advice on securing opportunities in the time of COVID-19
5 Ways Creatives Can Generate An Income During The #Lockdown
Businesses are suffering due to the lockdown, and creatives (especially those in the entertainment industry) are the ones that are feeling the pinch.
The Ghost of Unpaid Invoices: Best Practice Considerations for Clients and Freelancers
As part of our Nedbank Money Secrets series, Angela Weickl shares some of the best tools, policies and practices that can either make a freelancer’s life easier or complicate things far beyond imagination.
3 Factors to Consider Before Taking on a New Project
While industry standards are no longer a mysterious algorithm that eludes us, we often find ourselves not taking all factors into account when quantifying the value of our skills.
Boss Up or Burnout: How to set Professional Boundaries with Clients
There are better and healthier ways of working as a freelancer. Fundamentally, they require a shift in the minds of creatives to get clients on board.
Khotso Tsaagane Captures the Real of People – #CreateWithCanon
People person Khotso Tsaagane’s Instagram account is filled with images of people. But unlike high fashion portraits this Canon creative really captures the character of his subjects.
Kgabo Mametja aka Saint Rose Illustrates Feminine Beauty Into Bold Lines
Sultry and bold illustrator Kgabo Mametja (@iamsaintrose) shares the inspiration behind some of her favorite images.
How to Rule as a Creative Freelancer: 34 Hard-earned Tips
Gord Laws take us through his tips on how to become a freelancer successfully, while making sure that you can pay your bills.
Ideas for Your Side Hustle to Make Life More Affordable
Looking for a creative way to close the expanding gap between your income and expenses? We have five side-gig ideas you can start now.
What You Need To Know About Tax as A Freelancer
Alvhin Adendorff and Eitan Stern take us through eight things that you need to know about taxes as a freelancer. Their tips will be a great help for you to make sure that your finances are all above board.
Co-working in Cape Town: An updated list of the best spots to set up shop
Since our last round up of co-working spaces in CT even more have popped up. Here are 12 spots to choose from.
4 Creatives Working at the Inner City Ideas Cartel
The Inner City Ideas Cartel in Cape Town is a co-working space like no other. We chatted a few creatives about why they love working there.
Postcards from the freelance edge: a few things I’ve learnt so far about working for yourself
Cape Town Girl is a local blogger and recently went freelance. She left her job at a big advertising agency six months ago to pursue her own dreams and this is her story and some learnings. If you are planning to go freelance any time soon, we highly recommend […]
Featured: Luke Ritchie
Luke Ritchie is a freelance graphic designer based in Stellenbosch, specialising in “branding (my bread and butter), typography (which is my first love) and illustration (my secret love affair)”.
