Is the title clickbaity? Yes, because we need everyone's attention here:Turnover Tax is a type of tax that almost all freelance creatives qualify for. As long as you stay under a R1 million in turnover, you will pay a ludicrously low tax rate. Changing to Turnover Tax has been life-changing for Lucas and me, and we want to share this knowledge with you. To that end, we've interviewed our tax guy, Michael Rushby of GalbraithRushby, about the ins and outs of Turnover Tax. How to work out if you qu...
Jun 20, 2022•26 min0
We've been on a break for about a YEAR, but we're back for Season 2, starting with a long-overdue catchup with Tessa Kleingeld, owner and admin of The Resource and The Resource Creative Forum. Tessa catches us up with what's been going on in the creative freelancing world, the changes and trends she's been seeing in the groups, and the recently activated mentorship programme. She also gives us some great advice (some of it quite sobering) about building a community, especially on Facebook. What ...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 2 min0
We're very excited to be back for a brand new year and a brand new episode of the The Resourcecast. In this episode we chat to Gabriele Gabba of 1on1artschool.com, an innovative online illustration and art school with a model we've never seen before.Gabriele has 10 years of experience in art and animation for game and animated movie development, and he shares his insight into the industry :How the industry works.How to shut out the world and go into the "Dragonball Z gravity chamber" to rapidly ...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 28 min0
In our 18th episode of The Resourecast we talk to director Porteus Xandau. Porteus is a commercials director working with agencies and brands, and is represented by Carbon Films. Porteus gives us some insight into the difficulties production companies have been facing in the pandemic, as well as some of the solutions they're working on. He also covers his journey to directing, which has zig-zagged across graphic design and acting in the 2012 production of Dredd. Sidenote: We're heading for our 2...
Aug 01, 2020•1 hr 35 min0
Big episode here. Huge. Enormous. I know you hate and fear tax. It is that monster in that Bird Box movie where if you look at it, it kills you. That's not the case. Our guest, Julian Brookstone, breaks tax down into simple language and will make the whole thing seem manageable. Here's Julian's article on tax.And here are some detailed timings to help if you want answers to a specific question:5:40 - We start getting into it - What’s your perception of the way most creative freelancers see their...
Jun 21, 2020•1 hr 23 min0
"You are watching people go through withdrawal from the emotional addiction to the myth of certainty." - Ashley C. Ford / @iSmashFizzleIn this episode we talk to Amanda Rykaart, a registered trauma counsellor with 20 years of experience. In this conversation we talk about:How the pandemic is different from normal trauma, in that we can see that the worst is yet to come, and we have to watch it happen in slow motion. How president Ramaphosa became a father figure to us, only to be undermined by t...
May 07, 2020•1 hr 38 min0
In this episode we chat to Brandt Botes, a well-known and highly-respected designer who is the co-owner of Studio Botes with his wife, Katherine. He is also currently the Design Creative Director at OFyt in Cape Town. In this episode, he takes us through his of big advice, gathered from other creative directors like Garth Walker and Ross Chowles, as well as Design Indaba speakers Michael Beirut, Marian Bantjes, and Tim Sutherland. Ten years ago, Brandt put that advice into a stop-motion video ca...
May 03, 2020•1 hr 33 min0
This is a slightly longer episode, but boy is it worth a listen. We chat to Alex Searle and Edward Fisher, two South Africans who found so much work overseas that they ended up moving there. Alex is a video content producer and strategist living in Valencia, Spain. His regular vlogs leverage LinkedIn's content-friendly algorithm to get him high levels of engagement and reach on the platform. Edward is the commercial director of a software company and entrepreneur, specialising in B2B commercial ...
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr 24 min0
We're 1 week into lockdown and there's a LOT going on. We sit down with Tessa Kleingeld, founder of The Resource, to get her insight into the freelance community, and talk about some of the fundamental shifts that the industry, country, and the world is undergoing right now. We talk about how the affects of COVID-19 have yet to be felt, and how that's leaving freelancers on a high-wire between complacency and anxiety. We discuss side hustles, skills development, "hustle porn", the possibility of...
Apr 07, 2020•40 min0
Lockdown is here, and journaling can help you get those chaotic thoughts down on paper and out of your head, giving you the mental space for a few deep breaths. In this episode we cover a few different styles of journaling, in the hopes that one of them will sing to you. Lucas and I chat about the three months he spent in isolation while fighting off the growth in his brain, and we bring in chartered accountant, Jonathan Douglas, to tell us more about the very popular Bullet Journaling. Here are...
Mar 27, 2020•41 min0
In this week's episode, Lucas and I sit down on a Zoom call to talk through various strategies for staying being productive at home. Some of us used to rent space in a shared office, some of us worked out of coffee shops, but now we're all working from home, full time. If you know someone who's just gone remote and might not be as comfortable with it as you are, please share this episode with them. Our community is about to get bigger. Pro Tip: We get to the content at about 10m in.Error message...
Mar 22, 2020•48 min0
In this episode we chat t Kate Butcher, a Capetonian designer, illustrator, and owner of The Butcher’s Shop Design Studio, which has been running since 2011. You can check out our Instagram account for some examples of her work: @theresourcecastKate is in that situation all freelancers dream about. She's got more work than she needs, allowing her to take on the projects that interest her most, and move on from clients she likes the least. How does she do it? In this episode we talk about how set...
Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 20 min0
In this short episode, we synthesise some of the content that's already out there regarding Coronavirus and its impact on the freelance community. It's still very early, and the situation is changing all the time, but we make a few guesses about how freelancers could be affected, and give some advice and ideas about how to ride out this situation. We're not experts, we just want to get the community talking and supporting each other through this situation. As mentioned in the episode, we have a ...
Mar 13, 2020•24 min0
Gerhard Pretorius is a copywriter, screenwriter, and director who is building himself a filmmaking career while holding down a day job. His methodical approach to his career has resulted in a library of advertising work and four short movies, two of which are currently available on Showmax. In this conversation we cover a wide territory including:Gerhard's transition from copywriter to filmmaker.Formal education VS finding your own way. Getting funding for your script.Organising yourself to mini...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr 21 min0
What was meant to be a quick roundup on the last day turned into a fairly lengthy conversation about the balance between the traditional and the modern, content VS presentation, the power of storytelling, and a few golden threads that seem to have run through the entire Design Indaba conference this year. Many thanks to photographer Zaid Joseph and screenwriter/director/content creator Gerhard Pretorius for joining us and offering their insightful perspectives on the speakers and the conference ...
Feb 29, 2020•1 hr 10 min0
In this episode we talk about impact and storytelling at Design Indaba, and try to bring a bit of focus to the work of Manu Prakash, who is our hero. <p>The speakers we highlight in this episode are Robert Wong from Google, physical biologist Manu Prakash, Lonneke Godijn of DRIFT, and architects Lyndon Neri and Rosanna Hu. Enjoy</p> The Resource Creative Forum
Feb 28, 2020•44 min0
In this episode, we get together with freelance photographer Zaid Joseph to round up the day's action at Design Indaba 2020. It's a rambling conversation covering the presenters we loved, and we hope you enjoy it. For a little more visual context, check out www.designindaba.com, and we'll post some relevant pics on the @theresourcecast Insta account. The Resource Creative Forum
Feb 27, 2020•51 min0
Tessa is the founder of The Resource, and owner of Frolik Design Studio. In this episode we chat to her about building a community, the best way to use The Resource, and how she runs her design studio efficiently.Here are some of the resources we mention in the episode:Yellow ImagesPaymoCreative MarketGraphicBurgergetstation The Resource Creative Forum
Feb 27, 2020•56 min0
Welcome to Resourcecast, the podcast for South African creative freelancers. This is episode 00, a quick chat between co-hosts Jon Warncke and Lucas van Vuuren. The Resource Creative Forum
Feb 25, 2020•16 min0
