Abstract
ABSTRACT International research has found that, while the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) have the potential to grow more quickly than the rest of the economy, the kinds of jobs created may be informal, or short-term contract work, characterised by long and erratic working hours, periods of no, or low, pay, lack of job security, and high stress. This study adds to the limited research on conditions of cultural employment in the global South. National employment data for South Africa is used to analyse particularly the participation of women and youth in cultural occupations. Results showed that CCIs provide employment for nearly 7% of the working population, about 35% of whom are youth. Youth who work in the cultural sector are more likely to be employed informally than those in non-cultural jobs, and a much lower proportion of young women are in cultural occupations than men.
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