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Member Spotlight – March 2021
At Safrea we love to get to know our fellow freelancers and who better to meet than the two winners of the recent Safrea Rates Survey. They were randomly selected from all the participants of the survey and won a year’s free Safrea membership. Let’s introduce Suzani...
Message from the Chair – March 2021
Dear Safreans, This month I have given the Message from the Chair space to a professional body within Safrea to appeal to you to join. Read more about the South African Science Journalists Association (SASJA) below. Stay safe, stay healthy! Yours in freelancing, Lynne...
Member Spotlight – February 2021
At Safrea we love to get to know our fellow freelancers and who better to meet in 2021 than the two winners of the 2020 Safrea Rates Survey. They were randomly selected from all the participants of the Survey and won a year’s free Safrea membership. We will feature...
Message from the Chair – February 2021
Dear Safreans, Last year, when Covid-19 hit us, one of the results for me was that a big conference I was working on was postponed to December, and then eventually went totally online. It was just one of the impacts that the pandemic had on my work, and this was the...
50 Shades of Entrepreneurship – adding authentic value and humanity
Safrea’s Free State region hosted an event for freelancers, discovering the 50 Shades of Entrepreneurship with Werner Schmidt, start-up coach and brand discoverer. They did not only learn about the business side of freelancing (guided by the Business Model and the...
Setting Goals With Substance
Dr Janin Vansteenkiste talks about setting goals with substance for your freelancing business. She is a professional life coach - coaching organisations, teams and individuals 1-on-1. With medical and industrial sociology as background, she became a pioneer in the...
Freelancing Tip of the Month – October 2020
Read this informative piece by Alexandra Fasulo on “5 Ways to Stand Out from the Competition on Major Freelancing Sites,” which was published recently by Entrepreneur South Africa here.
Member Spotlight – October 2020
Gillian Anstey is a stimulation junkie who loves being out and about, and popping into five places on her way to another. Since lockdown she has learnt to be more of a homebody. Please tell us more about what you do and how long you’ve been a freelancer. I have been...
Message from the Chair – October 2020
Hello Safreans, There is a lot of exciting news to discuss in this, my final message as SAFREA Chair, but before I get on to that, I would like to take this opportunity to thank every single person who has made my term in office so worthwhile. Of course, there are...
Photography
Name: Tony Mills Region: Eastern Cape (PE) Area of specialisation: Photography Training areas (topics): Basic users course slanted at journos; shows dos and don’ts; covers upmarket point-and-shoots (G10-type) to SLRs via distance learning. Course/s available: Basic...