Skills and Experience

Clive Hardwick has worked in the music industry since the 60s including co-conception and production of Shell Road to Fame talent Search, Two Nations Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, The Princes Trust Concert and The Celebrate South Africa Festival on Trafalgar Square. He was a partner in South Africa’s first black empowered record company, Zako Music and Bula Records. He was a founding director of Merlin the independent digital licensing initiative which today controls more than 35% of the global market. Clive is a fighter for broadcast and performance rights for record companies and performers and plays a moving role in the independent sector.

Struan Douglas is a South African based African cultural writer, performer, presenter, activist and educator. Douglas has Honours in Philosophy and Religion from the Social Sciences Department University of Cape Town, 1999. He studied music at University of KwaZulu natal, Howard College, and has RSM5 in theory and trumpet performance Ukusa UKZN (2012). He is a professional freelance journalist, specialising in Pan African culture from 1999 to the current day. He is the author of several books, producer of albums and creator of many different events and initiatives including wondergigs, archiveafrica and afribeat.com.

Rodney Mashamba is a South African, born in Limpopo Venda. Rodney has worked for mediahub an innovative ecommerce platform which distribute books, music and DVDs. He is been involve in a few music projects which will be released shortly. He is currently studying for a paralegal qualification at the UNISA College of law. His major interest is copyright and entertainment law, and wishes to use his legal studies to assist music creatives to assert their rights.