As a musician, I cannot help but stress the fact that copyrighting is a basic necessity when it comes to the songs you make. We all know that there's just always that one person who feels that they couldn't have done it better, and then steals your stuff claiming it to be his. In the world we live in today, with people constantly trying to find a loophole and having your own material stolen from you after having worked hard to make it is not a nice feeling.
No matter if you claim you're local, its a matter of time before your song heads out there and since people always work on assumptions, some would assume that you didn't "copyright your shit" and try to take what is rightfully yours, prove them wrong... SAMRO has made it so easy for you Southern Africans yet you still haven't found the need to utilise the resources handed to you on a silver platter? Show them you're proud of your art, copyright your material.