Hosting Mega Events in Africa: Fostering Sustainable Employment Initiatives within the Host Community

Rutendo Musikavanhu

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-41735-2_8

Hosting Mega Events in Africa: Fostering Sustainable Employment Initiatives within the Host Community

Rutendo Musikavanhu

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Abstract

In view of South Africa’s ongoing pursuit of mega events, this chapter contributes community stories that recognize mega events as a key tourism driver towards generating lasting employment opportunities for growth in knowledge capability within society. Within the context of the Green Point community in Cape Town, this chapter explores the positioning of employment and human capacity development as Human Resource Management/HRM considerations to understand the narrative of African countries pursuing mega events as sustainable tourism activities that promise lasting employment opportunities. The exploration follows a qualitative approach using narrative inquiry to explore the subjective and multiple views of the respondents towards understanding the social influence of the FIFA 2010 World Cup on realizing a legacy of sustainable employment initiatives in Green Point. As a result of the first-hand stories collected from Green Point community members, this chapter presents a selection of interpretations that give insight into the meaning the respondents ascribed to their lived experiences of the FIFA 2010 World Cup. The stories provide understanding and enlightenment into how the social impacts experienced, influenced the process of Human Capacity Development through sustainable tourism activities such as hosting the FIFA 2010 World Cup in Green Point.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sustainable Human Resource Management for Tourism in Africa
Editors	T. Baum, A. Ndiuini
Place of Publication	Springer, Cham
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Chapter	8
Pages	103-119
Number of pages	17
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-41735-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-41734-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41735-2_8
Publication status	Published - 3 Jun 2020

Publication series

Name	Geographies of Tourism and Global Change

Keywords

Mega events
Sustainability
Tourism
Social impacts
HRM

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Hosting Mega Events in Africa: Fostering Sustainable Employment Initiatives within the Host Community. / Musikavanhu, Rutendo.
Sustainable Human Resource Management for Tourism in Africa. ed. / T. Baum; A. Ndiuini. 1. ed. Springer, Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. p. 103-119 ( Geographies of Tourism and Global Change ).

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Musikavanhu, R 2020, Hosting Mega Events in Africa: Fostering Sustainable Employment Initiatives within the Host Community. in T Baum & A Ndiuini (eds), Sustainable Human Resource Management for Tourism in Africa. 1 edn, Geographies of Tourism and Global Change , Springer International Publishing, Springer, Cham, pp. 103-119. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41735-2_8

Musikavanhu R. Hosting Mega Events in Africa: Fostering Sustainable Employment Initiatives within the Host Community. In Baum T, Ndiuini A, editors, Sustainable Human Resource Management for Tourism in Africa. 1 ed. Springer, Cham: Springer International Publishing. 2020. p. 103-119. ( Geographies of Tourism and Global Change ). Epub 2020 Apr 12. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-41735-2_8

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