The 2010 Fifa world cup as a nation builder
The most watched sport biggest event. The Fifa world cup played a definitive role in the nation building of South Africa this small event inspired people and built the nation’s economy and infrastructure. Nation building through sport has its origins from the ancient Greeks through the Olympics. But nowadays the Fifa world cup is the biggest contributor to building a nation through unity and a love for the beautiful game. The word cup inspired the South African people to overcome all the odds of being the first African nation to host the event but as President Jacob Zuma(2010) said in a private interview so rightly said South Africans always rise up to any challenges that are necessary to face. …show more content…
Bolsman (2010) asses all the negative reasons about how South Africa could economical not cope with the World Cup. It was estimated that 30 billion was needed to prepare for the cup and as SA is a country rive with poverty and unemployment Bolsman(2010) argues the funds could be used somewhere else in social upliftment campaigns. Also the economic benefits of the World Cup for SA was extremely low and many more jobs could have been created that weren’t for example factory’s could have been open to make the mascot toys and merchandise but instead this was out sourced to China as Bolsman(2010) explains. Bolsman (2010) claims that “But when the crowds leave and the money is all counted, very little will flow back into those South African communities most in need of support.” And this could have led to a great number of unemployed poverty stricken people that’s Nation Building of the World Cup would be a distant memory on hungry stomachs. Contradictorily Oosthuizen (2011) claimed the world cup led to a development in the infrastructure, security and healthcare of the country but that is a debate that requires an in-depth look into politics and mismanagement of funds of the …show more content…
It may be an extract from Bolsmann’s book which question to what may have been left out.
Rajesh Latchman the Coordinator of the National Welfare Forum and GCAP-SA (2010)
Usefulness: this source was useful as it aimed to show how people felt towards the government and the need for the government to work at using the World Cup as a reference to the apartheid struggle and what the people that died in the struggle fought for achieving. This source also aimed to express the need for SA to heal from the wounds of Apartheid by using the World Cup so this source showed the opinions of South Africans towards the governments before the world cup.
Validity: This source was valid as it was in 2010 just before the world cup so it relates well with the time frame being looked at. The source was from an SA point of view. This source is discussing the world cup. But this source didn’t seem to give any evidence to back up its claims in the form of stats or surveys which questions the validity of the source.
Reliability: This source does not come from a university professor but the author is still quite a specialist or has some reputability as he is the Coordinator of the National Welfare Forum and GCAP-SA
The most watched sport biggest event. The Fifa world cup played a definitive role in the nation building of South Africa this small event inspired people and built the nation’s economy and infrastructure. Nation building through sport has its origins from the ancient Greeks through the Olympics. But nowadays the Fifa world cup is the biggest contributor to building a nation through unity and a love for the beautiful game. The word cup inspired the South African people to overcome all the odds of being the first African nation to host the event but as President Jacob Zuma(2010) said in a private interview so rightly said South Africans always rise up to any challenges that are necessary to face. …show more content…
Bolsman (2010) asses all the negative reasons about how South Africa could economical not cope with the World Cup. It was estimated that 30 billion was needed to prepare for the cup and as SA is a country rive with poverty and unemployment Bolsman(2010) argues the funds could be used somewhere else in social upliftment campaigns. Also the economic benefits of the World Cup for SA was extremely low and many more jobs could have been created that weren’t for example factory’s could have been open to make the mascot toys and merchandise but instead this was out sourced to China as Bolsman(2010) explains. Bolsman (2010) claims that “But when the crowds leave and the money is all counted, very little will flow back into those South African communities most in need of support.” And this could have led to a great number of unemployed poverty stricken people that’s Nation Building of the World Cup would be a distant memory on hungry stomachs. Contradictorily Oosthuizen (2011) claimed the world cup led to a development in the infrastructure, security and healthcare of the country but that is a debate that requires an in-depth look into politics and mismanagement of funds of the …show more content…
It may be an extract from Bolsmann’s book which question to what may have been left out.
Rajesh Latchman the Coordinator of the National Welfare Forum and GCAP-SA (2010)
Usefulness: this source was useful as it aimed to show how people felt towards the government and the need for the government to work at using the World Cup as a reference to the apartheid struggle and what the people that died in the struggle fought for achieving. This source also aimed to express the need for SA to heal from the wounds of Apartheid by using the World Cup so this source showed the opinions of South Africans towards the governments before the world cup.
Validity: This source was valid as it was in 2010 just before the world cup so it relates well with the time frame being looked at. The source was from an SA point of view. This source is discussing the world cup. But this source didn’t seem to give any evidence to back up its claims in the form of stats or surveys which questions the validity of the source.
Reliability: This source does not come from a university professor but the author is still quite a specialist or has some reputability as he is the Coordinator of the National Welfare Forum and GCAP-SA