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Public Forum: The 2010 FIFA World Cup and its impact on South Africans
July 2nd, 2010, Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel - Three weeks into the tournament, DDP hosted a public forum on the 2010 FIFA World Cup to critically examine the costs and benefits that the event was expected to yield and has yielded for South Africa and its people. Three speakers who have publicized on different issues around the World Cup were invited and gave inputs for subsequent discussion. They were Sam Sole, an investigative journalist for the Mail & Guardian, Dr. Orli Bass, who is with UKZN’s Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity and Prof. Brij Maharaj, from the Department of Geography at UKZN.
Public Forum Report: The 2010 FIFA World Cup and its impact on South Africans
Forum report by Thomas Keil (DDP Intern) - 'FIFA had also not exerted pressure on the city of Durban to build a new venue. Sole thus concluded that the money spent on the Moses Mabhida stadium should rather have gone into other, strategically more important issues, as the new stadium was not a FIFA requirement, but merely a “nice to have”.'
Public Forum Presentation: The 2010 FIFA World Cup and its impact on South Africans
Presentation by Prof. B Maharaj - Prof. Brij Maharaj took a critical stance towards South Africa’s hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Examining the relationship between sports and local economic development he argued that in the contemporary environment, cities are forced to competing with other cities around the world for investment.
Seminar: MEDIA FREEDOM UNDER THREAT?
