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    Arts and Sports in South Africa: Alternative Post-conflict Peacebuilding Tools for Positive Peace
    (Trudeau Centre for Peace, Conflict and Justice, 2016-11) Agudelo Velez, Maria
    This paper explores the effectiveness of arts and sports programs in the construction of positive peace in South Africa after Apartheid. It does so by collecting information on different arts and sports programs carried out by government and non-government organizations which take place in different cities and townships located in three of the main provinces of the country: Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal. I documented the impact of arts and sports programs in the construction of positive peace. To measure the contribution of these programs I used social cohesion as an indicator of peacebuilding. I argue that although arts and sports programs are effective in promoting social cohesion within communities of the same race, they fail to encourage social cohesion among communities of different races. The existing economic divide of social classes in South Africa contributes to the lack of social integration between black and white South Africans. Hence, in order to promote social cohesion at a national level, it is imperative to breach the economic inequality gap which is entrenched in the existent racial divide from the Apartheid era.