Unpacking the Changing Economic Geography of Gauteng’s Tertiary Sector

Rogerson, Christian M.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-67483-4_6

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“…The city of Johannesburg provides a particularly interesting case study for research on the geography of creative industries (Rogerson, 2018). South Africa's largest metropolitan area has experienced a process of economic decentralization and capital flight away from the inner-city to newer decentralized suburban nodes such as Randburg and Sandton (Rogerson, Rogerson, 1995, 1999Murray, 2011;Todes, 2012;Harrison et al, 2015).…”

Section: Locating Creative Industries In Johannesburgmentioning

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Suburban creativity: The geography of creative industriesin Johannesburg

Gregory

Rogerson

2018

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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Creativity is an increasing scholarly focus for urban and economic geographers. The aim in this paper is to contribute to what is so far mainly a Northern literature around the locational characteristics of creative industries. The results are analysed from a comprehensive audit undertaken of creative industries in Johannesburg, South Africa’s leading economic hub. In common with certain other investigations of creative industries the largest component of enterprises in Johannesburg is creative services involving the production of goods or services for functional purposes. An aggregate picture emerges of the geography of creative industries in Johannesburg as strongly focused in suburban areas rather than the inner-city and its fringe areas. Nevertheless, certain differences are observed across the eight categories of creative industries. The evidence concerning the spatial distribution of creative industries in Johannesburg provides a further case for re-positioning the suburbs in post-Fordist debates around creative city economies and for re-examining neo-liberal cultural policies that preference inner-city areas.

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Section: Locating Creative Industries In Johannesburgmentioning

confidence: 99%

Suburban creativity: The geography of creative industriesin Johannesburg

Gregory

Rogerson

2018

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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“…The performance of the tourism sector needs to be contextualised in relation to expansion of service sectors. Services comprise approximately two thirds of the South African economy and have been responsible for the lion's share of employment growth over the last two decades (Bhorat et al, 2018;Rogerson, 2018).…”

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Education and skills in tourism: Implications for youth employment in South Africa

Booyens

2020

Development Southern Africa

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The tourism sector is routinely offered as an option to grow employment in South Africa. Yet, questions need to be asked about the nature of employment in tourism, the state of education and skills training in the sector and its prospects for youth. Drawing on a national study, this paper interrogates tourism education and skills training issues in relation to youth employment and development. The findings reveal that youth in the sector find themselves in precarious employment: they typically have low level skills, do not continue their education or training after being employed and have few career progression options. At the same time, a mismatch between the outcomes of education and skills training in tourism and the requirements of the industry come to the fore. Enhanced skills development and the creation of pathways for learning; labour market access and upward career progression are needed to advance youth in tourism.

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