Abstract
In recent times, the international community has begun to gain ‘consciousness of the full magnitude of sport’s potential as a tool in achieving development goals’ (Beutler, 2008: 359). Consequently, the global expansion of Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) interventions with the backing of international organisations has occurred. The sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) has been a key site for SDP activities (Beacom and Levermore, 2008). By the beginning of 2013, the International Platform on Sport for Development and Peace had officially registered about 182 projects and 448 organisations that are involved in one way or another in the SDP movement. Of all these initiatives, 71 projects and 161 organisations were in Africa ( www.sportanddev.org , 2013). It is claimed that within this innovative model of development, sport provides a legitimate contribution in the quest to improve global health, education, development and peace (UN, 2006).
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