If you are proud of your South African heritage and are looking for a career that enables you to celebrate it on a daily basis, we have a few suggestions that might point you in the right direction.
1. Business Management
If you are passionate about your heritage, then there are numerous ways to celebrate it through your business. You could start an arts and crafts business showcasing traditional artwork, or establish an entertainment company specialising in cultural events, or get your own small tourism business up and running. The options are endless.
2. Tourism
If you are proud of your country and your own heritage, then there is no better place to work than in South Africa’s thriving tourism industry. You may be able to work as a tour guide, taking tourists on journeys to experience the unique and wonderful aspects of your culture, or as an employee at a tourism office, promoting the top heritage attractions in the area.
3. Marketing Management
Marketing teams work within all sectors, including companies which operate in the areas of tourism, culture and heritage. As a marketer, you will be responsible for promoting your company’s products or services, which – if you’re able to find a position at the right company – could be strongly linked to heritage.
4. Public Sector Management
Certain positions within government will allow you to play a significant role in promoting your heritage. National, provincial and local governments all have departments tasked with protecting and promoting culture and heritage. Working within these departments, your tasks could include safeguarding heritage sites, helping to implement new cultural programmes, or arranging events. The public sector plays the single most important role in ensuring that heritage is preserved.
5. Journalism and Media Studies
Being a journalist doesn’t have to mean covering stories about crime, politics and current affairs. You could also decide that you want to become a journalist who specialises in stories related to culture and heritage. Magazine journalism, in particular, offers excellent opportunities to write entertaining, informative stories that revolve around something you’re passionate about. Blogging could also be a great option, giving you the freedom to write heritage-based stories.
Your heritage is a central part of who you are as a person. There is no problem with allowing this passion to lead you to a career path that you’ll enjoy.
Sources – Oxbridge Academy
