South Africans Are Angry After The Global Citizen Festival

From Beyonce to Chaos

Yesterday, the Global Citizen Festival held at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. It featured a ton of African and global superstars including Beyonce and her husband, Jay Z. Hosted by Bonang Matheba, and well attended by celebrities across the world, it was a great event.

Global Citizen is a movement of engaged citizens who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty by 2030. A concert is held annually to push the mission and raise funds. This festival in South Africa aptly named #Mandela100 was an iconic one, with billions of dollars being raised at the event.

It is disheartening to note that after such an amazing event, disaster struck. According to reports, the South African police were busy safeguarding the bigwigs and exposed thousands of attendees to mayhem. Due to a large number of requests, Uber was of little help, and tons of people were stuck.

Many people are recounting the horrid experience they had at Sasol Garage. These stories might make you sick, and it has contributed to Sasol being a trending topic on Twitter.

The event organizers have addressed this issue with an apology delivered on Twitter.

This issue of poor crowd management across Africa has been raised severally. Last year in Nigeria, many girls were harassed after a concert held by ace rapper, Phyno at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu. It will be helpful if event organizers prepare for these unfortunate occurrences.

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