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all-star line-up that includes Ed Sheeran, Jay-Z and Usher in Johannesburg on Sunday when she performs at a concert to honour the life and
legacy of Nelson Mandela.The concert is the climax of a year of events celebrating the centennial of Mandela's birth in 1918, and is part of
a campaign to tackle poverty, child malnutrition and boost gender equality.This year's Global Citizen Festival will be held at
Johannesburg's 94,736-capacity FNB stadium with the concert due to begin at 1200 GMT.Thousands of music fans, many of whom had been given
free tickets in return for activism and campaigning work, began to flock to the stadium hours before the gig was due to kick off."I'm quite
excited to have Beyonce and a bunch of these top-flight artists coming to South Africa to perform
It's nice to get this obvious reminder of Mandela's values," said concert-goer Ano Shonhiwa, 23, as he made his way into the venue.Ahead of
the concert Oprah Winfrey, who will co-host the event, hailed Mandela's "goodness and integrity", describing him as her "favourite
mentor".Mandela was jailed under South Africa's apartheid regime
After being released in 1990, he led the country's transformation into a multi-racial democracy
He died on December 5, 2013 aged 95.Event organisers paid tribute to a rigger who died following a fall while helping to prepare the stage
on Saturday."The circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated," Global Citizen said in a statement.(Except for the
headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
