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Global Citizen Festival chaos: 'Help me! Help me! He is attacking me!'

04 December 2018 - 07:00 By Jessica Levitt
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Waves of crime affected concert goers shortly after the last performance at the Global Citizen Festival on December 2, 2018.
Waves of crime affected concert goers shortly after the last performance at the Global Citizen Festival on December 2, 2018.
Image: Jessica Levitt

The 2018 Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 was hosted at FNB Stadium in Soweto on Sunday evening to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s centenary.

The event was marred by violence and mugging as concert-goers left the venue. Times Select journalist Jessica Levitt was one of those who witnessed an attack on a woman. She describes what happened.

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