South Africa

Global Citizen sets SA’s social media pulse racing

10 December 2018 - 07:09 By Nivashni Nair
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What was meant to be a good day for SA's image turned bad when crime and chaos broke out after the Mandela 100 Global Citizen Festival at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg last Sunday.
What was meant to be a good day for SA's image turned bad when crime and chaos broke out after the Mandela 100 Global Citizen Festival at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg last Sunday.
Image: Masi Losi

The biggest good news story of the year turned bad the minute people started to leave FNB Stadium in Johannesburg after the Global Citizen concert a week ago.

And almost immediately after news of muggings, attacks and traffic chaos began to emerge, social media started to focus on the negative.

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