Testimonies of roisterers who attended the Global Citizen Festival at the FNB Stadium yesterday have gone viral on social as many shared their experience, saying the events was full of "chaos" CEOAfrica gathered.
Twitter users , however reported that absence of public transport, heavy traffic congestion even sexual harassment dominated the event with some alleging "mass muggings".
It was on report that a number of people were robbed at kinfe and gunpoint outside of the Nasrec Sasol garage where festival attendees were waiting for Uber and Taxify cabs. "Opportunistic Uber drivers" also sought to take advantage of concertgoers by charging over R1000 for rides as well, Eyewitness News reports.
One of the festival attendee Sam Gumede described her experience after the event; "When I walked out, at first I couldn';t see a single guard around to direct me or keep me safe from the swarms of men who kept following me ... When I finally made it out, I ran to Sasol garage where there were more people who had been robbed of their phones, one guy was stabbed in the head while fighting muggers who wanted to rob him, it was the scariest experience of my life."
The Global Citizen Festival - with headline acts Beyonce and Jay-Z- was held to honour Nelson Mandela who would have celebrated his 100th year birthday this year and formed part of a campaign to tackle poverty, child malnutrition and boost gender equality.