American singer-songwriter and record producer Robert Sylvester Kelly who is better known as R Kelly seems to have fallen in love with our beautiful country as he has volunteered to remain in South Africa to honour Madiba and share the stage with the likes of Salif Keita, Mahotella Queens, Umoja, Zahara, Black Coffee, Elvis Blue, Gcina Mhlophe, DJ Alessandro, Wouter Kellerman, Naima McLean, Kurt Darren, Toya Delazy, DJ CNDO, Mafikizolo and 1st Project. Kelly who performed in Soweto last week Thursday at Orlando Stadium before going to do a show at Durban the following Saturday recently explained to media that the biggest show he has ever done was in fact at soccer city during the 2010 soccer world cup.
EVENT DETAILS
• Date: Saturday 17 August 2013
• Venue: FNB Stadium, Soweto, Johannesburg
• Tickets Computicket and Checkers Outlets
• Price: From R220 to R550
• Gates Open: 07h30
• Programme : 09h00 goes live
• Event ends: 22h00
EVENT BACKGROUND
• The UNITE4MANDELA Campaign aims to unite South Africans in celebration of Nelson Mandela’s vision for sports as a unifying force in society.
• It will culminate in the inaugural Nelson Mandela Sport and Culture Day on 17 August 2013.
• For the first time ever, the nation’s two biggest sporting codes, SOCCER & RUGBY, will stage two big internationals on one day in the same arena.
• The SA Masters will play a friendly against the Italian Masters.
• Bafana Bafana will play a friendly against Burkina Faso.
• The Springboks will take on Argentina.
• A music concert featuring a number of top local, international artists will follow the sport.
• Throughout his presidency, Nelson Mandela understood the power of sport to UNIFY a nation and demonstrated his support for the national SOCCER and RUGBY teams by attending important matches. Supporting this special event is a small way that South Africans can give back to our global icon, Madiba.
• Proceeds from the event will go towards building of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital, only the second paediatric hospital in southern Africa.
Check out the photos of R Kelly at Orlando Stadium last week on the 8th of August below: